[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24179]


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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. 10/135,224 ``Naphtalene and 
Naphthenate Derivates as Bait Toxicants for Subterranean Termites'', 
filed April 30, 2002, is available for licensing and that the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to 
grant to Waterbury Companies, Inc. of Waterbury, Connecticut, an 
exclusive license to this invention.

DATES: Comments must be received or or before December 23, 2003.

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 Waterbury Companies, Inc. of 
Waterbury, Connecticut 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. 03-24179 Filed 9-23-03; 8:45 am]
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