[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27005-27006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12921]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


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 
Callaway Chemical Company of Columbus, Georgia, a coexclusive license 
with FMC Corporation and Rohm and Haas Company for U.S. Patent No. 
4,820,307 issued April 11, 1989, U.S. Patent No. 4,936,865 issued June 
26, 1990, and U.S. Patent No. 4,975,209 issued December 4, 1990, all 
entitled ``Catalysts and Processes for Formaldehyde-Free Durable Press 
Finishing of Cotton Textiles with Polycarboxylic Acids'', and U.S. 
Patent No. 5,221,285 issued June 22, 1993, entitled ``Catalysts and 
Processes for Formaldehyde-Free Durable Press Finishing of Cotton 
Textiles with Polycarboxylic Acids, and Textiles Made Therewith.'' 
Notice of Availability for U.S. Patent No. 4,820,307 was published in 
the Federal Register on September 22, 1988. U.S. Patent Nos. 4,936,865 
and 4,975,209 are divisions of U.S. Patent No. 4,820,307, and U.S. 
Patent No. 5,221,285 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent No. 
4,975,209.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 15, 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 Callaway Chemical Company has 
submitted a complete and sufficient application for a license. The 
prospective coexclusive 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 coexclusive license may be granted

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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. 97-12921 Filed 5-15-97; 8:45 am]
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