[Federal Register: March 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 50)]
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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 Federally owned invention(s) 
disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,122,188, ``Vegetable oil-based printing 
ink'', issued on June 16, 1992, Patent No. 5,713,990, ``Vegetable oil-
based offset printing inks'', issued February 3, 1998, and Patent No. 
6,583,302, ``Chemically modified vegetable oil-based industrial 
fluid'', issued June 24, 2003 are available for licensing and that the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends 
to grant to Agri-Lube, Inc. of Defiance, Ohio, an exclusive license to 
these inventions.

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: 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 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 these inventions as Agri-Lube, Inc. of Defiance, 
Ohio 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 ninety 
(90) 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. 04-5709 Filed 3-12-04; 8:45 am]

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