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Meeting of the Board of Visitors of Marine Corps University
The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop, and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military education operations; and provide such oversight and advice, as necessary, to facilitate high educational standards and cost effective operations. The Board will be focusing primarily on the University's Marine Corps War College. All sessions of the meeting will be open to the public.
Notice of Availability for the Draft 2006 Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the 2002 Rim of the Pacific Programmatic Environmental Assessment, Hawaii; Correction
The Department of the Navy published a document in the Federal Register of January 20, 2006, concerning the draft 2006 Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the 2002 Programmatic Environmental Assessment (Supplemental PEA) for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Hawaii exercise. The notice incorrectly identified the United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce, as a cooperating agency.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Expression Pathology, Inc.
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Expression Pathology, Inc., a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license to practice in the field of consumable slides and other coated substrates for laser microdissection of tissue samples for life science research, and human clinical and veterinary diagnostic applications in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,905,738: Generation of Viable Cell Active Biomaterial Patterns by Laser Transfer, Navy Case No. 79,702.//U.S. Patent No. 6,936,311: Generation of Biomaterial Microarrays by Laser Transfer, Navy Case No. 82,621.// U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/863,833: Biological Laser Printing for Tissue Microdissection via Indirect Photon-Biomaterial Interactions, Navy Case No. 96,075.//U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/863,850: Biological Laser Printing for Tissue Microdissection via Indirect Photon-Biomaterial Interactions, Navy Case No. 84,621 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
The inventions listed below are assigned to the U.S. Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent No. 6,883,453: UNMANNED WATERCRAFT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.// U.S. Patent No. 6,889,624: GRAPPLE ANCHOR DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER TOWING OF WATERCRAFT.//U.S Patent No. 6,895,371: GEOMETRICAL MODELING OF STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,898,584: MONITORING OF AIRCRAFT USAGE.//U.S Patent No. 6,921,898: BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DETERMINATION BY LARGE SCALE FIELD MEASUREMENT.// U.S Patent No. 6,926,567: DIRECTIONAL STEERING CONTROLLED JET PROPULSION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,930,311: LIGHTWEIGHT NEUTRON REMMETER.//U.S. Patent No. 6,932,013: MANEUVERING OF SUBMERGED WATERJET PROPELLED SEA CRAFT.//U.S. Patent No. 6,932,661: STEERING AND DIRECTIONAL REVERSING CONTROL FOR WATERJET PROPULSION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,953,003: WATERCRAFT LANDING CRADLE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,960,865: POLYURETHANE ELECTROSTRICTION.// U.S. Patent No. 6,961,597: STRIPS FOR IMPARTING LOW NONLINEARITY TO HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR MICROWAVE FILTERS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,964,738: BIOREACTOR PROCESSING OF WASTEWATER.//U.S Patent No. 6,965,505: SHIP DEGAUSSING SYSTEM AND ALGORITHM.//U.S Patent No. 6,968,802: BUOYANT RETRIEVAL OF UNMANNED SEAWATER VEHICLES.//U.S. Patent No. 6,976,599: MULTI-RAIL DUAL HOISTING CRANE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,981,400: SLIP METER FOR DETERMINATION OF SURFACE SLIP RESISTANCE.// U.S. Patent No. 6,981,673: WEAR RESISTING SLEEVE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING ARRESTING CABLES.//U.S. Patent No. 6,981,598: TURN-TABLE DUAL HOISTING CRANE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,982,502: HYBRID ELECTRIC LINEAR ACTUATOR.//U.S Patent No. 6,983,710: HIGH SPEED BRAKING OF SUBMERGED PROPELLED SEA CRAFT.//U.S. Patent No. 6,991,468: FOLDED FOIL AND METAL FIBER BRAID ELECTRICAL CURRENT COLLECTOR BRUSH.
Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive Patent License; Nabco, Inc.
