[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-12460]


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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 Terra 
Blue, Inc. of Clinton, North Carolina, an exclusive license to U.S. 
Patent No. 8,445,253, ``High Performance Nitrifying Sludge for High 
Ammonium Concentration and Low Temperature Wastewater Treatment,'' 
issued on May 21, 2013 and U.S. Patent Serial No. 13/742,542, ``High 
Performance Nitrifying Sludge for High Ammonium Concentration and Low 
Temperature Wastewater Treatment,'' filed on January 16, 2013.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mojdeh Bahar 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 Terra Blue, Inc. of Clinton, 
North Carolina, 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. 2016-12460 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am]
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