[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 179 (Thursday, September 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
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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 the 
American Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. of Somers, New York, an 
exclusive license to the invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 
5,367,983 (S.N. 08/105,225) issued on November 29, 1994, entitled 
``Device and Method for Its Use as an Aid in Control of Ticks and Other 
Ectoparasites on Wildlife.'' Notice of Availability was published in 
the Federal Register on April 19, 1995.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 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: 
301-504-5257.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights in 
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 the American Lyme Disease 
Foundation, Inc. has 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.
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