[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17268]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Availability 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 U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 
08/797,226, ``DNA Sequence Encoding Solanidine UDP-Glucose 
Glucosyltransferase and Use to Reduce Glycoalkaloids in Solanaceous 
Plants,'' filed February 7, 1997, is available for licensing and that 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 
intends to grant an exclusive license to Small Potatoes, Inc., of 
Madison, Wisconsin.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 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 Small Potatoes, 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 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.
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-17268 Filed 7-1-97; 8:45 am]
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