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Notices Federal Register

76900

Vol. 69, No. 246

Thursday, December 23, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Government Owned Inventions 

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of government owned 

inventions available for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

are owned by the U.S. Government as 

represented by the Department of 

Agriculture, and are available for 

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve 

expeditious commercialization of 

results of federally funded research and 

development. Foreign patents are filed 

on selected inventions to extend market 

coverage for U.S. companies and may 

also be available for licensing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on 

these inventions may be obtained by 

writing to June Blalock, Technology 

Licensing Program Coordinator, USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131; 

telephone: 301–504–5989 or fax: 301–

504–5060. Issued patents may be 

obtained from the Commissioner of 

Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

inventions available for licensing are:

S.N. 09/701,868, ‘‘Genes Coding for 

Tomato B-Galactosidase 

Polypeptides’’ 

S.N. 09/748,036, ‘‘Urea And Nitrogen 

Based Compounds As Feeding 

Stimulants/Aggregants And Masking 

Agents Of Unpalatable Chemicals For 

Subterranean Termites’’ 

S.N. 09/751,397, ‘‘Waxy Wheat Products 

And Processes For Producing Same’’ 

S.N. 09/752,704, ‘‘Method And 

Compositions For Attracting 

Mosquitoes’’ 

S.N 09/757,686, ‘‘Method For Produce 

Sanitation Using Bacteriophages’’ 

S.N. 09/819,387, ‘‘Compositions And 

Methods For Reducing Rna Virus 

Pathogenicity’’ 

S.N. 09/826,146, ‘‘Utilization Of 

Invertebrate Learning For Flexible 

And Sensitive Monitoring And 

Identification Of Chemicals’’ 

S.N. 09/828,634, ‘‘Composites 

Comprising Plant Material From 

Parthenium Spp. And Plastic’’ 

S.N. 09/832,211, ‘‘Method Of Detaching 

Microorganisms From, Or Of 

Inhibiting Microbial Attachment To, 

Animal Or Poultry Carcasses Or 

Seafood Or Parts Thereof’’ 

S.N. 09/838,382, ‘‘Production Of An 

Immunovariant Strain Of Eimeria 

Maxima Contributes To Strain CrossProtection With Other Eimeria 

Maximas’’ 

S.N. 09/907,818, ‘‘Pcr Methods For The 

Identification, Detection, And 

Discrimination Of The Soybean Rust 

Pathogens’’ 

S.N. 09/912,448, ‘‘Synergistic 

Combinations Of Natural Compounds 

That Control Decay Of Fruits And 

Vegetables And Reduce 

Contamination By Foodborne Human 

Pathogens’’ 

S.N. 09/915,840, ‘‘Piggybac 

Transformation System’’ 

S.N. 09/989,889, ‘‘Flexible And 

Absorbent Alginate Wound Dressing’’ 

S.N. 10/013,456, ‘‘Epitope Tagging Of 

Recombinant Fusion Proteins For 

Assay Of Protein Expression In 

Transgenic Plants’’ 

S.N. 10/020,505, ‘‘Rabbiteye Blueberry 

Named ‘‘ ‘Alapaha’ ’’

S.N. 10/078,001, ‘‘Mass Uniformity/

Drafting Load Analyzer’’ 

S.N. 10/078,628, ‘‘Method Of Weed 

Control’’ 

S.N. 10/101,840, ‘‘Piggybac 

Transformation System’’ 

S.N. 10/101,943, ‘‘Water-In-Oil 

Emulsion Vaccines’’ 

S.N. 10/127,603, ‘‘Methods And 

Compositions For Controlling 

Coleopteran Infestations’’ 

S.N. 10/128,463, ‘‘Foot And Mouth 

Disease Virus Vaccine’’ 

S.N. 10/135,503, ‘‘Sensor Output Analog 

Processing-A Microcontroller-Based 

Insect Monitoring System’’ 

S.N. 10/137,113, ‘‘Mycobacterial 

Diagnostics’’ 

S.N. 10/140,817, ‘‘Biological Control Of 

Postharvest Decay Of Fruit Using 

Strains Of Metschnikowia Species’’ 

S.N. 10/145,787, ‘‘Insect Trap’’ 

S.N. 10/148,351, ‘‘Resistance Genes’’ 

S.N. 10/160,948, ‘‘Genetic Markers For 

Improved Disease Resistance In 

Animals (Nramp1)’’ 

S.N. 10/161,588, ‘‘Detection Of 

Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis 

Virus’’ 

