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exclusive patent license in the United
States, to practice the inventions
described and claimed in the following
U.S. Patents: ‘‘USPN 8,160,728,
Methods of determining complete
sensor requirements for autonomous
mobility; USPN 8,095,485, System and
method for embedding emotion in logic
systems; USPN 8,041,661, System and
method for determining stability of a
neural system; USPN 7,769,488,
Reconfigurable Structure; USPN
7,512,568, Evolvable synthetic neural
system’’ to Sentient Cyber, having its
principal place of business in New
York, NY. The fields of use may be
limited to, but not necessarily be limited
to, e-Commerce Transactional Security
Monitoring & Protection. For the
purpose of this license, e-Commerce
(electronic commerce or EC) is defined
as the buying and selling of goods and
services, or the transmitting of funds or
data, over an electronic network,
primarily the Internet. These business
transactions occur either business-tobusiness, business-to-consumer,
consumer-to-consumer or consumer-tobusiness. The patent rights in these
inventions as applicable have been
assigned to the United States of America
as represented by the Administrator of
the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The prospective
partially exclusive license will comply
with the terms and conditions of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. NASA has
not yet made a determination to grant
partially exclusive licenses and may
deny the requested licenses even if no
objections are submitted within the
comment period.
The prospective partially
exclusive license may be granted unless,
within fifteen (15) days from the date of
this published notice, NASA receives
written objections including evidence
and argument that establish that the
grant of exclusives licenses would not
be consistent with the requirements of
35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Competing applications completed and
received by NASA within fifteen (15)
days of the date of this published notice
will also be treated as objections.
Objections submitted in response to
this notice will not be made available to
the public for inspection and, to the
extent permitted by law, will not be
released under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

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DATES:

Objections relating to the
prospective license may be submitted to
Mr. Bryan A. Geurts, Chief Patent
Counsel, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Code 140.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (301)
286–7351.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Darryl Mitchell, Innovative Technology
Partnerships Office, Goddard Space
Flight Center, Code 504, Greenbelt, MD
20771 (301) 286–5810. Information
about other NASA inventions available
for licensing can be found online at
http://technology.nasa.gov/.
Mark P. Dvorscak,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
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Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:

The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). This is a request to
reinstate OMB control number 2700–
0092 with changes to include all NASA
financial assistance awards, not just
awards to commercial firms.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received within 60 days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
Ms. Frances Teel, NASA PRA Clearance
Officer, NASA Headquarters, 300 E
Street SW., Mail Code JF0000,
Washington, DC 20546 or
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Ms. Frances Teel, NASA
PRA Clearance Officer, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Mail
Code JF0000, Washington, DC 20546 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This is a request to reinstate OMB
control number 2700–0092 with
changes. This collection is required to
ensure proper accounting of Federal
funds and property provided under

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finanical assistance awards (grants and
cooperative agreements). Reporting and
recordkeeping are prescribed at 2 CFR
part 1800 for awards issued to nonprofits, institutions of higher
educations, government, and
commercial firms when cost sharing is
not required and 14 CFR part 1274 for
awards issued to commercial firms
when cost sharing is required. This
information collection was formally
titled Cooperative Agreements with
Commercial Firms.
II. Method of Collection
Proposals are filed through the NASA
Solicitation and Proposal Integrated
Review and Evaluation System
(NSPIRES) or grants.gov. The use of
these systems reduces the need for
proposers to submit multiply copies to
the agency. It further allows them to
submit multiple proposals to different
funding announcements without
registering each time. Electronic funds
transfer is used for payment under
Treasury guidance, for commercial firms
and through the HHS Payment
Management System for other
recipients. In addition, NASA
encourages the use of computer
technology and is participating in
Federal efforts to extend the use of
information technology to more
Government processes.
Basis of Estimate. Approximately
6,500 NASA financial assistance awards
are open at any one time. It is estimated
that out of the 7,100 proposals received
each year, NASA awards approximately
1,600 new awards. The period of
performance for each financial
assistance award is usually three to five
years. NASA had approximately 120
awards with commercial firms.
Commercial firms submit quarterly
payment requests directly to NASA,
while other recipients submit Financial
Reports (SF 425) on a quarterly bases to
the HHS Payment Management System.
Performance, Property, and Patent
Reports are filed annually. Historical
records indicate that, on average, 1,625
changes are submitted annually. The
total number of respondents is based on
the average number of proposals that are
received each year and the average
number of active grants that are
managed each year. The total number of
hours spent on each task was estimated
through historical records and
experience of former recipients. Using
past calculations, the total cost was
estimated using the on the average
salary (wages and benefits) for a GS–12
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III. Data
Title: Financial Assistant Awards/
Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
OMB Control Number: 2700–0092.
Type of review: Reinstatement with
Change of a Previously Approved
Information Collection.
Affected Public: Non-profits,
institutions of higher educations,
government, and commercial firms.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,600.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 691,641.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Respondents: $20,674,712.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on (1) whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
They will also become a matter of
public record.
Frances Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.

