[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22187]


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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 Federally owned invention 
disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,552,295, ``Monoclonal Antibodies to 
Bovine Haptoglobin and Methods for Detecting Serum Haptoglobin 
Levels'', issued September 3, 1996, is available for licensing and that 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 
intends to grant to Syracuse Bioanalytical, Inc. of Ithaca, New York, 
an exclusive license to this invention.

DATES: (Federal Register) Comments must be received within ninety (90) 
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, Room 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: 
301-504-5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights to 
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 Syracuse Bioanalytical, 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 ninety (90) 
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. 02-22187 Filed 8-29-02; 8:45 am]
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