[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16064-16065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7099]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License

    This is notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 
404.7(a)(1)(i) that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a bureau of the 
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), is contemplating the grant of an 
exclusive license in the Untied States to practice the invention 
embodied in U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 09/788,475, filed 
February 21, 2001, and entitled ``Detecting Device for Fluorescent-
Labeled Material,'' to Western Chemical Inc. of Ferndale, WA 98248. The 
cited invention is a property of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 
another DOI Bureau.
    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 fifteen 
(15) days from the date of this published notice, USGS receives written 
evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of a license 
would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 
CFR 404.7.
    The present invention is a device for detecting visible 
fluorescence emitted from a fluorescent-labeled sample in which a 
fluorochrome-marked sample is excited with the proper wattage and 
wavelentth of light using an exciter or bandpass filter and 
beamsplitting mirror device. This causes the sample to emit light of a 
slightly higher wavelength than that of excitation. A subsequent 
barrier filter of the proper configuration placed between the sample 
and the observer allows this longer wavelength to be observed as 
fluorescence. This technique is particularly useful for viewing large 
biological specimens such as fish.
    The availability of the invention for licensing is announced herein 
and, previously, during several talks given by the inventor, Jerre W. 
Mohler.
    A copy of the cited patent application is available for those with 
a licensing interest from the USGS Technology Enterprise Office, 
following completion of a standard non-disclosure agreement. The patent 
application and nondisclosure agreement may be requested by phone at 
(703) 648-4344 or by e-mail at [email protected].
    Inquires, comments and other materials relating to the contemplated 
license must be submitted to Neil L. Mark, Technology Enterprise 
Office,

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U.S. Geological Survey, 211 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 by 
regular mail, by fax at (703) 648-4408, or by email at [email protected].
    Properly filed competing applications received by the USGS in 
response to this notice will be treated as objections to the grant of 
the contemplated license.

Julia M. Giller,
Program Manager, Technology Enterprise Office.
[FR Doc. 01-7099 Filed 3-21-01; 8:45 am]
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