[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9820-9821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3781]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (11-018)]
Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive License
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a partially exclusive license.
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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1)
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to
grant a partially exclusive license in the United States to practice
the invention described and claimed in United States Patent 7,509,774
(issued March 31, 2009) and NASA Case No. MSC 24201-1, entitled
``Apparatus For Integrating A Rigid Structure Into A Flexible Wall Of
An Inflatable Structure'' to Bigelow Aerospace, having its principal
place of business in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The fields of use may be
limited to expandable spacecraft, vehicles, modules, and the like for
operation in exoatmospheric space, including applications, sales,
lease, and other commercial uses or applications thereof for research
and development, space tourism, and other commercial endeavors. The
patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United States
of America as represented by the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective partially
exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
DATES: The prospective partially exclusive license may be granted
unless within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice,
NASA receives written objections including evidence and argument that
establish that the grant of the license would not be consistent with
the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Competing
applications completed and received by NASA within fifteen (15) days of
the date of this published notice will also be treated as objections to
the grant of the contemplated partially exclusive license.
Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made
available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by
law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5
U.S.C. 552.
ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be
submitted to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Patent Counsel, JSC Office
of Chief Counsel, Mail Code AL, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas
77058.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore U. Ro, Patent Attorney, JSC
Office of Chief Counsel, (281) 244-7148 (phone), (281) 483-6936 (fax),
[email protected] (e-mail address). Information about other NASA
inventions available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/
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Dated: February 5, 2011.
Richard W. Sherman,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2011-3781 Filed 2-18-11; 8:45 am]
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