[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 70842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-6043]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8505-3]


Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive License.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 (Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S. 
Government patent licensing regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of 
its intent to grant, for a specific field of use, an exclusive, 
royalty-bearing, revocable license to practice the invention described 
and claimed in the U.S. Patent No. 6,821,425, entitled ``Biomass 
Concentrator Reactor,'' issued November 23, 2004, and all corresponding 
patents issued throughout the world, and all reexamined patents and 
reissued patents granted in connection with such patent, to Purestream 
ES, L.L.C. of Walton, Kentucky.
    The invention was announced as being available for licensing in the 
October 11, 2007 issue of the Federal Register (72 FR 57937). The 
proposed exclusive license will contain appropriate terms, limitations, 
and conditions to be negotiated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 
CFR 404.5 and Sec.  404.7 of the U.S. Government patent licensing 
regulations.
    EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the 
exclusive license, unless within 15 days from the date of this notice 
EPA receives, at the address below, written objections to the grant, 
together with supporting documentation. The documentation from 
objecting parties having an interest in practicing the above patents 
should include an application for an exclusive or nonexclusive license 
with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. The EPA Patent Attorney 
and other EPA officials will review all written responses and then make 
recommendations on a final decision to the Director or Deputy Director 
of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, who have been 
delegated the authority to issue patent licenses under EPA Delegation 
1-55.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by EPA at the address 
listed below by December 28, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Scalise, Patent Attorney, Office 
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564-8303.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Geoffrey Cooper,
Acting Associate General Counsel, General Law Office.
[FR Doc. 07-6043 Filed 12-12-07; 8:45 am]
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