[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3182]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Government-Owned Inventions; Notice of Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned by the Department of 
Health and Human Services and is available for licensing in the U.S. in 
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization 
of results of federally-funded research and development.
    U.S. Patent 4,405,712, issued on September 20, 1983 and entitled 
``LTR Vectors''--This patent broadly claims processes of obtaining the 
expression of any gene via the use of retroviral expression vectors 
containing long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences. The processes claimed 
in this patent are of fundamental significance for the retroviral 
mediated expression of genes in vitro for research and 
biopharmaceutical production and in vivo for research, 
biopharmaceutical production, and therapeutic applications such as 
somatic cell gene therapy. The invention claimed in this patent is 
available for licensing on a nonexclusive basis.
    Favorable licensing terms will be offered to companies filing a 
license application within three months of the publication of this 
notice. After that deadline May 13, 1996, licensing fees will be 
increased.

ADDRESSES: Licensing information may be obtained by writing to: George 
H. Keller, Ph.D., Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of 
Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, MD 20852-3804 
(telephone 301/496-7057; fax: 301/402-0220).

    Dated: February 5, 1996.
Barbara M. McGarey,
Deputy Director, Office of Technology Transfer.
[FR Doc. 96-3182 Filed 2-12-96; 8:45 am]
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