[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 179 (Thursday, September 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 55499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23556]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To 
Grant 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. 5,698,606 entitled ``Oxidative Delignification of Wood Pulp 
or Fibers Using Transition Metal-Substituted Polyoxometalates'' is 
available for licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, intends to grant to Emory University of Atlanta, 
Georgia, an exclusive license for U.S. Patent No. 5,698,606.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 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 Emory University 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 exclusive 
license may be granted unless, within ninety 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 requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-23556 Filed 9-13-00; 8:45 am]
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