[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 65092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18769]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


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

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent 
to grant to Seahawk Biosystems Corporation, a revocable, non-
assignable, exclusive license to practice in the fields of pathogen and 
toxin detection, and genetic testing in food products derived from 
vegetables and other organic and non-organic food stuff; pathogen and 
toxin detection in, and monitoring of, environmental and waste samples 
such as solid/particulate matter (e.g. soil, dirt, dust, powder, solid 
waste, etc.), gases (e.g. air, etc.), and liquids; and pathogen and 
toxin detection, and disease and infection diagnostic testing in solid, 
liquid, and gaseous material, animals and humans as performed by first 
responders, field operatives, laboratories, clinics, or other similar 
confidential and non-confidential uses by private industry or 
government for biodefense (measures against attacks using biological 
agents or for the prevention or monitoring thereof), anti-bioterrorism 
(measures for the prevention or monitoring of real, potential, or 
perceived terrorist acts involving the use of real, potential, or 
perceived biological warfare agents such as disease-causing viruses, 
bacteria, or toxins), national security (measures for the defense of a 
country and the protection of the interests/assets of a country from 
biological threats), or intelligence (measures for the collection of 
information directly or indirectly about a threat or potential threat 
from an enemy or potential enemy that may pose real, potential, or 
perceived biological warfare risks to a country or its assets) 
applications in the United States and certain foreign countries, the 
Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Application Serial 
No. 10/457,705: Force Discrimination Assay, Navy Case No. 84,529.//U.S. 
Patent Application Serial No. 11/424,643: Method for Modifying Nitride 
Substrates for Covalent Immobilization of Aminated Molecules, Navy Case 
No. 97,198 and any continuations, divisionals, or re-issues thereof.

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license must file 
written objections along with supporting evidence, if any, not later 
than November 22, 2006.

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: Head, Technology Transfer Office, NRL 
Code 1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375-5320, 
telephone 202-767-7230. 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: October 31, 2006.
M.A. Harvison,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-18769 Filed 11-6-06; 8:45 am]
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