[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 204 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 54795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25542]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning System and Method for 
the Deconvolution of Mixed DNA Profiles Using a Proportionately Shared 
Allele Approach

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the 
invention set forth in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/421,124, 
entitled ``System and Method for the Deconvolution of Mixed DNA 
Profiles Using a Proportionately Shared Allele Approach.'' The United 
States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, has 
rights to this invention.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 
ATTN: Command Judge Advocate, MCMR-JA, 504 Scott Street, Fort Detrick, 
Frederick, MD 21702-5012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth 
Arwine, Patent Attorney, (301) 619-7808. For licensing issues, Dr. Paul 
Mele, Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA), (301) 619-
6664, both at telefax (301) 619-5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Army intends to move expeditiously 
to license this invention. Licensing application packages and other 
materials are available from the ORTA. All applications and 
commercialization plans must be returned to the ORTA, at (see ADDRESSES 
section), by November 30, 2009. Interest in an exclusive and/or non-
exclusive license can be proposed in the same license application. 
Financial terms should also be included. Additional information and 
revisions to applications may be requested by the ORTA through December 
11, 2009. The ORTA will evaluate applications, provide feedback as 
deemed appropriate, and negotiate licensing terms during the period of 
January through March 2010. Subsequently, draft license agreement(s) 
will be issued for review and signature. The Army, in its decisions 
concerning the granting of licenses, will give special consideration to 
small business firms. The Army intends to insure that its licensed 
inventions are broadly commercialized throughout the United States and 
the world. The Army intends that licensees will assume past and future 
patent prosecution costs.

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404).

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-25542 Filed 10-22-09; 8:45 am]
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