[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-6925]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Availability and Intent To Grant of Co-Exclusive Patent 
Licenses

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Patent Application Serial 
No. 08/974,709, ``Composition and Method for the Control of Parasitic 
Mites in Honeybees,'' filed on October 19, 1997, is available for 
licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural 
Research Service, intends to grant two co-exclusive licenses to the 
following companies: Betterbee, Inc., of Greenwich, New York and Dadant 
& Sons, Inc., of Hamilton, Illinois.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
10300 Baltimore Boulevard, Room 401, Building 005, BARC-W, Beltsville, 
Maryland 20705-2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Willard J. Phelps, of the Office of 
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 
301/504-6532.

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 said companies have submitted 
a complete and sufficient applications for a license, promising therein 
to bring the benefits of said invention to the U.S. public. The 
prospective co-exclusive licenses 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 co-exclusive licenses may be granted unless, within 
ninety (90) calendar 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. 98-6925 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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