[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20420]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5277-8]


Intent to Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant an exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 37 CFR Part 404, EPA hereby gives notice of its 
intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to 
practice the invention described and claimed in the patent listed 
below, all corresponding patents issued throughout the world, and all 
reexamined patents and reissued patents granted in connection with such 
patents, to the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. The 
patent is:
    U.S. Patent No. 5,406,805 entitled ``Tandem Refrigeration System,'' 
issued April 18, 1995.
    The invention was announced as being available for licensing in the 
April 26, 1995 issue of the Federal Register (60 Fed. Reg. 20490, 
20491) as U.S. Patent Application No. 08/150,996, filed November 12, 
1993. The University of Maryland is joint owner of the patent by 
assignment from its employee inventors. The proposed exclusive license 
will contain appropriate terms, limitations and conditions to be 
negotiated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and the U.S. Government 
Patent Licensing Regulation at 37 CFR Part 404.
    EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the 
exclusive license, unless within 60 days from the date of this Notice 
EPA receives, at the address below, written objections to the grant, 
together with supporting documentation. The documentation from 
objecting parties having an interest in practicing the above patent 
should include an application for exclusive or nonexclusive license 
with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. The EPA Patent Counsel 
and other EPA officials will review all written responses and then 
recommend to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, 
for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or his designee, who has 
been delegated the authority to issue patent licenses under 35 U.S.C. 
207, whether to grant the exclusive license.

DATES: Comments to this notice must be received by EPA at the address 
listed below by October 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ehrlich, Patent Attorney, Office 
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2379), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460, Telephone (202) 260-7510.
Scott Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-20420 Filed 8-16-95; 8:45 am]
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