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Nabco, Inc., a revocable, non-assignable, partially exclusive license in the U.S. to practice these Government-owned inventions in the field of use of fabricated metal product manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, transportation equipment manufacturing, as described in: U.S. Patent No. 6,196,107, entitled ``Explosive Containment Device,'' issued March 6, 2001, Navy Case No. 78,946.
Meetings of the Naval Research Advisory Committee
The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet on February 16, 2006. The meeting will be an Executive Session and will discuss studies to be undertaken by NRAC.
Notice of Availability for the Draft 2006 Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the 2002 Rim of the Pacific Programmatic Environmental Assessment, Hawaii
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR, Parts 1500-1508) implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA, the United States Department of the Navy (Navy) gives notice that a draft Supplement to the Programmatic Environmental Assessment (Supplemental PEA) has been prepared to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with implementation of the 2006 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises. RIMPAC 2006 is scheduled to be conducted from about June 26 to July 28, 2006. The United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce, is a cooperating agency in the preparation of this draft Supplemental PEA.
Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Use of a More Efficient Shipping Container System for Spent Nuclear Fuel From Naval Aircraft Carriers
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental and Natural Resources Program Manual (OPNAV Instruction 5090.1B), the Department of the Navy, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential environmental impacts associated with using a more efficient shipping container system for spent nuclear fuel to support refueling and defueling U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (NNS) in Virginia, and the associated rail shipment of this spent nuclear fuel to the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) in Idaho for temporary storage.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Invention; Available for Licensing
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the availability of exclusive or partially exclusive license to practice worldwide under the following pending patent. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404. Applications will be evaluated utilizing the following criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and market the technology; (2) manufacturing and marketing ability; (3) time required to bring technology to market and production rate; (4) royalties; (5) technical capabilities; and (6) small business status. Patent application Serial Numbers 11/090,916 and PCT/US05/010061 entitled ``ANTI-MUCOLYTIC AND ANTI-ELASTASE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF'' filed on March 24, 2005. The present inventions relate to the use of a compound containing a dithiol active site, preferably in reduced state, to induce, enhance and/or increase the liquefaction of mucus or sputum through mucolysis, and/or to inhibit elastase.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
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 Number 5,264,693, entitled ``Microelectronic Photomultiplier Device with Integrated Circuitry'', issue date November 23, 1993. U.S. Patent Number 5,272,476, entitled ``Data Acquisition System having novel, low power circuit for time-division-multiplexing sensor array signals'', issued December 21, 1993. U.S. Patent Number 5,276,695, entitled ``Multifrequency, rapidly sequenced or simultaneous tunable laser'', issued January 4, 1994. U.S. Patent Number 5,285,467, entitled ``Compact, efficient, scalable neodymium laser co-doped with activator ions and pumped by visible laser diodes'', issued February 8, 1994. U.S. Patent Number 5,306,904, entitled ``Multilayer microelectronic photomultiplier device with a stacked series of dynode and insulating layers'', issued April 26, 1994. U.S. Patent Number 5,310,989, entitled ``Method for laser-assisted etching of III-V and II-VI semiconductor compounds using chlorofluorocarbon ambients'', issued May 10, 1994. U.S. Patent Number 5,310,990, entitled ``Method of laser processing ferroelectric materials'', issued May 10, 1994. U.S. Patent Number 5,736,950, entitled ``Sigma-delta modulator with tunable signal passband'', issued April 7, 1998. U.S. Patent Number 5,737,347, entitled ``Laser with multiple gain elements'', issued April 7, 1998. U.S. Patent Number 5,757,867, entitled ``Digital mixing to baseband decimation filter'', issued May 26, 1998. U.S. Patent Number 5,760,722, entitled ``Distributed quantization noise transmission zeros in cascaded sigma-delta modulators'', issued June 2, 1998. U.S. Patent Number 5,764,677, entitled ``Laser diode power combiner'', issued June 9, 1998. U.S. Patent Number 6,342,866, entitled ``Wideband antenna system'', issued January 29, 2002. U.S. Patent Number 6,404,038, entitled ``Complementary vertical bipolar junction transistors fabricated of silicon-on-sapphire utilizing wide base PNP transistors'', issued June 11, 2002.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of the Navy is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR)
Under the National Environmental Policy Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published an amended notice of availability in the Federal Register, 70 FR 67166 on November 4, 2005, for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the Department of the Navy's Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR), Installation and Operation, Preferred Site (in the Cherry Point Operating Area) and the Alternate Sites (within the Virginia Capes and Jacksonville Operating Areas), NC, VA, and FL (EIS No. 20050446). This notice announces the extension of the public comment period from December 28, 2005 to January 30, 2006.
Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar
Under the National Environmental Policy Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a notice of availability in the Federal Register, 70 FR 68443 on November 10, 2005, for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Department of the Navy's deployment of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar systems (EIS No. 20050460). This notice announces the extension of the public comment period from December 27, 2005 to February 10, 2006.
Nominations for Membership on Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel
The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) is soliciting nominations for new members.
Meeting of the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel
The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will meet to discuss National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) activities. All sessions of the meeting will remain open to the public.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the availability of exclusive or partially exclusive license to practice worldwide under the following pending patent. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404. Applications will be evaluated utilizing the following criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and market the technology; (2) manufacturing and marketing ability; (3) time required to bring technology to market and production rate; (4) royalties; (5) technical capabilities; and (6) small business status. Patent application Serial Numbers 11/090,916 and PCT/US05/010061 entitled ``ANTI-MUCOLYTIC AND ANTI-ELASTASE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF'' filed on March 24, 2005. The present inventions relate to the use of a compound containing a dithiol active site, preferably in reduced state, to induce, enhance and/or increase the liquefaction of mucus or sputum through mucolysis, and/or to inhibit elastase.
Redesignation of the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve
The Department of the Navy (DON) hereby gives notice of the redesignation of the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
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 No. 6,873,961: Method and Apparatus for Identifying and Tracking Project Trends//U.S. Patent No. 6,801,655: Spatial Image Processor//U.S. Patent No. 6,785,623: Business to Business Electronic Test Monitoring Information System//U.S. Patent No. 6,768,815: Color Sensor//U.S. Patent No. 6,735,579: Static Memory Processor//U.S. Patent No. 6,718,816: Monolithic I.C. Implemented Calibration Circuit//U.S. Patent No. 6,718,316: Neural Network Noise Anomaly Recognition System and Method//U.S. Patent No. 6,694,049: Multimode Invariant Processor// U.S. Patent No. 6,618,713: Neural Directors//U.S. Patent No. 6,618,324: Track Quality Indicator with Hysteresis//U.S. Patent No. 6,597,634: System and Method for Stochastic Characterization of Sparse, Four- Dimensional, Underwater-Sound Signals//U.S. Patent No. 6,594,382: Neural Sensors//U.S. Patent No. 6,590,833: Adaptive Cross Correlator// U.S. Patent No. 6,580,314: Demodulation System and Method for Recovering a Signal of Interest from a Modulated Carrier Sampled at Two Times the Phase Generated Carrier Frequency//U.S. Patent No. 6,577,268: Outboard Radio Signal Test System and Method//U.S. Patent No. 6,571,598: Calibration Circuit for Use with a Differential Input Preamplifier in a Sensor System//U.S. Patent No. 6,566,895: Unbalanced Three Phase Delta Power Measurement Apparatus and Method//U.S. Patent No. 6,560,582: Dynamic Memory Processor//U.S. Patent No. 6,546,045: Method for Communication Using Adaptive Modem//U.S. Patent No. 6,507,827: Adaptive and Intelligent Modem//U.S. Patent No. 6,466,516: System and Apparatus for the Detection of Randomness in Three Dimensional Time Series Distributions Made up of Sparse Data Sets//U.S. Patent No. 6,430,522: Enhanced Model Identification in Signal Processing Using Arbitrary Exponential Functions//U.S. Patent No. 6,430,107: Computerized Auditory Scene Analysis Particularly Suited for Undersea Applications//U.S. Patent No. 6,421,620: Test Data Processing