<s docid="FT931-1310" num="9"> 'It takes a lot of courage, faith, and obstinacy,' says James Dyson, a successful designer-inventor whose products include the Ballbarrow - a wheelbarrow with a pneumatic ball instead of a wheel - and a new vacuum cleaner using high-speed cyclone technology.</s>

<s docid="FT931-1310" num="10"> 'Having the idea is the easy bit,' comments John Endacott, an engineer who has invented a new type of oil and water separator for offshore oil fields which has been licensed by two companies.</s>

<s docid="FT931-1310" num="55"> His Zike electric bicycle - which looks like being more successful than the earlier C5 electric vehicle, which flopped - is being manufactured by a German-owned company, Tudor Webasto, whose chief executive, Alan Garnett, is seeking new product ideas to supplement its main business of car sunroofs.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="16"> Thought''] [Text] The brain orders, it obeys...</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="17"> Japanese researchers have been working in utmost secrecy on a machine controlled directly by brain waves.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="24"> Except that, since April 1992, which marks the start of work on this project, the Japanese researchers have already achieved an amazing result: The recognition by a machine of the vowel-sound a thought by a human!</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="58"> A study conducted several months ago by two American neurobiologists of the University of Iowa appears to verify the existence of silent speech.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="129"> Astonished, the American professor found that the displacement of activity among the neurons described a rotation within the brain corresponding to that of the cube!</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="132"> It is an indirect method of observing neuronal activity by measuring the augmentation of blood flows arriving at the cells in action.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="133"> The team has thus been able to display the different forms of thought that may traverse the brain!</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21150" num="138"> The motor-neuron zone controlling the articulation of language was activated as if they were preparing to pronounce words.</s>

<s docid="FR940712-2-00007" num="11"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 91-001 Title: Improved Oscillating Tube Densimeter Description: The oscillating tube densimeter provides a unique measurement of fluid density.</s>

<s docid="FR940712-2-00007" num="27"> NIST Docket No. 92-051 Title: Methods and Electrolytic Compositions for Electrodepositing Chromium Coatings Description: A new NIST process deposits chromium plating up to 600 microns thick, without using or generating carcinogenic byproducts.</s>

<s docid="FR940712-2-00007" num="29"> NIST Docket No. 92-052 Title: Contactless Magnetically Coupled Linewidth System Description: Linewidth measurements are made on integrated circuit test structures via magnetic coupling, removing the need for electrical contacts.</s>

<s docid="FBIS4-3214" num="27"> Three famous foreign companies, including DEC and IBM, have been licensed to use the "five strokes" Chinese-character computer input technology invented by Wang Yongmin.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="11"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 90-030 Title: Improved Monomers for Double Ring-Opening Polymerization with Expansion Description: NIST researchers have created a new class of monomers that undergo double ring-opening polymerization with an expansion in volume.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="13"> NIST Docket No. 91-008D Title: Planar Epitaxial Films of Sn02 Description: This invention provides smooth, high quality planar epitaxial films of tin oxide.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="15"> NIST Docket No. 92-016 Title: A Chemically Assisted Process for the Machining of Ceramics Description: A new NIST process makes the matching of ceramic materials more practical and cost-effective.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="18"> NIST Docket No. 92-056 Title: Serial/Parallel Correlator for Words and Phrases Description: A novel computer method allows for more efficient identification of misspelled words contained in large databases.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="20"> NIST Docket No. 93-001 Title: Intermetallic Titanium-Aluminum-Niobium-Chromium Alloys Description: NIST researchers have developed new alloys that possess superior combinations of room and high temperature mechanical properties.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="22"> NIST Docket No. 93-004D Title: Method for the Production of Predetermined Concentration Graded Alloys Description: NIST researchers have designed a new process for tailoring extremely thin metal layers within an alloy.</s>

