[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02180]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive License

AGENCY: Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), intends to grant to 
Xenex Healthcare Services, LLC, 121 Interpark Suite 104, San Antonio, 
TX 78216, USA, an exclusive license to practice the following: U.S. 
Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/678,558, ``Using Pulsed 
Xenon technology to clean reusable medical equipment and track cleaning 
using RFID technology,'' filed August 1, 2012, and any subsequent non-
provisional patent application(s) that will claim the benefit of U.S. 
Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/678,558, ``Using Pulsed 
Xenon technology to clean reusable medical equipment and track cleaning 
using RFID technology.'' Copies of the published patent applications 
may be obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at 
www.uspto.gov.

DATES: Comments must be received within fifteen (15) days from the date 
of this published Notice.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through 
www.regulations.gov; by mail or hand-delivery to the Director, 
Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; or by fax to (202) 
273-9026. Copies of comments received will be available for public 
inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room 
1063B, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday (except holidays). Call (202) 461-4902 for an appointment. (This 
is not a toll-free number.) In addition, during the comment period, 
comments may be viewed online through the Federal Docket Management 
System at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director of Technology Transfer 
Program, Office of Research and Development (10P9TT), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 
443-5640. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is in the public interest to license this 
invention to Xenex Healthcare Services, LLC, to facilitate the 
development and commercialization of a device to clean medical 
equipment and track cleaned equipment. 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 VA ORD receives written evidence and 
argument within 15 days from the date of this published Notice, 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.

    Approved: January 27, 2014.
Jose D. Riojas,
Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-02180 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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