SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Biofilm Coupon for Microbial Characterization
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Battelle (DOE Contractor), PNNL Licensing, PO Box 999, MSIN K9-62, Richland, WA, 99352
- ZIP Code
- 99352
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-10932-E
- Point of Contact
- Connie Mitzel-Faulk, Licensing Staff, Phone (509) 375-6401, Fax (509) 375-6731,
- E-Mail Address
-
technology@pnl.gov
- Description
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. PNNL may also be available to licensee(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a sponsored research agreement or CRADA program. The Technology: Microbial characterization in ground water is typically done by sampling the groundwater at desired locations. However, it has been shown that the number of microorganisms collected free-floating in a water sample bears little relationship to the size of the population adhered to the subsurface strata. Existing methods for getting around this problem are expensive and time consuming. This technology, the biofilm coupon, is a device for accurately measuring, in situ, the population and growth rate of biofilm-forming microorganisms in water, particularly subsurface groundwater. The device consists of a cylinder with porous walls and end caps. The cylinder is packed with a material such as glass beads upon which the biofilm microorganisms are permitted to grow. After a period of time, the biofilm coupon can be withdrawn and the microbial growth measured. One use of the device is to monitor bioremediation progress in groundwater by monitoring the status of the microbial population in the water. Any company interested in licensing this technology must respond with a letter of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) summarizing the company?s business and technical expertise and motivation for pursuing this opportunity. Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the technology. Such information may require an executed Nondisclosure Agreement. Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license will be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the technology prior to licensee(s) selection and negotiations. Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC identified within this Notice.
- Record
- SN00329705-W 20030523/030521213602 (fbodaily.com)
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