[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 54116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22047]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive License of the 
United States Patent Application No. 12/243,084, Filed October 01, 
2008, Entitled: Soluble Salt Produced From a Biopolymer and a Process 
for Producing the Salt

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made 
of a prospective partially exclusive license of the following U.S. 
Patent Application 12/243,084, Filed October 01, 2008, to Green & Grow 
LLC for use in agricultural applications and products (to include crop 
preparation, cover crop, seed germination, seed coatings, side 
dressing, lawn application and starter ground cover) and applications 
in the fields of soil and slope stabilization, enhanced bioremediation, 
dust and run-off control, fly ash removal, emissions particulate 
removal, metal and inorganic chelation in soils and water, soil 
erosion, road stabilizer, and dust suppression.

DATES: Written objections must be filed not later than 15 days 
following publication of this announcement.

ADDRESSES: United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 
Attn: CEERD-OT (Ms. Bea Shahin), 2902 Newmark Drive, Champaign, IL 
6182-1076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bea Shahin (217) 373-7234, FAX 
(217) 373-7210, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This patent application claims a method by 
which a biologically-natural material can be produced in bioreactors 
and transformed for use as a dry solid. The resulting biopolymer 
material can be used in place of synthetic, petroleum-based polymers 
for soil amendment applications to achieve increased soil strength, 
reduced air transport, and decreased soil erosion. During processing, 
the biopolymer also can be functionalized to improve its adsorption of 
heavy metals.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-22047 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am]
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