System//U.S. Patent No. 6,401,050: Non- Command, Visual Interaction System for Watchstations//U.S. Patent No. 6,400,647: Remote Detection System//U.S. Patent No. 6,397,234: System and Apparatus for the Detection of Randomness in Time Series Distributions Made up of Sparse Data Sets//U.S. Patent No. 6,397,202: System and Method for Monitoring Risk in a System Development Program// U.S. Patent No. 6,304,885: Digital Data Retrieving, Organizing and Display System//U.S. Patent No. 6,392,959: Contact Data Correlation with Reassessment//U.S. Patent No. 6,304,833: Hypothesis Selection for Evidential Reasoning Systems//U.S. Patent No. 6,105,015: Wavelet-Based Hybrid Neurosystem for Classifying a Signal or an Image Represented by the Signal in a Data System//U.S. Patent No. 6,765,541: Capacitively Shunted Quadrifilar Helix Antenna//U.S. Patent No. 6,714,481: System and Method for Active Sonar Signal Detection and Classification//U.S. Patent No. 6,703,917: Resettable Fuse/Circuit Interrupter with Visual Fault Indication//U.S. Patent No. 6,681,016: System for Transfer of Secure Mission Data//U.S. Patent No. 6,559,632: Method and Apparatus for Determining Linear and Angular Velocity of a Moving Body//U.S. Patent No. 6,525,990: Target Simulation System and Method//U.S. Patent No. 6,411,566: System and Method for Processing an Underwater Acoustic Signal by Identifying Nonlinearity in the Underwater Acoustic Signal// U.S. Patent No. 6,407,720: Capacitively Loaded Quadrifilar Helix Antenna//U.S. Patent No. 6,389,229: Optical FSTOP/Resolution Apparatus and Method for Specified Depth-of-Field//U.S. Patent No. 6,344,834: Low Angle, High Angle Quadrifilar Helix Antenna//
Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License; Immulogix, LLC
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Immulogix, LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice worldwide the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Number 4,959,304, entitled ``Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to Treponema Denticola by Hybridoma TDIII, IIIBB2'' issued 25 September 1990; U.S. Patent Number 5,514,553, entitled ``Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to Treponema Denticola by Hybridoma TDII, IAA11'' issued 7 May 1996; U.S. Patent Number 5,665,559, entitled ``Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to Bacteroides Gingivalis by Hybridoma BGII, VF9/2D'' issued 9 September 1997; U.S. Patent Number 5,741,659, entitled ``Rapid Microbial Protease Assay'' issued 21 April 1998 and 6,015,681, entitled ``Rapid Immunoassay for Cariogenic Bacteria'' issued 18 January 2000. The present inventions relate to the field of development of cariogenic immunodiagnostic assays.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
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 Number 6,546,798, entitled ``Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Resonant Optical Gyroscope,'' issue date April 4, 2003. U.S. Patent Number 6,550,330, entitled ``Differential Amplification for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Ultra-Sensitive Accelerometer,'' issued April 22, 2003. U.S. Patent Number 6,581,465, entitled ``Micro-electro- mechanical systems ultra sensitive accelerometer,'' issued June 24, 2003. U.S. Patent Number 6,763,718, entitled ``Micro-Electro-Mechanical Ultra-Sensitive Accelerometer with Independent Sensitivity Adjustment,'' issued July 20, 2004. U.S. Patent Pending, entitled ``Integrated Circuit Porphyrin-Based Optical Chemical Sensor,'' Navy Case Number 84715. U.S. Patent Pending, entitled ``Wireless Remote Sensor and Method for Making Same,'' Navy Case Number 84769. U.S. Patent Pending, entitled ``Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Magnetic Vibration Power Generator,'' Navy Case Number 84774.
Meetings of the Naval Research Advisory Committee
The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet to hold briefs of classified information. All sessions of the meetings will be devoted to briefings, discussions and technical examination of information related to the assessment of the role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Expression Pathology, Inc.
