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Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce

ACTION: Notice; prospective grant of exclusive patent license.

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), U.S. Department of Commerce, is contemplating the grant to Great Sky Inc., of Boulder, Colorado, of an exclusive license to NIST's interest in the inventions embodied in the following patents and patent applications:

a. United States Patent No. 11,258,415, issued February 22, 2022, and entitled, “NEUROMIMETIC CIRCUIT” [NIST Reference no. 17-001US1];

b. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62/450,266, filed January 25, 2017, and entitled, “OPTOELECTRONIC NEURAL NETWORKS” [NIST Reference no. 17-001P1];

c. United States Patent No. 11,283,002, issued March 22, 2022, and entitled, “JOSEPHSON JUNCTION CIRCUITS FOR SINGLE-PHOTON OPTOELECTRONIC NEURONS AND SYNAPSES” [NIST Reference no. 18-010CP1];

d. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62/720,871, filed August 21, 2018, and entitled, “JOSEPHSON JUNCTION CIRCUITS FOR SINGLE-PHOTON OPTOELECTRONIC NEURONS AND SYNAPSES” [NIST Reference no. 18-010P1];

e. United States Patent No. 10,236,433, issued March 19, 2019, and entitled, “THERMAL IMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER” [NIST Reference no. 18-002US1];

f. United States Patent No. 11,480,736, issued October 25, 2022, and entitled, “FIBER-TO-CHIP COUPLER” [NIST Reference no. 19-017US1];

g. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62/958,967, filed January 9, 2020, entitled, “FIBER-TO-CHIP COUPLER” [NIST Reference no. 19-017P1];

h. United States Patent No. 11,468,000, issued October 11, 2022, and entitled “FLUXONIC PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING PHOTONIC SYNAPSE EVENTS” [NIST Reference no. 19-030US1];

i. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No.62/820,554, filed March 19, 2019, entitled, “FLUXONIC PROCESSING OF PHOTONIC SYNAPSE EVENTS” [NIST Reference no. 19-030P1];

j. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/467,542, filed May 18, 2023, entitled, “READOUT OF ARRAYS OF SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS THROUGH INTEGRATION WITH SUPERCONDUCTING AND SEMICONDUCTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS” [NIST Reference no. 22-046P1];

k. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/667,954, filed July 5, 2024, entitled, “SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTION WITH LATERAL HETEROSTRUCTURE” [NIST Reference no. 22-059P3];

l. United States Non-provisional Patent Application Serial No. 18/667,298, filed May 17, 2024, and entitled, “SUPERCONDUCTOR-SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT FOR READOUT OF SUPERCONDUCTOR CURRENT-STORAGE ELEMENTS” [NIST Reference no. 23-023US1];

m. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/467,551, filed May 18, 2023, entitled, “SUPERCONDUCTOR-SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT FOR TRANSDUCING CURRENT TO CHARGE FOR READOUT OF SUPERCONDUCTOR CURRENT-STORAGE ELEMENTS” [NIST Reference no. 23-023P1];

n. International Patent Application No. PCT/US2024/030058, filed May 17, 2024, and entitled, “SUPERCONDUCTING OPTOELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TO RECORD PHOTON ARRIVAL TIME” [NIST Reference no. 23-036PCT]; and

o. United States Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/467,534, filed May 18, 2023, and entitled, “SUPERCONDUCTING OPTOELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TO RECORD PHOTON ARRIVAL TIME” [NIST Reference no. 23-036P1].

The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and the field of use may be limited to the following:

“Research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of the Licensed Patent Rights in combination with Great Sky Inc.’s proprietary technology for the creation of Licensed Products with applications in artificial intelligence.”

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Patrick McCue, Patenting and Licensing Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, or emailed to patrick.mccue@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The prospective exclusive license will be royalty bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published Notice, NIST receives written evidence and argument which 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.

Dates: Only written comments or applications for a license (or both) which are received by the NIST Technology Partnerships Office on or before February 18, 2025, will be considered.

Bethany Loftin,

Director, Technology Partnerships Office

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