Department of Energy June 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/876,296, entitled ``Micromanipulator'', and U.S. Patent Application No. 11/406,335, entitled ``Piezoelectric Valve'', both developed under projects with the Science and Technology Center in the Ukraine (STCU), are available for licensing in the United States as deemed appropriate in the public interest. Discovery Technology International, LLLP (DTI), of Sarasota, Florida, has applied for an exclusive license to practice both inventions in the United States. The U. S. Government has the exclusive authority to license the inventions in the United States.

A meeting involving members of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy Agency (IEA) will take place on June 23-25, 2008, at the headquarters of the IEA in Paris, France, in connection with the IEA's Emergency Disruption Simulation Exercise (ERE4); and on June 25, 2008, a meeting of the IAB will be held in connection with a meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ).

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, including refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines (beverage vending machines), for which DOE determines that energy conservation standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. DOE is publishing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) to: (1) Announce that it is considering establishment of energy conservation standards for beverage vending machines; and (2) announce a public meeting to receive comments on a variety of related issues.