[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 63281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30221]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To 
Grant Co-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. 5,591,434 issued on January 7, 1997, entitled ``DNA Sequence 
Encoding Surface Protein of Cryptosporidium Parvum'' is available for 
licensing and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research 
Service, intends to grant to Merial Limited of Athens, Georgia, and 
Fort Dodge Animal Health Corporation of Overland Park, Kansas, co-
exclusive license to S.N. 08/229,393.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 17, 2000.

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 Merial Limited and Fort Dodge 
Animal Health Corporation have submitted complete and sufficient 
applications for a license. The prospective co-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 co-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. 99-30221 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am]
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