[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 44617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15386]


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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 
Preventative Nutrient Company, Inc., Northridge, CA USA, an exclusive 
license to practice the following patent applications: U.S. Patent 
7,144,865 issued on December 5, 2006 entitled ``Compositions and 
Methods for Treating Obesity''; U.S. Patent Application 5,834,032 
issued on November 10, 1998 entitled ``Compositions and Methods for 
Treating Diabetes''; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/892,785 
filed on March 2, 2007 entitled ``Compositions and Methods for Treating 
Alzheimer's Disease.''

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

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Amy E. Centanni, Director of Technology 
Transfer, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and 
Development, Attn: 12TT 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, 
Telephone: (202) 254-0199; Facsimile: (202) 254-0460; e-mail: 
[email protected].
    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 Preventative Nutrient Company, Inc., 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 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.

    Dated: August 1, 2007.
Gordon H. Mansfield,
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-15386 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am]
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