Notice2026-02596
Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially Exclusive Patent License
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Published
February 10, 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 partially exclusive, the field to include foreign object debris detection on paved surfaces, patent license to Airtrek Robotics, Inc. having a place of business at 2900 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 5929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02596]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Air Force
Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 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 partially exclusive, the field to include foreign object debris
detection on paved surfaces, patent license to Airtrek Robotics, Inc.
having a place of business at 2900 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45206.
DATES: Written objections must be filed no later than fifteen (15)
calendar days after the date of publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit objections to Ryan Toner, AFRL/RI, 525 Brooks Road,
Rome, New York 13441; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97f6f1e5fbb9e5feb9e3f2f4ffe3e5f6f9e4f1f2e5d7e2e4b9f6f1b9fafefb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="24454256480a564d0a5041474c5056454a574241566451570a45420a494d48">[email protected]</span></a>. Include
Docket No. 25-RI-L-02 in the subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Toner, AFRL/RI, 525 Brooks Road,
Rome, New York 13441; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#68090e1a04461a01461c0d0b001c1a09061b0e0d1a281d1b46090e46050104"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="224344504e0c504b0c5647414a5650434c514447506257510c43440c4f4b4e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of patent application(s): A framework for estimating image
interpretability degradation associated with image compression is
provided. An image compression broker system can determine an image
compression setting to achieve an interpretability task in accordance
with available communication bandwidth or transmission time objectives.
Estimating image interpretability degradation includes detecting edge
points of an uncompressed image and determining gradients corresponding
to the detected edge points; compressing in accordance with a
compression parameter setting the uncompressed image to generate a
compressed image and determining gradients corresponding to the edge
points in the compressed image; determining from the gradients
associated with the edge points gradient ratios; and estimating from
the gradient ratios an image interpretability loss of the compressed
image.
Intellectual property: U.S. Patent No. 10,827,190, issued on 03
November 2020, and entitled ``Image Compression Selection Based On
Interpretability Loss Estimation.''
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 part 404.)
Crystle C. Poge,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-02596 Filed 2-9-26; 8:45 am]
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