[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13007]


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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, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Seedway 
of Hall, New York, an exclusive license to Plant Variety Protection 
Certificate Application No. 9800028, Soybean, ``Donegal'' filed 
November 19, 1997. ``Donegal'' is a forage soybean cultivar recommended 
for forage production in the northeastern states and is not intended 
for grain production. ``Donegal's'' Notice of Availability was 
published in the Federal Register on January 8, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 14, 1998.

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 Seedway 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 (60) 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. 98-13007 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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