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§ 648.322(c).
Any fishing activity conducted
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–C–2006–0016]
Public Advisory Committees
United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice and request for
nominations.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On November 29, 1999, the
President signed into law the Patent and
Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the
‘‘Act’’), Pub. L. 106–113, Appendix I,
Title IV, Subtitle G, 113 Stat. 1501A–
572, which, among other things,
established two Public Advisory
Committees to review the policies,
goals, performance, budget and user fees
of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect
to patents, in the case of the Patent
Public Advisory Committee, and with
respect to trademarks, in the case of the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee,
and to advise the Director on these
matters. The USPTO is requesting
nominations for three (3) members to
each Public Advisory Committee for
terms of three years that begin from date
of appointment.
DATES: Nominations must be
postmarked or electronically
transmitted on or before May 8, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit
nominations should send the nominee’s
´
resume to Chief of Staff, Office of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
USPTO, Post Office Box 1450,
Alexandria, Virginia, 22313–1450; by
electronic mail to:
PPACnominations@uspto.gov for the
Patent Public Advisory Committee or
TPACnominations@uspto.gov for the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee;
or by facsimile transmission marked to
the Chief of Staff’s attention at (571)
273–0464.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief of Staff by facsimile transmission
marked to her attention at (571) 273–
0464, or by mail marked to her attention
and addressed to the Office of the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO,
Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria,
Virginia, 22313–1450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committees’ duties include:
• Advise the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the USPTO on matters
relating to policies, goals, performance,
budget, and user fees of the USPTO
relating to patents and trademarks,
respectively; and
• Within 60 days after the end of each
fiscal year: (1) Prepare an annual report
on matters listed above; (2) transmit a
report to the Secretary of Commerce, the
President, and the Committees on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of
Representatives; and (3) publish the
report in the Official Gazette of the
USPTO.
Members of the Patent and Trademark
Public Advisory Committees are
appointed by and serve at the pleasure
of the Secretary of Commerce for three
(3)-year terms.
Advisory Committees
The Public Advisory Committees are
each composed of nine (9) voting
members who are appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce (the
‘‘Secretary’’). The Public Advisory
Committee members must be United
States citizens and represent the
interests of diverse users of the USPTO,
both large and small entity applicants in
proportion to the number of such
applications filed. The Committees must
include members who have ‘‘substantial
backgrounds and achievement in
finance, management, labor relations,
science, technology, and office
automation.’’ 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). In the
case of the Patent Public Advisory
Committee, at least twenty-five (25)
percent of the members must represent
‘‘small business concerns, independent
inventors, and nonprofit organizations,’’
and at least one member must represent
the independent inventor community.
35 U.S.C. 5(b)(2). Each of the Public
Advisory Committees also includes
three (3) non-voting members
representing each labor organization
recognized by the USPTO.
Procedures and Guidelines of the
Patent and Trademark Public Advisory
Committees
Each newly appointed member of the
Patent and Trademark Public Advisory
Committees will serve for a term of
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three years from date of appointment.
As required by the Act, members of the
Patent and Trademark Public Advisory
Committees will receive compensation
for each day while the member is
attending meetings or engaged in the
business of that Advisory Committee.
The rate of compensation is the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic
pay in effect for level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5,
United States Code. While away from
home or regular place of business, each
member will be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by Section
5703 of Title 5, United States Code. The
USPTO will provide the necessary
administrative support, including
technical assistance for the Committees.
Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws
Members of each Public Advisory
Committee shall be special Government
employees within the meaning of
Section 202 of Title 18, United States
Code. The following additional
information includes several, but not
all, of the ethics rules that apply to
members, and assumes that members
are not engaged in Public Advisory
Committee business more than sixty
days during each calendar year:
• Each member will be required to
file a confidential financial disclosure
form within thirty (30) days of
appointment. 5 CFR 2634.202(c),
2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b).
• Each member will be subject to
many of the public integrity laws,
including criminal bars against
representing a party, 18 U.S.C. 205(c), in
a particular matter that came before the
member’s committee and that involved
at least one specific party. See also 18
U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A
member also must not act on a matter
in which the member (or any of certain
closely related entities) has a financial
interest. 18 U.S.C. 208.
• Representation of foreign interests
may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1)
and 18 U.S.C. 219.
Meetings of the Patent and Trademark
Public Advisory Committees
Meetings of each Advisory Committee
will take place at the call of the Chair
to consider an agenda set by the Chair.
