[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 31629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11841]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 9946-65-OGC]


Intent To Grant a Co-Exclusive Patent License

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a co-exclusive license; request for 
public comment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 (Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S. 
Government patent licensing regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of 
its intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to 
practice the invention described and claimed in the U.S. patent number 
7,279,103 entitled, PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF ACIDIC METAL-
BEARING WASTE WATERS TO PERMISSABLE DISCHARGE LEVELS WITH RECOVERY OF 
MARKETABLE METAL PRODUCTS, filed September 13, 2005 and issued October 
9, 2007, to PRD Tech, Incorporated, Cincinnati, Ohio.
    The proposed exclusive license will contain appropriate terms, 
limitations, and conditions to be negotiated in accordance with 35 
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.5 and 404.7 of the U.S. Government patent 
licensing regulations.
    EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the 
exclusive license, unless within 30 days from the date of this notice 
EPA receives, at the address below, written objections to the grant, 
together with supporting documentation. The documentation from 
objecting parties having an interest in practicing the above patent 
should include an application for an exclusive or nonexclusive license 
with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8.
    The EPA Patent Attorney and other EPA officials will review all 
written responses and then make recommendations on a final decision to 
the Director or Deputy Director of the National Risk Management 
Research Laboratory who have been delegated the authority to issue 
patent licenses under EPA Delegation 1-55.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to Laura Scalise, Patent Attorney, 
Office of General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone: (202) 564-8303; email address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Scalise, Patent Attorney, Office 
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564-8303.

    Dated: May 6, 2016.
Wendy Blake,
Associate General Counsel, General Law Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-11841 Filed 5-18-16; 8:45 am]
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