[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24579]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Patent Application Serial 
Number 08/691,069, ``System and Method for Materials Process Control,'' 
filed August 1, 1996, is available for licensing and that the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to 
grant an exclusive license to Zellweger Uster of Knoxville, Tennessee.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA-ARS-Office of Technology Transfer, 
10300 Baltimore Boulevard, Building 005, Room 401, BARC-W, Beltsville, 
Maryland 20705-2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Willard J. Phelps of the Office of Technology Transfer, at the 
Beltsville address given above; telephone 301-504-6532.

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 said company has submitted a 
complete and sufficient application for a license, promising therein to 
bring the benefits of said invention to the U.S. public.
    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 ninety 
calendar 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. 96-24579 Filed 9-24-96; 8:45 am]
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