Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

Pursuant to the provisions of part 404 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, which implements Public Law 96-517, the Department of the Air Force announces its intention to grant Powdermet Inc., a company doing business in Sun Valley, California (CA), an exclusive license in any right, title and interest the Air Force has in U.S. Patent Number 6,033,622 entitled “Method for Making Metal Matrix Composites.” The inventor, Benji Maruyama was a government employee at the time of the invention. Mr. Maruyama assigned rights to the Air Force recorded at reel 9549, frames 124 and 125.

The license described above will be granted unless an objection thereto, together with a request for an opportunity to be heard, if desired, is received in writing by the addressee set forth below within 60 days from the date of publication of this Notice. Information concerning the application may be obtained, on request, from the same addressee.

All communications concerning this Notice should be sent to Mr. Randy Heald, Associate General Counsel (Acquisition), SAF/GCQ, 1500 Wilson Blvd., Suite 304, Arlington, VA 22209-2310. Mr. Heald can be reached at 703-588-5091 or by fax at 703-588-8037.