[Federal Register: August 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 164)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
U.S. Drilling Group, Inc.; Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive 
Patent License

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given to an intent to grant to U.S. Drilling 
Group Inc., of Franklin, TN, an exclusive license to practice the 
invention described in U.S. Patent No. 6,251,279, entitled ``Thermally 
Conductive Cementitious Grout For Geothermal Heat Pump Systems''. The 
invention is owned by the United States of America, as represented by 
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than September 24, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology 
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John T. Lucas, Office of the Assistant 
General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. 
Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-2939.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209 provides federal agencies with 
authority to grant exclusive licenses in federally-owned inventions, 
if, among other things, the agency finds that the public will be served 
by the granting of the license. The statute requires that no exclusive 
license may be granted unless public notice of the intent to grant the 
license has been provided, and the agency has considered all comments 
received in response to that public notice, before the end of the 
comment period.
    U.S. Drilling Group Inc., of Franklin, TN has applied for an 
exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent No. 
6,251,179, and has plans for commercialization of the invention.
    The exclusive license will be subject to a license and other rights 
retained by the U.S. Government, and other terms and conditions to be 
negotiated. DOE intends to negotiate to grant the license, unless, 
within 30 days of this notice, the Assistant General Counsel for 
Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, Department of Energy,

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Washington, DC 20585, receives in writing any of the following, 
together with supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reason(s) why it 
would not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the 
proposed license; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention in 
which applicant states that it already has brought the invention to 
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical 
application expeditiously.
    The Department will review all timely written responses to this 
notice, and will proceed with negotiating the license if, after 
consideration of written responses to this notice, a finding is made 
that the license is in the public interest.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 19, 2004.
Robert J. Marchick,
Acting Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and 
Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 04-19422 Filed 8-24-04; 8:45 am]

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