Department of the Navy February 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Navy is proposing to exempt the records contained in the Privacy Act system of records notice N12410-2, entitled `NCIS Training Academy Records. The exemption (5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(6)) is intended to preserve the objectively and/or fairness of the NCIS test or examination process.

The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and is available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent No. 6,825,801: Outer Loop Test Generator for Global Positioning System.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Cytoplex Biosciences, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license, to practice in the field of real time monitoring of molecular binding for pharmaceutical drug discovery in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government- Owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,372,930: Sensors for Ultra-Low Concentration Molecular Recognition, Navy Case No. 73,568// U.S. Patent No. 5,807,758: Chemical and Biological Sensor Using an Ultra-Sensitive Force Transducer, Navy Case No. 76,628//U.S. Patent No. 5,981,297: Biosensor Using Magnetically-Detected Label, Navy Case No. 77,576//U.S. Patent No. 6,180,418: Force Discrimination Assay, Navy Case No. 78,183.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/152,471: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING PROJECT TRENDS //U.S. Patent No. 6,650,297: LASER DRIVEN PLASMA ANTENNA UTILIZING LASER MODIFIED MAXWELLIAN RELAXATION //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/553,510: SPECIAL SOUNDS VIDEO NARROWBAND PROCESSING SOFTWARE //U.S. Patent No. 6,657,594: PLASMA ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD //U.S. Patent No. 6,806,833: CONFINED PLASMA RESONANCE ANTENNA AND PLASMA RESONANCE ANTENNA ARRAY //U.S. Patent No. 6,827,791: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PAINT FROM A SUBSTRATE // U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/037,808: SEPARATED FLOW LIQUID CATHOLYTE ALUMINUM HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SEAWATER SEMI-FUEL CELL //U.S. Patent No. 6,829,198: ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER HAVING COMPRESSION SCREW MECHANICAL BIAS //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/874,306: NON-LINEAR AXISYMMETRIC POTENTIAL FLOW BOUNDARY MODEL FOR PARTIALLY CAVITATING HIGH SPEED BODIES //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/ 839,449: LOW FREQUENCY SONAR COUNTERMEASURE //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/565,237: ADAPTABLE HIGH SPEED UNDERWATER MUNITION (AHSUM) CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERA OPERATION //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/463,907: ANTENNA FOR DEPLOYMENT FROM UNDERWATER LOCATION //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/672,963: ROTATING FEELER GAGE //U.S. Patent No. 6,822,928: ADAPTIVE SONAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/ 637,074: ACOUSTIC PROCESSING FOR ESTIMATING SIZE OF SMALL TARGETS // U.S. Patent No. 6,834,608: AN ASSEMBLY OF UNDERWATER BODIES AND LAUNCHER THEREFOR //U.S. Patent No. 6,809,444: FREE ROTATING INTEGRATED MOTOR PROPULSOR //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/627,103: ASYMMETRIC TOW SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE LINEAR SEISMIC ARRAYS //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/679,674: LAUNCHER ASSEMBLY WITH ELASTOMERIC EJECTION //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/679,675: PLUNGING TOWED ARRAY ANTENNA //U.S. Patent No. 6,819,630: ITERATIVE DECISION FEEDBACK ADAPTIVE EQUALIZER //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/ 679,677: SURF ZONE MINE CLEARANCE ASSAULT SYSTEM //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/730,184: UNDERWATER WEAPON SYSTEM HAVING A ROTATABLE GUN //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/679,687: GUN- ARMED COUNTERMEASURE //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/695,497: VORTEX ASSISTED PRESSURE CONTROL AT INLET OF UNDERWATER LAUNCH SYSTEM / /U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/663,059: GRAVITY-ACTUATED SUBMARINE ANTENNA //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/644,574: LASER-BASED ACOUSTO-OPTIC UPLINK COMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUE //U.S. Patent No. 6,813,219: DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZATION PRE-PROCESSOR WITH TURBOEQUALIZER //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/456,140: ROTARY ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCH TUBE //U.S. Patent No. 6,835,108: OSCILLATING APPENDAGE FOR FIN PROPULSION //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/ 652,078: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING VOLTAGE SPIKE WAVEFORMS FOR THREE-PHASE ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/652,079: APPARATUS AMD METHOD FOR CALIBRATING VOLTAGE SPIKE WAVEFORMS //U.S. Patent No. 6,813,218: BUOYANT DEVICE FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL ACOUSTO-OPTIC SIGNAL TRANSFER ACROSS THE AIR-WATER INTERFACE //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/672,964: A BROADBAND, TOWED LINE ARRAY WITH SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION CAPABILITIES //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/679,678: TOWABLE SUBMARINE MAST SIMULATOR // U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/456,245: MULTI-LOBED BUOYANT LAUNCH CAPSULE //U.S. Patent No. 6,822,373: BROADBAND TRIPLE RESONANT TRANSDUCER //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/ 730,187: HIGH VELOCITY UNDERWATER JET WEAPON //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/429,331: WATERWAY SHIELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/779,554: A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE PROPERTIES OF A SOLID MATERIAL SUBJECTED TO COMPRESSIONAL FORCES //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/385,448: PUNCTURE PROOF TIRE EMPLOYING AN ELONGATED BODY TUBE HAVING SHEAR RESISTANT FILM //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/679,684: CHROMATE-FREE METHOD FOR SURFACE ETCHING OF ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOYS //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/679,682: CHROMATE-FREE METHOD FOR SURFACE ETCHING OF TITANIUM //U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/851,748: COMBINED IN- PLANE SHEAR AND MULTI-AXIAL TENSION OR COMPRESSION TESTING APPARATUS.

Pursuant to Section (102)(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 1500-1517), the U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of utilizing Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR), Florida, as a location for high-explosive (HE) and inert/ practice air-to-ground ordnance training for East Coast carrier-based strike/fighter aviation squadrons. Squadrons would use APAFR in combination with other available air-to-ground range assets to meet the operational requirements of its Fleet Readiness Training Program (FRTP). FRTP air-to-ground training will encompass operations associated with Navy integrated and sustainment level training exercises and combat certification. The Draft EIS focuses on air-to- ground training alternatives within APAFR. These alternatives encompass varying mixtures of ordnance types among different impact areas within APAFR. This notice is to announce public hearings for the Draft EIS. An open information session will precede the scheduled public hearing and will allow individuals to review the data presented in the Draft EIS. Navy representatives will be available during the information session to clarify information related to the Draft EIS. The information session of the hearing is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., followed by a formal public hearing from 7:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to SWORD Diagnostics, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license, to practice in the fields of rapid detection of pathogens for food safety; drinking water and process water; and human and veterinary diagnostic markets in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned invention described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/601,180: Scanned Wavelength Spectroscopic Detector (SWSD) for Identifying Biological Cells and Organisms, Navy Case No. 96,640.