[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31638]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 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. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant an 
exclusive patent license in certain fields to Genespan Corporation of 
Redmond, Washington. The invention to be licensed is U.S. Patent 
5,532,156, ``Hepatocyte Cell Line derived from the Epiblast of Pig 
Blastocysts,'' granted on July 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 11, 1997.

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 partially exclusive license will be royalty-bearing, will 
comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 
The prospective partially exclusive license may be granted unless, 
within sixty 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.
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-31638 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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