[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53321-53322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21643]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Prospective Grant of a Co-Exclusive License: Natural Plant 
Extracts From Incense Cedar as Pest Control Agents and Methods for 
Their Use

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 
CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Technology Transfer Office of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is contemplating the grant of 
worldwide co-exclusive licenses to practice the inventions embodied in 
the patents referred to below to Allylix, Incorporated and Valent 
BioSciences Corporation, having places of business in San Diego, CA and 
Libertyville, IL, respectively. The patent rights in these inventions 
have been assigned to the government of the United States of America. 
The patent(s) to be licensed are:

    U.S. Pat. No. 7,629,387, ``Compounds for Pest Control and 
Methods for Their Use,'' issued December 8, 2009; and U.S. Pat. No. 
7,129,271, ``Compounds for Pest Control and Methods for Their Use,'' 
issued October 31, 2006; and all related foreign patent 
applications. Inventors: Marc C. Dolan, Nicholas A. Panella, Joseph 
J. Karchesy, Gary O. Maupin. [CDC Tech. ID No. I-024-00]; and U.S. 
Pat. No. 7,230,033, ``Pest Control Compositions and Methods for 
Their Use,'' issued June 12, 2007. Inventors: Marc C. Dolan, 
Nicholas A. Panella, Gabrielle E. B. Dietrich, Joseph J. Karchesy, 
Gary O. Maupin [CDC Tech. ID No. I-028-04].
    Additional rights to be licensed are: ``Natural Plant Extracts 
from Incense Cedar as Pest Control Agents and Methods for Their 
Use,'' submitted February 21, 2008. Inventors: Marc C. Dolan, 
Nicholas A. Panella, and Joseph J. Karchesy [CDC Tech. ID No. I-019-
08].

    Patent Status: Various.
    Earliest Priority Date: December 8, 2000.
    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.

Technology

    This technology identifies biologically active fractions of 
essential oil of Alaska yellow cedar which are insecticidal and 
acaricidal. These natural compounds were found to be active for up to 
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weeks against the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis; the mosquito vector, 
Aedes aegypti; and the flea vector, Xenopsylla cheopsis.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of these patent applications, patents, 
and technology disclosures, inquiries, comments, and other materials 
relating to the contemplated license should be directed to Andrew 
Watkins, J.D., Ph.D., Director, Technology Transfer Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Highway, Mailstop K-
79, Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone: (770) 488-8600; facsimile: (770) 488-
8615.
    Applications for a license filed in response to this notice will be 
treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated licenses. Only 
written comments and/or applications for a license which are received 
by CDC within thirty days of this notice will be considered. Comments 
and objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made 
available for public inspection, and, to the extent permitted by law, 
will not be released under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 
552.

    Dated: August 25, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-21643 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am]
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