[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7651]



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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 United States Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to 
Peterson Seed Company, Inc., of Savage, Minnesota, an exclusive license 
for ARS-2620, a new plant variety entitled ``Rhizomatous Birdsfoot 
Trefoil.'' Notice of Availability for this new plant variety, for which 
Plant Variety Protection is pending, was published in the Federal 
Register on October 17, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA-ARS-Office of Technology Transfer, 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Baltimore Boulevard, Building 
005, Room 416, BARC-W, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Watkins of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville 
address given above; telephone: 301/504-6786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's plant variety 
protection rights to this variety 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, for the Peterson Seed 
Company, Inc., 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 USC 209 and 37 CFR 
404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within 
sixty days from the date of this published Notice, ARS 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. 96-7651 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
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