DEVELOPMENTS AT NIST NIST and University of Maryland researchers have jointly developed new technology on Enhanced Endurance for Fire Protection Foams with Reflective Materials. A Provisional Patent Application has been filed. For further information contact: Terry Lynch, Licensing and CRADA Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial Partnership Program, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 or Kevin Chu, University of Maryland at College Park,. (301) 405-1244. This is not an announcement of a contract or grant. Reference NIST DOCKET NUMBER 97-025PA. WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov.

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