[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 35604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16135]


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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 Domtar Paper Company, 
LLC of Fort Mill, South Carolina, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent 
No. 9,540,244, ``METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZING GRAPHENE FROM A LIGNIN 
SOURCE'', issued on January 10, 2017.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Thomas Moreland, Technology Transfer 
Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-1118, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Moreland, Technology Transfer 
Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, 443-677-6858, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights in 
this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as Domtar Paper Company, LLC of 
Fort Mill, South 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 fifteen (15) 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. 2018-16135 Filed 7-26-18; 8:45 am]
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