[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34589-34590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9351]


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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, intends to grant to Becton 
Dickinson of Sparks, Maryland, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 
5,891,709, ``Campy-Cefex selective and differential medium for 
campylobacter'', issued on April 6, 1999. Notice is hereby given that 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 
intends to grant to Becton Dickinson of Sparks, Maryland, an exclusive 
license to U.S. Patent No. 6,368,847, ``Selective media for recovery 
and enumeration of campylobacters'', issued on April 9, 2002.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 17, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 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 in 
the inventions are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license the inventions as Becton Dickinson of Sparks, 
Maryland 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

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requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
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