[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29101]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office


Cancellation of Hearings and Cancellation of Request for Comments 
on Issues Relating to Patent Protection for Nucleic Acid Sequences

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of hearings and cancellation of request 
for comments.

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SUMMARY: On November 14, 1995 (60 FR 57223), the Patent and Trademark 
Office announced that it was holding public hearings and requesting 
written comments on issues relating to patent protection for nucleic 
acid sequences. The announced public hearings and request for comments 
are now cancelled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Esther Kepplinger by telephone at 
(703) 306-2714, by facsimile transmission to (703) 308-6879, by 
electronic mail at ``[email protected]'', or by mail marked to her 
attention addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of Patents, Box DAC, 
Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearing that was to be held on 
November 29, 1995 at the University of California, San Diego, The 
Mandeville Auditorium/Recital Hall, Muir Campus, La Jolla, California, 
and the public hearing that was to be held December 7, 1995 in Suite 
912, Commissioner's Conference Room, Crystal Park Building No. 2, 2121 
Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, have been cancelled. In addition, 
the request for comments announced November 14, 1995 (60 FR 57223) is 
also cancelled.

    Dated: November 22, 1995.
Lawrence J. Goffney, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Commissioner 
of Patents and Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 95-29101 Filed 11-22-95; 4:37 pm]
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