[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2088-2089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-451]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; IRFlex 
Corporation

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to IRFlex Corporation a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive 
license to practice the field of use of nonlinear, mid-infrared fiber 
and fiber devices to generate and/or guide mid-infrared sources over 
long distances (1-500 meters) in the United States, the Government-
owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,949,935: Infrared 
Optical Fiber Couple, Navy Case No. 78,344.//U.S. Patent No. 6,928,227: 
Amplification with Chalcogenide Glass Fiber, Navy Case No. 82,848.//
U.S. Patent No. 7,133,590: IR Supercontinuum Source, Navy Case No. 
96,194.//U.S. Patent No. 7,809,030: OPO Mid-IR Wavelength Converter, 
Navy Case No. 98,538.//U.S. Patent Application No. 12/179,797: 
Manufacturing Process for Chalcogenide Glasses, Navy Case No. 96,838.//
U.S. Patent Application No. 12/851,377: Microstructured Fiber End, Navy 
Case No. 98,546.//U.S. Patent Application

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No. 12/645,315: Fiber-Based Mid-IR Signal Combiner and Method of Making 
Same, Navy Case No. 99,613 and any continuations, divisionals or re-
issues thereof.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than January 27, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with the Naval Research 
Laboratory, Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-
5320.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Manak, Head, Technology Transfer 
Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-
5320, telephone 202-767-3083. Due to U.S. Postal delays, please fax 
202-404-7920, e-mail: [email protected] or use courier delivery 
to expedite response.

    Authority:  35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404.

    Dated: January 6, 2011.
D.J. Werner,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-451 Filed 1-11-11; 8:45 am]
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