[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 38037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12424]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

[ARV-221004B-PL]


Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, 
the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to 
grant an exclusive patent license to Advanced Cooling Technologies, 
Inc., having a place of business at 1046 New Holland Avenue, Lancaster, 
PA 17601.

DATES: Written objections must be filed no later than fifteen (15) 
calendar days after the date of publication of this Notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to Sara Telano, AFRL/RDOX, 3550 
Aberdeen Ave. SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117; Phone: (505) 853-3305; or 
Email: [email protected]. Include Docket No. ARV-221004B-PL in the 
subject line of the message.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Telano, AFRL/RDOX, 3550 Aberdeen 
Ave. SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117; Phone: (505) 853-3305; or Email: 
[email protected].

Abstract of Patent Application(s)

    A thermomodulating heat pipe is provided including a heat pipe 
envelope having a capillary wick extending substantially continuously 
the full length of the heat pipe and a void space interior of the 
capillary wick. The heat pipe envelope has a nominal evaporator 
section, a nominal condenser section where the nominal condenser 
section includes an active condenser portion and an inactive condenser 
portion, and a reservoir section extending from the inactive condenser 
portion. At a nominal condition, a heat pipe fluid is provided with a 
liquid phase filling the capillary wick and a vapor phase filling the 
void space of the nominal evaporator section and the active condenser 
portion, a non-condensable gas filling the void space of at least the 
reservoir section and the inactive condenser portion. Depending on 
thermal conditions, both prograde and retrograde heat transfer are 
enabled.

Intellectual Property

    U.S. Application No. 18/204,114, filed on May 31, 2023, and 
entitled, ``Thermomodulating Heat Pipe.''
    The Department of the Air Force may grant the prospective license 
unless a timely objection is received that sufficiently shows the grant 
of the license would be inconsistent with the Bayh-Dole Act or 
implementing regulations. A competing application for a patent license 
agreement, completed in compliance with 37 CFR 404.8 and received by 
the Air Force within the period for timely objections, will be treated 
as an objection and may be considered as an alternative to the proposed 
license.
    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209; 37 CFR 404.

Tommy W. Lee,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-12424 Filed 6-9-23; 8:45 am]
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