Federal Register: December 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-22432
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of inventions available for licensing.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Inventions Available for Licensing
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The inventions listed below are owned in whole or in part by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce. The U.S. Government's ownership interest in the inventions are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR Part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development.
SUMMARY:
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the licensee to perform further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. The inventions available for licensing are:
[NIST Docket Number: 04014]
Title: UltraWideband Moisture Detector for Building Assemblies.
Abstract: This invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government,
as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Intelligent
Automation, Inc. The invention consists of an antenna array, ultra
wideband radios, signal processing chips, and software. The resulting
device allows a user to scan a wall assembly to determine areas of
potential moisture accumulation. The software uses the signals received
at the antenna array to generate realtime images of the moisture state
of the wall. Additional applications for this invention include location of pipes, wires, and studs in walls.
[NIST Docket Number: 05013]
Title: Iris DigesterEvaporator Interface.
Abstract: The domestic rights within the United States to this
invention are owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the
Department of Commerce. The IRIS DigesterEvaporator interface was
invented to overcome problems encountered when an inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) was coupled directly to the
continuous flow from reversed phase liquid chromatography. The main
problems encountered were: high background signal, first increasing and
then decreasing in magnitude during the course of a chromatographic
gradient of organic solvent, analyte transport difficulties, and carbon
build up on the ICPMS sampling cones from organic solvents. This
device produces partial digestion of the sample using nitric acid,
aiding analyte transport and detection. After evaporating the organic
solvent and nitric acid, the device allows the sample to be sent to
ICPMS in a highly aqueous effluent, the preferred solvent. Through this process, a continuous flow from reverse phase liquid
chromatography systems with gradient elution can be easily handled by existing ICPMS instruments.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
James E. Hill,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E622432 Filed 122806; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 351013P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Technical and licensing information on these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary Clague, Building 222, Room A155, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is also available via telephone: 3019754188 , fax 3018692751, or e mail: mary.clague@nist.gov. Any request for information should include the NIST Docket number and title for the invention as indicated below.