[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 8537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03011]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notices of Prospective Exclusive, Co-Exclusive or Partially 
Exclusive Domestic or Foreign Licenses of Government-Owned Inventions

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Currently, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) publishes 
notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive 
domestic or foreign licenses of Government owned inventions of USDA 
(including, but not limited to, Agricultural Research Service, Forest 
Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) in the Federal 
Register.

DATES: ARS is announcing that starting on March 15, 2020, it will begin 
publishing such notices at the Federal Laboratory Consortium for 
Technology Transfer website (https://www.federallabs.org/licenses-list), providing opportunity for filing written objections within at 
least a 15-day period.

ADDRESSES: Questions related to this notice may be submitted to USDA, 
ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, 
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of 
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 
301-504-5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), an 
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic license, and, 
pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(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.
    ARS provides notice that it will publish future notices of 
prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or 
foreign licenses at the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology 
Transfer website (https://www.federallabs.org/licenses-list), providing 
opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day 
period.

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq.

Mojdeh Baharm,
Assistant Administrator,
[FR Doc. 2020-03011 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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