[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2249]


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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 
NutraSciences Corp., of San Diego, California a license to U.S. Patent 
No. 6,017,713, ``Ferritin Formation as a Predictor of Iron Availability 
in Foods,'' issued on January 25, 2000. This will be the second license 
granted for this invention. ARS intends to grant no additional 
licenses. Notice of Availability of this invention for licensing was 
published in the Federal Register on November 3, 1999.

DATES: Comments must be received March 3, 2003.

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: 
301-504-5989.

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 NutraSciences Corp. of San 
Diego, California has submitted a complete and sufficient application 
for a license. The prospective 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 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. 03-2249 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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