[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6058]



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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 
Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation of Peoria, Illinois, 
an exclusive license for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/095,552, 
filed July 26, 1993, entitled ``A Composition Containing 2-Deoxy-D-
Glucose and Candida saitoana and Method of Use for the Biological 
Control of Postharvest Diseases,'' and U.S. Patent Application Serial 
No. 08/336,079, filed November 7, 1994, entitled ``Bioactive Coating 
for Harvested Commodities.'' Notice of Availability for U.S. Patent 
Application Serial No. 08/095,552 was published in the Federal Register 
on September 24, 1993, and Notice of Availability for U.S. Patent 
Application Serial No. 08/336,079 was published in the Federal Register 
on April 19, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 13, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send Comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
Room 415, 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 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as Biotechnology Research and 
Development Corporation has submitted a complete and sufficient 
application for a license. The prospective exclusive license 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 exclusive license 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 license 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. 96-6058 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am]
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