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Vol. 63, No. 14

Thursday, January 22, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Commission on 21st Century

Production Agriculture Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Notice of establishment and

meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) has established the

Commission on 21st Century Production

Agriculture. In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of

the first meeting of the Commission on

21st Century Production Agriculture.

The purpose of this meeting is to

consider organizational matters,

operational procedures, and personnel

matters. This meeting will be open to

the public (limited only by space

available) except when in executive

session to consider personnel matters.

PLACE, DATE, AND TIME OF MEETING: The

meeting will be held in Room 221–A,

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20250, from 9:00 am–

5 pm on February 2, 1998, and 9:00 am–

noon on February 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keith J. Collins (202–720–5955), Chief

Economist, Room 112–A, Jamie L.

Whitten Federal Building, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–3810.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

Keith J. Collins,

Chief Economist.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Federal Invention Available

for Licensing and Intent To Grant CoExclusive Licenses

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability and intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

Federally owned invention U.S. Serial

No. 08/876,800, filed June 16, 1997,

entitled, ‘‘Apparatus and Procedure for

Placement of Bale Ties’’ is available for

licensing and the U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Agricultural Research

Service, intends to grant to Harrell

Equipment Company, Inc., of Pelham,

Georgia, and Leggett & Platt Packaging

Group, of Carthage, Missouri, coexclusive licenses to Serial No. 08/

876,800.

DATES: Comments must be received by

April 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350.

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 Harrell Equipment

Company, Inc., and the Leggett & Platt

Packaging Group, have submitted

complete and sufficient applications for

licenses. The prospective co-exclusive

licenses 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 co-exclusive licenses 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 licenses would not be

consistent with the requirements of 35

U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,

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 a

Federally owned invention U.S. Serial

No. 08/890,890, filed July 10, 1997,

entitled, ‘‘Device and Method for

Reducing Bale Packaging Forces’’ is

available for licensing and the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural

Research Service, intends to grant to

Leggett & Platt Packaging Group, of

Carthage, Missouri, an exclusive license

to Serial No. 08/890,890.

DATES: Comments must be received by

April 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350.

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 Leggett & Platt Packaging

Group, 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 M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–1507 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

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