<s docid="FR940919-2-00007" num="24"> NIST Docket No. 93-026 Title: Method of Obtaining High Green Density Ceramics From Powders Description: This invention is a novel method of preparing slurries of fine ceramic powders in which the ceramic particles are dispersed more effectively.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="11"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 89-031 Title: Highly Accurate In-Situ Determination of Refractivity of an Ambient Atmosphere Description: A method of determining the index of refraction of an ambient atmosphere, such as air.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="13"> NIST Docket No. 91-002 Title: Thermal Properties Measurement Using a Superconductor Sensor Description: Superconducting materials are used to sense the thermal environment in low power cryogenic flow meters, bolometers, level detectors, etc.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="15"> NIST Docket No. 91-010 Title: Corrosion Resistant Thin-Film Thermocouples and Method Description: These thin-film thermocouples provide fast temperature measurements and can operate in highly corrosive environments.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="18"> NIST Docket No. 91-013 Title: Method and Apparatus for Analyzing Character Strings Description: Newly developed NIST technology analyzes and corrects errors in electronically stored character strings derived from handwritten documents.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="20"> NIST Docket No. 92-044 Title: Monitor for Gas-Metal-Arc Welding (GMAW) Process Description: New NIST technology provides improved control of gas-metal-arc welding (GMAW) and reduces material flaws caused by process perturbations.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="22"> NIST Docket No. 93-016 Title: High Intermetallic Titanium-Aluminum-Vanadium-Chromium Alloys Combining High Temperature Strength with Excellent Room Temperature Ductility Description: New NIST alloys are about 50 percent lighter than other alloys used in aerospace and industrial applications.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="24"> NIST Docket No. 93-017 Title: Correlated Run Length Method for Detecting Form Structure within Digitized Documents Description: A method of analyzing digitized form documents to identify lines, boxes and other shapes on the documents; this information allows a scanning system to identify the form being scanned and the data entry fields on that form.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00004" num="25"> NIST Docket No. 31-038 Title: Amperometric Flow Injection Analysis Biosensor for Glucose Based on Graphite Paste Modified with Tetracyanoquinodimethane Description: NIST has developed a new biosensor for glucose based on using a graphite paste of glucose oxidase and tetracyanoquinodimethan (TCNQ) in a flow injection analysis system.</s>

<s docid="FR941028-2-00014" num="10"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 90-031 Title: Detecting Polymer Solidification During Injection Molding.</s>

<s docid="FR941028-2-00014" num="11"> Description: New NIST technology makes it possible to determine the optimum time for opening a mold during an injection molding process.</s>

<s docid="FR941028-2-00014" num="13"> NIST Docket No. 92-058 Title: Perflourinated Ionomer Membrane Invention.</s>

<s docid="FR941028-2-00014" num="14"> Description: This NIST invention describes a perflourinated ionomer membrane having improved transport characteristics.</s>

<s docid="FR941028-2-00014" num="19"> NIST Docket No. 94-028 Title: Cable Arrangement and Platform for Stabilized Load Lifting.</s>

<s docid="FR941028-2-00014" num="20"> Description: NIST researchers have designed a cable arrangement and platform that completely stabilizes a load during lifting.</s>

<s docid="FR941011-2-00024" num="9"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing area: NIST Docket No. 90-030D Title: Monomers For Double Ring-Opening Polymerization With Expansion Description: NIST researchers have created a new class of monomers that undergo double ring-opening polymerization with an expansion in volume.</s>

<s docid="FR941011-2-00024" num="11"> NIST Docket No. 90-036 Title: Epitaxial Iron Films Exhibiting Large Polar Kerr Rotation Description: The invention is a magneto-optic iron film that greatly enhances Kerr rotation compared with conventional iron films.</s>

<s docid="FR941011-2-00024" num="13"> NIST Docket No. 93-028C Title: Nanocomposite Material for Magnetic Refrigeration and Superparamagnetic System using the Same Description: NIST researchers have developed new materials and systems that make magnetic refrigeration practical for household uses.</s>

<s docid="FR941011-2-00024" num="15"> NIST Docket No. 93-042 Title: Photochromic Compositions and Materials Containing Bacteriorhodopsin Description: This invention is a method to form photochromic compositions and materials from the light-sensitive protein, bacteriorhodopsin.</s>

<s docid="FR941011-2-00024" num="17"> NIST Docket No. 93-047 Title: Process For UV-Photopatterning of Thiolate Monolayers Self-Assembled on Gold, Silver and Other Substrates Description: New NIST technology provides a photopatterning process to precisely control the spatial position of thiol compounds on a surface.</s>

