Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, intends to grant to AYON, LLC, P.O. Box 2092, Merrifield, VA, 22116, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application No. 16/873,717, “METHOD FOR PURIFYING AND RECOVERING SOVENT FROM ION EXCHANGE PROCESSES”, filed on June 11, 2020.
Levi Brekke, Program Manager - Research and Development Office, DOI Bureau of Reclamation,303-445-2494, lbrekke@usbr.gov.
The Federal Government’s patent rights in this
invention are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of
the Interior. It is in the public interest to so license this invention as AYON, LLC, has submitted a request for license in the context of a collaborative research and development agreement with Reclamation on the further development and commercialization of this technology. The prospective exclusive license may 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, Reclamation receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.