[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44817-44818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20929]


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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 Plant 
Biofuels, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland, an exclusive license to the 
soybean varieties described in Plant Variety Protection Certificate 
Number 9800027, ``Derry,'' issued on June 30, 1999, and in Plant 
Variety Protection Certificate Number 9800028, ``Donegal,'' issued on 
June 30, 1999.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 30, 2009.

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 rights in these 
plant varieties are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license these varieties, as Plant Biofuels, Inc. of 
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 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

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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. E9-20929 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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