[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30670]


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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 Agdia 
Incorporated of Elkhart, Indiana, an exclusive license to S.N. 08/
499,803, ``A Monoclonal Antibody to Vitellin of the Corn Earworm, 
Helicoverpa zea,'' filed July 7, 1995, U.S. Patent No. 5,656,437, 
issued August 12, 1997. Notice of Availability was published in the 
Federal Register on December 14, 1995.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 19, 1999.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W.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 Agdia Incorporated has 
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) 
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. 98-30670 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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