AGENCY:
Office of General Counsel, Department of Energy.
ACTION:
Notice of inventions available for license.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Energy hereby announces that U.S. No. Patent 5,480,549, entitled “Method for Phosphate-Accelerated Bioremediation” and U.S. Patent No. 5,753,109, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Phosphate-Accelerated Bioremediation” are available for license, in accordance with 37 U.S.C. 207-209. A copy of the patents may be obtained, for a modest fee, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert J. Marchick, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-2802.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
35 U.S.C. 207 authorizes licensing of Government-owned inventions. Implementing regulations are contained in 37 CFR part 404.37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes exclusive licensing of Government-owned inventions under certain circumstances, provided that notice of the invention's availability for license has been announced in the Federal Register.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2000.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology, Transfer and Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. 00-19763 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
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