[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7859]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; SmithKline 
Beecham Biologicals S.A.

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive Patent License.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to SmithKline Beecham Biologicals S. A., a revocable, 
nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States, and certain 
foreign countries, to practice the Government owned inventions 
described in U.S. Patent No. 5,198,535 entitled ``Protective Malaria 
Sporozoite Surface Protein Immunogen and Gene,'' issued March 30, 1993, 
and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/053,450 entitled ``Protective 
Malaria Sporozoite Surface Protein Immunogen and Gene'' in the field of 
human vaccines to prevent and/or treat malaria based on immunization 
schedules using only recombinant proteins as immunogens.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than May 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with the Office of Naval 
Research, ONR 00CC, Ballston Tower One, 800 North Quincy Street, 
Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R.J. Erickson, Staff Patent 
Attorney, Office of Naval Research, ONR 00CC, Ballston Tower One, 800 
North Quincy Street, Arlington, Virginia 22217-5660, telephone (703) 
696-4001.

(Authority: 35 U. S. C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404)

    Dated: March 13, 1998.
Michael I. Quinn,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-7859 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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