[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31078]


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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 
AgriVir, LLC, of Washington, DC, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent 
No. 5,023,182 issued on June 11, 1991, entitled ``Novel Virus 
Composition to Protect Agricultural Commodities From Insects.'' Notice 
of Availability was published in the Federal Register on September 22, 
1988.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 29, 2000.

ADDRESS: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5106 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 AgriVir, LLC, 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 sixty (60) 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. 99-31078 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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