[Federal Register: December 17, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 242)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


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Intent to Grant a Co-Exclusive Patent License


AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a co-exclusive patent license.


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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404, EPA hereby 
gives notice of its intent to grant a co-exclusive, royalty-bearing, 
revocable license to practice the invention described and claimed in 
the patents listed below, all corresponding patents issued throughout 
the world, and all reexamined patents and reissued patents granted in 
connection with such patents, to Sensors, Inc., Saline, Michigan and to 
Horiba Instruments, Inc., Irvine, California, including its parent, 
subsidiaries, affiliates and companies controlled by Horiba. The 
patents are:
    U.S. Patent No. 6,148,656, entitled ``Real-time On-road Vehicle 
Exhaust Gas Modular Flowmeter and Emissions Reporting System,'' issued 
November 21, 2000.
    U.S. Patent No. 6,382,014, entitled ``Real-time On-road Vehicle 
Exhaust Gas


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Modular Flowmeter and Emissions Reporting System,'' issued May 7, 2002.
    U.S. Patent No. 6,470,732, entitled ``Real-time Exhaust Gas Modular 
Flowmeter and Emissions Reporting System for Mobile Apparatus,'' issued 
October 29, 2002.
    The invention was announced as being available for licensing in the 
March 1, 1999 issue of the Federal Register (64 FR 9990) as U.S. Patent 
Application No. 09/226,920, filed January 5, 1999, and claiming 
priority from a provisional application filed January 5, 1998.
    The proposed co-exclusive license will contain appropriate terms, 
limitations, and conditions to be negotiated in accordance with 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.5 and 404.7 of the U.S. Government patent 
licensing regulations.
    EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the co-
exclusive license, unless within 15 days from the date of this notice 
EPA receives, at the address below, written objections to the grant, 
together with supporting documentation. The documentation from 
objecting parties having an interest in practicing the above patents 
should include an application for an exclusive or nonexclusive license 
with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. The EPA Patent Counsel 
and other EPA officials will review all written responses and then make 
recommendations on a final decision to the Director or Deputy Director 
of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality, who have been 
delegated the authority to issue patent licenses under EPA Delegation 
1-55.


DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by EPA at the address 
listed below by January 2, 2003.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ehrlich, Patent Counsel, Office 
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC 20460, Telephone (202) 564-5457.


    Dated: December 6, 2002.
Marla E. Diamond,
Associate General Counsel, Finance and Operations Law Office.
[FR Doc. 02-31671 Filed 12-16-02; 8:45 am]

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