[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 86 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 23835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8985]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to grant to 
CoBatCo Inc. of Peoria, Illinois, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent 
No. 5,676,994, ``Non-Separable Starch-Oil Compositions,'' issued on 
October 14, 1997 and to U.S. Patent No. 5,882,713, ``Non-Separable 
Compositions of Starch and Water-Immiscible Organic Materials,'' issued 
on March 16, 1999, for all animal food and feed applications, including 
but not limited to livestock feed and pet food. ARS also intends to 
grant to CoBatCo Inc. a license for all human food ingredient and food 
product applications. This is the third license granted by ARS for 
these inventions in this field of use. ARS intends to grant no 
additional licenses in this field of use. U.S. Patent No. 5,676,994 is 
a continuation of U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/233,173, and 
U.S. Patent No. 5,882,713 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent 
Application Serial No. 08/233,173. Notice of Availability for U.S. 
Patent Application Serial No. 08/233,173 was published in the Federal 
Register on October 24, 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: 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 since CoBatCo Inc. 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 thirty (30) 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.

Martha Steinbock,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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