[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20180]


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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, Forest Service, intends to grant to DVO, Inc. of Chilton, 
Wisconsin, an exclusive license to the Federal Government's rights in 
U.S. Patent No. 8,414,808, ``Composite Components from Anaerobic 
Digested Fibrous Materials'', issued on April 9, 2013.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Tom Moreland, Technology Transfer 
Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250 Mail Stop 2CE-021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Moreland of the USDA Forest 
Service at the Washington, DC address given above; telephone: 443-677-
6858; or email: [email protected].

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 DVO, Inc. of Chilton, Wisconsin. The prospective 
exclusive license will grant to the co-owner, DVO, Inc., an exclusive 
license to the Federal Government's patent rights. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as DVO, Inc. 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 Forest 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. 2017-20180 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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