[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 18878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07553]


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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 Eureka 
Genomics Corporation of Hercules, California, an exclusive license to 
the Federal Government's rights in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 
13/824,348, ``SCALABLE CHARACTERIZATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS BY PARALLEL 
SEQUENCING'', filed on March 15, 2013.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 5, 2014.

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 patent rights in this invention are co-
owned by the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and Eureka Genomics Corporation of Hercules, 
California. The prospective exclusive license will grant to the co-
owner, Eureka Genomics Corporation, an exclusive license to the Federal 
Government's patent rights. It is in the public interest to so license 
this invention as Eureka Genomics Corporation of Hercules, California 
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.

Mojdeh Bahar,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-07553 Filed 4-3-14; 8:45 am]
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