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Expression Pathology, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the field of consumables for laser microdissection of human tissue samples for life science research, therapeutics and clinical diagnostic applications in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,905,738: Generation of Viable Cell Active Biomaterial Patterns by Laser Transfer, Navy Case No. 79,702.// U.S. Patent No. 6,936,311: Generation of Biomaterial Microarrays by Laser Transfer, Navy Case No. 82,621.//U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/863,833: Biological Laser Printing for Tissue Microdissection via Indirect Photon-Biomaterial Interactions, Navy Case No. 96,075.// U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/863,850: Biological Laser Printing for Tissue Microdissection via Indirect Photon-Biomaterial Interactions, Navy Case No. 84,621 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.
Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Academy. The meeting will include discussions of personnel issues at the Naval Academy, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.
Record of Decision for the Disposal and Re-use of Naval Station Treasure Island, CA
The Department of the Navy (DON) pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 4332(2)(c), and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), announces its decision to dispose of Naval Station Treasure Island (NSTI), which includes both Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island. NSTI is located midway between the shores of the cities of San Francisco and Oakland. The disposal of NSTI will be accomplished in a manner that will allow the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA), the redevelopment authority established by the State of California and recognized by DoD, to reuse the property as set out in Alternative 1, described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) as the preferred alternative. The decision by DON to dispose of the property in a manner that allows TIDA to reuse the property as described in the preferred alternative does not make the DON responsible for any obligation or commitment, fiscal or other, made by TIDA to the State of California or to third parties. Obligations or commitments made by TIDA in the course of developing its redevelopment plan, or in obtaining approval of the redevelopment plan from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), remain the responsibility of TIDA.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Invention; Available for Licensing
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 Application Serial No. 11/099,781 entitled ``One-Dimensional Iris Signature for Iris Identification'', Navy Case No. 96,365, and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.
Notice of Public Hearings for a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar
Pursuant to Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) to provide supplemental analyses for the Navy's employment of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar systems. In accordance with NEPA and its implementing regulations, this notice announces the dates and locations of public hearings.
Notice of Public Hearings for a Draft Overseas Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement for the Undersea Warfare Training Range; Correction
The Department of the Navy published a document in the Federal Register of October 28, 2005, concerning public hearings on a Draft Overseas Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement for the Undersea Warfare Training Range. The document contained an incorrect address.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the availability of exclusive or partially exclusive licenses to practice worldwide under the following pending patents. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Part 404. Applications will be evaluated utilizing the following criteria: (1) Ability to manufacture and market the technology; (2) manufacturing and marketing ability; (3) time required to bring technology to market and production rate; (4) royalties; (5) technical capabilities; and (6) small business status. Patent application Serial Number 60/642,771 entitled ``Fimbrial Adhesin as Vaccine Against Escherichia Coli'' filed on January 11, 2005. The present invention relates to the field of inducing an immune response against diarrheagenic bacteria including enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli using bacterial fimbriae components. Patent application Serial Number 60/668,591 entitled ``Recombinant Antigens for the Detection of Coxiella Burnetii'' filed on April 6, 2005. The present invention relates to Coxiella burnetii peptide antigens and recombinant DNA encoding the peptides. Patent application Serial Number 10/934,686, entitled ``Hospital and Clinic Emergency Preparedness Optimization System'' filed on September 3, 2004. The present invention relates to hospital and ambulatory clinic emergency management systems. Patent application Serial Number 60/683,787 entitled ``Anti-Adhesin Based Passive Immunoprophylactic'' filed on May 24, 2005. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical useful in conferring passive protection against diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Esherichia coli. Patent application Serial Number 60/709,804 entitled ``A Method for the Evaluation of Dengue Virus Therapeutic Agents'' filed on August 22, 2005. The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the immunogenicity and efficacy of vaccine or drug formulations against dengue virus using a pig or porcine cells as models of infection and pathogenicity. Patent application Serial Number 60/715,578 entitled ``Potts Reagent Alcohol-Solvent Extraction System'' filed on September 12, 2005. This invention relates to a method for decontaminating alcohol so that it may be recycled in histology and other laboratory settings. Patent application serial Number, 60/722,086, entitled ``Immunogenic Capsule Composition for Use as a Vaccine Against Campylobacter Jejuni'' filed September 21, 2005. This invention relates to a pharmaceutical useful in conferring protection against diarrhea caused by Campylobacter jejuni and a method of administering said pharmaceutical. Patent application Serial Number 60/627,811 entitled ``Diagnostic Assay for Rickettsial prowazekii Disease By Detection of Responsive Gene Expression'' filed on November 10, 2004. The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing epidemic typhus caused by the bacteria Rickettsia prowazekii by analysis of modulation of host gene expression. The method contemplates the use of micro-array technology for the detection and analysis of gene up or down regulation in response to bacterial infection.
