[Federal Register: May 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 89)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

 
Notice of Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (``NIST''), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating 
the grant of an exclusive license world-wide to NIST's interest in the 
invention embodied in U.S. Patent Application 07/892,037, titled, 
``Photovoltaic Solar Water Heating System'', filed June 2, 1992; NIST 
Docket No. 91-023US to Four Seasons Solar Products Corporations, having 
a place of business at 5005 Veterans Memorial Highway, Holbrook, NY 
11741. The grant of the license would be for all fields of use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Berkley, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. The prospective exclusive license may be 
granted unless, within sixty days from the date of this published 
Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which establish 
that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the 
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The availability of the 
invention for licensing was published in the, Federal Register Vol. 59 
(March 30, 1994). NIST and Four Seasons Solar Products Corporation may 
enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to 
further development of the invention.
    U.S. Patent application 07/892,037 is owned by the U.S. Government, 
as represented by the Secretary of Commerce. The present invention 
relates to a system for heating water using solar energy, the system 
comprises a photovoltaic array, a water heater comprising a variable 
resistive load, and a controller for varying either the load 
characteristics of the resistive load or the power generating 
characteristics of the photovoltaic array, or both, to ensure maximum 
power transfer efficiency.

    Dated: May 3, 1999.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
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