[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 32006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11892]


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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, intends to grant to 
Molecular Staging, Inc. of New Haven, Connecticut, an exclusive license 
to U.S. Patent No. 6,054,300, ``Single-Site Amplification (SSA): Method 
for Accelerated Development of Nucleic Acid Markers,'' issued on April 
25, 2000. Notice of Availability of this invention for licensing was 
published in the Federal Register on January 8, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be received within thirty (30) calendar days of 
the date of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, 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 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 this invention as Molecular Staging, Inc. 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 thirty (30) 
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.

Michael D. Ruff,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-11892 Filed 5-10-02; 8:45 am]
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