<s docid="FR941011-2-00024" num="19"> NIST Docket No. 94-017CIP Title: Method and Apparatus for Visualization of Internal Stresses in Solid Non-Transparent Materials by Ultrasonic Techniques and Ultrasonic Computer Tomography of Stress Description: New NIST technology makes visualing internal stresses in sold materials in three dimensions possible.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="15"> Patent 5,150,192: Field Emitter Array; filed 20 June 1991; patented 22 September 1992.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="16"> Patent 5,194,659: High Melting Amino Aromatic Nitrate Esters; filed 15 June 1992; patented 16 March 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="17"> Patent 5,200,321: Microassay on a Card; filed 12 September 1990; patented 6 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="18"> Patent 5,200,966: Resonantly Pumped, Erbium-Doped, GSGG, 2.8 Micron, Solid State Laser With Energy Recycling and High Slope Efficiency; filed 14 May 1992; patented 6 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="19"> Patent 5,202,414: Pyrolized Amine Cured Polymer of Dithioether-Linked Phthalonitrile Monomer; filed 13 October 1990; patented 2 April 1991.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="20"> Patent 5,202,602: Metal-Glass Composite Field-Emitting Arrays; filed 10 December 1991; patented 13 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="21"> Patent 5,202,786: Optical Switching Devices; filed 12 September 1991; patented 13 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="22"> Patent 5,205,871: Monocrystalline Germanium Film on Sapphire; filed 1 June 1990; patented 27 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="23"> Patent 5,205,983: Energetic Plasticizer and Improved Gas Producing Charges; filed 13 May 1974; patented 27 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="24"> Patent 5,205,996: Silver Lined Ceramic Vessel; filed 19 February 1992; patented 27 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="25"> Patent 5,206,592: Detection of Explosives by Nuclear Quadruple Resonance; filed 23 May 1991; patented 27 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="26"> Patent 5,206,867: Suppression of Relaxation Oscillations in Flashpumped Two-Micron, Tunable Solid State Lasers; filed 31 January 1992; patented 27 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="27"> Patent 5,208,318: Phosphazene-Containing Amine as Curing Agent for Phthalonitrile-Based Polymer; filed 15 March 1991; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="28"> Patent 5,208,477: Resistive Gate Magnetic Field Sensor; filed 31 December 1990; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="29"> Patent 5,208,601: All Weather Precision Landing System for Aircraft in Remote Areas; filed 24 July 1990; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="30"> Patent 5,208,650: Thermal Dilation Fiber Optical Flow Sensor; filed 30 September 1991; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="31"> Patent 5,210,153: Thermoplastic Elastomers Having Alternate Crystalline Structure for use as High Energy Binders; filed 6 January 1992; patented 11 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="32"> Patent 5,210,488: Projectile Velocity Measurement System and Method; filed 21 December 1991; patented 11 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="33"> Patent 5,211,731: Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Halide Glasses; filed 27 June 1991; patented 18 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="34"> Patent 5,213,844: Volatile CVD Precursors Based on Copper Alkoxides and Mixed Group IIA-Copper Alkoxides; filed 31 January 1992; patented 25 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="35"> Patent 5,214,166: Method of Synthesizing Nitrato Alkyl Oxetanes; filed 10 July 1989; patented 25 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="36"> Patent 5,214,234: Composite Reinforced Gun Barrels; filed 17 July 1992; patented 25 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="37"> Patent 5,214,347: Layered Thin-Edged Field-Emitter Device; filed 8 June 1990; patented 25 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="38"> Patent 5,215,961: Machinable Oxide Ceramic; filed 25 June 1990; patented 1 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="39"> Patent 5,216,965: Relocatable Explosives Storage Magazine; filed 15 June 1992; patented 8 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="40"> Patent 5,218,164: Dual Gate Target Detecting Device (TDD); filed 18 March 1976; patented 8 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="41"> Patent 5,218,197: Method and Apparatus for the Non-Invasive Measurement of Pressure Inside Pipes Using a Fiber Optic Interferometer Sensor; filed 20 May 1991; patented 8 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="42"> Patent 5,218,574: Electrical Firing Circuit; filed 12 October 1970; patented 8 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="43"> Patent 5,223,057: Monopropellant Aqueous Hydroxyl Ammonium Nitrate Fuel; 28 March 1969, patented 29 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="44"> Patent 5,223,841: Calibration Method and Apparatus for Collecting the Output of an Array of Detector Cells; filed 29 June 1992; patented 29 June 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940419-2-00015" num="45"> Patent 5,225,374: Method of Fabricating a Receptor-Based Sensor; filed 14 January 1992; patented 6 July 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR941026-2-00014" num="7"> SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Sugar Land Products Co., of Houston, Texas, a partially exclusive license to practice the invention described in U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR941026-2-00014" num="8"> Patent No. 4,442,018, entitled ``Stabilized Aqueous Foam Systems and Concentrate and Method for Making them''.</s>

