Agencies and Commissions December 9, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The inventions listed below are assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and are available for licensing.

The inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.

The invention listed below is assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and is available for licensing.

The inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark office, and are available for licensing.

NASA hereby gives notice that Exploration Partners, LLC., of Austin, Texas, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 6,164,060 entitled Combustion Chamber/Nozzle Assembly And Fabrication Process Therefrom, 6,308,408 entitled Combustion Chamber/Nozzle Assembly And Fabrication Process Therefrom, 6,195,984 entitled Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber Assembly, 6,330,792 entitled Method Of Making A Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber Assembly, 6,116,020 entitled Injector For Liquid Fueled Rocket Engine, 6,189,315 entitled Low-Cost Gas Generator And Ignitor, 6,497,091 entitled Hypergolic Ignitor Assembly, 6,845,605 entitled Hypergolic Ignitor and 6,860,099 entitled Liquid Propellant Tracing Impingement Injector. Written objections to the prospective grant of a license should be sent to Mr. James J. McGroary, Chief Patent Counsel/LS01, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812. NASA has not yet made a determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.

Notice is hereby given that the United States International Trade Commission has determined to review in part an initial determination (``ID'') issued by the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') finding no violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Specifically, the Commission has determined to review the portion of the ALJ's determination relating to anticipation and obviousness. On review, the Commission has determined to take no position with respect to these issues, but to affirm the ALJ's determination of no violation of section 337 and to terminate the investigation.

It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with SMC Marketing Corp., a corporation, containing a civil penalty of $500,000.00.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) is publishing this interpretive release with respect to accounting for sales of vaccines and bioterror countermeasures to the Federal government for placement into stockpiles related to the Vaccines for Children Program or the Strategic National Stockpile.

We are amending our rules regarding service of legal process in lawsuits involving judicial review of Agency final decisions on individual claims for benefits under titles II, VIII, and/or XVI of the Social Security Act (Act). Under the current rules, summonses and complaints in these types of cases are required to be sent to the Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of the General Counsel (OGC) in Baltimore, Maryland. These final rules provide that summonses and complaints in these types of cases shall be mailed directly to the OGC office that is responsible for the processing and handling of litigation in the particular jurisdiction in which the complaint has been filed. The names and addresses of those offices, and the jurisdictions for which they are currently responsible, are detailed in a separate notice in the Notices section of today's Federal Register. Future changes in the addresses and/or jurisdictional responsibilities of these offices will similarly be published in the Federal Register. Current procedures for service of summonses and complaints in all other types of cases filed against SSA, i.e., those that do not involve judicial review of Agency final decisions on individual claims for benefits under titles II, VIII, and/or XVI of the Act, are not affected by this change.

The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) proposes to amend its regulations to include the option of electronic notification by railroad employers of settlements and final judgments based on an injury for which sickness benefits have been paid under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA). Part 341 currently requires that notifications of settlements and final judgments be submitted to the Board in writing. The proposed rule would allow these notifications to be made by railroad employers either in writing or by sending an electronic message, e.g. via e-mail.