[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04486]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 23-013]


Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive, Co-Exclusive or Partially 
Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive, co-exclusive or partially 
exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, 
co-exclusive or partially exclusive patent license to practice the 
inventions described and claimed in the patents and/or patent 
applications listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

DATES: The prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive 
license may be granted unless NASA receives written objections 
including evidence and argument, no later than March 21, 2023 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-Dole Act and implementing regulations. 
Competing applications completed and received by NASA no later than 
March 21, 2023 will also be treated as objections to the grant of the 
contemplated exclusive, co-exclusive or 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: Written objections relating to the prospective license or 
requests for further information may be submitted to Agency Counsel for 
Intellectual Property, NASA Headquarters at Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trenton Roche, 202-358-0646, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NASA intends to grant an exclusive, co-
exclusive, or partially exclusive patent license in the United States 
to practice the inventions described and claimed in: U.S. Patent No. 
10,269,463 B2 for an invention titled ``Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche 
Cells with Thermoelectric (NTAC-TE) Generator in Tandem Mode,'' U.S. 
Patent No. 10,886,452 B2 for an invention titled ``Selective and Direct 
Deposition Technique for Streamlined CMOS Processing,'' U.S. Patent No. 
11,094,425 B2 for an invention titled ``Portable Compact Thermionic 
Power Cell,'' U.S. Patent No. 11,063,198 for an invention titled 
``Metallic Junction Thermoelectric Generator,'' U.S. Patent Application 
No. 17/140,548 for an invention titled ``Selective and Direct 
Deposition Technique for Streamlined CMOS Processing,'' U.S. Patent No. 
11,004,666 B2 for an invention titled ``Portable Miniaturized 
Thermionic Power Cell with Multiple Regenerative Layers,'' U.S. Patent 
No. 10,985,676 B2 for an invention titled ``High Performance Electric 
Generators Boosted by Nuclear Electron Avalanche (NEA),'' U.S. Patent 
No. 11,037,687 B2 for an invention titled ``Co-60 Breeding Reactor 
Tandem with Thermionic Avalanche Cell,'' U.S. Patent No. 11,257,604 B2 
for an invention titled ``Multilayer Radio Isotope for Enhanced 
Photoelectron Avalanche Process,'' U.S. Patent Application No. 17/
564,911 for an invention titled ``NTAC Augmented Nuclear Electric 
Propulsion and/or Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems,'' to Mobile 
Defense, LLC having its principal place of business in 89 Sandy Bay 
Drive, Poquoson, VA 23662. The fields of use may be limited. NASA has 
not yet made a final determination to grant the requested license and 
may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted 
within the comment period.
    This notice of intent to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive or 
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 
inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as 
represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. The prospective 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.

Trenton J. Roche,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 2023-04486 Filed 3-3-23; 8:45 am]
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