PATENT LICENSE OPPORTUNITY FOR EOD SMALL MUNITIONS DISRUPTER (SMD) DESC: The Office of Special Technology, Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Low Intensity Conflict (EOD/LIC) Program, in cooperation with the Batelle Memorial Institute, announces the availability of licenses to manufacture and distribute a Small Caliber Disrupter tool for use by Military EOD personnel and State and Local Bomb Technicians. The objective of this license opportunity is to issue license(s) for manufacture and controlled sales to certfied bomb technicians in cooperation with the FBI Bomb Data Center and the State Department. It is the objective of the effort to make the SMDs available at the most affordable price possible for state and local bomb squads. The SMD tool is a miniaturized disrupter sized in 9mm caliber with a 4" barrel length. The device is held by a coiled bead device. The SMD is meant to disrupt letter bombs, booby traps, suspicious packages, firing devices, etc. The disrupter can use just the 9mm round as a mechanism, or it can be plugged to contain water to produce a water jet todisrupt an IED. The devices have been developed and successfully tested in the laboratory. A design drawing package is available for evaluation under non-disclosure agreement. The SMD incorporates a scaled down version of the device taught in the U.S. Navy Patent #4,957,027 -- Versatile Nonelectric Disarmer covering EOD devices which utilize a shock tube firing circuit. Manufacturers will require a license for this patent from the federal government to produce the device. Batelle also intends to license its proprietary design as part of this offering. The SMD will be considered a firearm by the BATF, thus a firearms manufacturing license will also be required to produce. All government contractor sales will be confirmed with the Federal government contract manager prior to release. All domestic and international non-Federal sales will be coordinated with the FBI Bomb Data Center, and the FBI Bomb Data Center will maintain a record of all sales. A design review package and license application is available from the Office of Special Technology via e-mail addressed to jball@leo.gov. Contact James Ball at (703) 866-4740. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the point of contact via e-mail., jball@leo.gov. Posted 10/22/99 (W-SN394191).

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