Royalty Report: Machinery, Energy Resources & Svcs, Construction – Collection: 5180

License Grant

Licensor hereby grants to Licensee an exclusive world-wide license in the Licensed Territory under the Patent Rights,  Improvement Patents, Licensed Products, Confidential Data and Fawley Technology to

(i) manufacture, use, exploit and sell Licensed Products; and
(ii) with the express prior written consent of Licensor, which Licensor shall not unreasonably withhold, sublicense to credit-worthy and commercially capable parties the right to manufacture, use and sell, Licensed Products and to utilize the Patent Rights, Improvement Patents, Confidential Data and the Fawley Technology in connection therewith.

License Property

Composite Reinforced Cylinders and Tubes. Composite reinforced cylinders or tubes are spun, produced from either aluminum or steel, or other metals, and then reinforced with high-strength composite material. Patents held by sublicensor pertaining to the products described herein include: U.S. #4,589,562 'Structures Reinforced by a composite material', and related foreign patents; U.S. #4,559,974.

1. Composite Reinforced Pipe Without Autofrettage, being pipe produced of any metal which is reinforced with high-strength composite on the outside to prevent propagating ductile fractures or to increase the burst pressure. Patents pertaining to the product described herein include: U.S. #4,589,562 'Structures Reinforced by a Composite Material', and related foreign patents; and U.S. #4,676,276 'Method of Treating a Pipe and Product Produced Thereby' and related foreign patents.

2. Composite Reinforced Pipe with Autofrettage, being pipe produced of any metal which is reinforced with high-strength composite on the outside to prevent propagating ductile fractures or to increase the burst pressure of the pipe. After hydraulically or mechanically, past its yield point to induce a negative or compressive stress on the pipe itself at zero pressure. Patents held by Licensor pertaining to the products described herein include: U.S. #4,589,562 'Structures Reinforced by a Composite Material', and related foreign patents; and U.S. #4,676,276 'Method of Treating a Pipe and Product Produced Thereby' and related foreign patents.

3. Composite Reinforcement Rehabilitation Systems, being products or processes composed of, or utilizing products composed of lightweight, non-metallic, high tensile strength filaments in a resin matrix wound around or otherwise applied in shops, fabricators or pipe manufacturing facilities, facilities to pipe or other objects for the purpose of (i) preventing a propagating ductile fracture in, or to increase the burst strength of, such pipe or other object or (ii) reinforcing, repairing or rehabilitating objects, such as pipe. Patents held by Licensor pertaining to the products or processes described herein include: U.S. #4,589,562 'Structures Reinforced by a Composite Material', and related foreign patents; U.S. #4,559,974 'Apparatus and Method of Arresting Ductile Fracture Propagation' and related foreign patents; U.S. #4,676,276 'Method of Treating a Pipe and Product Produced Thereby' and related foreign patents; and U.S. #4,700,752 'Clock Spring Crack Arrestor' and related foreign patents and other patents pending.

4. Storage Tank Rehabilitation Systems, being systems which involve the use of composite technology described in (1) hereinabove ('Composite Reinforced Pipe Without Autofrettage') to reinforce large diameter liquid storage tanks, typically 100' to 300' in diameter to prevent a catastrophic rupture of these tanks. Patents held by Licensor pertaining to the Products described herein include: U.S. #4,589,562 'Structures Reinforced by a Composite Material', and related foreign patents; U.S. #4,559,974 'Apparatus and Method of Arresting Ductile Fracture Propagation' and related foreign patents; U.S. #4,676,276 'Method of Treating a Pipe and Product Produced Thereby' and related foreign patents. A pending U.S. patent application held by Licensor and pertaining to the products described herein is Serial No. 07/274,278, 'Method of Preventing Bursting of Storage Tanks and Burstproof Tanks Products Thereby'.

5. Gas Transport Module being a product which involves the use of 30' to 42' diameter line pipe, configured in 80' sections, with heads welded on each end, sidewalls reinforced and then subjected to Autofrettage. The tubes could be placed on barges and collect gas from offshore wells. Similar applications are also envisioned for onshore facilities. In this case, these tubes might be either spun tubes or have heads welded on them. Patents held by Licensor pertaining to the products described herein include: U.S. #4,589,562 'Structures Reinforced by a Composite Material', and related foreign patents; and U.S. #4,676,276 'Method of Treating a Pipe and Product Produced Thereby' and related foreign patents.

