[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 48705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19952]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Change of Publication Manner for Invention Licenses

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) publishes 
notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive, or partially-exclusive 
domestic or foreign licenses of Government-owned inventions in the 
Federal Register. VA is announcing that it will begin publishing such 
notices at the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer 
(FLC) Business website (http://www.federallabs.org/licenses-list), 
providing opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 
15-day period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John J. Kaplan, Ph.D., J.D., 
Director, VA Technology Transfer Program (10X2TT), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420; by email 
at [email protected], or by phone at (202) 632-7271 (this is not a 
toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) and 
(b)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive, or partially-exclusive foreign 
license, may be granted on Government owned inventions only if notice 
of a prospective license has been published in the Federal Register or 
other appropriate manner, providing opportunity for filing written 
objections within at least a 15-day period. VA provides notice that it 
will publish future notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive, or 
partially-exclusive domestic or foreign licenses on FLC Business 
website (http://www.federallabs.org/licenses-list), providing 
opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day 
period.

Signing Authority

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this 
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document 
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as 
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L. 
Wilkie, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on September 5, 2019, for publication.

    Dated: September 5, 2019.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-19952 Filed 9-13-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P