[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30003]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Caliper Technologies, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive or Partially Exclusive
Patent License.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of an intent to grant to Caliper
Technologies, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, an exclusive or partially
exclusive license to practice the invention described in Israel Patent
Application S.N. 119,342, entitled ``Method for Priming and DNA
Sequencing,'' and corresponding Patent Applications in the U.S.A.,
Japan, certain European countries, and possible other countries. The
invention is owned by the United States of America, as represented by
the Department of Energy (DOE). The proposed license may be exclusive,
or partially exclusive, but will be subject to a license and other
rights retained by the U.S. Government, and other terms and conditions
to be negotiated. DOE intends to grant the license, upon a final
determination in accordance with 35 U.S.C. Sec. 209(c), unless within
60 days of this notice the Assistant General Counsel for Technology
Transfer and Intellectual Property, Department of Energy, Washington,
D.C. 20585, receives in writing any of the following, together with
supporting documents:
(i) A statement from any person setting forth reasons why it would
not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the proposed
license; or
(ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention, in
which applicant states that he already has brought the invention to
practical application or is likely to bring the invention to practical
application expeditiously.
DATES: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be
received at the address listed below no later than January 13, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Marchick, Office of the
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067,
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585; Telephone (202)
586-4792.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209(c) provides the Department
with authority to grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in
Department-owned inventions, where a determination can be made, among
other things, that the desired practical application of the invention
has not been achieved, or is not likely expeditiously to be achieved,
under a nonexclusive license. The statute and implementing regulations
(37 CFR Part 404) require that the necessary determinations be made
after public notice and opportunity for filing written objections.
Caliper Technologies, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, has applied
for an exclusive license to practice the subject invention and has a
plan for commercialization of the invention.
The proposed license is expected to be exclusive or partially
exclusive, subject to a license and other rights retained by the U.S.
Government, and subject to a negotiated royalty and other fees. The
Department will review all timely written responses to this notice, and
will grant the license if, after expiration of the 60-day notice
period, and after consideration of written responses to this notice, a
determination is made, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c), that the
license grant is in the public interest.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 1997.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel, for Technology Transfer and Intellectual
Property.
[FR Doc. 97-30003 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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