[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 139 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18157]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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 (ARS), intends to grant to 
Colorado State University Research Foundation of Fort Collins, 
Colorado, a license to U.S. Patent 5,135,759 issued August 4, 1992, 
``Method to Preselect the Sex of Offspring,'' for all uses in the field 
of non-human mammals. This will be the second license granted for this 
invention in this field. ARS intends to grant no additional licenses. 
Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register on July 
26, 1989.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 16, 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 Colorado State University 
Research Foundation has submitted a complete and sufficient application 
for a license. The prospective 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 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. 96-18157 Filed 7-17-96; 8:45 am]
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