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[Federal Register: April 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 80)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Availability of Government-Owned Inventions for Licensing
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.
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ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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.
Copies of patents cited are available from the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231, for $3.00 each. Requests for copies of patents must include the patent number.
Copies of patent applications cited are available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161 for $6.95 each ($10.95 outside North American Continent). Requests for copies of patent applications must include the patent application serial number. Claims are deleted from the copies of patent applications sold to avoid premature disclosure.
The following patents and patent applications are available for licensing:
Patent 5,745,284: SOLID-STATE LASER SOURCE OF TUNABLE NARROW- BANDWIDTH ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; filed1 May 1996; patented 28 April 1998.//Patent 5,757,358: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING COMPUTER- USER SELECTION OF COMPUTER-DISPLAYED OBJECTS THROUGH DYNAMIC SELECTION AREA AND CONSTANT VISUAL FEEDBACK; filed5 June 1995; patented 26 May 1998.//Patent 5,757,867: DIGITAL MIXING TO BASEBAND DECIMATION FILTER; filed30 March 1995; patented 26 May 1998.//Patent 5,760,722: DISTRIBUTED QUANTIZATION NOISE TRANSMISSION ZEROS IN CASCADED SIGMA- DELTA MODULATORS; filed31 January 1995; patented 2 June 1998.//Patent 5,762,611: EVALUATION OF A SUBJECT`S INTEREST IN EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OTHER MATERIALS USING BRAIN ACTIVITY PATTERNS; filed12 November 1996; patented 9 June 1998.//Patent 5,764,677: LASER DIODE POWER COMBINER; filed14 December 1995; patented 9 June 1998.//Patent 5,770,815: AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE WITH REDUCED PROPELLANT CHARGE; filed 14 August 1995; patented 23 June 1998.//Patent 5,774,690: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ELEMENT PLACEMENT IN A THINNED ARRAY; filed14 September 1995; patented 30 June 1998.//Patent 5,776,861: HIGH TEMPERATURE MERCURY-CONTAINING SUPERCONDUCTORS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME; filed28 April 1995; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,400: SHIELDED COMPUTER NETWORK SWITCH; filed22 July 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,456: NICAD DEEP CYCLE CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM; filed30 September 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,477: METHOD OF MAGNETIC SOURCE LOCALIZATION USING GRADIENT TENSOR COMPONENTS AND RATE TENSOR COMPONENTS; filed3 June 1996; patented 7 July 1998.// Patent 5,777,897: METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE ROTATIONAL SPEED OF COOLING FANS; filed26 November 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,948: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREFORMING MUTATIONS IN A GENETIC ALGORITHM- BASED UNDERWATER TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM; filed12 November 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,777,949: TRAJECTORY MATCHED PASSIVE DETECTION SYSTEM; filed23 January 1997; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,002: MULTIPLEXING/DEMULTIPLEXING SYSTEM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS HIGH AND LOW-SPEED DATA; filed13 August 1997; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,125: OPTICAL FIBER TERMINATIONS; filed30 October 1996; patented 7 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,725: ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN UNDERWATER GUN; filed7 November 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,778,876: SELF-CONTAINED OXYGEN REBREATHER WITH SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE TO VENT EXCESS HELIUM; filed11 February 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,779,757: PROCESS FOR REMOVING HYDROGEN AND CARBON IMPURITIES FROM GLASSES BY ADDING A TELLURIUM HALIDE; filed26 June 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,178: SCANDIA, YTTRIA- STABILIZED ZIRCONIA FOR ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS; filed31 October 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,729: FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM; filed24 July 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,780,769: THERMAL STABILIZATION OF N.N-DINITRAMIDE SALTS; filed26 August 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,298: LIGHT MIXING TECHNIQUE FOR ISOLATION AND AMPLIFICATION OF LASER SIGNAL FROM BACKGROUND NOISE DUE TO SCATTERING IN TURBID MEDIA; filed26 November 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,460: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CHAOTIC SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION; filed28 June 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,504: SHALLOW WATER BEAMFORMING METHODOLOGY FOR TOROIDAL VOLUME SEARCH SONAR; filed5 June 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,505: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A TRAJECTORY AND A SOURCE OF A PROJECTILE; filed14 October 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,506: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY FILTERING USING AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed29 May 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,508: OPTIMIZING THE COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ENERGY RESPONSE OF AN ELASTIC FLUID-FILLED CYLINDER; filed29 May 1997; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,781,509: WIDE BEAM ARRAY WITH SHARP CUTOFF; filed28 May 1996; patented 14 July 1998.