<s docid="FR941026-2-00014" num="22"> Sugar Land Products Co., of Houston, Texas, has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR941026-2-00014" num="23"> Patent No. 4,442,018, for fields of use of the transportatin industry, the construction industry and the agriculture industry, and has a plan for commercialization of the invention for those fields of use.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="15"> Patent 5,189,590: CLOSED-LOOP MULTI-SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD; filed 25 July 1990; patented 23 February 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="16"> Patent 5,218,576: UNDERWATER TRANSDUCER; filed 22 May 1992; patented June 8, 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="17"> Patent 5,230,848: METHOD OF THERMOCHEMICALLY TREATING SILICON CARBIDE FIBERS DERIVED FROM POLYMERS; filed 18 February 1992; patented 27 July 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="18"> Patent 5,234,758: NONLINEAR OPTICAL COMPOSITES OF METAL CLUSTER LADEN POLYMERS; filed 3 June 1992; patented 10 August 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="19"> Patent 5,237,018: INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK ACOUSTIC DAMPING MATERIAL; filed 28 August 1991; patented 17 August 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="20"> Patent 5,242,150: ROTARY HYDRAULIC SERVO AND THROTTLE VALVE; filed September 30, 1992; patented September 7, 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="21"> Patent 5,247,894: PRO-SUBMARINE MOBILE DECOY; filed 28 February 1962; patented 28 September 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="22"> Patent 5,248,114: ADAPTIVE AUTOPILOT; filed 20 June 1974; patented 28 September 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="23"> Patent 5,250,954: COLOR-CODED RADAR PLAN POSITION INDICATOR; filed 28 June 1991; patented 5 October 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="24"> Patent 5,251,848: SPACE SHUTTLE WHEEL ACCELERATION SYSTEM; filed 14 May 1992; patented 12 October 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="25"> Patent 5,253,216: SONAR COUNTERMEASURE; filed 28 December 1962; patented 12 October 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="26"> Patent 5,255,564: APPARATUS FOR THE DISCRIMINATION OF CHEMICAL LIQUIDS VIA SOUND SPEED MEASUREMENTS; filed August 22, 1991; patented October 26, 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="27"> Patent 5,257,324: ZERO-TIME-DELAY VIDEO PROCESSOR CIRCUIT; filed 1 November 1991; patented 26 October 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="28"> Patent 5,257,556: TORQUE APPLICATION TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS; filed 14 December 1992; patented 2 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="29"> Patent 5,258,937: ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR; filed 13 April 1992; patented 2 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="30"> Patent 5,259,061: FABRICATION AND PHASE TUNING OF AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; filed 16 November 1992; patented 2 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="31"> Patent 5,260,414: SPIROBISLACTONE ACRYLATE POLYMERS; filed 25 June 1992; patented 9 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="32"> Patent 5,261,151: MULTIFILAMENTARY SUPERCONDUCTING CABLE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IT; filed 7 July 1992; patented 16 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="33"> Patent 5,261,300: WRENCH FOR INSTALLING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR; filed 26 October 1992; patented 16 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="34"> Patent 5,261,344: SELF-CONTAINED SYSTEM FOR SHIP PROTECTION AGAINST MOORED CONTACT MINES; filed 21 November 1991; patented 16 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940810-2-00022" num="35"> Patent 5,261,616: MULTI-LAYERED TRANSLATED RIB-STIFFENED COMPOSITE HOLLOW CYLINDER ASSEMBLY; filed 18 February 1992; patented 16 November 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR941222-2-00013" num="11"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 91-020CIP2 Title: Electric Test Structure and Method for Measuring the Relative Locations of Conducting Features on an Insulating Substrate Description: NIST researchers have invented a new electrical test structure to provide measurements of the separations of conducting features on an insulating substrate with uncertainties typically below 10 nm.</s>

<s docid="FR941222-2-00013" num="14"> NIST Docket No. 92-017 Title: Electroforming of Metallic Glasses for Dental Applications Description: A method of electroforming metallic glasses to produce dental prostheses and the resulting prostheses.</s>

<s docid="FR941222-2-00013" num="16"> NIST Docket No. 93-040 Title: Underwater Work Platform Support System Description: NIST researchers have developed a system to stabilize an underwater work platform in six degrees of freedom.</s>

<s docid="FR941222-2-00013" num="18"> NIST Docket No. 93-057 Title: Prevention of Contact Tube Melting In Arc Welding Description: NIST engineers have developed a technique to detect and prevent the onset of contact tube melting in gas metal arc and flux cored arc welding.</s>

<s docid="FR941222-2-00013" num="20"> NIST Docket No. 93-012 Title: Accumulator Distillation Insert for Zeotropic Refrigerant Mixtures Description: NIST researchers have developed an accumulator distillation insert that improves the efficiency of heat pumps.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="10"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket NO.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="11"> 91-007 Title: X-Ray Photoelectron Emission Spectrometry System.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="12"> Description: New NIST technology using x-ray photoelectron emission spectroscopy makes it possible to obtain depth information on chemical species located 1 to 5 nanometers beneath a material surface.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="15"> NIST Docket No. 92-049 Title: Faraday Effect Magnetic Field Sensor.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="16"> Description: NIST researchers have successfully demonstrated a flux-concentration technique for enhancing the sensitivity of magneto-optic magnetic field sensors.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="18"> NIST Docket No. 93-024 Title: Piezoelectric Linear Stepping Motor.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="19"> Description: The NIST ``Miliped'' is a piezo driven linear stepping motor that uses a novel application of the expansion properties of piezo ceramics coupled with a novel motor housing.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="22"> NIST Docket No. 93-053 Title: Thin Film High Temperature Silicide Thermocouples.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="23"> Description: The invention includes a method of preparing a thin film metal silicide thermoelements for thermocouples with superior durability in air at 700-900 degrees Celsius and thermocouples made using this structure.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="24"> NIST Docket No. 93-072C Title: Multiple Memory Self-Organizing Pattern Recognition Network.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00010" num="25"> Description: A NIST neural network has been developed which allows patterns to be filtered, recognized, and classified with no prespecified class or filtering information.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="10"> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are: NIST Docket No. 90-026 Title: Novel Multifunctional Acrylates and the Synthesis Thereof.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="11"> Description: A new, facile synthetic technology developed at NIST makes available a wide range of hydrophobic and hydrophilic multifunctional acrylic monomers and oligomers that are not readily available by other synthetic processes.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="12"> NIST Docket No. 93-003 Title: Method of Adhering Substrates.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="13"> Description: Two substrates can be joined together by exploiting the natural attraction between acidic and basic molecules.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="14"> A new acid-base bonding technique developed at NIST permits strong (yet reversible) adhesion without substantially altering material properties near or across the interface.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="15"> NIST Docket No. 93-036 Title: Method of and Articles for Accurately Determining Relative Positions of Lithographic Artifacts.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="16"> Description: In the 21st century, making a 4-gigabit computer chip will require accurately stacking together many circuit layers with nanometer-scale features.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="18"> NIST Docket No. 93-054 Title: A Procedure for Digital Image Restoration.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="19"> Description: A fast procedure to improve the deblurring of images incorporates a new type of a-priori constraint that sharply suppresses noise contamination, is applicable in very diverse imaging contexts and requires only a workstation-sized computer.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="20"> NIST Docket No. 93-060D Title: High Speed Amplitude Variable Thrust Control.</s>

