Notice2025-03646

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive, Co-Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Patent License

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March 7, 2025

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive patent license to practice the inventions described and claimed in the patents and/or patent applications listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 44 (Friday, March 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03646]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: 25-005]


Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive, Co-Exclusive or Partially 
Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive, co-exclusive or partially 
exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, 
co-exclusive or partially exclusive patent license to practice the 
inventions described and claimed in the patents and/or patent 
applications listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

DATES: The prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive 
license may be granted unless NASA receives written objections 
including evidence and argument, no later than March 24, 2025 that 
establish that the grant of the license would not be consistent with 
the requirements regarding the licensing of federally owned inventions 
as set forth in the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations. 
Competing applications completed and received by NASA no later than 
March 24, 2025 will also be treated as objections to the grant of the 
contemplated exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive license. 
Objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made 
available to the public for inspection and, to the extent permitted by 
law, will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
    Objections and Further Information: Written objections relating to 
the prospective license or requests for further information may be 
submitted to Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property, NASA 
Headquarters at Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c445d015c4d58494258434a4a454f496c414d454002424d5f4d024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="731b025e031207161d071c15151a1016331e121a1f5d1d1200125d141c05">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Questions may be 
directed to Phone: (202) 358-0646.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NASA intends to grant an exclusive, co-
exclusive, or partially exclusive patent license in the United States 
to practice the inventions described and claimed in: U.S. Patent No. 
7,047,807 B2 for an invention titled '' Flexible Framework for 
Capacitive Sensing,'' U.S. Patent No. 7,506,541 B2 for an invention 
titled '' System and Method for Wirelessly Determining Fluid Volume,'' 
U.S. Patent No. 7,255,004 B2 for an invention titled '' Wireless Fluid 
Level Measuring System,'' U.S. Patent No. 8,430,327 B2 for an invention 
titled '' Wireless Sensing System Using Open-Circuit, Electrically-
Conductive Spiral-Trace Sensor,'' U.S. Patent No. 8,042,739 B2 for an 
invention titled ``Wireless Tamper Detection Sensor and Sensing 
System,'' U.S. Patent No. 7,711,509 B2 for an invention titled '' 
Method of Calibrating a Fluid-Level Measurement System,'' U.S. Patent 
No. 7,814,786 B2 for an invention titled ``Wireless Sensing System for 
Non-Invasive Monitoring of Attributes of Contents in a Container,'' 
U.S. Patent No. 8,673,649 B2 for an invention titled ``Wireless 
Chemical Sensor and Sensing Method for Use Therewith,'' U.S. Patent No. 
9,708,075 B2 for an invention titled '' Lightning Protection and 
Detection System,'' U.S. Patent No. 9,329,149 B2 for an invention 
titled ``Wireless Chemical Sensor and Sensing Method for Use 
Therewith,'' U.S. Patent No. 9,733,203 B2 for an invention titled 
``Wireless Chemical Sensing Method,'' U.S. Patent No. 8,167,204 B2 for 
an invention titled ``Wireless Damage Location Sensing System,'' U.S. 
Patent No. 10,180,341 B2 for an invention titled ``Multi-Layer Wireless 
Sensor Construct for Use at Electrically-Conductive Material 
Surfaces,'' U.S. Patent No. 10,193,228 B2 for an invention titled 
``Antenna for Near Field Sensing and Far Field Transceiving,'' to Volt 
AI, LLC having its principal place of business in Conover, North 
Carolina. The fields of use may be limited. NASA has not yet made a 
final determination to grant the requested license and may deny the 
requested license even if no objections are submitted within the 
comment period.
    This notice of intent to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive or 
partially exclusive patent license is issued in accordance with 35 
U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these 
inventions have been assigned to the United States of America as 
represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. The prospective license will comply with the 
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
    Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can 
be found online at <a href="http://technology.nasa.gov">http://technology.nasa.gov</a>.

Trenton J. Roche,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-03646 Filed 3-6-25; 8:45 am]
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