Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of Fusion Proteins for the Treatment of Growth Disorders and Diseases of Cartilage Degeneration, 14022-14023 [2022-05140]

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[FR Doc. 2022–05135 Filed 3–10–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and Commercialization of Fusion Proteins for the Treatment of Growth Disorders and Diseases of Cartilage Degeneration AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ACTION: National Institutes of Health SUMMARY: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; NIDDK Data Coordinating Center. PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Cancer Institute, both institutes of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, are contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patents and Patent Applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this Notice to Cavalry Biosciences, Inc. of San Francisco, CA. DATES: Only written comments and/or applications for a license which are received by the National Cancer Institute’s Technology Transfer Center on or before March 28, 2022 will be considered. Requests for copies of the patent applications, inquiries, and comments relating to the contemplated Exclusive Patent License should be directed to: Richard T. Girards, Jr., Esq., MBA, Senior Technology Transfer Manager, National Institutes of Health, ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\11MRN1.SGM 11MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 48 / Friday, March 11, 2022 / Notices NCI Technology Transfer Center by email (richard.girards@nih.gov) or phone (240–276–6825). Intellectual Property lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 E–003–2014: Agents That Specifically Bind Matrilin-3 and Their Use/Cartilage Targeting Agents and Their Use 1. United States Provisional Patent Application No. 61/927,904, filed 15 January 2014 (HHS Reference No. E– 003–2014–0–US–01); 2. United States Patent No. 10,323,083, issued 18 June 2019 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–US–06); 3. United States Patent No. 10,954,291, issued 23 March 2021 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–US–07); 4. United States Patent Application No. 17/177,644, filed 17 February 2021 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–US– 12); 5. International Patent Application No. PCT/US2015/011433, filed 14 January 2015 (HHS Reference No. E– 003–2014–0–PCT–02); 6. Australia Patent No. 2015206515, issued 26 March 2020 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–AU–03); 7. Canada Patent Application No. 2931005, filed 14 January 2015 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–CA–04); 8. European Patent No. 3 094 350 B1, issued 04 March 2020 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–EP–05) and all of its national validations; 9. European Patent Application No. 19219282.1, filed 14 January 2015 (HHS Reference No. E–003–2014–0–EP–11); and 10. any and all other U.S. and ex-U.S. patents and patent applications claiming priority to any one of the foregoing, now or in the future. The patent and patent application rights in these inventions have been assigned and/or exclusively licensed to the government of the United States of America. The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and the fields of use may be limited to the following: The manufacture, distribution, sale and use of fusion proteins for the treatment of (a) growth disorders and (b) diseases of cartilage degeneration. These technologies disclose, e.g., monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments that specifically bind to matrilin-3, conjugates including these molecules, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies, antigen binding fragments and conjugates. Also disclosed are compositions including the disclosed antibodies, antigen binding fragments, conjugates, and nucleic acid molecules. Methods of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Mar 10, 2022 Jkt 256001 treating or inhibiting a cartilage disorder in a subject, as well as methods of increasing chondrogenesis in cartilage tissue are further provided. The methods can be used, for example, for treating or inhibiting a growth plate disorder in a subject, such as a skeletal dysplasia or short stature. This Notice is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty bearing, and the prospective exclusive license may be granted unless within fifteen (15) days from the date of this published Notice, the National Cancer 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 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 from 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: March 7, 2022. Richard U. Rodriguez, Associate Director, Technology Transfer Center, National Cancer Institute. [FR Doc. 2022–05140 Filed 3–10–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of the following meetings. The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14023 Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Advancing Gender Inclusive Excellence (AGIE)— Coordinating Center U54. Date: April 8, 2022. Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Shivani Sharma, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (240) 507–7661, shivani.sharma@nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small Business: Initiative Research in Hematology. Date: April 11, 2022. Time: 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Larry Pinkus, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4132, MSC 7802, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 1214, pinkusl@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small Business: Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Sciences. Date: April 14, 2022. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Baskaran Thyagarajan, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 800B, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 867–5309, thyagarajanb2@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict: Virology. Date: April 15, 2022. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Kumud Singh, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesa, MD 20892, (301) 761–7830, kumud.singh@nih.gov. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14022-14023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05140]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development and 
Commercialization of Fusion Proteins for the Treatment of Growth 
Disorders and Diseases of Cartilage Degeneration

