[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59735-59736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28753]


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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 part 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 June Blalock, Technology 
Licensing Coordinator, USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 
Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4-1158, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131; 
telephone: 301-504-5989 or fax: 301-504-5060. 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:

S.N. 08/848,146, ``Device and Method for Application of Collars to 
Animals''
S.N. 08/906,091, ``An Attractant for Social Pest Insects''
S.N. 08/958,475, ``Control of Fire Blight on Pome Fruit Trees with 
Erwinia Herbicola''
S.N. 09/006,562, ``Noxious Weed Control by Soil Solarization''
S.N. 09/019,155, ``Suppression of Alpha-Amylase Expression Using a 
Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase''
S.N. 09/033,349, ``Control of Fruit Ripening Through Genetic Control of 
ACC Synthase Synthesis''
S.N. 09/052,333, ``Transgenic Spacer Target Sequence for Detecting and 
Distinguishing Chlamydial Stains''
S.N. 09/074,394, ``Method for the Simultaneous and Independent 
Determination of Moisture Content and Density of Particulate Materials 
for Radio-Frequency Permittivity Measurements''
S.N. 09/083,852 ``Modification of Cereal Grain Hardness Via Expression 
of Puroindoline Proteins''
S.N. 09/108,051, ``Species-Specific Genetic Identification of 
Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis''
S.N. 09/110,132, ``Biological Control of Aflatoxin and Cyclopiazonic 
Acid Contamination of Crops Using Non-Toxigenic Strain of 
Asperigillus''
S.N. 09/120,347, ``A Novel Fungal Species for the Biocontrol of the 
Sugarbeet Root Maggot''
S.N. 09/120,521, ``Attractants for Bactrocera Latiforns (Hendel)''
S.N. 09/122,342, ``Control of Replant Disease of Tree Fruits with 
Pseudomonas putida''
S.N. 09/126,229, ``Taxane Production from Taxus Species Cell Lines''
S.N. 09/130,788, ``Soluble Hydrocolloid Food Additives and Method of 
Making''
S.N. 09/131,363, ``Variable-Rate, Digitally-Controlled Fluid Metering 
Device''
S.N. 09/135,999, ``Starch Microcapsules for Delivery of Active Agents''
S.N. 09/156,348, ``Chemical Attractants for Moths''
S.N. 09/156,625, ``Chemical Attractants for Frugivorous Pest Insects''
S.N. 09/166,655, ``Feeding Attractant and Stimulant for Adult Control 
of Noctuid and/or Other Lepidopteran Species''
S.N. 09/191,906, ``Mimetic Insect Allatostatin Analogs for Insect 
Control''
S.N. 09/201,449, ``Stabilization of Pet Operon Plasmids and Ethanol 
Production in Bacterial Strains Lacking Lactate Dehydrogenase and 
Pyruvate-Formate Lyase Activities''
S.N. 09/204,864, ``Determination of Concentration of a Compound in a 
Multiple Component Fluid''
S.N. 09/208,449, ``Apparatus and Process for the Rapid Tenderization of 
Meat''
S.N. 09/211,017, ``Method for the Development of Delta-Lactones and 
Hydroxy Acids from Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Glycerides''
S.N. 09/233,761, ``Paper Coated with Polymerized Vegetable Oils for Use 
as Biodegradable Mulch''
S.N. 09/252,945, ``Release Rate Modulator and Method for Producing and 
Using Same''
S.N. 09/257,730, ``Biological Control of Sprouting in Stored Potatoes''
S.N. 09/258,304, ``Sex Pheromone Synergist''
S.N. 09/266,950, ``Ferritin Formation as a Predictor of Iron 
Availability in Foods''
S.N. 09/281,276, ``Edible Food Coatings Containing Polyvinyl Acetate''
S.N. 09/302,962, ``Extraction of Pectin by Microwave Heating Under 
Pressure''
S.N. 09/330,365, ``Fruit and Vegetable Based Edible Film Wraps and 
Methods to Improve the Quality and Extend Shelf Life of Foods''
S.N. 09/336,220, ``Real Time Trash Measurement System for Seed Cotton 
or Lint for Use in Cotton Gins''
S.N. 09/345,236, ``A Baculovirus for the Biocontrol Control of Larval 
Mosquitoes''
S.N. 09/347,907, ``Aggregation Pheromone for the Asian Longhorned 
Beetle''
S.N. 09/353,087, ``Composition and Method for the Control of 
Diabroticite Insects''
S.N. 09/353,348, ``Monoclonal Antibodies and Antibody Cocktail for 
Detection of Prion Protein as an Indication of Transmissible Spongiform 
Encephalopathies''
S.N. 09/353,643, ``Ant Bait Attractive to Multiple Species of Ants''
S.N.09/353,713, ``An Autonomous Animal Control System Without Ground 
Based Fencing''
S.N. 09/354,446, ``Use of Indigenous Bacterial Enzymatic and Regulatory 
Processes to Control Enteropathogens Associated with Food Producing 
Animals''

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S.N. 09/360,083, ``Novel System for the Sequential, Directional Cloning 
of Multiple DNA Sequences''
S.N. 09/364,447, ``Recombinant Bacteria Which Produce Lipase and Poly 
(B-Hydroxyalkanoates)''
S.N. 09/366,603, ``Vaccines for the Protection of Cattle from Psoroptic 
Scabies''
S.N. 09/376,755, ``Process for the Enzymatic Conversion of 
Podophyllotoxin Beta-Glucopyranosides and other Podophyllum Blycosides 
to Their Corresponding Aglycons''
S.N. 09/377,513, ``Novel Cytoplasm for Maize''
S.N. 09/378,441, ``Biodegradable Films from Agricultural Polymers''
S.N. 09/395,565, ``Insulin Potentiating Compounds in Cinnamon''
S.N. 09/400,799, ``Process for the Production of Fatty Acid Esters''
June Blalock,
Technology Licensing Coordinator.
[FR Doc. 99-28753 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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