[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34141-34142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16128]


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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 the invention disclosed in Patent 
Cooperation Treaty Application PCT/GB00/04562, ``Resistance Gene,'' 
filed November 29, 2000, is available for licensing and that the 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to 
grant to Plant BioScience Limited, of Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 
an exclusive license to the Federal Government's patent rights in this 
invention. This invention is jointly owned by Plant BioScience Limited, 
Iowa State University and the United States of America, as represented 
by the Secretary of Agriculture.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 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 to 
this invention are assigned to the United

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States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. 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 ninety (90) 
days from the date of this published Notice, 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.

Michael D. Ruff,
Assistant Administrator.
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