This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive worldwide license to practice the inventions embodied in: HHS Ref. No. E-175-2012/0 ``Method for Preparing Silica-Coated Nanodiamonds;'' US Provisional Patent Application 61/672,996 filed July 18, 2012; International Patent Application PCT/US2013/050779 filed July 17, 2013, and HHS Ref. No. E-261-2012 ``Background-Free Imaging By Selective Modulation of Nanodiamond Fluorescence Using A Magnetic Field;'' US Provisional Patent Application 61/711,702 filed October 9, 2012 and U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application 14/049,096 filed October 8, 2013 to Bikanta Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, having a principal place of business at 6694 Cedar Boulevard, Newark CA 94560. The United States of America is an assignee of the patent rights pertaining to these inventions. The contemplated exclusive license may be in fields of use directed to: (a) Devices and systems for imaging magnetically-modulated nanodiamond probes, and (b) Sales of silica-coated nanodiamond probes for non-clinical uses for a term not to exceed five (5) years.
- Agencies
- Health and Human Services Department National Institutes of Health
- Document Number
- 2014-14037
- Published in
- United States of America
