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Notice of Availability of Patent Properties for License

The patents and patent applications listed below are available for licensing from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).  Also listed below are inventions, identified as Reports of Invention (ROI) that will soon be patent applications.  The patent cover sheets are below (.pdf format).  The entire patents may be viewed at the Patent and Trademark Office website.

For further information on procedures for licensing any of these patent properties, or to obtain a license application form, please contact Neil Mark at:  Phone (703) 648-4344; fax (703) 648-7219; email: nmark@usgs.gov, or regular mail,12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 201, Reston, VA 20192.

Patent Number Filing/Issue Date Patent Title
5,783,155 07/21/1998 Sheet Flow Fluid Sampling Apparatus
5,804,743 09/08/1998 Downhole Passive Water Sampler and Method of Sampling
5,811,696 09/22/1998 Isokinetic Fluid Sampling Method
5,863,422 01/26/1999 Apparatus for Carbon Dioxide Pretreatment and Accelerated Limestone Dissolution for Treatment of Acidified Water
5,914,046 06/22/1999 Process and Apparatus for Carbon Dioxide Pretreatment and Accelerated Limestone Dissolution for Treatment of Acidifed Water
6,013,254 01/11/2000 Method for Enhancing Oxidation of Methyl Bromide with Strain IMB-1 (ATCC 202197) During Agricultural Fumigations
6,021,664 02/08/2000 Automated Groundwater Monitoring System and Method
6,129,843 10/10/2000 Device for the Removal and Concentration of Neutral Mercury Species from Air and Water
6,131,451 10/17/2000 Well Flowmeter and Down-Hole Sampler
6,164,127 12/26/2000 Well Flowmeter and Down-Hole Sampler
6,216,549 B1 04/17/2001 Collapsible Bag Sediment/Water Quality Flow-Weighted Sampler
6,236,212 B1 05/22/2001 Induced Polarization Method Using Towed Cable Carrying Transmitters and Receivers for Identifying Minerals on the Ocean Floor
6,296,760 B1 10/02/2001 Device for the Removal and Concentration of Ionic Metal Species from Water
6,354,384 B1 03/12/2002 Surface Effect Drilling Craft for Obtaining Continuous Core Samples
6,379,459 B1 04/30/2002 Crystallization of Powders Having Uniform Particle Sizes by Ostwald Ripening at Large Levels of Supersaturation
6,467,424 B1 10/22/2002 Submersible System for Analyzing Underwater Habitat Quality
6,478,961 B2 11/12/2002 Device for Sequestration and Concentration of Polar Organic Chemicals from Water
6,485,696 B1 11/26/2002 Recovery/Removal of Metallic Elements from Waste Water Using Ozone
6,545,286 B1 04/08/2003 Method and Apparatus for Water Level Determination
6,546,723 B1 04/15/2003 Hydropower Conversion System
6,586,760 B1 07/01/2003 Water Level Measuring Method and System
6,588,370 B1 07/08/2003 Labyrinth Weir and Pool Fishway
6,618,680 B2 09/09/2003 Signal Processor Apparatus for Rotating Water Current Meter
6,680,795 B2 01/20/2004 Underwater Microscope System
6,690,265 B2 02/10/2004 Infrasound Hazard-Warning Method and Device for Alerting Night Migrating Birds to Obstacles
6,713,764 B2 03/30/2004 Field Based Spectral Radiometer
6,722,203 B1 04/20/2004 Strong-Motion Seismological Accelerometer System
6,729,049 B1 05/04/2004 Mud Walking Shoe
6,761,062 B1 07/13/2004 Borehole Testing System
6,821,442 B1 11/23/2004 Method and Apparatus for Control of Aquatic Vertebrate and Invertebrate Invasive Species
6,823,749 B1 11/30/2004 Sediment Sampler for Aquatic Environs
6,832,578 B2 12/21/2004 Bio-Hydraulic Turbine Testing System
6,863,815 B1 03/08/2005 Small-Scale Hydrogen-Oxidizing-Denitrifying Bioreactor
6,877,724 B1 04/12/2005 A Device for Preparing and Delivering Constant Concentration Vapor Phase Mixtures of Respirable Chemicals
6,896,813 B1 05/24/2005 Sorbant Sequestration and Removal of Toxic Metal Ions
6,916,446 B1 07/12/2005 Bioreactor Method, Apparatus and Product Thereby
6,936,156 B2 08/30/2005 Automated Self-Calibrating Water Quality Monitoring Sensor Housing Assembly
6,949,508 B1 06/27/2005 Easy Read Molecular Tag
6,976,393 B1 12/20/2005 Pygmy Current Meter with Magnetic Switch
7,017,425 B1 07/12/2005 Bucket Wheel Assembly for Fluid Flowmeters
7,108,769 B1 09/19/2006 Solar Distillation Loop
7,157,059 B1 01/02/2007 Reduction Device for Nitrate Determination
7,159,851 B1 01/09/2007 Apparatus for Deploying and Retrieving Water Sampler
7,162,923 B1 01/16/2007 Adjustable Floating Open-Water Evaporation Pan
7,189,366 B2 01/09/2001 Molecular Tag Reader
7,232,565 B2 06/19/2007 Use of Endophytic Fungi to Treat Plants
7,264,777 B1 09/04/2007 Measurement of Surface Areas by Polyvinylpyrrolidine Sorption
7,294,275 B1 11/13/2007 Method for the Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater Using Acid Mine Drainage Sludge in a Flow Through Contactor
7,430,929 B1 10/07/2008 Pore-Water Sampler
7,491,322 02/17/2009

Method for the Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater, Etc.
7,501,046 B1 03/10/2009 Solar Distillation Loop Evaporation Sleeve (c-i-p)
7,530,174 B1 10/07/2008 Wading Rod Level
11/122,204 05/04/2005 Solar Distillation Loop Evaporation Sleeve
11/401,010 04/06/2006 Sequential, Time-Integrated Collector of Precipitation, Ground Water, and Surface Water for Analysis of Isotopes
11/677,519 02/21/2007 Molecular Tag Reader (div.)
11/688,788 03/20/2007 Enhanced Screen Auger Sampling System
11/780,385 07/19/2007 Wading Rod Level Assembly
12/042,029 03/04/2008 In-Well Baffle System
12/107,331 04/22/2008 Pore-Well Profiler
12/148,210 04/17/2008 Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV) - DNA Vaccine [pSVCVnc]
12/131,666 06/02/2009 Anaerobic Microbial Composition and Methods of Using Same
ROI   An Oral Vaccine to Protect Prairie Dogs Against Plague
ROI   Apparatus to Assist in the Collection of Stormwater-Quality Samples in a Vertical Profile     
ROI   Bucket Wheel for Vertical Axis Fluid Velocity Meters
ROI   Corrosion-Proof Hot Plate
ROI   Diurnal Desalinization
ROI   Electronic Switch Closure Indicator for USGS Velocity Meters
ROI   Healing (Bactericidal) Clay
ROI  

Microbiologically Generated Nanocomposites for Nonlinear Optical Operations Using Hybrid Te Nanorods and Polymers
ROI   Power-Limited, Compressed-Gas-Operated, Off-the- Shelf, Sediment Disruptor
ROI  

Primer Sequences for Amplification of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Genes
ROI  

Use of Lichens, Lichen Extracts or Lichen Proteases to Degrade Infectious Prions and Related Agents
ROI   VASCO Explorer


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