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Vol. 78, No. 48 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to VHN Enterprises, LLC of San 

Francisco, California, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent No. 7,858,125, 

‘‘MULTI-COMPONENT BIOCIDE 

COMPOSITION FOR WOOD 

PROTECTION’’, issued on December 28, 

2010. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 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 in 

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 VHN Enterprises, LLC of 

San Francisco, 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 thirty (30) 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. 

Robert Griesbach, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05603 Filed 3–11–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0014] 

Information Sharing With Agency 

Stakeholders: Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

ACTION: Request for information and 

notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: We are informing the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is soliciting 

feedback from our stakeholders 

regarding cross-Agency strategic 

priorities. We are also announcing that 

APHIS is hosting a public meeting to 

share information about the Agency’s 

budget and program restructuring, as 

well as to provide an opportunity for 

stakeholders to ask questions and share 

their perspective. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 11, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon. 

We will accept stakeholder feedback on 

the specific topics raised in this notice 

until May 13, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

room 107A at the USDA Whitten 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. You may submit 

feedback on the topics covered in this 

notice to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or by 

submitting a comment using the 

Regulations.gov Web site (http://www.

regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=

APHIS-2013-0014-0001). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Hallie Zimmers, Adviser for State and 

Stakeholder Relations, APHIS, Room 

1153, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250; phone (202) 

799–7029. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its ongoing efforts to enhance 

stakeholder communication and 

information sharing, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is hosting an open 

meeting with all interested stakeholders 

to discuss the Agency’s budget, pending 

program restructuring and potential 

impacts, and several cross-Agency 

strategic priorities. 

Like all Federal agencies, APHIS is 

facing a number of new and evolving 

challenges, including decreasing 

budgets, fewer available resources, and 

the continued need to successfully 

balance science, policy, and public 

opinion. As we plan for how to position 

APHIS to meet these and other 

challenges, our commitment to our 

animal and plant health mission 

remains firm. In keeping with this 

commitment, we want to continue to 

improve our business strategies and 

program delivery methods to enhance 

our overall effectiveness. As we begin to 

consider new opportunities and rethink 

current business practices, we want to 

engage our stakeholders in a dialog early 

in the process to ensure we’re in 

alignment with our customers’ needs. In 

particular, we are interested in your 

perspective regarding: 

• Public and private partnerships, 

such as disease management and 

eradication programs that benefit from 

State and industry contributions. 

• Non-regulatory solutions, such as 

compliance and education programs 

that can be used, when appropriate, to 

achieve results without the need for 

rulemaking. 

• New technology that encourages 

commerce or enhances APHIS’ ability to 

protect American agriculture. 

• Customer service improvements 

that make it easier for stakeholders to do 

business with APHIS. 

These are just a few examples; we 

believe many additional opportunities 

exist under the broad priorities of public 

and private partnerships, non-regulatory 

solutions, new technology and customer 

service. APHIS will speak to how the 

Agency is considering and already using 

these cross-Agency strategic priorities in 

greater depth at the public meeting. 

Ultimately, we believe stakeholders are 

in a unique position to provide insight 

and offer up new approaches that will 

enable APHIS to more effectively carry 

out our animal and plant mission and 

better serve our many customers. 

You may submit your thoughts and 

feedback by responding to this notice 

(see ADDRESSES above) or by emailing 

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