[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 3410-03-P