[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45932-45933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22159]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Notice of Availability for Licensing and Intent to Grant 
Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service intends to grant to 
Agricultural Innovations of Athens, Georgia, an exclusive license to 
U.S. Patent Number 5,089,701, ``Nondestructive Measurement of Soluble 
Solids in Fruits Having a Rind or Skin,'' issued February 18, 1992. 
Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register on October 
23, 1990.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 29, 1996.

ADDRESS: 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 Agricultural Innovations 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

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requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
R.M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-22159 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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