Notice of Performance Review Board Membership
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the Department of the Navy (DON) announces the appointment of members to the DON's numerous Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Boards (PRBs). The purpose of the PRBs is to provide fair and impartial review of the annual SES performance appraisal prepared by the senior executive's assigned rating officials; to make recommendations to authorizing officials regarding acceptance or modification of the performance rating; and to make recommendations for performance bonuses and basic pay increases. Composition of the specific PRBs will be determined on an ad hoc basis from among individuals listed below:
Notice of Public Hearings for a Draft Overseas Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement for the Undersea Warfare Training Range
Pursuant to Executive Order 12114, Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions, and Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Overseas Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement (Draft OEIS/EIS) to evaluate the construction and operation of a proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range. In accordance with NEPA and its implementing regulations, this notice announces the dates and locations of public hearings. Open information sessions will precede the scheduled public hearing at each of the locations listed below and will allow individuals to review the data presented in the Draft OEIS/EIS. Navy representatives will be available during the information sessions to clarify information related to the Draft OEIS/EIS. The open information sessions are scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and from 6:30 to 7 p.m., followed by the public hearings from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
The following inventions 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 Number 6,625,896 entitled ``Electrolytic Tilt Sensor and Method for Manufacturing Same'', Navy Case Number 82938. U.S. Patent Number 6,802,132 entitled ``Electrolytic Tilt Sensor and Method for Manufacturing Same'', Navy Case Number 84300.
Meeting of the Board of Visitors of Marine Corps University
The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military education operations; and provide such oversight and advice, as is necessary, to facilitate high educational standards and cost effective operations. The Board will be focusing primarily on the University's Command and Staff College, including its efforts to integrate Arabic language and culture into the curriculum for AY05/06. The Board will be apprised of recent developments at Marine Corps University, including progress on the construction efforts for the National Museum of the Marine Corps. All sessions of the meeting will be open to the public.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an Annex to the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, CA
In accordance with Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)), as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) and Department of Veterans Affairs intend to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and conduct a public scoping meeting for the proposed development and operation of a national veteran's cemetery at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, California. The cemetery will be an annex to the Department of Veterans Affairs Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Invention; Available for Licensing
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. 6,839,998: Replacement Chassis Stock System for Firearms.
Meeting of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel
The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) will meet to discuss National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) activities. All sessions of the meetings will remain open to the public.
Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Co-Exclusive Patent Licenses; Southeastern Resources Management LLC, GCS Research LLC, and Sabeus Inc.
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Southeastern Resources Management LLC, GCS Research LLC, and Sabeus, Inc. revocable, nonassignable, partially co-exclusive licenses in the Government-owned inventions described in Navy Case Number 96517: U.S. Patent App. Ser. No. 11/056,630, entitled Natural Fiber Span Reflectometer Providing A Virtual Signal Sensing Array Capability, filed on February 7, 2005; Navy Case Number 96518: U.S. Patent App. Ser. No. 11/056,629, entitled Natural Fiber Span Reflectometer Providing A Virtual Phase Signal Sensing Array Capability, filed on February 7, 2005; Navy Case Number 96519: U.S. Patent App. Ser. No. 11/056,631, entitled Natural Fiber Span Reflectometer Providing A Virtual Differential Signal Sensing Array Capability, filed on February 7, 2005; and Navy Case Number 96650: U.S. Patent App. Ser. No. 11/056,632, entitled Natural Fiber Span Reflectometer Providing A Spread Spectrum Virtual Sensing Array Capability, filed on February 7, 2005.
