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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 44 

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Docket No. ST–07–01] 

Plant Variety Protection Board; Open 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the Plant 

Variety Protection Board. 

DATES: March 20 and 21, 2007, 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture George Washington Carver 

Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 

4–2223, Beltsville, Maryland. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Janice M. Strachan, Plant Variety 

Protection Office, Science and 

Technology Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture, Telephone 

number (301) 504–5518, fax (301) 504– 

5291, or e-mail PVPOmail@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice is given regarding a Plant Variety 

Protection (PVP) Board meeting. The 

board is constituted under section 7 of 

the PVP Act (7 U.S.C. 2327). The 

proposed agenda for the meeting will 

include discussions of: (1) The 

accomplishments of the PVP Office, (2) 

the financial status of the PVP Office, (3) 

E-business update, (4) Discussion of 

current program operations and 

policies, and (5) other related topics. 

Upon entering the George Washington 

Carver Center, visitors should inform 

security personnel that they are 

attending the PVP Board Meeting. 

Identification will be required to be 

admitted to the building. Security 

personnel will direct visitors to the 

registration table located outside of 

Room 4–2223. Registration upon arrival 

is necessary for all participants. 

If you require accommodations, such 

as sign language interpreter, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Minutes 

of the meeting will be available for 

public review 30 days following the 

meeting at the address listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The 

minutes will also be posted on the 

Internet web site http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/ 

PVPindex.htm. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3939 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

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 Accent Engineering, Inc. of 

Lubbock, Texas, an exclusive license to 

U.S. Patent No. 5,539,637, ‘‘BiologicallyIdentified Optimal Temperature 

Interactive Console (BIOTIC) for 

Managing Irrigation,’’ issued on July 23, 

1996. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within thirty (30) 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, 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 Accent Engineering, Inc. of 

Lubbock, Texas 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. 

Richard J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–3934 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

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 Hepalife Technologies, Inc. of 

Boston, Massachusetts, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent No. 5,532,156, 

‘‘Hepatocyte Cell Line Derived from the 

Epiblast of Pig Blastocysts’’, issued on 

July 2, 8, 1996 and to U.S. Patent No. 

5,866,420, ‘‘Artificial Liver Device’’, 

issued on February 1, 1999. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within thirty (30) 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 intellectual 

property rights to this invention are 

assigned to the United States of 

America, as represented by the 


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