[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8341-8342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03124]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Change of Publication Manner for Notice of 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 at the 
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) business 
website (https://federallabs.org/licenses-list/all). VA must provide 
notice of its intent to license VA inventive subject matter in order to 
provide the public an opportunity to file written objections to the 
proposed license within at least a 15-day notice period. VA is 
announcing that, 15 days from the publication of this Notice, it will 
begin using the TechLink website (https://techlinkcenter.org) as its 
primary publication forum for providing notice. TechLink is a non-
profit center of Montana State University. The TechLink website will 
serve as VA's primary forum for publishing notices of prospective 
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign 
licenses licensing opportunities. However, if VA is unable to use the 
TechLink website due to technical problems or other unforeseen 
circumstances, VA will publish such notices at the FLC business 
website.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John J. Kaplan, Ph.D., J.D., 
Director, VA Technology Transfer Program (14RDTT), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420; at 
[email protected] or 202-632-7271. This is not a toll-free number.

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. VA provides notice that, 15 days from the date of publication 
of this Notice, it will begin publishing notices of prospective 
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign 
licenses at the TechLink website, providing opportunity for filing 
written objections within a 15-day period. If VA is unable to use the 
TechLink website due to technical problems or other unforeseen 
circumstances, VA will publish such notices at the FLC business 
website.

Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this

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document on February 8, 2022 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.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-03124 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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