Notice of Availability of Patent Properties for License
The patents and patent applications listed below are available for licensing from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Also listed below are inventions, identified as Reports of Invention (ROI) that will soon be patent applications. The patent cover sheets are below (.pdf format). The entire patents may be viewed at the Patent and Trademark Office website.
For further information on procedures for licensing any of these patent properties, or to obtain a license application form, please contact Neil Mark at: Phone (703) 648-4344; fax (703) 648-4688; email: nmark@usgs.gov, or regular mail,12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 153, Reston, VA 20192.
| Patent Number |
Filing/Issue Date |
Patent Title |
| 5,804,743 |
09/08/1998 |
Downhole Passive Water Sampler and Method of Sampling |
| 6,129,843 |
10/10/2000 |
Device for the Removal and Concentration of Neutral Mercury Species from Air and Water |
| 6,131,451 |
10/17/2000 |
Well Flowmeter and Down-Hole Sampler |
| 6,164,127 |
12/26/2000 |
Well Flowmeter and Down-Hole Sampler |
| 6,216,549 B1 |
04/17/2001 |
Collapsible Bag Sediment/Water Quality Flow-Weighted Sampler |
| 6,236,211 B1 |
05/22/2001 |
Induced Polarization Method Using Towed Cable Carrying Transmitters and Receivers for Identifying Minerals on the Ocean Floor |
| 6,236,212 B1 |
05/22/2001 |
Induced Polarization Method Using Towed Cable Carrying Transmitters and Receivers for Identifying Minerals on the Ocean Floor |
| 6,296,760 B1 |
10/02/2001 |
Device for the Removal and Concentration of Ionic Metal Species from Water |
| 6,354,384 B1 |
03/12/2002 |
Surface Effect Drilling Craft for Obtaining Continuous Core Samples |
| 6,379,459 B1 |
04/30/2002 |
Crystallization of Powders Having Uniform Particle Sizes by Ostwald Ripening at Large Levels of Supersaturation |
| 6,478,961 B2 |
11/12/2002 |
Device for Sequestration and Concentration of Polar Organic Chemicals from Water |
| 6,485,696 B1 |
11/26/2002 |
Recovery/Removal of Metallic Elements from Waste Water Using Ozone |
| 6,545,286 B1 |
04/08/2003 |
Method and Apparatus for Water Level Determination |
| 6,586,760 B1 |
07/01/2003 |
Water Level Measuring Method and System |
| 6,618,680 B2 |
09/09/2003 |
Signal Processor Apparatus for Rotating Water Current Meter |
| 6,680,795 B2 |
01/20/2004 |
Underwater Microscope System |
| 6,690,265 B2 |
02/10/2004 |
Infrasound Hazard-Warning Method and Device for Alerting Night Migrating Birds to Obstacles |
| 6,821,442 B1 |
11/23/2004 |
Method and Apparatus for Control of Aquatic Vertebrate and Invertebrate Invasive Species |
| 6,863,815 B1 |
03/08/2005 |
Small-Scale Hydrogen-Oxidizing-Denitrifying Bioreactor |
| 6,877,724 B1 |
04/12/2005 |
Constant Concentration Delivery Device and Method for Vaporized Substances |
| 6,896,813 B1 |
05/24/2005 |
Sorbant Sequestration and Removal of Toxic Metal Ions |
| 6,916,446 B1 |
07/12/2005 |
Bioreactor Method, Apparatus and Product Thereby |
| 6,936,156 B2 |
08/30/2005 |
Automated Self-Calibrating Water Quality Monitoring Sensor Housing Assembly |
| 6,949,508 B1 |
06/27/2005 |
Easy Read Molecular Tag |
| 6,976,393 B1 |
12/20/2005 |
Pygmy Current Meter with Magnetic Switch |
| 7,017,425 B1 |
07/12/2005 |
Bucket Wheel Assembly for Fluid Flowmeters |
