[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9263]


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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 Protein 
Scientific, Inc./The Protein Group, of Portland, Maine, an exclusive 
license to U.S. Patent No. 5,071,763 issued on December 10, 1991, and 
the Divisional U.S. Patent No. 5,198,351 issued on March 30, 1993, both 
entitled ``Lactose Hydrolysis by Mutant Streptococcus thermophilus.'' 
Notice of availability for U.S. Patent No. 5,071,763 was published in 
the Federal Register on January 23, 1992, and notice of availability 
for U.S. Patent No. 5,198,351 was published in the Federal Register on 
December 17, 1991.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 14, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4-1158, 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 Protein Scientific, 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, by June 14, 1999, 
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. 99-9263 Filed 4-13-99; 8:45 am]
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