[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75520-75521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30967]


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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 DICKEY-
john Corporation of Auburn, Illinois, an exclusive license to U.S. 
Patent No. 6,691,563, ``Universal Dielectric Calibration Method and 
Apparatus for Moisture Content Determination in Particulate and 
Granular Materials,'' issued on February 17, 2004 and to U.S. Patent 
Application Serial No. 12/782,079, ``Microwave Sensor and Algorithm for 
Moisture and Density Determination,'' filed on May 18, 2010.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 3, 2012.

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 
these inventions 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 DICKEY-john Corporation of 
Auburn, Illinois has submitted a complete and sufficient application 
for

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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. 2011-30967 Filed 12-1-11; 8:45 am]
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