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health 
and Human Development and the National Cancer Institute, both 
institutes of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health 
and Human Services, are contemplating the grant of an Exclusive Patent 
License to practice the inventions embodied in the Patents and Patent 
Applications listed in the Supplementary Information section of this 
Notice to Cavalry Biosciences, Inc. of San Francisco, CA.

DATES: Only written comments and/or applications for a license which 
are received by the National Cancer Institute's Technology Transfer 
Center on or before March 28, 2022 will be considered.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the patent applications, inquiries, 
and comments relating to the contemplated Exclusive Patent License 
should be directed to: Richard T. Girards, Jr., Esq., MBA, Senior 
Technology Transfer Manager, National Institutes of Health,

[[Page 14023]]

NCI Technology Transfer Center by email ([email protected]) or 
phone (240-276-6825).

Intellectual Property

E-003-2014: Agents That Specifically Bind Matrilin-3 and Their Use/
Cartilage Targeting Agents and Their Use

    1. United States Provisional Patent Application No. 61/927,904, 
filed 15 January 2014 (HHS Reference No. E-003-2014-0-US-01);
    2. United States Patent No. 10,323,083, issued 18 June 2019 (HHS 
Reference No. E-003-2014-0-US-06);
    3. United States Patent No. 10,954,291, issued 23 March 2021 (HHS 
Reference No. E-003-2014-0-US-07);
    4. United States Patent Application No. 17/177,644, filed 17 
February 2021 (HHS Reference No. E-003-2014-0-US-12);
    5. International Patent Application No. PCT/US2015/011433, filed 14 
January 2015 (HHS Reference No. E-003-2014-0-PCT-02);
    6. Australia Patent No. 2015206515, issued 26 March 2020 (HHS 
Reference No. E-003-2014-0-AU-03);
    7. Canada Patent Application No. 2931005, filed 14 January 2015 
(HHS Reference No. E-003-2014-0-CA-04);
    8. European Patent No. 3 094 350 B1, issued 04 March 2020 (HHS 
Reference No. E-003-2014-0-EP-05) and all of its national validations;
    9. European Patent Application No. 19219282.1, filed 14 January 
2015 (HHS Reference No. E-003-2014-0-EP-11); and
    10. any and all other U.S. and ex-U.S. patents and patent 
applications claiming priority to any one of the foregoing, now or in 
the future.
    The patent and patent application rights in these inventions have 
been assigned and/or exclusively licensed to the government of the 
United States of America.
    The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide and 
the fields of use may be limited to the following: The manufacture, 
distribution, sale and use of fusion proteins for the treatment of (a) 
growth disorders and (b) diseases of cartilage degeneration.
    These technologies disclose, e.g., monoclonal antibodies and 
antibody fragments that specifically bind to matrilin-3, conjugates 
including these molecules, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the 
antibodies, antigen binding fragments and conjugates. Also disclosed 
are compositions including the disclosed antibodies, antigen binding 
fragments, conjugates, and nucleic acid molecules. Methods of treating 
or inhibiting a cartilage disorder in a subject, as well as methods of 
increasing chondrogenesis in cartilage tissue are further provided. The 
methods can be used, for example, for treating or inhibiting a growth 
plate disorder in a subject, such as a skeletal dysplasia or short 
stature.
    This Notice is made in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 
404. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty bearing, and the 
prospective exclusive license may be granted unless within fifteen (15) 
days from the date of this published Notice, the National Cancer 
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 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 from 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: March 7, 2022.
Richard U. Rodriguez,
Associate Director, Technology Transfer Center, National Cancer 
Institute.
[FR Doc. 2022-05140 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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