[Federal Register: September 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 185)]
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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 Mainstream 
Engineering Corporation of Rockledge, Florida an exclusive license to 
U.S. Patent No. 6,126,722, ``Electrostatic Reduction System for 
Reducing Airborne Dust and Microorganisms,'' issued on October 3, 2000. 
Notice of Availability of this invention for licensing was published in 
the Federal Register on July 27, 1999.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 24, 2003.

ADDRESS: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.

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 in 
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 Mainstream Engineering 
Corporation of Rockledge, Florida has 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 license may be granted 
unless, within thirty (30) 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.

Michael D. Ruff,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-24178 Filed 9-23-03; 8:45 am]

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