[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11577-11578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05778]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (19-007)]


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant partially exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a partially 
exclusive patent license in the United States to practice the 
invention(s) described and claimed in U.S. Patent Application No. 15/
014,608 entitled ``Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cells with 
Thermoelectric (NTAC-TE) Generator in Tandem Mode,'' NASA Case Number 
LAR-17981-1; U.S. Patent Application No. 15/995,467 entitled ``Portable 
Compact Thermionic Power Cell,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18860-1; U.S. 
Patent Application No. 15/479,679 entitled ``Metallic Junction 
Thermoelectric Generator,'' NASA Case Number LAR-18866-1; U.S. Patent 
Application No. 62/621,930 titled ``Selective and Direct Deposition 
Technique for Streamlined CMOS Processing,'' NASA Case Number LAR-
18925-P2; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/643,292 entitled ``Portable 
Miniaturized Thermionic Power Cell with Multiple Regenerative Layers,'' 
NASA Case No. LAR-18926-P; U.S. Patent Application No. 62/643,303 
entitled ``High Performance Electric Generators Boosted by Nuclear 
Electron Avalanche (NEA),'' NASA Case No. LAR-19112-P; U.S. Patent 
Application No. 62/642,198 entitled ``Co-60 Breeding Reactor Tandem 
with Thermionic Avalanche Cell,'' NASA Case No. LAR-18762-P; U.S. 
Patent Application No. 62/678,006 entitled ``Multi-Layered Radio-
Isotope for Enhanced Photoelectron Avalanche Process,'' NASA Case No. 
LAR-19420-P to BlackRock Energy Corporation, having its principal place 
of business in Williamsburg, VA. The fields of use may be limited to 
mobile and/or transportable, as opposed to stationary (where stationary 
means permanently fixed and not capable of being moved), power/energy 
sources for United States Department of Defense (specifically the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, as well as any future 
created Space Corps) applications, including but not limited to 
powering mobile and/or transportable high energy weaponry, including 
the weaponry's mode of transport (including but not limited to tanks, 
surface vessels, trucks, aircraft, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), 
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and drones), high energy weapon 
platforms, and portable power stations for use at Forward Operating 
Bases (where Forward Operating Bases means airfields used to support 
tactical operations without establishing full support facilities). The 
licensed

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exclusive fields of use may exclude all other fields, including but not 
limited to any outer space applications intended for use beyond 400,000 
feet above Earth's mean sea level. NASA has not yet made a 
determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested 
license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.

DATES: The prospective partially exclusive license may be granted 
unless NASA receives written objections, including evidence and 
argument no later than April 11, 2019 that establish that the grant of 
the license would not be consistent with the requirements regarding the 
licensing of federally owned inventions as set forth in the Bayh-Dohl 
Act and implementing regulations. Competing applications completed and 
received by NASA no later than April 11, 2019 will also be treated as 
objections to the grant of the contemplated partially exclusive 
license. Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be 
made available to the public for inspection and, to the extent 
permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information 
Act.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Langley 
Research Center, MS 30, Hampton, Virginia 23681. Phone (757) 864-3221. 
Facsimile (757) 864-9190.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer L. Riley, Patent Attorney, 
Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Langley Research Center, MS 30, Hampton, 
Virginia 23681. Phone (757) 864-3221. Facsimile (757) 864-9190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of intent to grant a partially 
exclusive patent license is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) 
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these invention(s) have 
been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The 
prospective partially exclusive license will comply with the 
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can 
be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov.

Mark Dvorscak,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 2019-05778 Filed 3-26-19; 8:45 am]
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