[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26869]


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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 ATD, 
LLC of New Orleans, Louisiana, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 
5,094,946 issued on March 10, 1992, and U.S. Patent No. 5,271,912 
issued on December 21, 1993, both entitled ``Enzymatic Processing of 
Materials Containing Chromium and Protein.'' Notice of Availability for 
U.S. Patent No. 5,094,946 was published in the Federal Register on July 
23, 1990, and Notice of Availability U.S. Patent No. 5,271,912 was 
published in the Federal Register on June 25, 1992.

DATES: (Federal Register) Comments must be received on or before 
December 7, 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 ATD, LLC 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. 98-26869 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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