Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 9.11.2009

Prospective Granting of an Exclusive License

This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Technology Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is contemplating the granting of an exclusive worldwide license to practice the invention embodied in the patent application referred to below to International Rollforms, Inc., having a place of business in Deptford, New Jersey. CDC intends to grant rights to practice this invention to no other licensees. The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the government of the United States of America. The patent to be licensed is: Title: Instrumented Rock Bolt, Data Logger and User Interface System, CDC Ref. : I-017-01. Patent No.: 7,324,007. Filing Date: 12/27/2002. Issue Date: 01/29/2008. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. This invention includes the use of rock bolts, strain gauges and data loggers to increase the stability of rock mass comprising the roof and walls of mines. Strain gauges affixed to the rock bolts provide a measure of the strains and hence t