# Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nistoaamamdtposn2513

- Solicitation number: NIST-OAAM-AMD-TPO-SN-25-13
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- Place of performance: Gaithersburg, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Gaithersburg. https://abierto.us/cities/gaithersburg-md-2431175
- First posted: August 20, 2025
- Last posted: August 20, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/afdbbebc595b4cde9e95bb3fd335c0d4/view

## Description

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology 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), 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) and 83 FR 43849. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), U.S. Department of Commerce, gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States of America, its territories, possessions and commonwealths, to practice the invention described and claimed in US Patent No. 9,719,878 to MKS Instruments, Inc., having its principal place of business in Andover, Massachusetts. The grant of the license would be for the manufacture, use and sale of vacuum and pressure measurement and metrology technology described in US Patent No. 9,719,878.

**DATES:** The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless NIST receives, by September 3, 2025, 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.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION-CONTACT ADDRESS:** Information related to this license may be submitted to Martin Hindel, Patenting and Licensing Manager, NIST, Technology Partnerships Office, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, or emailed to martin.hindel@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 that establish that grant of the exclusive license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

## Publications

- August 20, 2025: Special notice, due September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice afdbbebc595b4cde9e95bb3fd335c0d4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/afdbbebc595b4cde9e95bb3fd335c0d4/view

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