Federal Register: August 25, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 165)
            
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Services

 
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 Yulex 
Corporation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, an exclusive license for 
U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/145,546 filed November 4, 1993 
and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/423,911 filed April 13, 1995, 
both entitled ``Hypoallergenic Natural Rubber Products from Parthenum 
argentatum (Gray) and other Non-Hevea brasiliensis Species.'' Notice of 
Availability for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/145,546 was 
published in the Federal Register on June 21, 1994. Serial No. 08/
423,911 is a division of Serial No. 08/145,546.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West, Baltimore Boulevard, 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 Yulex Corporation 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 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.
R.M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-21180 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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