<s docid="FR940816-2-00009" num="21"> Description: A new NIST invention provides a means of precisely and rapidly varying the thrust produced by a high pressure fluid.</s>

<s docid="LA042990-0226" num="13"> He claims to have invented a hybrid method of merging an electric turbine with an existing internal-combustion engine and a computer that could power a full-size car cheaper and with less pollution but with just as much pep as conventional cars.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="16"> Patent 5,153,597: Acousto-Optical Classifier; filed 13 December 1976; patented 6 October 1992.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="17"> Patent 5,158,173: Weapons Storage Container To Prevent Sympathetic Detonation of Adjacent Weapons; filed 27 July 1990; patented 27 October 1992.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="18"> Patent 5,166,009: Mixed Polymer Electrolyte and Mixed Electrolyte Battery; filed 28 March 1991; patented 24 November 1992.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="19"> Patent 5,182,496: Method and Apparatus for Forming an Agile Plasma Mirror Effective as a Microwave Reflector; filed 7 April 1992; patented 26 January 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="20"> Patent 5,183,779: Method for Doping Gaas with High Vapor Pressure Elements; filed 3 May 1991, patented 2 February 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="21"> Patent 5,183,938: N,N '-BIS (4,4,4-Trinitrobutyryl) Hydrazine: filed 15 June 1992; patented 2 February 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="22"> Patent 5,184,331: Transducer Circuit for Removing Reactive Component of Transducer Signal; filed 1 June 1992; patented 2 February 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="23"> Patent 5,186,604: Electro-Rheological Disk Pump; filed 6 June 1991; patented 16 February 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="24"> Patent 5,186,770: BIS (2-Nitro-2-Azapropyl) Ether and Method of Preparation; filed 29 June 1984; patented 16 February 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="25"> Patent 5,193,475: Thrust Expansion Engine; filed 1 June 1992; patented 16 March 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="26"> Patent 5,197,993: Lightweight Battery Electrode and Method of Making It; filed 11 July 1991; patented 30 March 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="27"> Patent 5,206,597: Capacitive Moisture Detection Apparatus; filed 27 August 1990; patented 27 April 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="28"> Patent 5,207,100: Method and Device for Measuring Underwater Vehicle Hull Vibration; filed 25 July 1991; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="29"> Patent 5,208,422: Submarine Weapon Launch Control System; filed 26 June 1992; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="30"> Patent 5,208,423: Mechanical Shielding for Electric Primer; filed 27 April 1992; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="31"> Patent 5,208,891: Fiber-Optic Viewgraph Projector; filed 7 October 1991; patented 4 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="32"> Patent 5,210,219: Bis-Sulfonium Salts of 2,5-Dimethylstilbene; filed 14 July 1992; patented 11 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="33"> Patent 5,210,369: Self-Actuating Slide Valve System; filed 8 July 1992; patented 11 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="34"> Patent 5,210,488: Projectile Velocity Measurement System and Method; filed 21 October 1991; patented 11 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="35"> Patent 5,210,807: Variable Wide-Band Fiber Optic Delay Line; filed 29 June 1992; patented 11 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FR940104-2-00020" num="36"> Patent 5,211,530: Variable Breadth Impeller That Provides a Specific Shutoff Head; filed 20 April 1992; patented 18 May 1993.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21081" num="23"> Despite the fact that the number of flight opportunities for microgravity experiments in the past has been severely limited, the results available to-date have had considerable influence on the scientific development in the disciplines concerned, demonstrated by the large number of scientific papers emerging from microgravity-promoted studies.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21081" num="24"> Materials science has experienced a dramatic improvement of our general understanding of transport processes in crystal growth from space experiments, resulting in improvements in ground-based production methods.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21081" num="25"> In fluid sciences, detailed phenomena have become observable which previously were not accessible due to obscuration by buoyancy flow or hydrostatic pressure on Earth.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21081" num="26"> Thermodynamics has made considerable progress in understanding transport processes in fluids and relaxation effects near the critical point.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21081" num="27"> Physical metallurgy has developed a new understanding of the interactions at fluid-solid interfaces, and novel insight into the behaviour of multicomponent systems.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-21081" num="29"> Among those are: In the Field of Crystal Growth: -- the new, rapidly growing research field of protein crystallisation in space opened by a SL-1 result, which generated considerable fundamental and commercial interest, e.g. in pharmaceutical industry; -- identification of the relative influence of various transport processes on crystal perfection, with subsequent improvements in ground- based production techniques, e.g. by magnetic field growth; In the Field of Fluid Physics: -- the observation and quantitative measurement of bifurcation phenomena in pure Marangoni flow; -- a quantitative understanding of static and dynamic stability limits of large liquid interfaces; In the Field of Thermodynamics: -- evidence against the accepted model for diffusion in liquid melts, with important implications for metallurgy; -- the first accurate measurement of the Soret effect in liquid metals and the observation of isotopic separation through a thermal gradient; -- the unexpected observation of critical heat flux in boiling being independent of gravity, in contradiction to present understanding; In the Field of Critical Point Phenomena: -- the demonstration of a novel thermalization phenomenon near the critical point (piston effect); -- the quantitative confirmation of a thermophysical divergence in the immediate vicinity of the critical point; In the Field of Metal Physics: -- new insight in physical phenomena at the growth interface of metallic materials and in the dynamics of the solidification front; -- an improved understanding of phase separation and ripening processes in immiscible alloys, the results of which are used in ground production of bearing materials.