[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42414-42415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14542]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Notice of Intent To Grant an 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 
CellCyte Genetics, Inc., PO Box 493, Kirkland, WA 98083 USA an 
exclusive license to practice the following patent applications: U.S. 
Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/364,498 filed March 15, 
2002, entitled ``Methods and Compositions for Directing Cells to Target 
Organs''; U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/388,964 filed March 14, 
2003, entitled ``Methods and Compositions for Directing Cells to Target 
Organs''; International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US03/07834 
filed March 13, 2003, entitled ``Methods and Compositions for Directing 
Cells to Target Organs''; International Patent Application Serial No. 
PCT/US03/07934 filed March 13, 2003, entitled ``Methods and 
Compositions Using Cellular Asialodeterminants and Glycoconjugates for 
Targeting Cells to Tissues and Organs''; International Patent 
Application Serial No. PCT/US03/32602 filed October 10, 2003 entitled 
``Detection/Localization and Staging of Tumors Using Labeled Activated 
Lymphocytes Directed to a Tumor Specific Epitope'' and International 
Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US03/07836 filed March 14, 2003, 
entitled ``Methods and Compositions for Directing Cells to Target 
Organs''.

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Saleem J. Sheredos, Acting Director of 
Technology Transfer, Department of Veterans Affairs; Office of Research 
and Development, Attn: 12TT; 103 South Gay Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. 
Telephone: (410) 962-1800 ext 267; Facsimile: (410) 962-2141; 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 
these inventions as CellCyte, Inc., submitted a complete and sufficient 
application for

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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.

    Approved: July 13, 2005.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-14542 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am]
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