Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Development of In Vitro Diagnostics for the Detection of Diseases or Pathogenic Agents

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This notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant to Omega Diagnostics Group PLC ("Omega"), a company incorporated under the laws of the United Kingdom, having an office in Alva, Scotland, an exclusive patent license to practice the following inventions embodied in the following patent applications: US Provisional Patent Application No.60/846,354, entitled, "(S,S)-trans- 1,2-cyclopentane Diamine-modified and Gamma-lysine-modified Peptide Nucleic Acids as Probes for Nucleic Acid Detection: Synthesis and Applications," filed 22 Sep 2006 [HHS Ref No. E-308-2006/0-US-01]; US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/896,667, entitled, "Synthesis of Trans-tert-butyl-2-aminocyclopentylcarbamate," filed 23 Mar 2007 [HHS Ref No. E-308-2006/1-US-01]; International Application PCT/US2007/ 020466, entitled, "Synthesis of Trans-tert-butyl-2- aminocyclopentylcarbamate," filed 21 Sep 2007 [HHS Ref No. E-308-2006/ 2-PCT-01]; US Patent Application No. 12/441,925, filed 21 Sep 2007,