[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11253]


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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, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to NOBL 
Laboratories, Inc, of Sioux Center, Iowa, an exclusive license to U.S. 
Patent Application Serial No. 08/609,334 filed on March 1, 1996, 
entitled ``Restriction Enzyme Screen for Differentiating Porcine 
Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Strains.'' Notice of 
Availability was published in the Federal Register on July 18, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
June Blalock of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville 
address given above; telephone: 301-504-5989.

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 NOBL Laboratories, Inc., 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.
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-11253 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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