[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30681]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


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 U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 
08/654,654, ``Preparation of Secondary Ether Fatty Acids and Esters 
from their Hydroxy Acid Equivalents,'' filed May 29, 1996, is available 
for licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural 
Research Service, intends to grant an exclusive license to The Fanning 
Corporation of Chicago, Illinois.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of the Director, 
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Room 2042, 1815 
N. University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Watkins of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization 
Research at the Peoria address given above; telephone: 309-681-6545.

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 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 ninety 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.
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