[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18593]


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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 Satake 
USA Inc., of Modesto, California, an exclusive license to S.N. 07/
550,310-601, ``Machine Vision Apparatus and Method for Sorting 
Objects'' filed October 30, 1995, Patent No. 5,703,784 issued on 
December 30, 1997. Notice of Availability was published in the Federal 
Register on July 18, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 11, 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 Satake USA Inc., 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. 98-18593 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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