[Federal Register: January 17, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 11)]
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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 (USDA), intends to grant to
Viral Therapeutics of Ithaca, New York, an exclusive license to the
invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 6,017,713 issued on January 25,
2000, entitled ``Ferritin Formation as a Predictor of Iron Availability
in Foods.'' Notice of Availability was published in the Federal
Register on November 3, 1999.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 19, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1158, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.
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 in
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 the U.S. Government's rights in this invention
as Viral Therapeutics has 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. 01-1265 Filed 1-16-01; 8:45 am]
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