Field of Use

The Company's composite-reinforced aluminum fuel storage cylinders are manufactured and sold under a royalty-bearing, exclusive world-wide license (fuel storage systems for use on-board natural gas vehicles).

License Grant

The University granted a License under patent rights to make, use, sell, offer for sale, import Licensed products, to practice Licensed methods, and to use certain technology.

License Property

The technology material/composite systems fall into the following main categories: 1) Composite Overlays for structural retrofits and 2) the Carbon Shell System (CSS) for new construction and infrastructure renewal. The Composite Overlay is a “structural skin” which may be continuous or segmented. The former is created by saturating fabric woven out of carbon, aramid (e.g., kevlar) or other aerospace-quality fiber with an epoxy-type resin. The latter takes the form of pre-manufactured FRP strips. The specific composition and application of these overlays is engineered by the Licensee to specific strength, stiffness, and ductility specifications based on the characteristics of the subject structure and use loads. The specified composite solution is then bonded (“wallpapered”) to a structural surface to provide significantly increased ductility and/or strength. The overlay technique has been found to be extremely effective for seismic retrofits, structural upgrades, structural repairs, and blast hardening. Typically only a few layers of a 1mm overlay are needed for such applications.

The CSS is a lightweight, high-strength plant-manufactured advanced carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) shell (tube) of circular or non-circular cross-section. In new construction of buildings, bridges and other structures, the shell is typically filled with concrete; in this application it serves both as a stay-in-place form and reinforcement. As a result, this system substantially reduces the need for reinforcing steel and the use of heavy lifting equipment, which constitutes a significant part of system building costs. The CSS can be used for structural elements such as columns, beams and girders for buildings and bridges and for pilings for harbors and docks. In new construction of infrastructure systems, the CSS can be used for oil, gas, and water pipelines.

License Grant

Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive right and license, without the right to sublicense others except as provided herein, throughout the Licensed Territory under Licensor Technology and under Licensor Patent Rights, to make, use and sell Products in respect to Licensee's engines and engines sold under Licensee's trademarks and to practice processes in connection therewith.

The license granted shall include the sole and exclusive right to convert Licensee's engines and engines sold under Licensee's trademarks previously sold by Licensee to utilize aqueous fuel and the sole and exclusive right to manufacture, use and sell parts which can be used in the conversion of such engines and for the repair and replacement of parts thereof. The right in Licensee to convert shall include the right to sell parts or kits to accomplish such conversion and to allow Licensee's authorized dealerships to convert engines previously sold by Licensee, as aforesaid.

License Property

Products shall mean articles, including engines and converted engines, in the Field of the Agreement which are produced using and/or utilize Licensor Technology and/or are covered by Licensor Patent Rights.

Licensor has the right to license Licensor Technology and Licensor Patent Rights which relate to and/or use aqueous fuel defined as comprising a mixture of water and carbonaceous material for combustion in an internal combustion engine and the use thereof.  Licensee desires to obtain and Licensor is willing to grant a worldwide license under Licensor Patent Rights and Licensor Technology upon the terms and conditions.

Licensor Technology means all proprietary and confidential Technology, owned or licensable by Licensor, now and during the continuance of this Agreement.

Licensor Patent Rights means (a) patents and pending patent applications in the Field of this Agreement, including, without limitation, patents, applications and patents issuing on patent applications listed in this agreement; (b) future patents and patent applications owned or licensable by Licensor to the extent the claims thereof cover subject matter in the Field of the Agreement and (c) any national and foreign filings, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, reexamination certificates, reissues or extensions thereof.

Patents and Patent Applications U.S. No. 5156114

Field of Use

FIELD OF THE AGREEMENT means: methods, processes, compositions and apparatuses for carrying out combustion for the generation of heat in internal combustion engines, including compression, spark-ignited and turbine engines, capable of using aqueous fuels and the use of aqueous fuels in such engines.