[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23885-23886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09442]


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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 
Headwall Photonics, Inc. of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, an exclusive 
license to U.S. Patent No. 7,460,227, ``METHOD TO DETECT BONE FRAGMENTS 
DURING THE PROCESSING OF MEAT OR FISH,'' issued on December 2, 2008, 
U.S. Patent No. 7,787,111, ``SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION OF FLUORESCENCE 
AND REFLECTANCE IMAGING TECHNIQUES WITH A SINGLE IMAGING DEVICE FOR 
MULTITASK INSPECTION,'' issued on August 31, 2010, U.S. Patent No. 
8,126,213,

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``METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WHOLESOMENESS INSPECTION OF FRESHLY SLAUGHTERED 
CHICKENS ON A PROCESSING LINE,'' issued on February 28, 2012, and U.S. 
Patent No. 8,159,525, ``PORTABLE MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEMS,'' 
issued on April 17, 2012.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 23, 2013.

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 these inventions as Headwall Photonics, Inc. of 
Fitchburg, Massachusetts 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.

Robert Griesbach,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-09442 Filed 4-22-13; 8:45 am]
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