Notice of Prospective Patent License

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#  Notice of Prospective Patent License

**AGENCY:**

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

**ACTION:**

Notice of prospective patent license.

**SUMMARY:**

NASA hereby gives notice that FARO Technologies, Inc. of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania has applied for a partially exclusive license to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,965,879, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Ultra-High-Sensitivity, Incremental and Absolute Optical Encoding “ which is assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Written objections to the prospective grant of a license should be sent to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA has not yet made a determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.

**DATES:**

Responses to this notice must be received by June 23, 2005.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Christopher Kirkman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 503, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (301) 286-0602.

Dated: May 20, 2005.

Keith T. Sefton,

Deputy General Counsel, (Admin. and Mgmt.).