[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75622-75623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30849]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive License of the United 
States; Patent No. 6,569,807

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made 
of a prospective exclusive license of the following U.S. Patent No. 
6,569,807, entitled ``Mycoherbicidal compositions and methods of 
preparing and using the same'', which issued on May 27, 2003, all 
reissues, reexaminations, and patent term extensions of this patent, 
and any international equivalents thereof to Marrone Bio Innovations, 
Inc.

DATES: Written objections must be filed not later than 15 days 
following publication of this announcement.

ADDRESSES: United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 
ATTN: CEERD-OT (Ms. Bea Shahin), 2902 Newmark Drive, Champaign, IL 
6182-1076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bea Shahin (217) 373-7234, Fax 
(217) 373-7210, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Patent  6,569,807 entitled 
``Mycoherbicidal compositions and methods of preparing and using the 
same'' describes innovative techniques in the laboratory that induce a 
biocontrol fungus, Mycoleptodiscus terrestris, to produce survival 
propagules termed microsclerotia in fermentation broth culture. The 
microsclerotia are composed of melanaized fungal hyphae and can be 
dried to a moisture content of approximately 5% thus offering a shelf 
life to the intended product, a mycoherbicide. Upon rehydration the 
microsclerotia germinate hyphally within 24 hours and sprorogenically 
within 72 hours. The hyphae and the spores provide primary and 
secondary inoculum respective that can induce disease development in 
the nuisance aquatic species, Hydrilla verticillata. Although the 
original research intent was to develop a mycoherbicide that could be 
used to manage hydrilla, the patent as written is extremely broad and 
allows the Corps of Engineers exclusive rights to any fungus that 
produces

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microsclerotia and can be used for aquatic plant control.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-30849 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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