Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To Grant Exclusive License

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24570]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To 
Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a Federally owned invention U.S. 
Serial No. 09/277,599 filed March 26, 1999, entitled ``Monoclonal 
Antibodies Against Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Outer 
Membrane Antigens'' is available for licensing and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to 
Meridian Diagnostics, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, and BioControl 
Systems, Inc., of Bellevue, Washington, a co-exclusive license to 
Serial No. 09/277,599.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, PWA, WRRC , 800 Buchanan 
Street, Room 2010, Albany, California 94710.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Steinbock of the Office of 
Technology Transfer at the Albany address given above; telephone: 510-
559-5641.

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 Meridian Diagnostics, Inc., 
and BioControl Systems, Inc., have each submitted a complete and 
sufficient application for a license. The prospective co-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 co-
exclusive license may be granted unless, within ninety (90) 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. 99-24570 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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