[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13974]


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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 AgriTech Electronics, 
L.C., of Chanuts, Kansas, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent 
5,408,956, issued April 25, 1995, ``Method and Apparatus for 
Controlling Animals with Electronic Fencing.'' Notice of Availability 
was published in the Federal Register on September 24, 1993.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 28, 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 United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as AgriTech Electronics, L.C., 
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 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 
license may 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. 97-13974 Filed 5-28-97; 8:45 am]
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