Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Use of Leptin and Leptin Analogs for the Treatment of Lipodystrophy

摘要

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 patent license to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent Application No. 60/336,394, filed on October 22, 2001 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-US-01); PCT Application No. PCT/US02/033875, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-PCT-02); U.S. Patent Application No. 10/279,129, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E- 064-2004/0-US-03); Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-537565, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-JP-04); Mexican Patent No. 250445, filed on October 22, 2002 and granted on October 16, 2007 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-MX-05); Polish Patent Application No. P- 374301, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-PL-6); Canadian Patent Application No. 2464277, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-CA-07); European Patent Application No. 02793811.7, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-EP- 08); U.S. Patent No. 7,183,254, filed on July 18, 2003 and granted on 2/27/2007 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-200