Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License to Schafer Aerospace; Albuquerque, NM

AGENCY:

Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION:

Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), the Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Schafer Aerospace; a corporation having its principle place of business at 2309 Renard Place SE., Suite 300, Albuquerque, NM 87106, exclusive license in the field of fiber laser array systems with specific application in the areas of laser communication, beam aberration correction, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR/LADAR), beam steering (random access) and precision pointing and tracking. The proposed license would be relative to the following:

• U.S Patent Application Number 2014/0231618 entitled “Apparatus for Coherent Beam Combining in an Array of Laser Collimators”, Inventors Beresnev et al, Filing date September 27, 2013.
• U.S Patent Application Number 2014/0241665 entitled “Light Beam Collimator Particularly Suitable for a Densely Packed Array”, Inventor Beresnev, Filing date February 28, 2013.
• U.S Patent Application Number 2013/0342078 entitled “Apparatus and Method of Making a Multi-Layered Piezoelectric Actuator”, Inventor Beresnev, Filing Date August 27, 2013.

DATES:

The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory 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 the U.S. Army Research Laboratory within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice will also be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated 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:

Send written objections to U.S. Army Research Laboratory Technology Transfer and Outreach Office, RDRL-DPT/Thomas Mulkern, Building 321 Room 110, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5425.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Mulkern, (410) 278-0889, EMail: ORTA@arl.army.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

None.