[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 18825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8389]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Advantage Electronic Product Development Incorporated/Utility
Crew Safety LLC
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given with an intent to grant to: Advantage
Electronic Product Development Incorporated/Utility Crew Safety LLC, of
Broomfield, Colorado, an exclusive license to practice the inventions
described in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/401,033, entitled ``Ground
Potential Rise Monitor,'' and PCT/US10/26189, entitled ``Ground
Potential Rise Monitor,'' in the United States and in foreign
countries. 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 April 28, 2010.
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: Annette R. Reimers, 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-
3815.
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. Under 37 CFR 404.7, DOE has considered whether the
interests of the Federal Government or the United States industry in
foreign commerce will be enhanced.
Advantage Electronic Product Development Incorporated/Utility Crew
Safety LLC, of Broomfield, Colorado, has applied for an exclusive
license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Application
No. 12/401,033, entitled ``Ground Potential Rise Monitor'' and PCT/
US10/26189, entitled ``Ground Potential Rise Monitor,'' 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 15 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 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 April 07, 2010.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property.
[FR Doc. 2010-8389 Filed 4-12-10; 8:45 am]
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