[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6925]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Availability and Intent To Grant of Co-Exclusive Patent
Licenses
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Patent Application Serial
No. 08/974,709, ``Composition and Method for the Control of Parasitic
Mites in Honeybees,'' filed on October 19, 1997, is available for
licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, intends to grant two co-exclusive licenses to the
following companies: Betterbee, Inc., of Greenwich, New York and Dadant
& Sons, Inc., of Hamilton, Illinois.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 18, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
10300 Baltimore Boulevard, Room 401, Building 005, BARC-W, Beltsville,
Maryland 20705-2350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Willard J. Phelps, of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone:
301/504-6532.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights to
this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public
interest to so license this invention as said companies have submitted
a complete and sufficient applications for a license, promising therein
to bring the benefits of said invention to the U.S. public. The
prospective co-exclusive licenses 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 co-exclusive licenses may be granted unless, within
ninety (90) calendar days from the date of this published Notice, the
Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and argument
which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent
with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-6925 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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