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limitations imposed by the review and
funding cycle.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.172, Human Genome
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: April 9, 2012.
Anna P. Snouffer,
Deputy Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2012–8943 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Prospective Grant of Exclusive
License: Development of Oncolytic
Viral Cancer Therapies
National Institutes of Health,
Public Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This is notice, in accordance
with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR
Part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National
Institutes of Health, Department of
Health and Human Services, is
contemplating the grant of an exclusive
patent license to practice the inventions
embodied in the following U.S. Patents
to Jennerex Biotherapeutics
(‘‘Jennerex’’) located in San Francisco,
CA, USA.
Intellectual Property:
1. U.S. Patent No. 7,045,313 issued
May 16, 2006 entitled, ‘‘Recombinant
Vaccinia Virus Containing a Chimeric
Gene Having Foreign DNA Flanked by
Vaccinia Regulatory DNA’’ [HHS Ref.
No. E–552–1982/2–US–03];
2. U.S. Patent No. 7,015,024 issued
March 21, 2006 entitled, ‘‘Compositions
Containing Recombinant Poxviruses
Having Foreign DNA Expressed under
the Control of Poxvirus Regulatory
Sequence’’ [HHS Ref. No. E–552–1982/
2–US–04];
3. U.S. Patent No. 7,045,136 issued
May 16, 2006 entitled, ‘‘Methods of
Immunization Using Recombinant
Poxviruses Having Foreign DNA
Expressed under the Control of Poxvirus
Regulatory Sequence’’ [HHS Ref. No. E–
552–1982/2–US–05]; and
4. U.S. Patent No. 6,998,252 issued
February 14, 2006 entitled,
‘‘Recombinant Poxviruses Having
Foreign DNA Expressed under the
Control of Poxvirus Regulatory
Sequence’’ [HHS Ref. No. E–552–1982/
2–US–06].
The patent rights in these inventions
have been assigned to the United States
of America.
The prospective exclusive license
territory may be the U.S. and the field

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of use may be the ‘‘development and use
of Licensed Patent Rights in
combination with Licensee’s proprietary
or in-licensed technologies for the
treatment of human cancers’’.
DATES: Only written comments and/or
applications for a license which are
received by the NIH Office of
Technology Transfer on or before May
14, 2012 will be considered.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the
patent application, inquiries, comments,
and other materials relating to the
contemplated exclusive license should
be directed to: Jennifer Wong, Senior
Licensing and Patenting Manager,
Cancer Branch, Office of Technology
Transfer, National Institutes of Health,
6011 Executive Boulevard, Suite 325,
Rockville, MD 20852–3804; Telephone:
(301) 435–4633; Facsimile: (301) 402–
0220; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
instant technology relates to
recombinant poxviruses, and in
particular the vaccinia virus, as a
backbone that carries a foreign DNA.
The virus has been modified by
inserting a chimeric gene containing
foreign DNA adjacent to poxvirus
transcriptional regulatory sequence. The
recombinant virus is subsequently
transfected into a host and the foreign
gene is expressed. For example, the
foreign DNA can be related to a viral
pathogen, tumor-associated antigen, or
therapeutic transgenes. Upon
administration of the recombinant virus
to a human or animal subject, the
foreign gene is expressed in vivo to elicit
an immune response or express the
therapeutic genes. The technology takes
advantage of the unique properties of
poxviruses as a delivering vehicle and
of the ease of preparation of such
constructs.
The prospective exclusive license will
be royalty bearing and will comply with
the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.
209 and 37 CFR Part 404.7. The
prospective exclusive license may be
granted unless within thirty (30) days
from the date of this published notice,
the NIH receives written evidence and
argument that establishes that the grant
of the license would not be consistent
with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209
and 37 CFR Part 404.7.
Applications for a license in the field
of use filed in response to this notice
will be treated as objections to the grant
of the contemplated exclusive license.
Comments and objections submitted to
this notice will not be made available
for public inspection and, to the extent
permitted by law, will not be released
under the Freedom of Information Act,
5 U.S.C. 552.

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Dated: April 10, 2012.
Richard U. Rodriguez,
Director, Division of Technology Development
and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer,
National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2012–8891 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Agency Information Collection
Activities: USCIS Case Status Online,
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection; Comment
Request
30-Day notice of information
collection under review: USCIS case
status online.

