[Federal Register: December 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 250)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Grant of Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Licenses
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
announces the general availability of exclusive, or partially exclusive
licenses for the pending patents listed under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR Part 404.
ADDRESSES: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, Office of
Counsel, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860.
DATES: Applications for an exclusive or partially exclusive license may
be submitted at any time from the date of this notice. However, no
exclusive or partially exclusive license shall be granted until March
31, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia L. Howland, (703) 428-6672.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Title: System and Method for Remotely Monitoring an Interface
Between Dissimilar Materials. A system for efficiently and cost
effectively monitoring the status of the interface between two
dissimilar media is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system
uses principles applied from the theory of time domain reflectometry
(TDR), together with novel circuitry and low cost narrow band
telemetry, to provide real time monitoring on a continuous basis, as
needed. The circuitry involved permits operation of the system without
relying on relative values of signal amplitude while employing a novel
feedback function that sets the pulse repetition frequency
instantaneously to permit an optimum data collection rate as well as a
separate measure of the status based on the system operating
parameters. It has particular application to real time monitoring and
alerting to the effect of scour events in waterways.
Serial No.: 09/879,001.
Date: 6/13/2001.
2. Title: Natural Cue Surface Bypass Collector. A method that
employs natural hydraulic cues to guide migrating fish, in particular
juvenile fish, to bypass channels to circumvent barriers to their
downstream migration, such as booms, weirs, dams, hydroelectric
powerhouses, and sluice gates. The flow entering into the turbines of
the powerhouse are slightly modified to create a hydraulic gradient in
the strain rate hydraulic variables that guides fish to the entrance of
a surface bypass collector.
Serial No.: 10/045,381.
Date: 1/15/2002.
3. Title: Mycoherbicidal Compositions and Methods of Preparing and
Using the
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Same. A more environmentally safe measure to control aquatic weeds is
also cost-efficient and relies on biological agents in the form of
mycoherbicides. Mycoherbicides are typically formulated with one or
more fungal pathogens or metabolites, or both thereof with herbicidal
activity. The fungal pathogens are typically specific to infecting a
certain spectrum of plant types, thus providing useful targeted
delivery. It would be an advance in the art of bioherbicides to develop
a mycoherbicidal composition, which may be applied either in wet or dry
form, comprising an effective population control agent efficacious
against a broad range of aquatic weeds including hydrilla. It would be
a further advance in the art to develop a mycoherbicidal composition
with enhanced biological viability and stability, specifically
comprising a fungal pathogen as the population control agent that is
extremely desiccant-tolerant, is capable of germinating both
sporogenically and vegetatively, and is highly efficacious against
hydrilla and other aquatic weeds, while being easy and relatively
inexpensive to prepare and to use. It would also be desirable to
provide a method of preparing such fungal pathogens in the form of a
micro sclerotium that can efficiently and effectively maximize the
biomass production thereof.
Serial No.: 10/138,579.
Date: 5/6/2002.
4. Title: Mapping Patterns of Movement Based on the Aggregation of
Spatial Information Contained in Wireless Transmissions. Time-tagged
coordinates from session-unique transmissions of wireless devices are
collected routinely and stored for later analysis. From this data, one
may derive a sequence of wireless device operation from which
attributes may be ascertained. Sequences are accumulated until a dense
aggregate pattern is formed over a geographic area. Aggregate data is
sorted into ranges representing speed of movement and then converted to
pixels representing cells in an aggregate matrix. Heavily weighted
values are assigned to cells that represent a location within a pre-
specified spatial error about a data point. Lower values are assigned
to cells representing paths, or corridors, connecting these better-
identified locations. As more transmission sessions are added to the
matrix, the largest weight values cluster as individual cells
representing a most likely path. Thus precise topographic attributes
may be derived based on these spatial clusters, overlapping paths
connecting them, or combinations thereof.
Serial No.: 10/206,757.
Date: 7/29/2002.
5. Title: Multi-purpose Mat and Method of Deploying Thereof.
Multipurpose panels having L-shaped tabs are interconnected using
durable connectors to form a multipurpose mat that facilitates mobility
over otherwise unstable terrain. In one embodiment, four-sided panels
are fabricated from laminations of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP)
with radiused rectangular holes machined in each of two adjacent edges
and a recessed L-shaped tab formed along opposing adjacent edges. The
connectors are fabricated from corrosion resistant metal and assembled
to precise specifications prior to insertion in the rectangular holes
machined in pre-specified types of panel. Top and bottom plates of
durable connectors are fabricated from 6061-T6 aluminum stock. A
threaded bolt used to tie the plates together, to which a liquid
threadlocker is applied, is fabricated from a steel alloy suitable for
use with aluminum. Two specifically fabricated tools, a spacer guide
and an alignment tool, may be used to optimize installation. These also
may be fabricated from 6061-T6 aluminum stock.
Serial No.: 10/211,515.
Date: 8/5/2002.
6. Title: System and Method for Automated Alerting to Geospatial
Anomalies. An inexpensive system and reliable method for detecting
spatial anomalies in real time detects hidden anomalies efficiently and
safely. In a preferred embodiment, an FM-CW radar front-end
communicates with a personal computer incorporating specific filter and
processing circuitry, including an AID converter and a DSP. A target
volume is illuminated from just above its top surface and return
signals processed using the PC as programmed with a purpose-built
algorithm. Data are down-converted to audio frequencies for ease in
handling using inexpensive audio frequency circuitry. For use in
avoiding bridged (hidden) crevasses during operation in snowfields, a
version is mounted on a long boom extending from the front of the
platform on which it is installed, typically a lead vehicle of a
convoy. Heretofore, expensive systems requiring full-time monitoring by
an operator were the only safe and reliable solution to insure safe
traversal of snowfields.
Serial No.: 10/256,182.
Date: 9/27/2002.
7. Title: Motion Detection and Alerting System. A compact,
autonomous motion detecting and alerting system alerts to the movement
of objects of interest. Mounted on an environmentally sealed PC board
are a transceiver such as a CW radar front-end, connectors, signal
processors and a communications device. The system provides early
warning of movement of an ice sheet or rubble field via the
communication device that may be a cellular telephone. This system is
mounted proximate the target surface under observation, oriented at
pre-specified offset angles both laterally and in elevation. The target
is illuminated and energy reflected therefrom is mixed with a portion
of the transmitted signal to produce a difference frequency signal that
is processed to establish existence of motion within a pre-specified
velocity range. Upon verification of motion, notification is sent to a
responsible authority. An autonomous or semi-autonomous power source
and integral power management function may be incorporated on the same
PC board.
Serial No.: 10/255,763.
Date: 9/27/2002.
Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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