5514 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 21 / Wednesday, February 2, 2005 / Notices 

Dated: January 28, 2005. 

Martha Curry, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Office of Research and Development; 

Government Owned Invention 

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Office of Research and 

Development.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned 

invention available for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

owned by the U.S. Government as 

represented by the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, and is available for 

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or CRADA 

Collaboration under 15 U.S.C. 3710a 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 

the invention may be obtained by 

writing to: Sal Sheredos, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, Acting Director 

Technology Transfer Program, Office of 

Research and Development, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20420; fax: (202) 254–0473; e-mail at: 

saleem@vard.org. Any request for 

information should include the Number 

and Title for the relevant invention as 

indicated below. Issued patents may be 

obtained from the Commissioner of 

Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention available for licensing is:

U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/

580,727 ‘‘Surgically Implantable Perineal 

Urinary Incontinence Device’’

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

Anthony J. Principi, 

Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Office of Research and Development; 

Government Owned Invention 

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Office of Research and 

Development.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned 

invention available for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

owned by the U.S. Government as 

represented by the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, and is available for 

licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

207 and 37 CFR part 404 and/or CRADA 

Collaboration under 15 U.S.C. 3710a 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 

the invention may be obtained by 

writing to: Sal Sheredos, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, Acting Director 

Technology Transfer Program, Office of 

Research and Development, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420; fax: (202) 254–0473; e-mail at: 

saleem@vard.org. Any request for 

information should include the Number 

and Title for the relevant invention as 

indicated below. Issued patents may be 

obtained from the Commissioner of 

Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention available for licensing is:

US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/

566,099 ‘‘Transgenic Screen and Method 

for Screening Modulators of Brain-Derived 

Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Production 

Utilizing Pufferfish BDNF Gene Promoters’’

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

Anthony J. Principi, 

Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on the 

Readjustment of Veterans Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on the Readjustment of 

Veterans will be held Thursday and 

Friday, February 17 and 18, 2005, from 

8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on both days, at 

The American Legion, Washington 

Office, 1608 K Street, NW., Washington, 

DC. The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

review the post-war readjustment needs 

of veterans and to evaluate the 

availability and effectiveness of VA 

programs to meet these needs. 

The agenda for February 17 will focus 

on military service-related needs of 

returning combatants from the war on 

terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

Particular attention will be given to the 

unique post-deployment needs of 

National Guard and Reserve personnel. 

The day’s activities will also cover the 

coordination of services between VA 

and the Department of Defense to ensure 

continuity of care and a seamless 

transition for returning war veterans. 

On February 18, the Committee will 

be provided with an update of the 

current activities of the Readjustment 

Counseling Service Vet Center program 

to outreach and serve the veterans 

returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. 

The agenda for February 18 will also 

include strategic planning activities to 

formulate goals and objectives for the 

coming year. In addition, the Committee 

will formulate recommendations for 

submission to Congress in its annual 

report. 

No time will be allocated at this 

meeting for receiving oral presentations 

from the public. However, members of 

the public may direct written questions 

or submit prepared statements for 

review by the Committee in advance of 

the meeting to Mr. Charles M. Flora, 

M.S.W., Designated Federal Officer, 

Readjustment Counseling Service, 

Department of Veterans Affairs (15), 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Those who plan to attend or 

have questions concerning the meeting 

may contact Mr. Flora at (202) 273–8969 

or charles.flora@hq.med.va.gov.

Dated: January 19, 2005.

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer.

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