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="19"> A shirt such that neither a bullet nor a criminal's knife can penetrate it.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="20"> And the gloves!</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="23"> One wearing them can confidently grab the blade of a knife and boldly snatch it away out of the hands of a criminal--it will not cut you.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="24"> That is also the strange power of the scarf that protects the neck of the wearer against injury from knives and from the sharpest razor.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="25"> And what use is an antenna that deploys like an umbrella!</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="49"> They have developed a unique technology for the conversion of the highly toxic missile fuel into a safe powder that can be stored for years, without harming either the health of people or nature.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="62"> But if necessary, it unfolds like an accordion into a rigid, airtight structure with a volume of 150 liters.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="66"> Specialists were also surprised by a material with... memory.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="67"> A metallic item that is like a piece of paper, crumpled up and placed on a table.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="85"> The scientists at the exhibition demonstrated a technology for the remelting of gun barrels.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="89"> It is an aerial bomb.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="90"> Its "jacket," or casing, has certain qualities.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="91"> It splits into fragments upon explosion, and as the designer envisaged, even the empennage of the bomb is transformed into a deadly fragment of a certain weight and shape.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="92"> The scientists have also developed an electron-beam device that makes it possible to weld fuel tanks for the heaviest missiles in the world, and the weld seams are even stronger than the material therein.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="106"> This is a "perpetual" box.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="107"> It does not burn or decay.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="111"> Frantsevych demonstrated engine parts made from `tikat'.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-23670" num="112"> This new material does not melt at temperatures of 1,350 degrees.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="16"> Aerospace (China) Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Semiconductors in Beijing have developed an aluminum gallium arsenide/gallium arsenide heterojunction solar cell fabricated with a multiwafer extrusion-boat liquid-phase epitaxy (LPE) technique.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="20"> (ZHONGGUO KEXUE BAO 24 Nov 93)* Thomas T. 733-6342 (China) The Chinese Academy of Sciences' Space Sciences Applied Research Center has developed a 275-kilogram balloon microgravity experimental system under the state's 863 program.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="24"> (ZHONGGUO KEXUE BAO 15 Dec 93) Parker H. 733-6336 (Italy) The European Space Agency (ESA) has assigned the development of a robot control system for aerospace applications to an industrial team led by the European space automation and robotic company Tecnospazio.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="28"> 733- 6339 (South Korea/Russia) Daewoo Heavy Industry will open an aviation technology research center near Moscow on 30 March.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="31"> (MAEIL KYONGJE SINMUN 8 Jan 94) William H. 733-6521 Battery Technology (China) Researchers at the Institute of New Energy Materials Chemistry at Nankai University in Tianjin have developed a high- performance AA-size sealed nickel metal hydride battery.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="34"> (GAO JISHU TONGXUN Dec 93)* Thomas T. 733-6342 Biotechnology (Japan) Under the guidance of the Biochemistry Department at the Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company is conducting human genome research with the intent of cloning genes associated with disease.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="40"> (NIKKEI BIOTECHNOLOGY 17 Jan 94)* Ritsuko G. 733-6333 Computers (France) A group of researchers led by Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn at the College De France in Paris has developed an optical switch consisting of a thiophene molecule.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="41"> When hit with ultraviolet light the molecule "closes" and allows electrons to pass through; when hit with infrared light it "opens" and blocks the flow of electrons.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="56"> (KEJI RIBAO 18 Dec 93; JISUANJI SHIJIE 1 Dec 93)* Thomas T. 733-6342 (Japan) An Aizu University research group that includes 20 software specialists from the former Soviet Union is developing the world's fastest massively parallel supercomputer.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="60"> The self-propelled mobile unit, which was developed for remote rapid detection of the most toxic neuroparalytic gases, scans 25 square kilometers per minute using a lidar laser locator.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="64"> (IZVESTIYA 9 Oct 93) Roberta D. 733-6331 (Japan) Hosokawa Micron has a contract for nearly 1 billion yen ($9.5 million) to deliver exhaust gas reprocessing equipment to a Russian aluminum refinery by the end of 1994.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="70"> (NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN 23 Dec 93) Junko A. 733-6346 (Japan) Kobe Steel, Ltd. is testing and hopes to market a 300- kilowatt plasma fusion plant that detoxifies low-level radioactive waste generated in nuclear power plants.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="77"> (KAGAKU KOGYO NIPPO 13 Dec 93) Junko A. 733-6346 Industrial Technology (Russia/Uzbekistan) Moscow State University researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using alternating nonuniform electromagnetic field energy to accelerate the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose for the commercial production of methane, food, and animal feed.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="82"> (DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK Dec 93; NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA 5 Jan 94) Roberta D. 733-6331 Lasers (Japan) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a 24-watt green light laser with twice the power of other Japanese green light lasers.