[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 50 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 13524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4986]


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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 South 
Carolina Scientific, Inc. of Columbia, South Carolina, an exclusive 
license to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/080,892, ``Attractant 
Pheromone for the Male Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus 
(Green) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)'', filed on March 14, 2005.

DATES: Comments must be received within thirty (30) days of the date of 
publication of this Notice in the Federal Register.

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 
this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as South Carolina Scientific, 
Inc. of Columbia, South Carolina 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 requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 
CFR 404.7.

Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E8-4986 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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