[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9182]



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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 The 
Fanning Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, an exclusive license for U.S. 
Patent No. 5,380,894 (Serial No. 07/662,606), issued January 10, 1995, 
entitled ``Production of Hydroxy Fatty Acids and Estolide 
Intermediates,'' and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/382,554, 
filed February 2, 1995, entitled ``Process for Converting Unsaturated 
Fatty Acids into Estolides.'' Notice of Availability for U.S. Patent 
Application Serial No. 07/662,606 was published in the Federal Register 
on July 3, 1991, and Notice of Availability for U.S. Patent Application 
Serial No. 08/382,554 was published in the Federal Register on December 
14, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 14, 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 
these inventions are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license these inventions as The Fanning 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. 96-9182 Filed 4-12-96; 8:45 am]
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