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="87"> (KAGAKU KOGYO NIPPO 24 Nov 93)* John H. 733-6341 (Japan) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. has developed a surface-emission laser optoelectronic integrated circuit system that operates at optical switching speeds of up to 10 gigahertz, ten times the speed of conventional systems of this type.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="91"> (KAGAKU KOGYO NIPPO 8 Dec 93)* John H. 733-6341 Microelectronics (France) SGS-Thomson has developed a fuzzy logic microprocessor, based on 0.7-micron complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="97"> (ELECTRONIQUE INTERNATIONAL HEBDO 18 Nov 93)* Ioan M. 733-6334 Optoelectronics (China) Qinghua University scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from four other domestic research organizations, have developed China's first semiconductor-laser-pumped erbium-doped fiber-optic amplifier.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="99"> (KEJI RIBAO 16 Dec 93)* Thomas T. 733-6342 S\|[amp ]\|T Policy (China/Japan) In December 1993, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Vice President Yan Yixun and Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) Director Masato Yamano signed a bilateral agreement in Tokyo that will allow China to receive and distribute data from Japan's Earth Resources Satellite (JERS-1).</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="101"> (ZHONGGUO KEXUE BAO 20 Dec 93)* Thomas T. 733-6342 Telecommunications (Japan) Hitachi has developed five radio-frequency power modules for use in portable telephones.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="111"> (NIKKEI SANGYO SHIMBUN 21 Dec 93) Steve Z. 733-6340 (France) The Magnetism Group of Thomson's Central Research Laboratory (LCR), which developed a prototype digital magnetic tape recorder using massively parallel technology, has designed a new model for use with VHS tape.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="118"> Following two years of study, France's National Center for Space Studies (CNES) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have jointly proposed a four-stage launcher capable of placing satellites weighing up to 1 ton into low-Earth orbit, according to a recent article in AIR \|[amp ]\| COSMOS/AVIATION INTERNATIONAL (20 Dec 93-2 Jan 94).</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="119"> CNES and ASI expect the European Small Launcher (ESL) to fill a need they believe will exist by the year 2000 for a small launcher offering maximum reliability at minimum cost and capable of two to 10 launches a year.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="162"> MOST's key technological successes of 1993, published in the 29 December CHUGAN MAEGYONG include: -- A "robot sculptor" by KIST that can produce likenesses of individual human faces in 20 minutes; potential applications are in factory automation; -- A high-temperature superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) by KRISS; -- South Korea's first indigenous Earth satellite, the "Our Star 2" by KAIST; -- A 1-centimeter x 10-centimeter molten carbonate fuel cell by KIST that produces 100 watts of power; -- A substance, GERI-BP001, developed by GERI from a soil mold, that reduces blood serum cholesterol; -- Development of the chemical compound HFC-134a as a freon substitute, by KIST; -- Precision laser welding equipment, by KAERI; -- A high-temperature (140K) superconductor developed jointly by the Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology and Pohang Steel in high-pressure mercury vapor; -- Technology by KORDI to produce eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) chemical compounds from marine microorganisms; -- Development of technology by KARI used to manufacture a solid- fuel rocket motor able to lift a 50- to 70-kilogram scientific payload to an altitude of 80 to 90 kilometers; -- Rayon developed by KIST that is twice as strong as the existing material and manufactured without pollutants; -- Technology developed by KRICT to reduce chemical solvent wastes; -- Manufacture by KAIST of an ultrahigh-precision (nanometer-scale) lathe.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="171"> MKS and NIKKEI report that Goldstar will spend an additional $250 million by 1997 to raise its annual LCD production capacity to 1 million units.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="175"> According to the 5 January MKS, Samsung, which is already producing small quantities of TFT-LCDs on a pilot line for use in its own notebook PCs, is planning to expand its TFT-LCD production, with the ultimate goal of completely indigenous production.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="203"> GRAPHIC: Color Drawing CAPTION: ALFLEX experimental plane GRAPHIC: Line Drawing CAPTION: ALFLEX experiment According to a report in KOGIKEN NYUSU (Sep 93), engineers are using rapid prototyping techniques to construct wind tunnel models out of photosetting resin using data generated with three- dimensional computer-aided design.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="209"> Junko A. 733-6346 JAPAN: NEC DEVELOPS SEMICONDUCTOR LASER WITH LOW OPERATING CURRENT Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="210"> (NEC) has developed a new type of semiconductor laser that begins to emit infrared radiation when stimulated by an electric current of 190 microamperes, according to a report in NIKKEI SANGYO SHIMBUN (5 Jan 94).</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="228"> For example, researchers at the Paris School for Advanced Physics and Industrial Chemistry have developed semiconductors that exhibit superconductivity at -23 degrees C, according to IL SOLE-24 ORE (11 Jan 94).</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="231"> In related research, a team from two National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) laboratories in Grenoble--the Center for Research on Very Low Temperatures and the Crystallography Laboratory--has observed superconductivity in mercury cuprate compounds at temperatures ranging from -63 degrees C to 7 degrees C, at normal pressure.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="238"> (Brussels Bureau) 733-6339 RUSSIA: ANTICANCER, POTENTIAL AIDS DRUG PATENTED In June 1993 Russian officials granted four patents to a Russian chemist who developed Viturid, an immunostimulant said to be ten times more effective against second- and third-stage cancers than current US and Russian therapies for the disease.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="243"> Roberta D. 733-6331 JAPAN: SYNCHROTRON ORBITAL RADIATION FACILITY FOR CIRCUIT ETCHING Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of a synchrotron orbital radiation (SOR) facility designed for circuit etching of future-generation semiconductor chips.</s>

