[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 179 (Thursday, September 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55499-55500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23553]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent 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, Forest Service, intends to grant Hydrofarm, Inc. of 
Petaluma, California, an exclusive license for U.S. Patent No. 
5,095,414, entitled ``Greenhouse Illumination System''. Notice of 
Availability was published in the Federal Register on December 17, 
1991.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Janet I. Stockhausen, USDA Forest Service, 
One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2398.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet I. Stockhausen of the USDA 
Forest Service at the Madison address given above; telephone: 608-231-
9502; fax: 608-231-9508; or email: [email protected]

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 Hydrofarm, Inc. has submitted 
a complete and sufficient application for a license. The prospective 
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 license 
may be granted unless, within sixty days from the date of this 
published Notice, the Forest Service receives written evidence and 
argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be 
consistent with the

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requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR Sec. 404.7.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
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