[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24439]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Federal Invention Available 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 a Federally owned invention, U.S. 
Plant Patent Application Serial No. 08/900,007, entitled ``TifEagle 
Dwarf Bermudagrass'' is available for licensing and that the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service intends to 
grant to The University of Georgia Research Foundation of Athens, 
Georgia, an exclusive license for U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial 
No. 08/900,007.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, MWA, Office of the Director, 
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Room 2042, 1815 
North University Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Watkins of the National Center 
for Agricultural Utilization Research at the Peoria address given 
above; telephone: 309-681-6545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights to 
these inventions are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license these inventions as the University of Georgia 
Research Foundation 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.
R.M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-24439 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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