//Patent 5,783,441: GENE AND PROTEIN APPLICABLE TO THE PREPARATION OF VACCINES FOR RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII AND RICKETTSIA TYPHI AND THE DETECTION OF BOTH; filed20 December 1993; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,783,732: 2:2 MIXED FLUORO-, AND FLUORONITROALKYL ORTHOCARBONATES; filed30 March 1981; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,067: SOFTWARE OBJECT FOR PROVIDING A DISPLAY OF A SCROLLING REAL-TIME GRAPH AND WHICH PROVIDES FOR INSERTION AND UP-DATING OF PLOTS OF REAL TIME DATA INTO THE DISPLAY; filed22 July 1996; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,297: MODEL IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ERROR STRUCTURES IN SIGNAL PROCESSING; filed13 January 1997; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,784,337: TOWED ARRAY WITH NON-ACOUSTIC SENSOR MODULE; filed21 January 1997; patented 21 July 1998.//Patent 5,785,591: MOBILE SAFETY STRUCTURE WITH SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FOR CONTAINMENT AND HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; filed7 January 1997; patented 28 July 1998.// Patent 5,786,287: IR TRANSMITTING RARE EARTH GALLOGERMANATE GLASS- CERAMICS; filed15 November 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,786,545: UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE WITH KEEL-MOUNTED PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM; filed11 October 1995; patented 28 July 1998.// Patent 5,786,750: PILOT VEHICLE WHICH IS USEFUL FOR MONITORING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON RAILROAD TRACKS; filed21 February 1997; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,786,919: DATA MULTIPLEXING NODE FOR LINE ARRAY; filed5 September 1996;
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patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,048: SHIP WAKE SIGNATURE SUPPRESSION; filed6 May 1997; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,053: CONTINUOUS FIBER PULSE REFLECTING MEANS; filed7 July 1989; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,201: HIGH ORDER FRACTAL FEATURE EXTRACTION FOR CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES; filed9 April 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,787,408: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING NODE FUNCTIONALITY IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; filed23 August 1996; patented 28 July 1998.//Patent 5,788,222: DEVICE FOR INSERTING A LINEAR ARRAY MODULE INTO LONG SMALL DIAMETER PRESSURE VESSELS; filed24 July 1996; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,789,696: METHOD FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES WITH HYDROGEN GAS; filed14 August 1997; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,789,931: QUANTITATIVE MOBILITY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS FOR MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENT HALL AND RESISTIVITY DATA; filed4 October 1995; patented 4 August 1998.// Patent 5,790,758: NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR GAUSSIAN COMPONENTS OF A MIXTURE DENSITY FUNCTION; filed7 July 1995; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,790,896: APPARATUS FOR A TESTING SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONNECTION HAVING A STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND CONNECTION HAVING A DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC THAN THE FIRST CONNECTION; filed24 June 1996; patented 4 August 1998.//Patent 5,791,275: SURFACE LAYER COMPRISING MICROFABRICATED TILES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTROL OF FLUID TURBULENCE IN SEA WATER; filed14 June 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,791,591: TARGET SEEKING FREE GYRO; filed28 April 1997; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,351: SPINNING FILTER SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION; filed26 September 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,950: SUBMARINE DEPLOYED SEA-STATE SENSOR; filed16 January 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,792,978: BARGE STRIKE EXPLOSIVE CLEARANCE SYSTEM; filed27 May 1997; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,793,667: SENSE AMPLIFIER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FERROELECTRIC MEMORIES; 18 October 1996; patented 11 August 1998.