[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28387]
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[FR Doc No: 95-13240]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Opta 
Food Ingredients, Inc. of Bedford, Massachusetts, and to American 
Maize-Products Company of Hammond, Indiana, co-exclusive licenses to 
U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 07/991,811 filed December 17, 1992, 
``Starch-Natural Gum Composite Compositions as Thickening and 
Suspending Agents.'' Notice of Availability was published in the 
Federal Register on April 19, 1993.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 31, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
Room 401, Building 005, BARC-West, Baltimore Boulevard, Beltsville, 
Maryland 20705-2350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
June Blalock of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville 
address given above; telephone: 301-504-5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights to 
this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as 
repesented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as Opta Food Ingredients, Inc. 
and American Maize-Products Company have submitted complete and 
sufficient applications for a license. The prospective co-exclusive 
licenses will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and 
conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective co-
exclusive licenses may be granted unless, within sixty days from the 
date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service 
receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant 
of the licenses would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
R.M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-13240 Filed 5-30-95; 8:45 am]
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