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of multiple DNA target in one
electrophoretic pathway are
demonstrated.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Notice of Jointly Owned Inventions
Available for Licensing
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of jointly owned
inventions available for licensing.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The inventions listed below
are jointly owned by the U.S.
Government, as represented by the
Department of Commerce. The
inventions are available for licensing in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37
CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious
commercialization of results of federally
funded research and development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on
these inventions may be obtained by
writing to: National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of
Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary
Clague, Building 820, Room 213,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is
also available via telephone: (301) 975–
4188 , fax (301) 869–2751, or e-mail:
mary.clague@nist.gov. Any request for
information should include the NIST
Docket number and title for the
invention as indicated below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may
enter into a Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)
with the licensee to perform further
research on the invention for purposes
of commercialization. The inventions
available for licensing are:
[NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 02–004US]
Title: Bio-Affinity Porous Matrix in
Microfluidic Channels.
Abstract: This invention is jointly
owned by the U.S. Government, as
represented by the Department of
Commerce, and Loyola College.
Acrylamide-modified DNA probes are
immobilized in polycarbonate
microfluidic channels via
photopolymerization in a
polyacrylamide matrix. The resulting
polymeric, hydrogel plugs are porous
under electrophoretic conditions and
hybridize with fluorescently-tagged
complementary DNA. The double
stranded DNA can be chemically
denatured and the chip may be reused
with a new analytical sample.
Conditions for photopolymerization,
hybridization, and denaturation are
discussed. The photopolymerization of
plugs containing different DNA probe
sequences in one microfluidic channel,
thereby enabling the selective detection
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Title: Macro/Micro Crane.
Abstract: This invention is jointly
owned by the U.S. Government, as
represented by the Department of
Commerce, and Oceaneering
International, Inc. The invention
describes a crane concept to facilitate
the transfer of containerized cargo
between two ships at sea. The invention
uses a macro/micro design under which
a serial set of independently controlled
manipulators move a load between a
base ship and a target ship. The
manipulator is a modified container
crane mounted on a ship subject to the
actions of sea and wind. The
modification compensates for the large
motions of the base ship. The micromanipulator moves the load and
compensates for the motions of the
receiving ship and the unscheduled
motions of the base ship remaining after
the macro-manipulator compensation.
Dated: June 7, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05–11730 Filed 6–13–05; 8:45 am]
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Announcing a Public Workshop on
Cryptographic Hash
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST).
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: A vulnerability was recently
identified in the NIST-approved
cryptographic hash algorithm, Secure
Hash Algorithm-1 (SHA–1). In response,
NIST is announcing a public workshop
to discuss this vulnerability, assess the
status of other NIST-approved hash
algorithms, and discuss possible nearand long-term options.
DATES: The workshop will be held on
October 31 and November 1, 2005, from
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
in the Green Auditorium, Building 101
at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.
Comments, presentations, and papers,
including reports on preliminary work,
are encouraged prior to the workshop
and should be sent to: hashfunction@nist.gov. A detailed draft
agenda and supporting documentation
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for the workshop will be available prior
to the workshop at: https://www.nist.gov/
hash-function. The Web address for
workshop registration is: https://
www.nist.gov/conferences/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information, when available,
may be obtained from the Cryptographic
Hash Workshop Web site or by
contacting Sara Caswell, NIST, 100
Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. (301)
975–4634; Fax (301) 948–1233, or e-mail
sara@nist.gov. Questions regarding
workshop registration should be
addressed to Teresa Vicente on (301)
975–3883 or teresa.vicente@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A
cryptographic hash function takes a
variable length input string and
generates a fixed length output called
the message digest. Because the message
digest can serve as a digital fingerprint
on the input, a cryptographic hash
function is an important primitive in
various security applications, such as
authentication, key derivation, and
digital signatures. One of the most
commonly used hash functions is the
NIST-approved SHA–1; however, a
vulnerability has recently been
uncovered that affects SHA–1.
Specifically, a team of researchers
reported that the SHA–1 function
offered significantly less collision
resistance than could be expected from
a cryptographic hash function of its
output size. Since all NIST-approved
cryptographic hash functions share
basic design attributes, a SHA–1
vulnerability warrants a reassessment of
the entire family of the NIST-approved
Secure Hash Algorithms. The
Cryptographic Hash Workshop aims to
solicit public input on how to respond
to the current state of research in this
area. Topics of specific interests
include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Security Status of Approved Hash
Functions
• The latest results on the security of
SHA–1;
• The latest results on the security of
SHA–256 and SHA–512;
• Likely extensions to the latest
results on the approved hash functions;
• The impacts of the latest results on
different applications of the approved
hash functions.
Short Term Actions
• How urgent are the current
concerns with the approved hash
functions?
• What changes to applications and
protocols could mitigate potential
problems?
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Notice of Jointly Owned Inventions Available for Licensing
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of jointly owned inventions available for licensing.
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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are jointly owned by the U.S.
Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The
inventions are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207
and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results
of federally funded research and development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on
these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary
Clague, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is
also available via telephone: (301) 975-4188 , fax (301) 869-2751, or
e-mail: mary.clague@nist.gov. Any request for information should
include the NIST Docket number and title for the invention as indicated
below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform
further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization.
The inventions available for licensing are:
[NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 02-004US]
Title: Bio-Affinity Porous Matrix in Microfluidic Channels.
Abstract: This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government,
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Loyola College.
Acrylamide-modified DNA probes are immobilized in polycarbonate
microfluidic channels via photopolymerization in a polyacrylamide
matrix. The resulting polymeric, hydrogel plugs are porous under
electrophoretic conditions and hybridize with fluorescently-tagged
complementary DNA. The double stranded DNA can be chemically denatured
and the chip may be reused with a new analytical sample. Conditions for
photopolymerization, hybridization, and denaturation are discussed. The
photopolymerization of plugs containing different DNA probe sequences
in one microfluidic channel, thereby enabling the selective detection
of multiple DNA target in one electrophoretic pathway are demonstrated.
[NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 05-003US]
Title: Macro/Micro Crane.
Abstract: This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government,
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Oceaneering
International, Inc. The invention describes a crane concept to
facilitate the transfer of containerized cargo between two ships at
sea. The invention uses a macro/micro design under which a serial set
of independently controlled manipulators move a load between a base
ship and a target ship. The manipulator is a modified container crane
mounted on a ship subject to the actions of sea and wind. The
modification compensates for the large motions of the base ship. The
micro-manipulator moves the load and compensates for the motions of the
receiving ship and the unscheduled motions of the base ship remaining
after the macro-manipulator compensation.
Dated: June 7, 2005.
Hratch G. Semerjian,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 05-11730 Filed 6-13-05; 8:45 am]
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