Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION:

Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License.

SUMMARY:

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, copyright-only license world-wide to software and its documentation described in NASA Case Nos. ARC-16406-1C entitled “APT (Analysis, Planning & Tracking) `Database in a Box' ”;

NASA Case No. ARC-16507-1 entitled “Quarterly Reporting Display Tool (QuRDT)”;

NASA Case No. ARC-16627-1 entitled “FTE Labor Tracker”; and NASA Case No. ARC-16693-1 entitled “Project Tracking Tool (or PTT)”, to Sigma Squared Decisions Inc., having its principal place of business at 830 Kuhn Drive, Suite 212463, Chula Vista, CA 91921. The copyright in the software and documentation 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.

DATES:

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 the license 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 to the grant of the contemplated exclusive license.

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.

ADDRESSES:

Objections relating to the prospective license may be submitted to Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 202A-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000. (650) 604-5104; Fax (650) 604-2767.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert M. Padilla, Chief Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 202A-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000. (650) 604-5104; Fax (650) 604-2767. Information about other NASA inventions available for licensing can be found online at http://technology.nasa.gov/ .