Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Cleaning Mucus From Endotracheal Tubes

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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 E- 061-2004/0, "Mucus Shaving Apparatus for Endotracheal Tubes" (Patent Application Ser. No. 10/773,570 filed February 5, 2004), and E-061- 2004/1, "Mucus Shaving Apparatus for Endotracheal Tubes with Bacteriocidal Properties" (International Patent Application PCT/ US2005/003395 filed February 5, 2005), to C.R. Bard, Inc., a New Jersey corporation having its headquarters in Murray Hill, New Jersey and a division, Bard Medical Division, having offices in Covington, GA. The United States of America is the assignee of the patent rights of the above invention. The contemplated exclusive license may be granted in the field of cleaning mucus deposits from endotracheal tubes.