[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 50763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19646]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research and Development Office; Notice of Intent to Grant 
Exclusive License

AGENCY: Research and Development Office, VA.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Research and Development Office intends to grant to TransMedics, Inc., 
a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business in Woburn, 
Massachusetts, U.S.A., an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Numbers: 
6,046,046, issued April 4, 2000, entitled Compositions, Methods and 
Devices for Maintaining an Organ; and 6,100,082, issued August 8, 2000, 
entitled Perfusion Apparatus and Method Including Chemical Compositions 
for Maintaining an Organ.

DATES: Comments must be received within fifteen (15) days from the date 
of this published Notice.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Mindy Aisen, M.D., Director of Technology 
Transfer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: (202) 408-3670; Facsimile: (202) 275-
7228; e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the issued patents may be 
obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at http://www.uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is in the public interest to so license 
these inventions as TransMedics, Inc. 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 fifteen (15) days from the date of this 
published Notice, the Department of Veterans Affairs Research and 
Development Office 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.

    Dated: July 29, 2002.
Anthony J. Principi,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-19646 Filed 8-2-02; 8:45 am]
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