[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20876]


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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 Application No. 09/774,810 ``Intermediate-
Moisture Formed Food Products Made From Partially Dehydrated Fruit and/
or Vegetables and Novel Methods of Packaging Thereof'', filed January 
30, 2001, is available for licensing and that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Fiorini 
Ranch of Turlock, California, an exclusive license to this invention.

DATES: 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 Fiorini Ranch of Turlock, 
California 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. 03-20876 Filed 8-14-03; 8:45 am]
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