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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 11

Wednesday, January 17, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Federal Invention Available

for Licensing and Intent To Grant an

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. Patent

Application No. 09/304,352 filed May 4,

1999, entitled ‘‘Chemical Compositions

That Attract Arthropods,’’ is available

for licensing and the U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Agricultural Research

Service, intends to grant to the

University of Florida Research

Foundation, Inc., of Gainesville, Florida,

an exclusive license to this invention.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 17, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4–1158,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June

Blalock of the Office of Technology

Transfer at the Beltsville address given

above; telephone: 301–504–5257.

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. 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.

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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 (USDA),

intends to grant to Viral Therapeutics of

Ithaca, New York, an exclusive license

to the invention disclosed in U.S. Patent

No. 6,017,713 issued on January 25,

2000, entitled ‘‘Ferritin Formation as a

Predictor of Iron Availability in Foods.’’

Notice of Availability was published in

the Federal Register on November 3,

1999.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1158,

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 the U.S.

Government’s rights in this invention as

Viral Therapeutics 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 sixty (60) 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 00–091–2]

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on

Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases;

Solicitation for Membership

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the

Secretary anticipates reestablishing the

Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal

and Poultry Diseases for a 2-year period.

The Secretary is soliciting nominations

for membership for this Committee.

This is the second notice calling for

nominations. Previous nominations

need not be resubmitted.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

nominations received on or before

March 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be

addressed to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Joe Annelli, Chief Staff Veterinarian,

Emergency Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700

River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD

20737–1231; (301) 734–8073.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on

Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases

(the Committee) advises the Secretary of

Agriculture on actions necessary to keep

foreign diseases of livestock and poultry

from being introduced into the United

States. In addition, the Committee

advises on contingency planning and on

maintaining a state of preparedness to

deal with these diseases, if introduced.

The Committee Chairperson and Vice

Chairperson shall be elected by the

Committee from among its members.

Terms expired for the current

members of the Committee in December

2000. We are soliciting nominations

from interested organizations and

individuals to replace members on the