[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32153]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Seahawk 
Biosystems Corporation

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to Seahawk Biosystems Corporation, a revocable, nonassignable, 
exclusive license to practice in the field of pathogen detection and 
disease and infection diagnostic testing for veterinary applications 
(small and large animals, including equine); pathogen and toxin 
detection in food products derived from animals; pathogen and toxin 
detection in food processing; pathogen and toxin detection in, and 
monitoring of, public water, wastewater, and groundwater in the United 
States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions 
described in U.S. Patent No. 5,981,297 entitled ``Biosensor Using 
Magnetically-Detected Label'', Navy Case No. 77,576 and U.S. Patent No. 
6,180,418 entitled ``Force Discrimination Assay'', Navy Case No. 
78,183.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than January 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be filed with the Naval Research 
Laboratory, Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-
5320.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jane F. Kuhl, Technology Transfer 
Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-
5320, telephone (202) 767-7230. Due to U.S. Postal delays, please fax 
(202) 404-7920, E-Mail: [email protected] or use courier delivery to 
expedite response.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404.)

    Dated: December 23, 2003.
S.K. Melancon,
Paralegal Specialist, Office of Judge Advocate General, Alternate 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-32153 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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