# Notice of Inventions Available for License
**AGENCY:**
Office of General Counsel, Department of Energy.
**ACTION:**
Notice of inventions available for license.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of Energy hereby announces that U.S. No. Patent 5,480,549, entitled “Method for Phosphate-Accelerated Bioremediation” and U.S. Patent No. 5,753,109, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Phosphate-Accelerated Bioremediation” are available for license, in accordance with 37 U.S.C. 207-209. A copy of the patents may be obtained, for a modest fee, from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Robert J. Marchick, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-2802.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
35 U.S.C. 207 authorizes licensing of Government-owned inventions. Implementing regulations are contained in 37 CFR part 404.37 CFR 404.7(a)(1) authorizes exclusive licensing of Government-owned inventions under certain circumstances, provided that notice of the invention's availability for license has been announced in the *Federal Register* .
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2000.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology, Transfer and Intellectual Property.