Meeting of the Board of Advisors (BOA) to the President, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
The purpose of the meeting is to elicit the advice of the board on the Naval Service's Postgraduate Education Program and the collaborative exchange and partnership between NPS and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). The board examines the effectiveness with which the NPS is accomplishing its mission. To this end, the board will inquire into the curricula; instruction; physical equipment; administration; state of morale of the student body, faculty, and staff; fiscal affairs; and any other matters relating to the operation of the NPS as the board considers pertinent. This meeting will be open to the public.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of the Navy proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552), as amended.
Meeting of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History
The Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History, a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee will meet to review naval historical activities since the last meeting of the Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History, which was conducted on April 29, and April 30, 2004 and to make comments and recommendations on these activities to the Secretary of the Navy. The meetings will be open to the public.
Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Academy. The meeting will include discussions of personnel issues at the Naval Academy, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The executive session of this meeting will be closed to the public.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Drug Risk Solutions, LLC
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Drug Risk Solutions, LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the field of laboratory and ``on site'' analysis of human hair, other keratinized structures, blood, urine and saliva for drugs of abuse in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5,183,740: Flow Immunosensor Method and Apparatus, Navy Case No. 71,694.//U.S. Patent No. 5,354,654: Lyophilized Ligand-Receptor Complexes for Assays and Sensors, Navy Case No. 75,239.//U.S. Patent No. 6,020,209: Microcapillary-Based Flow-Through Immunosensor and Displacement Immunoassay Using the Same, Navy Case No. 78,211.//U.S. Patent No. 6,245,296: Flow Immunosensor Apparatus, Navy Case No. 74,399.//U.S. Patent No. 6,323,042: Microcapillary-Based Flow-Through Immunosensor and Displacement Immunoassay Using the Same, Navy Case No. 80,164.//U.S. Patent No. 6,750,031: Displacement Assay on a Porous Membrane, Navy Case No. 77,298.//U.S. Patent No. 6,808,937: Displacement Assay on a Porous Membrane, Navy Case No. 83,243 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Seahawk Biosystems Corporation
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Seahawk Biosystems Corporation, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the fields of pathogen detection, disease and infection diagnostic testing, and genetic testing for veterinary applications (small and large animals, including equine); pathogen and toxin detection and genetic testing in food products derived from animals; pathogen and toxin detection and genetic testing in food processing; pathogen and toxin detection in, and monitoring of, public water, wastewater, and groundwater in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-Owned inventions described in Navy Case No. 97,198 entitled ``Method for Modifying Nitride Substrates for Covalent Immobilization of Aminated Molecules'' and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Aonex Technologies, Inc.
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Aonex Technologies, Inc., a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license, to practice in the field of substrates for electro- optical device processing comprised of thin films on polycrystalline materials, devices made using such substrates, manufacturing techniques utilizing such substrates, and methods for manufacturing such substrates in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 6,328,796: Single-Crystal Material on Non-Single-Crystalline Substrate, Navy Case No. 78,978 and in the field of substrates for electro-optical device processing comprised of thin films on substrates wherein at least one layer is polycrystalline, devices made using these substrates, manufacturing processes utilizing these substrates, and methods for manufacturing such substrates in the United States and certain foreign countries the Government-owned invention described in U.S. Patent No. 6,497,763: Electronic Device with Composite Substrate, Navy Case No. 82,672.
