Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Convection Enhanced Delivery and Tracking of Gadolinium Conjugated Therapeutic Agents to the Central Nervous System

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This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive worldwide license to practice the invention embodied in: HHS. Ref. No. E-202-2002 "Method for Convection Enhanced Delivery of Therapeutic Agents," Provisional Patent Application, 60/413,673; International Patent Application PCT/US03/30155, U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/528,310; European Patent Application Serial No. 03756863.1; Australian Patent Application No. 2003299140; Canadian Patent Application No. 2,499,573; and HHS Ref. No. E-206-2000/0 and /1 "Method for Increasing the Distribution of Therapeutic Agents;" and "Method for Increasing the Distribution of Nucleic Acids;" Provisional Patent Application 60/250,286; Provisional Patent Application No. 60/286,308; U.S. Patent Application No. 09/999,203; U.S. Patent Application No. 10/132,681; and Canadian Patent Application No. 2327208, to Medtronic Neurological, a Division of the Medtronic Corporation, having its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The United States of America is the assignee of the patent righ