[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: 97-11254]


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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 BTG USA 
Inc. of Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent 
No. 5,496,732 (Serial No. 08/054,985) issued on March 5, 1996, and to 
U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/609,320 filed on March 1, 1996, 
both entitled ``Enhanced Inset Resistance in Plants Genetically 
Engineered with a Plant Hormone Gene Involved in Cytokinin 
Biosynthesis.'' Notice of Availability for Serial No. 08/054,985 was 
published in the Federal Register on July 23, 1993. Serial No. 08/
608,320 is a continuation of Serial No. 08/054,985.

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 BTG USA 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 established 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. 97-11254 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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