[Federal Register: June 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 119)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

 
Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To 
Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability and Intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service, intends to grant to Anchor Industries, 
Inc. of Evansville, Indiana and to Weckworth Manufacturing, Inc. of 
Wichita, Kansas, co-exclusive licenses to the invention disclosed in 
U.S. Patent No. 5,921,388 (S.N. 09/199,610) issued on July 13, 1999, 
entitled ``Quick Deployment Fire Shelter'' and U.S. Patent Application 
Serial No. 10/286,176, filed November 1, 2002, entitled ``Radiant and 
Convective Heat Resistant Materials and Emergency Fire Shelter Made 
Therefrom'', and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/741,794, filed 
December 19, 2003, entitled ``An Emergency Fire Shelter Storage 
System'' and foreign equivalents. Notice of availability for U.S. 
Patent No. 5,921,388 (S.N. 09/199,610) was published in the Federal 
Register on August 23, 1999.

DATES: Comments must be received within ninety (90) calendar days of 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Janet I. Stockhausen, USDA Forest Service, 
One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2398.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet I. Stockhausen of the USDA 
Forest Service at the Madison address given above; telephone: 608-231-
9502; fax: 608-231-9508; or e-mail: jstockhausen@fs.fed.us.

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 Weckworth Manufacturing, Inc. 
and Anchor Industries, Inc. have submitted a complete and sufficient 
application for a license. The prospective 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 Forest 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.

Michael D. Ruff,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-14095 Filed 6-21-04; 8:45 am]

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