[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 27794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10826]


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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 Nawgan 
Products, LLC of Chesterfield, Missouri, an exclusive license to U.S. 
Patent Application Serial No. 11/387,312, ``Food-Grade Formulations for 
Long-Term Stabilization of Lycopene,'' filed on March 26, 2006.

DATES: Federal Register 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 Nawgan Products, LLC of 
Chesterfield, Missouri 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. E8-10826 Filed 5-13-08; 8:45 am]
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