| 7,108,769 B1 |
09/19/2006 |
Solar Distillation Loop |
| 7,157,059 B1 |
01/02/2007 |
Reduction Device for Nitrate Determination |
| 7,159,851 B1 |
01/09/2007 |
Apparatus for Deploying and Retrieving Water Sampler |
| 7,162,923 B1 |
01/16/2007 |
Adjustable Floating Open-Water Evaporation Pan |
| 7,189,366 B2 |
03/13/2007 |
Molecular Tag Reader |
| 7,232,565 B2 |
06/19/2007 |
Use of Endophytic Fungi to Treat Plants |
| 7,264,777 B1 |
09/04/2007 |
Measurement of Surface Areas by Polyvinylpyrrolidine Sorption |
| 7,294,275 B1 |
11/13/2007 |
Method for the Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater Using Acid Mine Drainage Sludge in a Flow Through Contactor |
| 7,430,929 B1 |
10/07/2008 |
Pore-Water Sampler |
| 7,491,322 B1 |
02/17/2009 |
Method for the Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater, Etc. |
| 7,501,046 B1 |
03/10/2009 |
Solar Distillation Loop Evaporation Sleeve (c-i-p) |
| 7,530,174 B1 |
10/07/2008 |
Wading Rod Level |
| 7,629,181 B2 |
12/08/2009 |
Molecular Tag Reader (div.) |
| 7,631,705 B1 |
12/15/2009 |
Enhanced Screen Auger Sampling System |
| 7,687,028 B1 |
03/30/2010 |
Sequential, Time-Integrated Collector of Precipitation, Ground Water, and Surface Water for Analysis of Isotopes |
| 7,757,757 B1 |
07/20/2010 |
In-Well Baffle System |
| 8,051,727 B1 |
11/08/2011 |
Pore-Well Profiler |
| 8,030,287 B2 |
10/04/2011 |
Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV) - DNA Vaccine [pSVCVnc] |
| 8,105,808 B2 |
01/31/2012 |
Anaerobic Microbial Composition and Methods of Using Same |
| 12/610,612 |
11/02/2009 |
Composites Comprising Biologically Synthesized Nanomaterials |
| PCT/US2010/001591 |
06/01/20010 |
Synthetic Antibacterial Clay Compositions and Methods of Using Same |
| PCT/US2010/055229 |
11/03/2010 |
An Oral Vaccine to Protect Prairie Dogs Against Plague |
| PCT/US2011/025595 |
04/14/2011 |
Primer Sequences for Amplification of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Genes |
| 13/247,682 |
09/28/2012 |
A Spectral Method for Determining the Source of Expanded Vermiculite Insulation in Attics and Wells |
| 12/779,549 |
05/13/2010 |
Apparatus to Assist in the Collection of Stormwater-Quality Samples in a Vertical Profile |
| 13/212,540 |
08/18/2011 |
Photographic Animal Counter for Movement of Aquatic Animals |
| 12/899,330 |
10/06/2010 |
Handheld Underwater Suction Sampler |
| 61/662,712 |
06/22/2012 |
Discrete Groundwater Sampling System |
| 61/612,718 |
03/19/2012 |
Enhancing Microbial Natural Gas Production from Coal Using Coal Oxidation and Stimulation with Algal Extracts
|
| 61/661,158 |
06/18/2012 |
Nozzle Mixing Methods for Ship Ballast Tanks |
| PCT/US2008/070610 |
07/21/2008 |
Stress Tolerance in Plants via Adaptive Symbiosis |
| 13/091,314 |
04/21/2011 |
Measuring Seawater Capacitance |
| 13/443,026 |
4/10/2012 |
Apparatus for Uniaxial Confinement of Rock Cores During Petroleum Formation in Laboratory Pyrolysis |
| ROI |
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Use of Lichens, Lichen Extracts or Lichen Proteases to Degrade Infectious Prions and Related Agents |
| ROI |
|
Artificial Recharge System |
| ROI |
|
Gravity-Fed Subsampler |
| ROI |
|
Apparatus to Assist in the Collection of Stormwater Quality Samples in a Vertical Profile
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
