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A -- DATA EMBEDDING TECHNOLOGIES SOL IPO-97-25 POC Melissa Miller, Partnership Development and Agreements, MS C331, TEL: (505) 665-5377, FAX: (505) 667-0603, E-Mail: mami@lanl.gov. The University of California, which operates Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking industrial partners to participate in the commercialization of data embedding technologies. Data Embedding technologies are a new, unique means to add information invisibly to many forms of digital imagery, or any other digital data. Data embedding is a spin-off of a Los Alamos research project to analyze image data from high-speed television systems, film systems, and long-exposure systems. Data Embedding is implemented in a demonstration software package written in the programming language CO

AC T='1'>. It operates on PC-compatible computers run by MS DOS and requires 512 kilobytes of memory. This technology has many potential applications including protecting intellectual property, embedding medical history in electronic records, watermaking illegally copied files of digital images, concealing personal information in digital fingerprint images, watermarking audio CDs or Digital Video Disks, embedding data into military maps sent in digital from through open communication lines. Industrial partners are being sought to enter into a technology transfer agreement to commercialize this suite of technologies. Partnership may include, but is not limited to license agreements and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). Prospective partners must demonstrate previous experience in software project development. Interested parties must also demonstrate product marketing capability and sound financial backing for this partnership. Any company that is interested in pursuing this opportunity or that wishes to receive more information concerning this program should respond with a brief statement describing the company's technical expertise, marketing capability, financial resources, estimates of the relevant market for a specific application, previous technology transfer experience, and motivation for participation in the program. The statement of interests must be dated within 30 days from the date of this notice. (0070)

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