//Patent 5,795,159: MERCURY REMOVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS; filed2 February 1996; patented 18 August 1998.// Patent 5,795,813: RADIATION-HARDENING OF SOI BY ION IMPLANTATION INTO THE BURIED OXIDE LAYER; filed31 May 1996; patented 18 August 1998.// Patent 5,797,342: SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE LAUNCHER; filed10 July 1997; patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,797,965: SUPPRESSION OF EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; filed26 March 1997; patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,798,540: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH INALASSB/ ALSB BARRIER; filed 29 April 1997; patented 25 August 1998.//Patent 5,799,026: INTERBAND QUANTUM WELL CASCADE LASER, WITH A BLOCKING QUANTUM WELL FOR IMPROVED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; filed1 November 1996; patented 25 August 1998.// Patent 5,800,459: ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL OF EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY; filed24 December 1996; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,800,536: PASSIVE PIEZOELECTRIC PROSTHESIS FOR THE INNER EAR; filed9 May 1997.// Patent 5,800,720: SPINNING FILTER SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP OPERATION; filed10 October 1997; patented 1 September 1998.// Patent 5,800,879: DEPOSITION OF HIGH QUALITY DIAMOND FILM ON REFRACTORY NITRIDE; filed16 May 1991; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,800,934: ZINC OXIDE STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; filed27 February 1997; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,801,321: LOW COST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FLARE; filed24 June 1997; patented 1 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,321: DIAMOND BRAZED TO A METAL; filed30 July 1993; patented 8 September 1998.// Patent 5,804,475: METHOD OF FORMING AN INTERBAND LATERAL RESONANT TUNNELING TRANSISTOR; filed19 June 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,715: HYDRODYNAMIC DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR THE PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF DYNAMIC SEDIMENT PORE WATER PRESSURE; filed 24 December 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,804,967: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SHORT PULSES FOR NMR AND NQR PROCESSING; filed15 November 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,326: OPTICAL LIMITER STRUCTURE AND METHOD; filed6 May 1994; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,526: ECHO DETECTION DOPPLER GATE; filed6 August 1970; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,805,753: OPTICAL FIBERS WITH HIGH ACCELERATION SENSITIVITY AND LOW PRESSURE SENSITIVITY; filed25 September 1996; patented 8 September 1998.//Patent 5,806,457: SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE HULL PORTION HAVING INTEGRALLY FORMED FLUID TANK; filed17 January 1997; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,807,758: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSOR USING AN ULTRA-SENSITIVE FORCE TRANSDUCER; filed21 July 1995; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,807,953: THERMOSTET POLYMERS FROM INORGANIC ARYLACETYLENIC MONOMERS; filed26 July 1996; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,807,967: FLUOROALIPHATIC CYANATE RESINS FOR LOW DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS; filed21 March 1996; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,808,965: LABORATORY TEST METHOD TO MEASURE TOWED ARRAY HYDROPHONE RESPONSE; filed23 May 1997; patented 15 September 1998.// Patent 5,808,970: MULTI-LAYER ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT SONAR ARRAY; filed5 June 1997; patented 15 September 1998.//Patent 5,809,998: INSULATION JACKET FOR BREATHING GAS DEVICE; filed8 August 1996; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,811,726: EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS; filed28 February 1996; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,811,822: OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT, OPTICALLY STIMULABLE GLASS COMPOSITES FOR RADIATION DOSIMETRY; filed29 April 1997; patented 22 September 1998.// Patent 5,812,292: OPTICAL CORRELATOR USING OPTICAL DELAY LOOPS; filed 27 November 1995; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,812,494: WIDE- ANGLE, FORWARD-LOOKING BATHYMETRIC MAPPING; filed2 June 1997; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,812,758: SYSTEM LEVEL AID FOR TROUBLESHOOTING (SLAT); filed9 November 1995; patented 22 September 1998.//Patent 5,813,279: SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING BORESIGHT CALIBRATION TOOLS; filed29 July 1997; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,250: METHOD OF PROTECTING A STRUCTURE; filed18 September 1996; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,816: SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SURFACE STRESS AND OTHER CONDITIONS IN STRUCTURES; filed27 August 1996; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,814,942: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIGH-DENSITY SHEET PLASMA MIRRORS USING A
