[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6754-6755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3569]


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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 5,396,799 
issued March 14, 1995, ``Method and Apparatus for In Situ Evaluation of 
Wooden Members''. Notice of Availability was published in the Federal 
Register on September 16, 1992.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Janet I. Stockhausen, USDA Forest Service, 
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 Untied 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

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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. 97-3569 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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