Federal Register: June 29, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 125)]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service

 
Notice of Intent to Grant an Exclusive Patent 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, 

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Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Cell Applications, 
Inc., San Diego, California, an exclusive domestic license, in specific 
Fields of Use, for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/133,589, 
``Hepatocyte Cell Derived from the Epiblast of Pig Blastocysts,'' filed 
October 8, 1993.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA-ARS-Office of Technology Transfer, 
Baltimore Boulevard, Building 005, room 419, BARC-W, Beltsville, 
Maryland 20705-2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
W.J. Phelps, of the Office of Technology Transfer, at the Beltsville 
address given above; telephone: 301-504-6532.

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 said company has submitted a 
complete and sufficient application for a license, promising therein to 
bring the benefits of said invention to the U.S. public.
    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 
days from the date of this published Notice, 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 USC 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-15946 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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