[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26689]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and 
Development.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Office of Research and Development, intends to grant to 
Recovery Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 25 Main Street, Wayland, MA 01778, 
U.S.A., an exclusive license to practice U.S. Patent Application Serial 
No.09/070,263, filed April 30, 1998, issuing as U.S. Patent 6,211,194, 
entitled ``Solution Containing Nicotine''.

DATES: Comments must be received within fifteen (15) days from the date 
of this published Notice.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Robert W. Potts, Director of Technology 
Transfer, Department of Veterans Affairs; Attn: 122TT; 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW; Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: (202) 254-0260; Facsimile: 
(202) 254-0473; e-mail: [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the published patent 
applications may be obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
at http://www.uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is in the public interest to so license 
this invention as Recovery Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 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 fifteen (15) days from the date 
of this published Notice, the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of 
Research and Development 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.

    Dated: October 16, 2003.
Anthony J. Principi,
Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-26689 Filed 10-22-03; 8:45 am]
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