Name of License: Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License
Summary: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to AgroSource, Inc. of Tequesta, Florida, an exclusive license to the Federal Government’s rights in Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/US20/51356 “COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING A PLANT CHARACTERISTIC WITHOUT MODIFYING THE PLANT GENOME,” filed by AgroSource, Inc. on September 18, 2020.
Tech Name:
Compositions and Methods for Modifying a Plant Characteristic without modifying the plant genome
Dates: Comments must be received on or before December 12, 2022.
Address: Send comments to: Diana D. Halsey, Technology Licensing Specialist, USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 301-504-4878, [email protected].
For Further Information Contact: Diana D. Halsey, Technology Licensing Specialist, USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 301-504-4878, [email protected].
Supplementary Information: The patent rights in this invention are co-owned by the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, and AgroSource, Inc. of Tequesta, Florida. The prospective exclusive license will grant to the co-owner, AgroSource, Inc., an exclusive license to the Federal Government’s patent rights. It is in the public interest to so license this invention as AgroSource, Inc. of Tequesta, Florida 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.
BRIAN T. NAKANISHI, Assistant Administrator
Posting date: November 10, 2022