[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21838]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Government Owned Inventions Available for Licensing.

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned by the U.S. Government 
as represented by the Department of Agriculture, and are available for 
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR 404 to achieve 
expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research 
and development. Foreign patents are filed on selected inventions to 
extend market coverage for U.S. companies and may also be available for 
licensing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on 
these inventions may be obtained by writing to Janet I. Stockhausen of 
the USDA Forest Service, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 
53705-2398; telephone: 608-231-9502 or fax: 608-231-9508. Issued 
patents may be obtained from the Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office, Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The inventions available for licensing are:
U.S. Patent Nos.
    5,786,188, ``Fungal Inoculum Preparation''
    5,834,301, ``Method of Removing Color From Kraft Wood Pulps''
    5,852,909, ``Localized Notch Reinforcement for Wooden Beams''
    5,853,982, ``Method of Isolating Strains of the Lymantria dispar 
Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus''
    5,921,388, ``Quick Deployment Fire Shelter''
Patent Application Serial No.
    09/246,272, ``Apparatus and Method for the Measurement of Forest 
Duff Moisture Content''
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-21838 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am]
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