[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 3978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1265]


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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 (USDA), intends to grant to 
Viral Therapeutics of Ithaca, New York, an exclusive license to the 
invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,017,713 issued on January 25, 
2000, entitled ``Ferritin Formation as a Predictor of Iron Availability 
in Foods.'' Notice of Availability was published in the Federal 
Register on November 3, 1999.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 19, 2001.

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: 
301-504-5989.

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 the U.S. Government's rights in this invention 
as Viral Therapeutics 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.
[FR Doc. 01-1265 Filed 1-16-01; 8:45 am]
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