[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 5565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01964]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of Technology Transfer; Notice of meetings

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Intramural Research 
(OIR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), will host two webinars to 
enable public discussion of its proposal to reorganize the OIR Office 
of Technology Transfer (OTT). The proposal seeks to align authority and 
responsibility for the implementation and execution of patenting and 
licensing (P&L) functions within the NIH Institutes and Centers.

DATES: The first webinar will be held on February 13th from 9:30 to 
10:00 a.m. The second webinar will be held on February 13th from 10:00 
to 10:30 a.m. Members of the public wishing to join a webinar must 
register via the webinar link provided. Any interested person may also 
file written comments by sending an email to Deborah Kassilke, 
[email protected] by Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. The written 
comment should include the commenter's name and, when applicable, 
professional affiliation.

ADDRESSES: Session 1: February 13, 2015 from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. https://nih.webex.com/nih/j.php?MTID=m2a6eb40ebe096afad861f0b5e941f9bc.
    Session 2: February 13, 2015 from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. https://nih.webex.com/nih/j.php?MTID=m8c50a9e8b5454a39b4fa24d9df412fab.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Kassilke, 
[email protected], 301-435-2950.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The background of the proposed OTT 
reorganization is as follows.
    The Advisory Committee to the NIH Deputy Director for Intramural 
Research, and the Technology Transfer Steering Committee (TTSC) 
recently assessed OTT to determine how it services the overall 
technology transfer needs of the NIH. The committees recommended that 
the authority and responsibility for the implementation and execution 
of patenting and licensing should be decentralized from OTT and 
distributed throughout the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). In 
September 2014, the NIH Steering Committee accepted this 
recommendation.

    Dated: January 27, 2015.
Lawrence Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-01964 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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