80 FR 57567 - Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 185 (September 24, 2015)

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Oregon State University of Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license to the variety of blueberry described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 14/545,561, ``BLUEBERRY PLANT NAMED `BABY BLUES','' filed on May 21, 2015.

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 185 / Thursday, September 24, 2015 / 
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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 Oregon 
State University of Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license to the 
variety of blueberry described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial 
No. 14/545,561, ``BLUEBERRY PLANT NAMED `BABY BLUES','' filed on May 
21, 2015.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES:  Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mojdeh Bahar 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 plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. 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 thirty (30) 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.

Mojdeh Bahar,
Assistant Administrator.
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