S.N. 10/161,968, ‘‘Genetic Markers For 

Improved Disease Resistance In 

Animals (Bpi)’’ 

S.N. 10/189,251, ‘‘Vaccine For The 

Prevention Of Bacterial Infection Of 

The Bovine Mammary Gland’’ 

S.N. 10/192,762, ‘‘Animal Feed 

Compositions And Methods For Using 

The Same’’ 

S.N. 10/205,871, ‘‘Degradation Of 

Cercosporin By Laccase’’ 

S.N. 10/225,419, ‘‘Extraction And 

Concentration Method’’ 

S.N. 10/227,727, ‘‘Use Of Plant-Derived 

Oils For Reduction Of Odor Gases 

From Waste’’ 

S.N. 10/235,132, ‘‘Modified Alternan’’ 

S.N. 10/245,072, ‘‘Attractant 

Phereomone For The Colorado Potato 

Beetle’’ 

S.N. 10/245,698, ‘‘A Genetically Distinct 

Strain Of Channel Catfish, Designated 

Nwac103, With Improved Growth 

Performance’’ 

S.N. 10/247,739, ‘‘Device For Extending 

Duration Of Volatile Liquid Lures’’ 

S.N. 10/251,107, ‘‘Vaccine 

Compositions And Adjuvant’’ 

S.N. 10/262,937, ‘‘Epoxidation Of 

Carbon-Carbon Double Bond With 

Membrane Bound Peroxygenase’’

S.N. 10/319,986, ‘‘Use Of 2–

Nitropropanol, 2–Nitroethane And 2–

Nitroethanol For Control Of Microbial 

Pathogens’’ 

S.N. 10/324,034, ‘‘Expression Of 

Antimicrobial Peptides In Yeast’’ 

S.N. 10/331,861, ‘‘Selection Procedure 

For Identifying Transgenic Cells, 

Embryos, And Plants Without The 

Use Of Antibiotics’’ 

S.N. 10/350,591, ‘‘Microorganism For 

Biological Abatement Of Inhibitors In 

Toxic Fermentation Substrates’’ 

S.N. 10/359,674, ‘‘Insect Trap’’ 

S.N. 10/366,115, ‘‘Diamond Row Pattern 

Planter’’ 

S.N. 10/404,409, ‘‘In-Situ Production Of 

Fatty Acid Alkyl Esters’’ 

S.N. 10/407,668, ‘‘Prebiotic 

Oligosaccharides Via Alternansucrase 

Acceptor Reactions’’ 

S.N. 10/417,747, ‘‘Baiting System For 

Suppressing Populations Of Insects 

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Such As Mediterranean And 

Carribean Fruit Flies (Diptera: 

Tephritidae)’’

S.N. 10/427,500, ‘‘Apparatus And 

Method To Treat Materials For Pest 

Control And Storage’’

S.N. 10/455,439, ‘‘Pcr Primers And 

Probes For The Detection Of Xylella 

Fastidiosa’’

S.N. 10/462,882, ‘‘Novel Sunscreen 

Reagents From Hydroxy Substituted 

Acylglycerides’’

S.N. 10/463,491, ‘‘Novel Sunscreen 

Reagents From Unsaturated Waxes 

And Triglycerides’’

S.N. 10/600,360, ‘‘Organophosphate 

Insecticide Synergists For Fly And 

Tick Control’’

S.N. 10/629,668, ‘‘The Green Peach 

Aphid Densovirus And Methods Of 

Its Use As A Biological Control’’

S.N. 10/637,922, ‘‘Attractants For 

Moths’’

S.N. 10/657,300, ‘‘Cellulose/Clay 

Nanocomposites’’

S.N. 10/659,509, ‘‘Mimetic Insect 

Allatostatin Analogs For Insect 

Control’’

S.N. 10/662,914, ‘‘Improving 

Aspergillus Niger Phya Phytase By 

Protein Engineering’’

S.N. 10/670,575, ‘‘High Efficiency 

Electrostatic Air Sampler’’

S.N. 10/678,023, ‘‘Chromobacterium 

Suttsuga Sp. Nov. And Use For 

Control Of Insect Pests’’

S.N. 10/698,398, ‘‘Synthesis Of 

Polysuccinimide And 

Copoly(Succinimide-Aspartate) In A 

Supercritical Fluid’’

S.N. 10/721,881, ‘‘Fecundity-Promoting 

Factor For The Insidiosus Flower Bug 

Reared On Artificial Diet’’

