[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10577]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Human Papilloma 
Inhibition by Antisense Oligonucleotides

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, 
DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) 
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the 
grant of an exclusive license to practice the invention embodied in: 
Korean Patent Application 10-2000-7002392 entitled ``Human Papilloma 
Inhibition by Antisense Oligonucleotides'' filed on June 30, 2000, to 
Gyn-Gen Bio, Inc., having a place of business in Seoul, Korea. The 
patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United States 
of America.

DATES: Only written comments and/or application for a license 
which are received by the NIH Office of Technology Transfer on or 
before June 29, 2001 will be considered.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the patent applications, 
inquiries, comments and other materials relating to the contemplated 
license should be directed to: Peter Soukas, Office of Technology 
Transfer, National Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive Boulevard, 
Suite 325, Rockville, MD 20852-3804; Email: [email protected]; Telephone: 
(301) 496-7056, ext. 268; Facsimile: (301) 402-0220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The present invention relates to the 
use of antisense oligonucleotides to inhibit Human Papilloma Virus 
(HPV). The antisense oligonucleotides have a phosphorothioate backbone 
structure and sequences complimentary to portions of the human 
papilloma virus 16 E6 gene. See the equivalent United States patent 
number 6,084,090 and Alvarez-Salas et al., ``Growth inhibition of 
cervical tumor cells by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides directed to the 
human papillomavirus type 16 E6 gene,'' Antisense Nucleic Acid Drug Dev 
1999 Oct;9(5):441-50 for further details.
    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 60 days 
from the date of this published Notice, NIH receives written evidence 
and argument that 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.
    The field of use may be limited to treatment and prevention of 
Human Papilloma Virus infection with antisense oligonucleotides. The 
licensed territory is expected to be limited to Korea, China, Malaysia 
and Thailand.
    Properly filed competing applications for a license filed in 
response to this notice will be treated as objections to the 
contemplated license. Comments and objections submitted in response to 
this notice will not be made available for public inspection, and, to 
the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of 
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

    Dated: April 20, 2001.
Jack Spiegel,
Director, Division of Technology Development and Transfer, Office of 
Technology Transfer
[FR Doc. 01-10577 Filed 4-27-01; 8:45 am]
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