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 Oregon State University of Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license to the variety of blackberry described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 17/697,907, ‘THUNDERHEAD,’ filed on March 17, 2022.
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 Federal Government's patent rights in this plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. 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