[Federal Register: December 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 239)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Government-Owned Inventions Available for Licensing
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Government owned inventions available for licensing.
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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned in whole or in part by
the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and
are available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR
part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of
federally funded research and development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on
these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Building
820, Room 213, Gaithersburg MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request for
information should include the NIST Docket No. and Title for the
relevant invention as indicated below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform
further research on the inventions for purposes of commercialization.
The inventions available for licensing are:
[NIST Docket Number: 96-006D]
Title: Method and Composition for Promoting Improved Adhesion to
Substrates.
Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, and the American Dental
Association Health Foundation. The
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Department of Commerce's ownership interest in this invention is
available for licensing. An etchant primer composition is provided
which includes (a) a compound having the formula RN
(CH2YCO2M)2 wherein R=R\1\ or R\2\;
R\1\= an aromatic group; R\2\=a conjugated aliphatic group; Y=a single
bond, CH2, CHCH3 or C=CH2; and each M
is independently H, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, aluminum,
a transition or redox metal or an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon
atoms, with the proviso that when both M groups are alkyl groups, the
compound corresponding to formula I be capable of being easily
hydrolyzed, displaced or exchanged with other reagents present in the
etchant/primer composition and (b) a polar solvent system. An etchant/
primer/adhesive monomer composition is also provided which includes the
etchant/primer composition and an adhesive monomer system. One and two
step simplified methods for adhering and for preparing substrate
surface, such as a dental substrate surface, to a polymeric material
are also provided. Kits which may be used with these compositions and
methods are also provided.
[NIST Docket Number: 97-036US]
Title: Silicon-on-Insulator Substrates Using Low Dose Implantation
Abstract: The invention is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as
represented by the Secretary of Commerce, and IBM Corp. The Department
of Commerce's ownership interest in this invention is available for
licensing. An SOI Substrate and method of forming is described
incorporating the steps of implanting oxygen under two conditions and
performing two high temperature anneals at temperatures above
1250.degree C. and above 1300.degree C, respectively, at two respective
oxygen concentrations. The invention overcomes the problem of high SOI
substrate fabrication cost due to ion implant time and of getting high
quality buried oxide (BOX) layers below a thin layer of single crystal
silicon.
[NIST Docket Number: 00-016US]
Title: Method and Apparatus for Entrainment Mixing of Vapor Into
Liquids.
Abstract: Mixing of fluids is a central component to innumerable
operations in chemical processing on the plant floor and also in many
laboratory operations. Most mixing applications simply require the
efficient blending of fluids present in a single phase, such as the
mixing of the individual components of a liquid. For these
applications, magnetic stirrers often provide a convenient and
efficient bending without creating ambient air entrainment into the
liquid. This is especially true of fluid mixing operations done in the
laboratory. There are many other applications, however, in which the
entrainment of a vapor phase with a liquid is specifically desired.
Examples of these applications include mixing in two-phase reaction
vessels and apparatus to measure vapor liquid equilibrium. These mixing
operations are difficult to accommodate with magnetic stirrers because
the vast majority of such stirrers are designed not to entrain vapor.
In this disclosure, we teach a novel design of a mixing rotor that
efficiently mixes the liquid phase and also achieves entrainment of
vapor into the liquid.
[NIST Docket Number: 00-031US]
Title: Polyelectrolyte Derivatization of Microfluidic Devices.
Abstract: The invention describes the use of polyelectrolyte
multilayers (PEMs) to alter the surface of microchannel surfaces was
obtained by coating the channels with alternating layers of poly
(allyamine hydrochloride) and poly (styrene sulfonate). The PEMs are
easily fabricated and provide a means for controlling the flow
direction and the electrosmotic mobility in the microchannels.
[NIST Docket Number: 01-008US]
Title: Chemical Modification of Substrates by Photo-ablation Under
Different Local Atmospheres and Chemical Environments for the
Fabrication of Microstructures.
Abstract: The invention consists of a one step photo-ablation
process that can simultaneously use different gas or liquid atmospheres
to pattern microchannels and functionalize the surface of polymer
substrates.
Dated: December 4, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
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