[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7801]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent to 
Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a Federally owned invention U.S. 
Patent No. 5,074,902 issued on December 24, 1991, entitled ``Granular 
Products Containing Fungi Encapsulated in a Wheat Gluten Matrix for 
Biological Control of Weeds'' is available for licensing and the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to 
grant to United Agri Products, Inc., of Greeley, Colorado, an exclusive 
license to S.N. 07/560,791.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.

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 United Agri Products, Inc., 
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 ninety (90) 
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. 99-7801 Filed 3-30-99; 8:45 am]
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