{"abstract":"This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Technology Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is thinking of giving a co-exclusive license in Africa, and an exclusive license in all territories other than Africa, in the field of use of veterinary vaccines, to practice the inventions listed in the patent applications referred to below to Merial Limited, having a place of business in Duluth, Georgia. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the government of the United States of America. The patent application(s) to be licensed are:","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/11/16/2012-27897.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"77 FR 68783","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2012-12-17","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Only written comments and/or applications for a license which are received by CDC on or before December 17, 2012 will be considered.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-27897","effective_on":null,"end_page":68784,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/11/16/2012-27897.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/11/16/2012-27897/prospective-grant-of-exclusive-license-veterinary-vaccines-for-rift-valley-fever-virus","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-27897?publication_date=2012-11-16","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-11-16/2012-27897/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":54,"last_updated":"2026-08-25 10:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-16/pdf/2012-27897.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-27897.pdf?1352987544","publication_date":"2012-11-16","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/11/16/2012-27897.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2012-12-06T08:05:31Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":68783,"subtype":null,"title":"Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Veterinary Vaccines for Rift Valley Fever Virus","toc_doc":"Veterinary Vaccines for Rift Valley Fever Virus","toc_subject":"Prospective Grant of Exclusive Licenses:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":77}