Air Force Notice on Proposed Partially Exclusive Patent License
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Opens a 15-day window for objections before the Department of the Air Force grants Hyphen Innovations, LLC a partially exclusive license to use a patented electrical generator technology for turbine engines. The license would cover turbomachinery applications and systems where the invention is used on components with radial air flow. Companies or researchers that believe the license should not be granted, or that want to compete for the license, must submit a written objection or a complete competing license application by the deadline. The practical impact is narrow: it mainly affects Hyphen Innovations, potential competitors, and businesses working on turbine engine or turbomachinery generator technology.
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Key Changes
- Announces the Air Force’s plan to grant Hyphen Innovations a partially exclusive patent license
- Limits the license field to turbomachinery applications and systems involving components with radial air flow
- Gives interested parties 15 calendar days to object or submit a competing license application
Obligations
What this law requires
Any party objecting to the proposed partially exclusive patent license to Hyphen Innovations, LLC must file a written objection with the Department of the Air Force within the objection period.
Written objections must be submitted to Joshua Laravie, AFRL/RQSP, at 2210 8th Street, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, or by email to [email protected].
Any objection submitted by message must include Docket No. 26-0006364-AFRL/RQ in the subject line.
A party seeking consideration as an alternative licensee must submit a complete competing patent license application that complies with 37 CFR 404.8 and is received by the Air Force within the timely objection period.
To prevent the Air Force from granting the proposed license, an objection must sufficiently show that granting the license would be inconsistent with the Bayh-Dole Act or its implementing regulations.