[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)] [Notices] [Page 33459] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2016-12460] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 102 / Thursday, May 26, 2016 / Notices [[Page 33459]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Service Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Terra Blue, Inc. of Clinton, North Carolina, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent No. 8,445,253, ``High Performance Nitrifying Sludge for High Ammonium Concentration and Low Temperature Wastewater Treatment,'' issued on May 21, 2013 and U.S. Patent Serial No. 13/742,542, ``High Performance Nitrifying Sludge for High Ammonium Concentration and Low Temperature Wastewater Treatment,'' filed on January 16, 2013. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 27, 2016. ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mojdeh Bahar 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 these inventions 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 Terra Blue, Inc. of Clinton, North Carolina, 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 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. Mojdeh Bahar, Assistant Administrator. [FR Doc. 2016-12460 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-03-P