[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 75848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7635]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (05-170)]


Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Patent License.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) 
and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to 
grant a partially exclusive license in the United States to practice 
the inventions described and claimed in Foreign Patent No. 0423277, JSC 
Docket No. MSC-21293-1-EP, ``Bio-Reactor Cell Culture Process'', 
Foreign Patent No. 1987294, JSC Docket No. MSC-21293-1-JP, ``Bio-
Reactor Cell Culture Process'', International Application No. PCT/US98/
06826, JSC Docket No. MSC-22859-1-EP, European Application No. 
98915320.0 entitled ``Production of Functional Proteins: Balance of 
Shear Stress and Gravity'', International Application No. PCT/US98/
06826, JSC Docket No. MSC-22859-1-JP, Japanese Application No. 10-
540983 entitled ``Production of Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear 
Stress and Gravity'', International Application No. PCT/US98/06826, JSC 
Docket No. MSC-22859-1-CA, Canadian Application No. 2286349 entitled 
``Production of Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and 
Gravity'', International Application No. PCT/US98/06826, JSC Docket No. 
MSC-22859-1-IL, Israeli Application No. 132264 entitled ``Production of 
Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and Gravity'', 
International Application No. PCT/US98/06826, JSC Docket No. MSC-22859-
1-MX, Mexican Application No. 999265 entitled ``Production of 
Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and Gravity'', and 
International Application No. PCT/US98/06826, JSC Docket No. MSC-22859-
1-BR, Brazilian Application No. 98915320.0 entitled ``Production of 
Functional Proteins: Balance of Shear Stress and Gravity'' to Renautus 
Bio Therapeutics, LLC, having its principal place of business in Baton 
Rouge, LA. The patent rights in the inventions have been assigned to 
the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The prospective 
partially exclusive license will comply with the terms and conditions 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

DATES: The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within 
fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, NASA receives 
written objections including evidence and argument that establish that 
the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Competing applications completed and 
received by NASA within fifteen (15) days of the date of this published 
notice will be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated 
partially exclusive license. Objections submitted in response to this 
notice will not be made available to the public for inspection and, to 
the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of 
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the prospective license may be 
submitted to Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Johnson Space 
Center, Mail Code AL, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt G. Hammerle, Patent Attorney, 
NASA Johnson Space Center, Mail Stop AL, Houston, TX 77058-8452, 
Telephone: (281) 483-1001, Facsimile: (281) 483-6936. Information about 
other NASA inventions available for licensing can be found online at 
http://technology.nasa.gov/.

    Dated: December 15, 2005.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel, Administration and Management.
[FR Doc. E5-7635 Filed 12-20-05; 8:45 am]
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