Meetings may be conducted in person,
electronically through the Internet, or by
other appropriate means. The meetings
of each Advisory Committee will be
open to the public except each Advisory
Committee may, by majority vote, meet
in executive session when considering
personnel, privileged, or other
confidential matters. Nominees must
also have the ability to participate in
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Committee business through the
Internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Procedures for Submitting Nominations
´
Submit resumes for nomination for
the Patent Public Advisory Committee
and the Trademark Public Advisory
Committee to: Chief of Staff to the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office, utilizing the addresses provided
above.
Dated: March 6, 2006.
Jon W. Dudas,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Request for Public Comments on
Commercial Availability Request under
the African Growth and Opportunity
Act (AGOA)
March 9, 2006.
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Request for public comments
concerning a request for a determination
that a certain combed and ring spun
yarn cannot be supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner under the AGOA.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On March 6, 2006 the
Chairman of CITA received a petition
from Shibani Inwear alleging that a
certain combed and ring spun yarn, of
a 92 percent cotton/ 8 percent cashmere
blend, comprised of 2/32 Nm resulting
in a 16 Nm yarn size, classified in
subheading 5205.42.00.20 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), cannot be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. The petition requests that
men’s knit sweaters made of such yarn
be eligible for preferential treatment
under the AGOA. CITA hereby solicits
public comments on this request, in
particular with regard to whether such
yarn can be supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner. Comments must be
submitted by March 30, 2006 to the
Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements,
Room 3001, United States Department
of Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230.
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Anna Flaaten, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 112(b)(5)(B) of the
AGOA; Presidential Proclamation 7350 of
October 2, 2000; Section 1 of Executive Order
No. 13191 of January 17, 2001.
BACKGROUND:
The AGOA provides for quota- and
duty-free treatment for qualifying textile
and apparel products. Such treatment is
generally limited to products
manufactured from yarns and fabrics
formed in the United States or a
beneficiary country. The AGOA also
provides for quota- and duty-free
treatment for apparel articles that are
both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more
beneficiary countries from fabric or yarn
that is not formed in the United States,
if it has been determined that such
fabric or yarn cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner. In
Executive Order No. 13191, the
President delegated to CITA the
authority to determine whether yarns or
fabrics cannot be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner under the
AGOA and directed CITA to establish
procedures to ensure appropriate public
participation in any such determination.
On March 6, 2001, CITA published
procedures that it will follow in
considering requests. (66 FR 13502).
On March 6, 2006 the Chairman of
CITA received a petition from Shibani
Inwear alleging that a certain combed
and ring spun yarn, of a 92 percent
cotton/ 8 percent cashmere blend,
comprised of 2/32 Nm resulting in a 16
Nm yarn count, classified in subheading
5205.42.00.20 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
for use in men’s knit sweaters, cannot be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. This petition is requesting
quota- and duty-free treatment under
the AGOA for apparel articles that are
both cut, or knit-to-shape, and sewn or
otherwise assembled in one or more
AGOA beneficiary countries from such
yarns.
CITA is soliciting public comments
regarding this request, particularly with
respect to whether this yarn can be
supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. Also relevant is whether other
yarns that are supplied by the domestic
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner are substitutable for this
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yarn for purposes of the intended use.
Comments must be received no later
than March 30, 2006. Interested persons
are invited to submit six copies of such
comments or information to the
Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements,
room 3100, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
If a comment alleges that this yarn can
be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner, CITA will closely review any
supporting documentation, such as a
signed statement by a manufacturer of
the yarn stating that it produces the yarn
that is the ‘‘subject of the request,
including the quantities that can be
supplied and the time necessary to fill
an order, as well as any relevant
information regarding past production.
CITA will protect any business
confidential information that is marked
‘‘business confidential’’ from disclosure
to the full extent permitted by law.
