Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License, 64315-64316 [2012-25827]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 203 / Friday, October 19, 2012 / Notices Bureau Drive; MS 2000; Gaithersburg, MD 20899. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Waltermire via email at NCCoE@ nist.gov; or telephone 301–975–4500. For additional information on NCCoE governance, business processes, and operational structure, visit the NCCoE Web site, at https://csrc.nist.gov/nccoe. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NCCoE, hosted by NIST, is a publicprivate collaboration for accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. The NCCoE’s mission is to bring together experts from industry, government, and academia under one roof to develop practical, interoperable cybersecurity approaches that address the real world needs of complex Information Technology (IT) systems. By accelerating dissemination and use of these integrated tools and technologies for protecting IT assets, the NCCoE strives to enhance trust in U.S. IT communications, data, and storage systems, lower risk for companies and individuals in the use of IT systems, and encourage development of innovative, job-creating cybersecurity products and services. As part of the NCCoE initiative, NIST/ ITL intends to enter into partnerships, called ‘‘National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnerships’’ (NCEPs), with U.S. companies to collaborate on an ongoing basis in the NCCoE. Collaboration agreements will be based upon the statutory technology transfer authorities available to NIST, including the Federal Technology Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C. 3710a. NIST/ITL intends that NCEP collaborators will co-locate with ITL at the NCCoE at 9600 Gudelsky Drive Rockville, MD 20850 and will contribute to the development of the intellectual and physical infrastructure needed to support collaborative efforts among NIST and many sources of security capabilities, including users and vendors of products and services, on holistic approaches to resolve cybersecurity challenges. Approaches to resolving cybersecurity challenges will be addressed at the NCCoE through individual ‘‘use cases,’’ a standard tool used by software engineers to define specific function requirements of a system from the point of view of a user trying to accomplish a specific task. The ‘‘use cases’’ developed by NCCoE will incorporate the IT security needs of specific communities or sectors. Examples of candidate sectors include health care, finance and utilities. The cybersecurity challenges that will be the subject of the ‘‘use cases’’ will be selected by NIST VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:06 Oct 18, 2012 Jkt 229001 through workshops with input from broad groups of stakeholders, as well as public feedback provided via collaborative internet participation. Collaborative participation may be accessed via links from https://nccoe. nist.gov/. Opportunities to participate in individual ‘‘use cases’’ will be announced in the Federal Register and will be open to the public on a firstcome, first-served basis. NIST/ITL envisions that the NCCoE will be capable of supporting multiple simultaneous ‘‘use cases’’ in various stages. 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AGENCY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (‘‘NIST’’), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license in the United States of America, its territories, possessions and commonwealths, to NIST’s interest in the invention embodied in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61,623/957 titled ‘‘Highly Selective Gallium Nitride Nanowire/Titanium Dioxide-Nanocluster Hybrid Sensors for Detection of Benzene and Related Environmental Pollutants,’’ NIST Docket No. 11–019 to the University of Maryland, having a place of business at 0133 Cole Student Activities Building, College Park MD 20742–1001. The grant of the license would be for all fields of use. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Lynch, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975–2691, terry.lynch@nist.gov. 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Nanowire-nanocluster hybrid chemical sensors are realized by functionalizing gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) with titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanolusters for selectively sensing benzene and other related aromatic compounds. The Hybrid sensor devices are made by fabricating two-terminal devices using individual GaN NWs followed by the deposition of TiO2 nanoclusters using RF magnetron sputtering. The sensor fabrication process employed standard microfabrication techniques. Dated: October 12, 2012. Willie E. May, Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. [FR Doc. 2012–25827 Filed 10–18–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XC279 Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plan South-Central California Coast Steelhead Distinct Population Segment National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating 
the grant of an exclusive license in the United States of America, its 
territories, possessions and commonwealths, to NIST's interest in the 
invention embodied in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61,623/
957 titled ``Highly Selective Gallium Nitride Nanowire/Titanium 
Dioxide-Nanocluster Hybrid Sensors for Detection of Benzene and Related 
Environmental Pollutants,'' NIST Docket No. 11-019 to the University of 
Maryland, having a place of business at 0133 Cole Student Activities 
Building, College Park MD 20742-1001. The grant of the license would be 
for all fields of use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Lynch, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-2691, 
terry.lynch@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be

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royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be 
granted unless, within fifteen days from the date of this published 
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which 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.
    U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61,623/957 is co-owned by 
the U.S. government, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, 
George Mason University, and the University of Maryland. This invention 
is a chemical sensor architecture that combines the sensitive 
transduction capability of semiconducting nanostructures together with 
the enhanced catalytic efficiency of metal and metal-oxide 
nanoclusters. Nanowire-nanocluster hybrid chemical sensors are realized 
by functionalizing gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires (NWs) with titanium 
dioxide (TiO2) nanolusters for selectively sensing benzene and other 
related aromatic compounds. The Hybrid sensor devices are made by 
fabricating two-terminal devices using individual GaN NWs followed by 
the deposition of TiO2 nanoclusters using RF magnetron sputtering. The 
sensor fabrication process employed standard microfabrication 
techniques.

    Dated: October 12, 2012.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-25827 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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