[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33343-33344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13294]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-PRB-2021-N017; FXGO16621010010-FF10G13300]


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License to World Wildlife 
Fund

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(FWS) intends to grant to World Wildlife Fund, Inc., whose legal 
address is 1250 24th St. NW, Washington, DC 20037, an exclusive license 
to U.S. Patent No. 10,478,276, ``PELLET DELIVERY MECHANISM,'' filed 
August 11, 2017, and U.S. Patent No. 10,881,493, ``PELLET DELIVERY 
MECHANISM,'' filed November 19, 2019.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 9, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Jim Weiner, Assistant Solicitor, Branch 
of Acquisition and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, via email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krista Bibb, FWS Patent Liaison, by 
telephone at 703-358-1914 or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights in 
these inventions are assigned to the Government of the United States of 
America, as represented by the Department of the Interior, Fish and 
Wildlife Service. It is in the public interest to license this 
invention to World Wildlife Fund, Inc., who has submitted a 
satisfactory marketing plan as co-owner of the patents. 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

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exclusive license may be granted unless, within 15 days after the date 
of this published notice (see DATES), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service receives written evidence and argument which establish that the 
grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 
35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7 (see ADDRESSES for submitting comments).

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209, 37 CFR 404.7.

Signing Authority

    The Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Martha 
Williams, Principal Deputy Director Exercising the Delegated Authority 
of the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, approved this document 
on June 21, 2021, for publication.

Anissa Craghead,
Acting Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of Policy, Economics, 
Risk Management, and Analytics, Joint Administrative Operations, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-13294 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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