S.N. 10/803,121, ‘‘Insect Attractant 

Releasing Device’’

S.N. 10/819,615, ‘‘Pyrolytic Products 

From Poultry Manure’’

S.N. 10/833,903, ‘‘Vaccine 

Compositions And Adjuvant’’

S.N. 10/836,164, ‘‘Genes Coding For 

Tomato B-Galactosidase 

Polypeptides’’

S.N. 10/838,752, ‘‘Wood Adhesives 

Containing Solid Residues Of Biomass 

Fermentations’’

S.N. 10/849,977, ‘‘Formation Of 

Hydrophilic Polysaccharide Coatings 

Of Hydrophobic Substrate’’

S.N. 10/858,761, ‘‘Vaccine 

Compositions And Adjuvant’’

S.N. 10/858,882, ‘‘A Modified-Live 

Edwardsiella Tarda Vaccine For 

Aquatic Animals’’

S.N. 10/863,939, ‘‘A Sensitive AntibodyBased Method For Detecting 

Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocysts In 

Water’’

S.N. 10/870,781, ‘‘Method Of Protecting 

Fish Against Columnaris Disease With 

Modified Live Flavobacterium 

Columnare’’

S.N. 10/887,277, ‘‘Water-In-Oil 

Emulsion Vaccines’’

S.N. 10/895,797, ‘‘Methods For 

Prevention And Treatment Of 

Mastitis’’

P.N. 15,216, ‘‘Peach Tree Named 

‘Crimson Rocket’ ’’

P.N. 15,063, ‘‘Peach Tree Named ‘SweetN-Up’ ’’

P.N. 6,362,256, ‘‘Biodegradable Polymer 

Compositions, Methods For Making 

Same And Articles Therefrom’’

P.N. 6,418,750, ‘‘Multi-Purpose 

Cryogenic Surface Device’’

P.N. 6,442,920, ‘‘Mechanical Harvester 

For Tree Fruits’’

P.N. 6,454,098, ‘‘Mechanical-Pneumatic 

Device To Meter, Condition, And 

Classify Chaffy Seed’’

P.N. 6,479,275, ‘‘Penicillium Isolates 

For Modifying Alternan’’

P.N. 6,485,949, ‘‘Epoxidation Of CarbonCarbon Double Bond With Membrane 

Bound Peroxygenase’’

P.N. 6,492,537, ‘‘Solvent Fractionation 

Of Menhaden Oil And Partially 

Hydrogenated Menhaden Oil For 

Making Lipid Compositions Enriched 

In Unsaturated Fatty Acid-Containing 

Triacylglycerols’’

P.N. 6,502,531, ‘‘Device And Method 

For Examination And Handling Of 

Deer And Other Animals’’

P.N. 6,506,597, ‘‘Artificial Diets For 

Arthropods’’

P.N. 6,521,229, ‘‘A 41 Kda 

Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocyst Wall 

Protein’’

P.N. 6,528,049, ‘‘Novel Bisexual 

Attractants, Aggregants And 

Arrestants For Adults And Larvae Of 

Codling Moth And Other Species Of 

Lepidoptera’’

P.N. 6,548,742, ‘‘Development Of 

Resistance To Raspberry Bushy Dwarf 

Virus’’

P.N. 6,551,007, ‘‘Improved Joint For 

Connecting Wood Members’’

P.N. 6,551,599, ‘‘Monoclonal Antibodies 

Against Camplobacter Jejuni and 

Campylobacter Coli Outer Membrane 

Antigens’’

P.N. 6,555,106, ‘‘System For The 

Control Of Enteropathogenic Bacteria 

In The Crops Of Poultry’’

P.N. 6,559,121, ‘‘Vaccines For The 

Protection Of Cattle From Psoroptic 

Scabies’’

P.N. 6,562,600, ‘‘Production Of Cyclic 

Alternan Tetrasaccharides From 

Oligosaccharide Substrates’’

P.N. 6,562,841, ‘‘Methods And 

Compositions For Repelling 

Arthropods’’

P.N. 6,586,628, ‘‘3–Methoxybenzyl 

Thiourea Derivatives And Improved 

Lipid Compositions Containing 

Same’’

P.N. 6,605,283, ‘‘Nucleotide Sequence 

For The Avian Metapneumovirus 

(Colorado) Attachment Glycoprotein 

Gene’’

P.N. 6,622,565, ‘‘Fluid Pressure 

Measurement By Mechanical 

Compression Of Tubing’’

