[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4248]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agriculture Research Service


Notice of Federal Invention Available 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 a Federally owned invention, U.S. 
Plant Patent Application Serial No. 08/634,149, filed April 19, 1996, 
entitled ``Tift 94 Bermudagrass'' is available for licensing and that 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service 
intends to grant to The University of Georgia Research Foundation of 
Athens, Georgia, an exclusive license for U.S. Plant Patent Application 
Serial No. 08/634,149.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 22, 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 University of Georgia 
Research Foundation 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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