[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23218]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Forest 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 Aerotech Laboratories, 
Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 
5,563,040, ``Method and Apparatus for Immunological Diagnosis of Fungal 
Decay in Wood,'' issued on October 8, 1996. Notice of Availability of 
this invention for licensing was published in the Federal Register on 
June 21, 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.

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 Aerotech Laboratories, Inc. of 
Phoenix, Arizona 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 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. 03-23218 Filed 9-11-03; 8:45 am]
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