ACTION:

The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) is
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on January 30, 2012, at 77 FR
4574, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did not receive
any comments for this information
collection.
The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until May 14,
2012. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this
notice, especially regarding the
estimated public burden and associated
response time, should be directed to the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), and to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), USCIS
Desk Officer. Comments may be
submitted to: Chief, Regulatory
Coordination Division, Office of Policy
and Strategy, USCIS, DHS, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Suite 5012,
Washington, DC 20529–2210.
Comments may also be submitted to
DHS via facsimile to 202–272–8352 or
via email at
[email protected], and to the
OMB USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile
at 202–395–6974 or via email at
[email protected].

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Note: The address listed in this notice
should only be used to submit comments
concerning this information collection.
Please do not submit requests for individual
case status inquiries to this address. If you
are seeking information about the status of
your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case
Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/
Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National
Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283.

When submitting comments by email
please make sure to add OMB Control
Number 1615–0080 in the subject box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies should
address one or more of the following
four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques, or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of an existing information
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
USCIS Case Status Online.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: No Agency
Form Number (File No. OMB–33); U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households, for-profit organizations,
and not-for-profit organizations. This
system allows individuals and their
representatives to request case status of
pending applications through USCIS’
Web site.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 20,000,000 responses at 0.075
hours (41⁄2 minutes) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
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collection: 1,500,000 annual burden
hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions, or
additional information, please visit
http://www.regulations.gov.
If additional information is required
contact: USCIS, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Suite 5012,
Washington, DC 20529–2210, (202) 272–
8377.
Dated: April 10, 2012.
Sunday Aigbe,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Coordination
Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
[FR Doc. 2012–8985 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5629–N–01]

Authority To Accept Unsolicited
Research Proposals
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice: Authority to accept
unsolicited proposals for research
partnerships.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
HUD’s Office of Policy Development
and Research has the authority to accept
unsolicited research proposals that
address one of the following research
priorities: (1) HUD demonstrations, (2)
using housing as a platform for
improving quality of life, (3) the
American Housing Survey data, or (4)
housing technology. In accordance with
statutory requirements, the research
projects must be funded at least 50
percent by philanthropic entities and/or
federal, state or local government
agencies.

SUMMARY:

Proposals may be submitted at
any time and will be evaluated as they
are received.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions should be directed by email
to [email protected], by
telephone to Sarah Schaefer, Office of
Policy Development at (202) 402–6846
(this number is not toll-free), or by mail
to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Office of Policy
Development and Research, 451
Seventh Street SW., Room 8114,
Washington, DC 20410, ATTENTION:
Research Partnerships. Persons with
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speech or hearing impairments may call
the Federal Relay Service TTY at 800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112–
55, approved November 18, 2011) (2012
Appropriations Act) authorizes the
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R) to enter into noncompetitive cooperative agreements for
projects that are aligned with PD&R’s
research priorities and where HUD can
gain value by having substantial
involvement in the research activity.
Research Priorities
HUD may enter into noncompetitive
cooperative agreements for research
proposals that inform important policy
and program objectives of HUD that are
not otherwise being addressed and that
focus on one of HUD’s research
priorities. For 2012, HUD’s four research
priorities all focus on projects in the
United States. The research priorities
are:
(1) HUD demonstrations. HUD values
demonstrations as a method for
evaluating new policy and program
initiatives. HUD is interested in research
opportunities that take advantage of its
demonstrations, including completed,
current, and future demonstrations. For
example, the Moving to Opportunity
demonstration was completed in 2011,
but additional policy questions remain
that could be answered using the
existing data. In addition, the Choice
Neighborhoods demonstration is
currently under way and the Rental
Assistance Demonstration and Small
Area FMR Demonstration will both
begin in 2012, all of which provide
further opportunities for research.
(2) Using housing as a platform to
improve quality of life. For the first
time, HUD identified using housing as
a platform for improving quality of life
as a goal in its Strategic Plan.
Specifically, HUD is interested in how
HUD assistance can be used to improve
educational outcomes and early learning
and development; improve health
outcomes; increase economic security
and self sufficiency; improve housing
stability through supportive services for
vulnerable populations, including the
elderly, people with disabilities,
homeless people, and those individuals
and families at risk of becoming
homeless; and improve public safety. To
evaluate the ability of housing
assistance to positively affect these
various outcomes requires reaching
beyond the sphere of housing to health,
education, and other areas.
(3) Use of American Housing Survey
data. One of HUD’s largest research

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