CITA generally considers specific
details, such as quantities and lead
times for providing the subject product
as business confidential. However,
information such as the names of
domestic manufacturers who were
contacted, questions concerning the
capability to manufacture the subject
product, and the responses thereto
should be available for public review to
ensure proper public participation in
the process. If this is not possible, an
explanation of the necessity for treating
such information as business
confidential must be provided. CITA
will make available to the public nonconfidential versions of the request and
non-confidential versions of any public
comments received with respect to a
request in room 3100 in the Herbert
Hoover Building, 14th and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
Persons submitting comments on a
request are encouraged to include a nonconfidential version and a nonconfidential summary.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2006-0016]
Public Advisory Committees
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice and request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent
and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the ``Act''), Pub. L. 106-113,
Appendix I, Title IV, Subtitle G, 113 Stat. 1501A-572, which, among
other things, established two Public Advisory Committees to review the
policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with respect to patents, in the
case of the Patent Public Advisory Committee, and with respect to
trademarks, in the case of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee, and
to advise the Director on these matters. The USPTO is requesting
nominations for three (3) members to each Public Advisory Committee for
terms of three years that begin from date of appointment.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked or electronically transmitted on
or before May 8, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit nominations should send the
nominee's resum[eacute] to Chief of Staff, Office of the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450; by
electronic mail to: PPACnominations@uspto.gov for the Patent Public
Advisory Committee or TPACnominations@uspto.gov for the Trademark
Public Advisory Committee; or by facsimile transmission marked to the
Chief of Staff's attention at (571) 273-0464.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief of Staff by facsimile
transmission marked to her attention at (571) 273-0464, or by mail
marked to her attention and addressed to the Office of the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
USPTO, Post Office Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committees' duties include:
Advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the USPTO on matters relating to policies,
goals, performance, budget, and user fees of the USPTO relating to
patents and trademarks, respectively; and
Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year: (1)
Prepare an annual report on matters listed above; (2) transmit a report
to the Secretary of Commerce, the President, and the Committees on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and (3)
publish the report in the Official Gazette of the USPTO.
Members of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees are
appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce for
three (3)-year terms.
Advisory Committees
The Public Advisory Committees are each composed of nine (9) voting
members who are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce (the
``Secretary''). The Public Advisory Committee members must be United
States citizens and represent the interests of diverse users of the
USPTO, both large and small entity applicants in proportion to the
number of such applications filed. The Committees must include members
who have ``substantial backgrounds and achievement in finance,
management, labor relations, science, technology, and office
automation.'' 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(3). In the case of the Patent Public
Advisory Committee, at least twenty-five (25) percent of the members
must represent ``small business concerns, independent inventors, and
nonprofit organizations,'' and at least one member must represent the
independent inventor community. 35 U.S.C. 5(b)(2). Each of the Public
Advisory Committees also includes three (3) non-voting members
representing each labor organization recognized by the USPTO.
Procedures and Guidelines of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory
Committees
Each newly appointed member of the Patent and Trademark Public
Advisory Committees will serve for a term of three years from date of
appointment. As required by the Act, members of the Patent and
Trademark Public Advisory Committees will receive compensation for each
day while the member is attending meetings or engaged in the business
of that Advisory Committee. The rate of compensation is the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for level III of
the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States
Code. While away from home or regular place of business, each member
will be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by Section 5703 of Title 5, United States
Code. The USPTO will provide the necessary administrative support,
including technical assistance for the Committees.
Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws
Members of each Public Advisory Committee shall be special
Government employees within the meaning of Section 202 of Title 18,
United States Code. The following additional information includes
several, but not all, of the ethics rules that apply to members, and
assumes that members are not engaged in Public Advisory Committee
business more than sixty days during each calendar year:
Each member will be required to file a confidential
financial disclosure form within thirty (30) days of appointment. 5 CFR
2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b).
Each member will be subject to many of the public
integrity laws, including criminal bars against representing a party,
18 U.S.C. 205(c), in a particular matter that came before the member's
committee and that involved at least one specific party. See also 18
U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. A member also must not act on a
matter in which the member (or any of certain closely related entities)
has a financial interest. 18 U.S.C. 208.
Representation of foreign interests may also raise issues.
35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 219.
Meetings of the Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
Meetings of each Advisory Committee will take place at the call of
the Chair to consider an agenda set by the Chair. Meetings may be
conducted in person, electronically through the Internet, or by other
appropriate means. The meetings of each Advisory Committee will be open
to the public except each Advisory Committee may, by majority vote,
meet in executive session when considering personnel, privileged, or
other confidential matters. Nominees must also have the ability to
participate in
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Committee business through the Internet.
Procedures for Submitting Nominations
Submit resum[eacute]s for nomination for the Patent Public Advisory
Committee and the Trademark Public Advisory Committee to: Chief of
Staff to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, utilizing
the addresses provided above.
Dated: March 6, 2006.
Jon W. Dudas,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. E6-3707 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]
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