DEVELOPMENTS AT NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a number of new devices and methods involving a variety of technologies. In certain cases other parties have participated in the development of these technologies. NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with interested parties to perform further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. NIST may grant CRADA Partners an option to negotiate for exclusive licenses to any jointly owned inventions which arise from the CRADA as well as an option to negotiate for exclusive royalty-bearing licenses for NIST employee inventions which arise from the CRADA. Anyone interested in the further development of any of these technologies or in applying for a license to commercialize these technologies should send a written request for further information, referencing the NIST Docket Number and Title to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-2200; Telecopy: 301-869-2751. This is not an announcement of a contract action or grant. NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 98-022PA, Title: Bug Simulator, Description: Software managers must decide how to test software and estimate the associates costs and risks. The Bug Simulator is an integrated suite of programs that generates random bugs according to user prescriptions, and then compares different software testing protocols over the simulated set of bugs. This can be repeated many times for different user prescriptions, enabling a statistical comparison of the inspection protocols. The invention is available for commercial use without a license from NIST. WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. Posted 02/23/99 (W-SN301073).

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