<s docid="FBIS3-35" num="266"> Thomas T. 733-6342 FOREIGN MEDIA NOTES CHINA: MAJOR NEW INTELLIGENT COMPUTER SYSTEM Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has developed an intelligent workstation system with twice the performance of Mitsubishi's Fifth-Generation Computing Project PSI-II system.</s>

<s docid="FR941206-2-00016" num="16"> U.S. Patent Application 07/935,016 relates to a process describing the method for producing an improved perfluorinated ionomer membrane with an improved transport characteristic.</s>

<s docid="FR940928-2-00008" num="14"> 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.</s>

<s docid="FR940928-2-00008" num="15"> U.S. Patent 5,221,825 and U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR940928-2-00008" num="16"> Patent Application 08/065,393 relate to methods of sensing gas-metal-arc welding process characteristics and correcting flaws indicated by the detected process characteristics.</s>

<s docid="FR941220-2-00005" num="6"> SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 USC 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (``NIST''), U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR941220-2-00005" num="7"> Department of commerce, is contemplating the grant of a field of use exclusive license in the United States to practice the invention embodied in U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR941220-2-00005" num="8"> Patent Application 08/189,709, titled, ``A Method and Composition For Promoting Improved Adhesion To Substrates'' to the American Dental Association Health Foundation, having a place of business in Chicago, Illinois.</s>

<s docid="FR941116-2-00055" num="14"> This invention relates to a protein known as transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and its uses.</s>

<s docid="FR941116-2-00055" num="15"> The U.S. patent (5,104,977) issued on April 14, 1992 and has a divisional (USPA 07/816,563) and two continuations (08/048,956 and 08/267,227) currently pending at the U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR941116-2-00055" num="16"> PTO. The invention contains both composition of matter and method of using claims to TGF-beta.</s>

<s docid="FR941128-2-00025" num="4"> This is notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), U.S.</s>

<s docid="FR941128-2-00025" num="5"> Department of Commerce, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license in Canada and Australia to practice the invention embodied in Patent Nos. 1,311,527 (Canada) and 618088 (Australia), titled ``Electromagnetic Fire Warning System for Underground Mines,'' to VLF Magnetic Systems, Inc., having a place of business in Ontario, Canada.</s>

