Notice of Availability for Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Licensing of U.S. Patents

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Notice of Availability for Exclusive or Partially Exclusive

Licensing of U.S. Patents

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made

of the following U.S. Patents for licensing. These patents are assigned

to the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the

Army, Washington, DC. Any license granted shall comply with 35 U.S.C.

209 and 37 CFR Part 404.

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Patent No. Title Issue date

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5,316,412........... Remote Controlled Underwater Joint 05/31/94

and Crack Sealing.

5,317,914........... Hardened Data Acquisition System.. 06/07/94

5,139,959........... Air Lubricated Penetrometer Rod 06/14/94

System.

5,323,681........... Shaping Apparatus for an Explosive 06/28/94

Charge.

5,327,734........... Passive-Active Thermosyphon....... 07/12/94

5,328,150........... Digital Damper Actuator........... 07/12/94

5,335,298........... Automated Extraction of Airport 08/02/94

Runway Patterns from Radar

Imagery.

5,339,893........... Apparatus for Containing Toxic 08/23/94

Spills Employing Hybrid

Thermosyphons.

5,346,547........... Method of Making Concrete 09/12/94

Electrically Conductive for

Eletromagnetic Shielding Purposes.

5,351,529........... Apparatus for Bench Testing a 10/14/94

Governor.

5,358,057........... Modular Device for Collecting 10/25/94

Multiple Fluid Samples From Soil

Using a Cone Penetrometer.

5,361,550........... Moveable Hardened Air Form Dome- 11/08/94

Shaped Structure for Containing

Hazardous, Toxic, or Radioactive

Airborne Releases.

5,361,642........... Column-Based Stress Gauge......... 11/08/94

5,366,547........... Settling Control for Alkali- 11/22/94

Activated Silicate Binders.

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ADDRESSES: Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, Office of

Counsel, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860.

DATES: Proposals for an exclusive or partially exclusive license must

be submitted on or before May 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia L. Howland or Alease J. Berry, (703) 355-2160.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: UPS 5,316,412 is an apparatus which can

inspect underwater structures such as dams, spillways, stilling basins,

and other hydraulic structures, utilizing an underwater light and

television camera, locate leaking cracks and joints, clean the work

location, and inject a sealant to close the crack or joint.

USP 5,317,914 is a self contained autonomous data recording device

which can record and store shock level data in high blast level

situations in the neighborhood of 100,000 g's.

USP 5,319,959 is an apparatus which uses air to lubricate a cone

penetrometer push rod allowing for deeper penetration of the

penetrometer into the soil without adversely affecting instrument

readings.

USP 5,323,681 is an apparatus for shaping an explosive charge to be

used with an Explosively Formed Penetrator. The apparatus can be hand

packed with explosive material without the necessity of pre-weighing;

thereafter the molded explosive charge can be easily extracted.

USP 5,327,734 is a thermosyphon which can operate in a passive mode

when the ambient air temperature is below that of the soil, or in an

active mode with mechanical refrigeration assistance, but without the

need for buried refrigeration circulation lines.

USP 5,328,150 is an apparatus for controlling a damper in an air

duct of an HVAC system by directly utilizing the digital output of the

HVAC microprocessor controller to energize/de-energize magnetic coils.

USP 5,335,298 is a systematic procedure comprising a number of

image processing steps which allow automated extraction of airport

runway data from an original radar image of an airfield. In general,

the invention is directed towards a method of extracting terrain

features from an image formed by an array of pixels.

USP 5,339,893 is a hybrid thermosyphon which may be rapidly

deployed to create a frozen soil barrier for containing toxic spills.

The thermosyphon operates in the passive mode without the assistance of

mechanical refrigeration or in the active mode with such assistance and

provides a means for sensing the ambient air and soil temperatures for

selectively operating the active refrigeration stage.

USP 5,346,547 is a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture

for making [[Page 2576]] electrically conductive concrete articles used

for electromagnetic shielding.

USP 5,351,529 is an apparatus for testing an electronic engine

speed control governor separate from an engine and a connected load.

USP 5,358,057 an improved cone penetrometer for taking multiple

samples of soil gas and ground water in such a way that the samples can

not be contaminated with fluids, gasses, or soils carried by the

penetrometer as it penetrates the soil.

USP 5,361,550 is an apparatus and method which provides a safe and

secure environment for workers at a hazardous, toxic, or radioactive

work site, provides for continuous operations at such a site regardless

of weather conditions, and also, can act as a secondary containment

structure preventing airborne release of hazardous, toxic, or

radioactive particles.

USP 5,361,642 is a field-free stress gauge capable of dynamic or

static response measurements in geological rock and soil formations,

concrete, asphalt, or other materials. The gauge can also be

incorporated and measure static stresses in building, bridges, and

roads.

USP 5,366,547 provides a means for extending and controlling the

settling time for alkali-activated silicate glass cements.

Kenneth L. Denton,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95-478 Filed 1-9-95; 8:45 am]

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