[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 32418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13668]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE



Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers




Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License of the 

United States Patent Application No. 12/243,084, Filed October 01, 

2008, Entitled: Soluble Salt Produced From a Biopolymer and a Process 

for Producing the Salt



AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.



ACTION: Notice of intent.



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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made 

of a prospective exclusive license of the following U.S. Patent 

Application 12/243,084 Filed October 1, 2008.



DATES: Written objections must be filed not later than 15 days 

following publication of this announcement.



ADDRESSES: United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 

ATTN: CEERD-ZA-T (Ms. Bea Shahin), 2902 Newmark Drive, Champaign, IL 

6182-1076.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bea Shahin (217) 373-7234, FAX 

(217) 373-7210, e-mail: [email protected].



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This patent application claims a method by 

which a biologically natural material can be produced in bioreactors 

and transformed for use as a dry solid. The resulting biopolymer 

material can be used in place of synthetic, petroleum-based polymers 

for soil amendment applications to achieve increased soil strength, 

reduced air transport, and decreased soil erosion. During processing, 

the biopolymer also can be functionalized to improve its adsorption of 

heavy metals.



Brenda S. Bowen,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 2010-13668 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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