Pl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1981 USDA grants exclusive license to company WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a move to speed government scientific discoveries into com mercial use for the public, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will grant some exclusive licenses for private companies to manufacture and sell products patented by the USDA. The aim is to get a higher pay-off for publicly-financed research. The first such exclusive license to develop a product to control nematodes and other parasites has been granted to the Pennwalt Corp. of Philadelphia, according to Anson R. Bertrand, USDA director of science and education. The product will be based on a formula patented by the USDA. “Nematode pests damage seven percent of the nation’s total crop production each year,” Bertrand said. “At present values, that’s a loss to farmers and consumers of Cattle producers ‘move out’ STATE COLLEGE - Members of the Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association are planning a chartered air flight or a bus tour to San Antonio, Texas between January 28 and February 3, to attend the National .Cattlemen’s Association 1982 Annual Con vention. The NCA program will focus on maintaining and improving cattle producers’ and beef’s advantages in the competitive protein food WIC BEDDING-CHOPPER CREUTZBURC, INC. Livestock Supplies Phone 717-768-7181 Open Daily - 8 to 5; Saturday 8 to 12 ★ PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE BY MAIL FREE DELIVERY on all Merchandise within 10 Mile Radius Send For CREUTZBURG, INC. FREE Lincoln Highway East, Box 7 CATALOG: Paradise, PA 17562 NAME... STREET , CITY.... STATE.., about $3 billion. We hope that a nematode control product can be developed to help cut those losses jsubstantially.” Bertrand said the products now commercially available for con trolling nematodes are too costly for use on most crops. “Companies often feel that without some license protection, they can’t afford the develop mental and start-up costs to produce and sell a product com petitively. Instead, they will put their limited capital resources into their own patented fcr licensed products that promise higher returns than a product marketed by many companies, ” he said. USDA will continue to offer new government patents to all private companies on a non-exclusive basis for six months. If no com panies show an interest in non exclusive licensing, the USDA will for Texas industry. The three-day convention program and trade show will be held at the San Antonio Convention Center. The National Cattlmen’s Association has planned several tour of cattle operations in the San Antonio area. For more information, contact The Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association offices at 862 Webster Drive, State College, PA, 16801. ★ CUTYOUR BEDDING TIME IN HALF! ★ Will Chop up To 60 Bales Per Hour ★ Available With Battery or Gasoline Engine ZIP determine whether to license the patent on an exclusive basis. “I expect more and more , ce’npanies will seek exclusive licenses to USDA's inventions,” Bertrand said. About 1,200 USDA patents on inventions ranging from farming equipment to food proteins now are available for licensing by private industry for development and marketing. Pennwalt Corp., a chemical manufacturing firm, has the right Here's What You Get For Less Than 15* A Week! ****** ! - f thursoa*.***"' POWAtSSfe, ARTICLES OF INTEREST on the latest trends in farming and feature stories about your farming friends and neighbors! A WHOLE SECTIpN OF HOME NEWS and features, recipes and columns written just for our readers! 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