[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20420]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5277-8]
Intent to Grant an Exclusive Patent License
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant an exclusive patent license.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 37 CFR Part 404, EPA hereby gives notice of its
intent to grant an exclusive, royalty-bearing, revocable license to
practice the invention described and claimed in the patent listed
below, all corresponding patents issued throughout the world, and all
reexamined patents and reissued patents granted in connection with such
patents, to the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. The
patent is:
U.S. Patent No. 5,406,805 entitled ``Tandem Refrigeration System,''
issued April 18, 1995.
The invention was announced as being available for licensing in the
April 26, 1995 issue of the Federal Register (60 Fed. Reg. 20490,
20491) as U.S. Patent Application No. 08/150,996, filed November 12,
1993. The University of Maryland is joint owner of the patent by
assignment from its employee inventors. The proposed exclusive license
will contain appropriate terms, limitations and conditions to be
negotiated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and the U.S. Government
Patent Licensing Regulation at 37 CFR Part 404.
EPA will negotiate the final terms and conditions and grant the
exclusive license, unless within 60 days from the date of this Notice
EPA receives, at the address below, written objections to the grant,
together with supporting documentation. The documentation from
objecting parties having an interest in practicing the above patent
should include an application for exclusive or nonexclusive license
with the information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. The EPA Patent Counsel
and other EPA officials will review all written responses and then
recommend to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development,
for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or his designee, who has
been delegated the authority to issue patent licenses under 35 U.S.C.
207, whether to grant the exclusive license.
DATES: Comments to this notice must be received by EPA at the address
listed below by October 16, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ehrlich, Patent Attorney, Office
of General Counsel (Mail Code 2379), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460, Telephone (202) 260-7510.
Scott Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-20420 Filed 8-16-95; 8:45 am]
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