Federal Register: July 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 143)

Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Respiratory Syncytial

Virus Vaccine or Therapeutic

AGENCY: Technology Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37

CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), Technology Transfer Office, Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), is contemplating the grant of a worldwide exclusive license to practice the inventions embodied in the patent referred to below to Trellis Bioscience, Inc., having a place of business in South

San Francisco, CA. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the government of the United States of America. The patent(s) to be licensed are: U.S. Patent Application 11/139,372 entitled ``Compositions and Methods for Modulating RSV Infection and

Immunity,'' priority date 10.18.2000, and all related foreign patent applications. CDC Technology ID No. I-022-00.

Status: Published.

Priority Date: 10.18.2000

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.

Technology: This technology provides new methods for prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of this patent application, inquiries, comments, and other materials relating to the contemplated license should be directed to Andrew Watkins, J.D., Ph.D., Director, Technology

Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770

Buford Highway, Mailstop K-79, Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone: (770) 488- 8600; facsimile: (770) 488-8615. Applications for a license filed in response to this notice will be treated as objections to the grant of the contemplated license. Only written comments and/or applications for a license which are received by CDC within thirty days of this notice will be considered. Comments and objections submitted in response to this notice will not be made available for public inspection, and, to the extent permitted by law, will not be released under the Freedom of

Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.

Dated: June 17, 2008.

James D. Seligman,

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

FR Doc. E8-16943 Filed 7-23-08; 8:45 am

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