# Notice of Prospective Patent License
**AGENCY:**
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
**ACTION:**
Notice of Prospective Patent License.
**SUMMARY:**
NASA hereby gives notice that the University of Houston, Houston, TX, has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,780,186, entitled “High Performance Zinc Anode for Battery Applications.” Written objections to the prospective grant of a license should be sent to the Johnson Space Center.
**DATES:**
Responses to this notice must be received by February 12, 2001.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
James Cate, Patent Attorney, NASA Johnson Space Center, Mail Stop HA, Houston, TX 77058-8452; telephone (281) 483-1001.
Dated: December 7, 2000.
Edward A. Frankle,
General Counsel.