[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26805]


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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, Forest Service, intends to grant to Sonic Industries, Inc. 
of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent 5,307,679 
issued May 3, 1994, ``Method and Apparatus for Evaluating the Drying 
Properties of Un-dried Wood''. Notice of Availability was published in 
the Federal Register on September 16, 1992.

DATES: Comments must be received by no later than December 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Janet I. Stockhausen, USDA Forest Service, 
Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, 
Wisconsin, 53705-2398.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet I. Stockhausen of the USDA Forest Service at the Madison address 
given above; telephone: 608-231-9502.

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 Sonic Industries, Inc. 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 Forest 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.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-26805 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am]
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