[Federal Register: April 6, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 65)]
[Notices]               
[Page 17437-17438]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
HydroGen llc

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 HydroGen, llc, 
of Jefferson Hills, PA, an exclusive license to practice the inventions 
described in U.S. Patent No. 4,978,591, entitled ``Corrosion-free 
Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell''; U.S. Patent No. 4,732,822, entitled 
``Internal Electrolyte Supply System For Reliable Transport Throughout 
Fuel Cell Stacks''; U.S. Patent No. 4,853,301, entitled ``Fuel Cell 
Plates With Skewed Process Channels For Uniform Distribution Of Stack 
Compression Load; and U.S. Patent No. 5,096,786, entitled ``Integral 
Edge Seal For Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells''. The inventions are 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 May 6, 2005.

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.
    HydroGen llc, of Jefferson Hills, PA has applied for an exclusive 
license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Nos. 
4,978,591, 4,732,822, 4,853,301, and 5,096,786, and has plans for 
commercialization of the inventions.
    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, 
Washington, DC 20585, receives in writing any of the following, 
together with supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reason 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 if 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.


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    Issued in Washington, DC on March 29, 2005.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
[FR Doc. 05-6821 Filed 4-5-05; 8:45 am]

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