Certifications and Exemptions Under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
The Department of the Navy is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty and Maritime Law) has determined that USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (DDG 81) is a vessel of the Navy which, due to its special construction and purpose, cannot fully comply with certain provisions of the 72 COLREGS without interfering with its special function as a naval ship. The intended effect of this rule is to warn mariners in waters where 72 COLREGS apply.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; NanoComm Systems LLC
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to NanoComm Systems LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Application No. 09/668,407: Multiple-Buffer Queuing of Data Packets with High Throughput Rate, Navy Case No. 84,834.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/ 715,772: Multi-Thread Peripheral Processing Using Dedicated Peripheral Bus, Navy Case No. 84,781.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/715,778: Prioritizing Resource Utilization in Multi-Thread Computing System, Navy Case No. 84,779.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/833,578: System and Method for Data Forwarding in a Programmable Multiple Network, Navy Case No. 84,886.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/833,580: System and Method for Instruction-Level Parallelism in a Programmable Network Processor Environment, Navy Case No. 84,888.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/833,581: System and Method for Processing Overlapping Tasks in a Programmable Network Processor Environment, Navy Case No. 84,885.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/859,150: Adaptive Control of Multiplexed Input Buffer Channels, Navy Case No. 84,831.//U.S. Patent Application No. 09/933,786: Shift Processing Unit, Navy Case No. 84,832 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the availability of exclusive or partially exclusive license to practice worldwide under the following pending patent. Patent application Serial Numbers 11/152,340 and PCT/US05/21185 entitled ``Method and Apparatus for Removing Mercury and Mercury Containing Particles from Dental Waste Water'' filed on June 15 and 16, 2005. The present invention relates to the field of development of the removal of particulate metals, such as mercury or silver from dental waste-water using a self-contained mercury filtration cartridge for a single dental unit. Patent application Serial Numbers 11/152,340 and PCT/US05/21185 entitled ``Hand-held Fluorescence Polarimeter'' filed on June 2, 2005. The present invention relates to a miniaturized, portable, hand-held apparatus for measuring the fluorescence polarization of a liquid sample. Patent application Serial Numbers 11/108,867 and PCT/US05/13255 entitled ``Cloning and Expression of the Full Length 110 KDA Antigen of Orientia Tsutsugamushi to be Used as a Vaccine Component Against Scrub Typhus'' filed on April 19, 2005. The present invention relates to the protection against infection of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Patent application Serial Number 60/666,591 entitled ``Use of EEG to Measure Cerebral Changes During Computer-based Motion Sickness- inducing Tasks'' filed on March 31, 2005. The present invention relates to an ability to pinpoint a specific neural marker that signals the early onset of motion sickness. Patent application Serial Number 60/650,972 entitled ``Diagnostic Assay for Orientia Tsutsugamushi by Detection of Responsive Gene Expression ``filed on February 9, 2005. The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection by measuring the increased or decreased expression of specific human genes following infection by microarray or polymerase chain reaction analysis. Patent application Serial Numbers 10/809,877 and PCT/US04/16880 entitled ``A Rapid Immunoassay of Anthrax Protective Antigen in Vaccine Cultures and Bodily Fluids by Fluorescence Polarization'' filed on July 27, 2004. The present invention relates to a competitive fluorescence method for estimating the concentration in a sample of Bacillus anthracis protein or specific antibody. The method contemplates the use of FLT, FRET or FP. Patent application Serial Number 10/855,325 entitled ``A Method for the Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Disease by Detection and Quantitation of Microorganism Induced Cytokines'' filed on May 28, 2004. The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of latent infectious disease, such as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, by estimating, the concentration of cytokine due to antibody-cytokine interaction or by dimerization of the cytokine. Patent application Serial Numbers 10/898,954 and PCT/US04/24252 entitled ``Bowel Preparation for Virtual Colonoscopy'' filed on December 1, 2003. The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition and method of immunizing a subject against malarial disease comprising administering a priming immunization preparation containing an alphavirus replicon expressing a gene encoding a malarial antigen or combination of antigens and subsequently administering to the subject a boosting immunization preparation containing the malarial antigen(s) or antigen expression system containing the antigen(s).
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of the Navy is deleting a system of records notice from its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
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