Notice2026-00145
Notice of Intent To Grant a Joint Ownership Agreement With an Exclusive Patent License
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Published
January 8, 2026
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Abstract
Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to grant a joint ownership agreement with an Exclusive Patent License to the Regents of the University of Michigan, a State Controlled Institution of Higher Learning having a place of business at 1600 Huron Pkwy., 2nd Floor, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2590.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00145]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
[Docket No. AFIT JOA 2025-02]
Notice of Intent To Grant a Joint Ownership Agreement With an
Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: Department of The Air Force, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations,
the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to
grant a joint ownership agreement with an Exclusive Patent License to
the Regents of the University of Michigan, a State Controlled
Institution of Higher Learning having a place of business at 1600 Huron
Pkwy., 2nd Floor, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2590.
DATES: Written objections must be filed no later than fifteen (15)
calendar days after the date of publication of this Notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to Karleine M. Justice, AFIT
Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA), 2950 Hobson Way,
Bldg. 641, Rm 101C, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765; Phone: (937)
656-0754; or Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3853594a545d51565d16524d4b4c515b5d1609784d4b16595e16555154"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f141e0d131a16111a51150a0c0b161c1a514e3f0a0c511e1951121613">[email protected]</span></a>. Include Docket No.
AFIT JOA 2025-02 in the subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karleine M. Justice, AFIT Office of
Research and Technology Applications (ORTA), 2950 Hobson Way, Bldg.
641, Rm. 101C, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765; Phone: (937) 656-
0754; or Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7912180b151c10171c57130c0a0d101a1c5748390c0a57181f57141015"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa919b88969f93949fd4908f898e93999fd4cbba8f89d49b9cd4979396">[email protected]</span></a>.
Abstract of Patent Application(s)
A multi-pass cavity-based optical pulse contrast enhancement device
is disclosed which selectively attenuates prepulses and other undesired
low-power pulse features. The device may include two or more optical
mirrors, an intracavity nonlinear medium, and a spatial filtration
arrangement that may be inside or outside of the cavity. The nonlinear
medium enables a cavity configuration where low-power pulse features
may be cavity-unstable and/or mode-mismatched whereas the high-power
region may be cavity-stable and/or mode-matched. Propagation through
the cavity distinguishes the low-power and high-power pulse regions in
their spatial beam characteristics, enabling low-power suppression via
diffraction losses, beam distortion, or spatial filtration. This
improves upon prior solutions in that it improves pulse contrast by
several orders of magnitude at high main pulse transmission efficiency,
preserves near-diffraction limited beam quality, is compatible with
high laser average powers and pulse repetition rates, and is
configurable to accommodate high, e.g., multi-Joule pulse energies.
Intellectual Property
Patent Cooperation Treaty Application Serial No. PCT/US2025/038649,
filed on July 22, 2025, and entitled ``Nonlinear Multi-Pass Cavity
Based Devices for Enhancing Optical Pulse Contrast''.
The Department of the Air Force may grant the prospective license
unless a timely objection is received that sufficiently shows the grant
of the license would be inconsistent with the Bayh-Dole Act or
implementing regulations. A competing application for a patent license
agreement, completed in compliance with 37 CFR 404.8 and received by
the Air Force within the period for timely objections, will be treated
as an objection and may be considered as an alternative to the proposed
license.
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209; 37 CFR 404.
Crystle C. Poge,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-00145 Filed 1-7-26; 8:45 am]
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