Department of Defense June 25, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States (U.S.) Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy (DoN). The following patents are available for licensing: U.S. Patent No. 8,262,938: Active Aluminum Rich Coatings, Navy Case PAX53, Inventors Matzdorf et al, issued September 11, 2012//U.S. Patent No. 8,277,688: Aluminum Alloy Coated Pigments and Corrosion-Resistant Coatings, Navy Case PAX81, Inventors Matzdorf et al, issued October 2, 2012//U.S. Patent Application No. 13/564,341: Oxide Coated Metal Pigments and Film-Forming Compositions, Navy Case PAX115, Inventors Matzdorf et al, filed August 1, 2012, and related Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filing//U.S. Patent Application No. 13/628,232: Coated Aluminum Alloy Pigments and Corrosion-Resistant Coatings, Navy Case PAX121, Inventors Matzdorf et al, filed September 27, 2007, and related PCT filing.

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Department of Defense Task Force on the Care, Management, and Transition of Recovering Wounded, Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed Forces (subsequently referred to as the Task Force) will take place.

DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to simplify prescriptions for provisions and clauses that are applicable to the acquisition of commercial items and to specify flowdown of clauses to commercial subcontracts.