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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.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Cargil, 
Inc., of Wayzata, Minnesota, an exclusive license to Patent No. 
5,710,099 issued January 20, 1998, and divisional application 08/
887,679, filed July 3, 1997 which will issue as Patent No. 5,854,178 on 
December 29, 1998, both entitled ``Bioactive Compounds.'' Notice of 
availability was published in the Federal Register on July 18, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 15, 1999.

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 Cargil, Inc., 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.
[FR Doc. 99-619 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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