[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18593]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Satake
USA Inc., of Modesto, California, an exclusive license to S.N. 07/
550,310-601, ``Machine Vision Apparatus and Method for Sorting
Objects'' filed October 30, 1995, Patent No. 5,703,784 issued on
December 30, 1997. Notice of Availability was published in the Federal
Register on July 18, 1996.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 11, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Blalock of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone:
301-504-5989.
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 Satake USA Inc., submitted a
complete and sufficient application for a license. 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
exclusive license may be granted unless, within sixty (60) 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. 98-18593 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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