Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4967]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 35 U.S.C. 207 and 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 patent, to International Fuel Cells, South 
Windsor, Connecticut. The patent is:
    U.S. Patent No. 5,451,249, entitled ``Landfill Gas Treatment 
System,'' issued September 19, 1995.
    The invention was announced as being available for licensing in the 
April 26, 1995 issue of the Federal Register (60 FR 20490, 20491) as 
U.S. Patent Application No. 08/241,113, filed May 10, 1994. 
International Fuel Cells is joint owner of the patent by assignment 
from its employee inventors (Reel/Frame 7118/0295, recorded September 
2, 1994). Although it was not printed on the face of the patent, the 
Government of the United States, as represented by the Administrator of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is also joint owner of the 
patent by assignment from its employee inventor (Reel/Frame 7496/0496, 
recorded May 19, 1995). 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 
regulations 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 Acting Patent 
Counsel and other EPA officials will review all written responses and 
then make recommendations on a final decision to the Assistant 
Administrator for Research and Development or to a laboratory director 
who has been delegated the authority to issue patent licenses under 35 
U.S.C. 207.

DATES: Comments to this notice must be received by EPA at the address 
listed below by April 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ehrlich, Acting Patent Counsel, 
Office of General Counsel (Mail Code 2377), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-7510.

    Dated: February 17, 1999.
Marla E. Diamond,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-4967 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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