P.N. 6,623,779, ‘‘Intermediate-Moisture 

Formed Food Products Made From 

Partially Dehydrated Fruit And/Or 

Vegetables And Novel Methods Of 

Packing Thereof’’

P.N. 6,644,905, ‘‘Bin Filler For Fruit 

Crops’’

P.N. 6,660,775, ‘‘Method And 

Compositions For Inhibiting The 

Scent Tracking Ability Of Biting 

Midges’’

P.N. 6,669,962, ‘‘Starch Microcapsules 

For Delivery Of Active Agents’’

P.N. 6,670,374, ‘‘Swainsonine 

Compounds As Inhibitors Of Toxin 

Receptor Expression’’

P.N. 6,673,566, ‘‘Diagnosis Of 

Tuberculosis Infection Through 

Analysis Of Nitrite Production Of 

Leukocytes Stimulated With 

Mycobacterial Antigens’’

P.N. 6,677,469, ‘‘Supercritical Fluid 

Fractionation Process For Phytosterol 

Ester Enrichment In Vegetable Oils’’

P.N. 6,691,453, ‘‘Naphtalene And 

Naphthenate Derivates As Bait 

Toxicants For Subterranean Termites’’

P.N. 6,691,563, ‘‘A Universal Dielectric 

Calibration Method And Apparatus 

For Moisture Content Determination 

In Particulate And Granular 

Materials’’

P.N. 6,692,963, ‘‘Method Of 

Reproducing Plants By Somatic 

Embryogenesis’’

P.N. 6,694,862, ‘‘Accessible Hand 

Pump’’

P.N. 6,696,282, ‘‘Fusarium 

Sporotrichioides Strains For 

Production Of Lycopene’’

P.N. 6,696,562, ‘‘Avian Astrovirus’’

P.N. 6,703,014, ‘‘Attractants And 

Repellants For Colorado Potato 

Beetle’’

P.N. 6,707,384, ‘‘Sensor Output Analog 

Processing—A Microcontroller-Based 

Insect Monitoring System’’

P.N. 6,709,763, ‘‘Formation Of 

Hydrophilic Polysaccharide Coatings 

On Hydrophobic Substrates’’

P.N. 6,710,166, ‘‘A 41 Kda 

Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocyst Wall 

Protein’’

P.N. 6,733,976, ‘‘Detection Of Bacterial 

Kidney Disease’’

P.N. 6,770,440, ‘‘Polymerase Chain 

Reaction Assay For The Detection Of 

Toxoplasma Gondii’’

P.N. 6,773,727, ‘‘Use Of Gossypol And 

Related Terpenes For Control Of 

Urban And Agricultural Pests’’

76902 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 246 / Thursday, December 23, 2004 / Notices 

P.N. 6,777,573, ‘‘A Method For The 

Synthesis Of Ceralure B1’’

June Blalock, 

Technology Licensing Program Coordinator.

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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.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the table grape variety designated 

‘‘Scarlet Royal’’ is available for licensing 

and that the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Agricultural Research 

Service, intends to grant to the 

California Table Grape Commission of 

Fresno, California, an exclusive license 

to this variety.

DATES: Comments must be received 

within ninety (90) calendar days of the 

date of publication of this Notice in the 

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

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 the California Table Grape 

Commission of Fresno, California, has 

submitted a complete and sufficient 

application for a license. 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 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 J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator.

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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.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the table grape variety designated 

‘‘Autumn King’’ is available for 

licensing and that the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Agricultural Research 

Service, intends to grant to the 

California Table Grape Commission of 

Fresno, California, an exclusive license 

to this variety.

DATES: Comments must be received 

within ninety (90) calendar days of the 

date of publication of this Notice in the 

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

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 the California Table Grape 

Commission of Fresno, California, has 

submitted a complete and sufficient 

application for a license. 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 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 J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator.

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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.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Federally owned invention 

disclosed in U.S. Patent Application No. 

10/184,005, ‘‘Use of Recombinant 

Bovine CD14 in the Treatment and 

Prevention of Coliform Mastitis in Dairy 

Cows’’, filed on June 27, 2002, is 

available for licensing and that the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural 

Research Service, intends to grant to 

Monsanto Company of St. Louis, 

Missouri, an exclusive license to this 

invention.

DATES: Comments must be received 

within ninety (90) calendar days of the 

date of publication of this Notice in the 

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

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 Monsanto Company of St. 

Louis, Missouri, has submitted a 

complete and sufficient application for 

a license. 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 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 J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator.

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