[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 75 (Monday, April 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8753]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


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

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 fields of pathogen detection, 
disease and infection diagnostic testing, genetic testing for 
veterinary applications (small and large animals, including equine); 
pathogen and toxin detection and genetic testing in food products 
derived from animals; pathogen and toxin detection and genetic testing 
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; U.S. Patent No. 6,180,418 
entitled ``Force Discrimination Assay'', Navy Case No. 78,183; and U.S. 
Patent Application Serial No. 10/457,705 entitled ``Fluidic Force 
Discrimination'', Navy Case No. 84,529.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than May 4, 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) 767-3083. 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: April 13, 2004.
S. A. Hughes,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-8753 Filed 4-16-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3810-FF-P