Method of Fabricating Microfluidic
Devices,’’ and U.S. Patent Application
No. 14/021,812 ‘‘MEMS Chip with
Microfluid Channel Having MultiFunction Microposts,’’ to ICAP Patent
Brokerage, having its principal place of
business in New York, NY.
The patent rights in these inventions
have been assigned to the United States
of America as represented by the
Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The prospective exclusive license will
comply with the terms and conditions
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
NASA has not yet made a determination
to grant exclusive licenses and may
deny the requested licenses even if no
objections are submitted within the
comment period.
The prospective exclusive
license may be granted unless, within
fifteen (15) days from the date of this
published notice, NASA receives
written objections including evidence
and argument that establish that the
grant of exclusives licenses would not
be consistent with the requirements of
35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Competing applications completed and
received by NASA within fifteen (15)
days of the date of this published notice
will also be treated as objections.
Objections submitted in response to
this notice will not be made available to
the public for inspection and, to the
extent permitted by law, will not be
released under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

DATES:

Objections relating to the
prospective license may be submitted to
Mr. Bryan A. Geurts, Chief Patent
Counsel, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Code 140.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771,
Phone: (301) 286–7351; Fax (301) 286–
9502.

ADDRESSES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive
Patent License
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant
Exclusive Patent License.
AGENCY:

This notice is issued in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives
notice of its intent to grant an exclusive
patent license in the United to practice
the invention described and claimed in
the following U.S. Patent Applications
by, inter alia, engaging in marketing
activities: U.S. Patent Application No.
13/601,194, ‘‘Microfluidic Device and

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Darryl Mitchell, Innovative Technology
Partnerships Office, Goddard Space
Flight Center, Code 504, Greenbelt, MD
20771 Phone: (301) 286–5810.
Information about other NASA
inventions available for licensing can be
found online at http://
technology.nasa.gov/.
Mark P. Dvorscak,
Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
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NASA Advisory Council; Science
Committee; Planetary Protection
Subcommittee; Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463, as amended, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) announces a meeting of the
Planetary Protection Subcommittee of
the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).
This Subcommittee reports to the
Science Committee of the NAC. The
meeting will be held for the purpose of
soliciting, from the scientific
community and other persons, scientific
and technical information relevant to
program planning.
DATES: Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST; and Wednesday,
December 9, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., EST.
ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, 300 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20546. The
meeting will take place in Room 8Q40
on December 8, and in Room 9H40 on
December 9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Ann Delo, Science Mission Directorate,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
20546, (202) 358–0750, fax (202) 358–
2779, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the capacity of the room. The meeting
will also be available telephonically and
by WebEx. Any interested person may
call the USA toll free conference call
number 888–390–0720, passcode
4737036, on both days, to participate in
this meeting by telephone. The WebEx
link is https://nasa.webex.com. The
meeting number on December 8th is,
992 964 342, and the passcode
PPS120815!. The meeting number on
December 9th is, 999 515 905 and the
passcode is PPS120915!.
The agenda for the meeting includes
the following topics:
—Update on NASA Planetary Protection
Activities
—Planetary Protection for Mars
Missions
—Other Related Items
Attendees will be requested to sign a
register and to comply with NASA
security requirements, including the
presentation of a valid picture ID to
Security before access to NASA
SUMMARY:

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