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SLOTTED-TUBE CATHODE CONFIGURATION; filed28 March 1997; patented 29 September 1998.//Patent 5,815,465: METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CLASSIFYING MARINE SEDIMENT; filed11 April 1997; patented 29 September 1998.// Patent 5,824,910: MINIATURE HYDROSTAT FABRICATED USING MULTIPLE MICROELECTROMECHANICAL PROCESSES; filed16 April 1997; patented 20 October 1998.//Patent 5,831,724: IMAGING LIDAR-BASED AIM VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM; filed22 July 1997; patented 3 November 1998.// Patent application 08/591,188: BUBBLE PRESSURE GENERATING SYSTEM; filed 21 December 1995.//Patent application 08/774,063: BRIGHT BEAM METHOD FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION IN E-BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; filed23 December 1996.// Patent application 08/798,683: SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SIZE AND LOCATION OF DEFECTS IN MATERIAL BY USE OF MICROWAVE RADIATION; filed12 February 1997.//Patent application 08/816,337: PATTERNING ANTIBODIES ON A SURFACE; filed13 March 1997.//Patent application 08/885,132: ADJUSTABLE BEARING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVELY OPTIMIZED INSTALLATIONAL CLEARANCES; filed30 June 1997.//Patent application 08/976,126: PLASMA ANTENNA; filed29 September 1997.//Patent application 09/061,256: CHELATORS EXHIBITING TRIPLE FLUORESCENCE; filed31 August 1998.//Patent application 09/090,162: METAL OXIDE DISCHARGE LAMP; filed4 June 1998./ /Patent application 09/090,223: FLUID PUMP AND EXPANDABLE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE; filed22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/090,326: CAPTIVE SOFT FOAM SHOCK BASE MOUNT; filed22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/090,327: ELASTOMERIC SURFACE ACTUATION SYSTEM; filed22 May 1998.//Patent application 09/113,010: RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed26 June 1998.//Patent application 09/113,011: AUTOMATED METHOD OF FREQUENCY DETERMINATION IN SOFTWARE METRIC DATA THROUGH THE USE OF THE MULTIPLE SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION (MUSIC) ALGORITHM; filed26 June 1998.//Patent application 09/114,248: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT OF STOWAGE DRUM AND CAPSTAN IN A SEAGOING VESSEL; filed6 July 1998.//Patent application 09/120,874: BALLAST SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE; filed14 July 1998.//Patent application 09/124,010: INTEGRAL SHIP-WEAPON MODULE; filed29 July 1998.//Patent application 09/126,386: MOVING MAP COMPOSER (MMC); filed30 July 1998.//Patent application 09/126,711: SYNCHRONIZING AUTONOMOUS CHAOTIC SYSTEMS USING FILTERS; filed31 July 1998.//Patent application 09/131,844: SPINNING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CAMERA PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR REAL TIME PATTERN RECOGNITION; filed30 July 1998.//Patent application 09/136,975: ENERGETIC TRANSMISSION LINE COMPLETION/INTERRUPTION MECHANISM; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,083: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/ 137,084: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BARIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137/085: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STRONTIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,086: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CESIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,087: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH RUBIDIUM BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,088: ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH COMPOSITE ATOMIC BARRIER FILM AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME; filed10 August 1998./ /Patent application 09/137,089: PROCESS FOR MAKING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH BARRIER FILM FORMATION USING A METAL HALIDE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/137,419: PROCESS FOR PREPARING COMPOSITE WARHEAD CASINGS AND PROJECT; filed20 August 1998.//Patent application 09/140,738: BOOSTER CIRCUIT FOR FOLDBACK CURRENT LIMITED POWER SUPPLIES; filed27 August 1998.//Patent application 09/140,740: LEAK TEST ADAPTER SYSTEM; filed27 August 1998.//Patent application 09/144,105: COATED CATHODOLUMINESCENT PHOSPHORS; filed31 August 1998.// Patent application 09/153,416: DEPLOYED EQUIPMENT MODULES FOR SATELLITE ARCHITECTURE IMPROVEMENT; filed24 August 1998.//Patent application 09/156,382: AIR-SAFED MECHANICAL WATER ACTUATOR; filed18 September 1998.//Patent application 09/156,383: PASSIVE RANGING USING INFERIOR MIRAGES; filed18 September 1998.//Patent application 09/159,566: QUASI-STATIC FIBER PRESSURE SENSOR; filed24 September 1998.//
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John G. Wynn, Staff Patent Attorney, Office of Naval Research (Code 00CC), Arlington, VA 22217- 5660, telephone (703) 696-4004.
(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207; 37 CFR Part 404)
Dated: April 19, 1999. Pamela A. Holden, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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