[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 22671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10459]


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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, Forest Service, intends to grant to Cohesive Solutions, of 
Glendale, Arizona, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 5,543,487, 
``Hydroxymethylated Resorcinol Coupling Agent and Method for Bonding 
Wood'', issued August 6, 1996. Notice of Availability for this 
invention for licensing was published in the Federal Register on 
October 24, 1994.

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: Patent Advisor, USDA Forest Service, One 
Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2398.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet I. Stockhausen of the USDA 
Forest Service at the Madison address given above; telephone: 608-231-
9502; fax: 608-231-9508; or email: [email protected].

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 Cohesive Solutions of 
Glendale, Arizona, 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 Forest 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. 03-10459 Filed 4-28-03; 8:45 am]
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