[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: 96-30682]


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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 intends to grant to The 
Fanning Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, an exclusive license for U.S. 
Patent Application Serial No. 08/534,810, filed September 27, 1995, 
entitled ``Method for the Development of Delta Lactones and Hydroxy 
Acids from Unsaturated Fatty Acids and their Glycerides.'' Notice of 
Availability for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/534,810 was 
published in the Federal Register on July 18, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 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 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.
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