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Notice.
The National Eye Institute, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, institutes of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, are contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to VegaVect, Inc., a start-up company spun-off from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Enterprises and incorporated as a C corporation under the laws of the state of Delaware, to practice the inventions covered by the patent estate listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. This is a second notice intended to apprise the public of a change in prospective licensee of the subject intellectual property rights in the stated field of use from a first notice: Prospective Grant of An Exclusive Patent License: Gene Therapy for Ocular Disease, published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2019.
Only written comments and/or applications for a license which are received by the National Cancer Institute's Technology Transfer Center (representing the National Eye Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (representing the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) on or before July 31, 2020 will be considered.
Requests for copies of the patent application, inquiries, and ( printed page 43247) comments relating to the contemplated an exclusive patent license should be directed to: Michael Shmilovich, Esq., Senior Licensing and Patent Manager, 31 Center Drive Room 4A29, MSC2479, Bethesda, MD 20892-2479, phone number 301-435-5019, or shmilovm@mail.nih.gov.
| NIH ref No. | Title | Patent application No. | Filing date | Issued patent No. | Issue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-284-2012-0-US-01 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | 61/765,654 | February 15, 2013 | ||
| E-284-2012-1-US-01 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | 61/815,636 | April 24, 2013 | ||
| E-284-2012-2-PCT-01 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | PCT/US2014/16389 | February 14, 2014 | ||
| E-284-2012-2-AU-02 | AAV8 retinoschisin expression vector for treating X-linked retinoschisis | 2014216160 | February 14, 2014 | 2014216160 | July 13, 2017. |
| E-284-2012-2-CA-03 | AAV8 retinoschisin expression vector for treating X-linked retinoschisis | 2900231 | February 14, 2014 | 2900231 | July 30, 2019. |
| E-284-2012-2-JP-04 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | 2015-558144 | February 14, 2014 | 6449175 | December 14, 2018. |
| E-284-2012-2-US-05 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | 14/766,842 | February 14, 2014 | 9,873,893 | January 23, 2018. |
| E-284-2012-2-US-07 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | 15/876,821 | February 14, 2014 | 10,350,306 | July 16, 2019. |
| E-284-2012-2-EP-06 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | 14708176.4 | February 14, 2014 | ||
| E-284-2012-2-PCT-08 | Methods And Compositions For Treating Genetically Linked Diseases Of The Eye | PCT/US2019/14418 | January 21, 2019 | ||
| E-164-2018-0-US-01 | Intraocular Delivery Of Gene Therapy Expression Vectors | 62/701,267 | July 20, 2018 | ||
| E-164-2018-1-US-01 | Intraocular Delivery Of Gene Therapy Expression Vectors | 62/724,480 | August 29, 2018 | ||
| E-164-2018-2-US-01 | Intraocular Delivery Of Gene Therapy Expression Vectors | 62/768,590 | November 16, 2019 | ||
| E-164-2018-3-PCT-01 | Intraocular Delivery Of Gene Therapy Expression Vectors | PCT/US2019/042365 | July 18, 2019 |
All U.S. and foreign patents and applications claiming priority to any member of the above.
The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned or exclusively licensed to the Government of the United States of America.
The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and in fields of use that may be limited to human therapeutics for (1) X-linked juvenile retinoschisis and (2) schisis cavity associated ocular disease or injury.
The aforementioned patent estates cover inventions directed to gene therapy and specifically, expression vectors and therapeutic methods of using such vectors in the treatment of ocular diseases resulting from failure to produce or the defective production of an ocular protein. This invention is also directed to methods of administering expression vectors capable of modulating a target gene or gene product for the treatment of ocular disease.
This notice is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty bearing. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published notice, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute receives written evidence and argument that establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404.
In response to this notice, the public may file comments or objections. Comments and objections, other than those in the form of a license application, will not be treated confidentially, and may be made publicly available.
License applications submitted in response to this notice will be presumed to contain business confidential information and any release of information in these license applications will be made only as required and upon a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
Dated: July 2, 2020.
Michael Shmilovich,
Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 2020-15340 Filed 7-15-20; 8:45 am]
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