Change of Publication Manner for Notice of Invention Licenses
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Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) publishes notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses of Government-owned inventions at the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) business website (https://federallabs.org/licenses-list/all). VA must provide notice of its intent to license VA inventive subject matter in order to provide the public an opportunity to file written objections to the proposed license within at least a 15-day notice period. VA is announcing that, 15 days from the publication of this Notice, it will begin using the TechLink website (https://techlinkcenter.org) as its primary publication forum for providing notice. TechLink is a non- profit center of Montana State University. The TechLink website will serve as VA's primary forum for publishing notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign licenses licensing opportunities. However, if VA is unable to use the TechLink website due to technical problems or other unforeseen circumstances, VA will publish such notices at the FLC business website.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8341-8342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03124]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Change of Publication Manner for Notice of Invention Licenses
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) publishes
notices of prospective exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive
domestic or foreign licenses of Government-owned inventions at the
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) business
website (<a href="https://federallabs.org/licenses-list/all">https://federallabs.org/licenses-list/all</a>). VA must provide
notice of its intent to license VA inventive subject matter in order to
provide the public an opportunity to file written objections to the
proposed license within at least a 15-day notice period. VA is
announcing that, 15 days from the publication of this Notice, it will
begin using the TechLink website (<a href="https://techlinkcenter.org">https://techlinkcenter.org</a>) as its
primary publication forum for providing notice. TechLink is a non-
profit center of Montana State University. The TechLink website will
serve as VA's primary forum for publishing notices of prospective
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign
licenses licensing opportunities. However, if VA is unable to use the
TechLink website due to technical problems or other unforeseen
circumstances, VA will publish such notices at the FLC business
website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John J. Kaplan, Ph.D., J.D.,
Director, VA Technology Transfer Program (14RDTT), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420; at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8cc6e3e4e2a2c7edfce0ede2ccfaeda2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d2f7f0f6b6d3f9e8f4f9f6d8eef9b6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-632-7271. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), an
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic license, and,
pursuant to 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), an exclusive, co-exclusive or
partially exclusive foreign license, may be granted on Government-owned
inventions only if notice of a prospective license has been published
in the Federal Register or other appropriate manner, providing
opportunity for filing written objections within at least a 15-day
period. VA provides notice that, 15 days from the date of publication
of this Notice, it will begin publishing notices of prospective
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive domestic or foreign
licenses at the TechLink website, providing opportunity for filing
written objections within a 15-day period. If VA is unable to use the
TechLink website due to technical problems or other unforeseen
circumstances, VA will publish such notices at the FLC business
website.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
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document on February 8, 2022 and authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-03124 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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