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Notices Federal Register

19569

Vol. 60, No. 75

Wednesday, April 19, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Government Owned Inventions

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Government Owned

Inventions Available for Licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned by the U.S. Government as

represented by the Department of

Agriculture, and are available for

Licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR 404 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

these inventions may be obtained by

writing to: June Blalock, Technology

Licensing Coordinator, USDA, ARS,

Room 401, Bldg. 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705; Phone 301–

504–5989 or Fax 301–504–5060. Issued

patents may be obtained from the

Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Patent

and Trademark Office, Washington, DC

20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

inventions available for licensing are:

8–199,436, Method and Apparatus for

Despining Cactus

8–273,244, System for Analyzing

Moisture Content of Materials Such as

Cotton

8–284,312, Microorganism Strains that

Produce a High Proportion of

Alternan to Dextran and Rapid

Screening Method to Select Same

8–289,818, Low Enhancement Serotype

2 Vaccine for Marek’s Diseases

8–334,085, A Direct Polymerase Chain

Reaction Assay, or BIO–PCR

8–334,089, Enzymatic Process for the

Isolation of Erucic Acid from

Vegetable Oils

8–336,079, Bioactive Coating for

Harvested Commodities

8–336,080, Controlled Release

Fumigation of Harvested Agricultural

Commodities

8–348,175, A Gonad-Specific Virus

Which Causes Sterility in the Corn

Earworm, Helicoverpa zea

8–352,650, System for Controlling

Vertical Displacement of Agricultural

Implements into the Soil

8–357,791, Assay for Enterohemorrhagic

Escherichia coli 0157:H7 by the

Polymerase Chain Reaction

8–373,177, Herbicidal Control of

Sicklepod and Coffee Senna with

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

8–380,182, A Bifunctional Protein from

Carrots (Daucus carota) with

Aspartokinase and Homoserine

dehydrogenase activities

8–390,833, Beneficial Insect Counting

and Packaging Device

8–390,834, Electronic Grain Probe Insect

Counter (EGPIC)

5,367,983, Device and Method for its

Use as an Aid in Control of Ticks and

Other Ectoparasites on Wildlife

June Blalock,

Technology Licensing Coordinator.

[FR Doc. 95–9666 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–M

Forest Service

Intergovernmental Advisory

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental

Advisory Committee (IAC) will meet on

May 4, 1995, at the Sheraton Portland

Airport Hotel, 8235 N.E. Airport Way,

Portland Oregon, 97230. The purpose of

the meeting is to continue discussions

on the implementation of the Northwest

Forest Plan. The meeting will begin at

9:00 a.m. on May 4 and continue until

5:00 p.m. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) A review and discussion of

comments on the revised federal

watershed analysis guide; (2) a

discussion of watershed restoration

projects and the federal ‘‘jobs-in-thewoods’’ program; (3) a report on role,

function and staffing requirements of

the IAC Research and Monitoring

subcommittee, and the Interorganization

Resource Information Coordinating

Council; (4) a discussion of recent

federal legislative action relative to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) and its relation to the IAC; and

(5) a discussion of topics to be

addressed at future meetings. The IAC

meeting will be open to the public.

Written comments may be submitted for

the record at the meeting. Time will also

be scheduled for oral public comments.

Interested persons are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may

be directed to Don Knowles, Executive

Director, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333

SW 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3623,

Portland, OR 97208 (Phone: 503–326–

6265).

Dated: April 5, 1995.

Donald R. Knowles,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 95–9655 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Form Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: 1995 National Census Test.

Form Number(s): DH–1A thru DH–1E.

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 2,550 hours.

Number of Respondents: 17,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 9 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The 1995 National

Census Test is designed to determine

what impact features, which represent

the integration of respondent–friendly

design and image capture requirements,

have on mail response and data quality

as measured by item nonresponse.

Specifically, features to be tested are:

Color—Blue vs. Green, Stapled vs.

Unstapled Booklet Form, Booklet Form

vs. Single Sheet Form, and Minor

Instructional Changes. Census short

forms having these varying features will

be mailed to a national sample of

approximately 17,000 households. The