Notice of Prospective Patent License

Zusammenfassung

NASA hereby gives notice that Femto Trace, Inc. of La Cresenta, California, has applied for an exclusive license to practice the inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 4,649,278, entitled "Generation of Intense Negative Ion Beams," U.S. Patent No. 4,933,551, entitled "Reversal Electron Attachment Ionizer for Detection of Trace Species," U.S. Patent No. 5,374,828, entitled "Method for Trace Oxygen Detection," and U.S. Patent No. 5,670,378, entitled "Electron Reversal Ionizer for Detection of Trace Species Using a Spherical Cathode," all of which are assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Written objections to the prospective grant of a license should be sent to the NASA Management Office--JPL. Responses to this notice must be received by December 10, 2001.