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shall be reduced by 50 percent with
respect to their application to any small
business concern as defined under
section 3 of the Small Business Act, and
to any independent inventor or
nonprofit organization as defined in
regulations issued by the Director.’’ 35
U.S.C. 41(h)(1). The SBA defines a small
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business concern for the purpose of
paying reduced patent fees as one: ‘‘(a)
Whose number of employees, including
affiliates, does not exceed 500 persons;
and (b) Which has not assigned, granted,
conveyed, or licensed (and is under no
obligation to do so) any rights in the
invention to any person who made it
and could not be classified as an
independent inventor, or to any concern
which would not qualify as a non-profit
organization or a small business concern
under this section.’’ 13 CFR 121.802.
The USPTO uses the SBA size
standard for the purpose of paying
reduced patent fees in 13 CFR 121.802
as the size standard when conducting an
analysis or making a certification under
the Regulatory Flexibility Act for patentrelated regulations. See e.g., Changes To
Support Implementation of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office 21st
Century Strategic Plan, 69 FR 56481,
56530 (Sept 21, 2004) (discussion
indicating that small entities for
purposes of Regulatory Flexibility Act
are considered a subset of the small
entities for purposes of paying reduced
patent fees). The SBA-Advocacy,
however, has questioned whether the
USPTO’s size standard is underinclusive because it excludes ‘‘any
business concern that has assigned,
granted, conveyed, or licensed (and is
under no obligation to do so) any rights
in the invention to any person who
made it and could not be classified as
an independent inventor, or to any
concern which would not qualify as a
non-profit organization or a small
business concern under [13 CFR
121.802].’’ 13 CFR 121.802(b).
The size standard set forth in 13 CFR
121.802 is the size standard ‘‘for the
purpose of paying reduced patent fees’’
and thus appears to be limited to
payment of patent fees. See 13 CFR
121.801. The SBA small business size
standards are set forth in 13 CFR
121.201. The USPTO uses the SBA size
standard for the purpose of paying
reduced patent fees as its size standard
when conducting an analysis or making
a certification under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because the USPTO has
no business need (other than to conduct
an analysis or make a certification under
the Regulatory Flexibility Act) to collect
information from patentees and patent
applicants concerning whether they are
a small business concern using the size
standards set forth in 13 CFR 121.201,
and thus, the USPTO does not collect
this information. The USPTO is
proposing to use the size standard set
forth in 13 CFR 121.802 as its size
standard when conducting an analysis
or making a certification under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act to avoid the
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need to collect information from
patentees and patent applicants
concerning whether they are a small
business concern using the size
standards set forth in 13 CFR 121.201.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act
permits an agency head to establish, for
purposes of Regulatory Flexibility Act
analysis and certification, one or more
definitions of ‘‘small business concern’’
that are appropriate to the activities of
the agency, after consultation with the
Office of Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration and after
opportunity for public comment. See 5
U.S.C. 601(3) and 13 CFR 121.903(c).
Therefore, the USPTO is publishing for
comment a definition of small business
concern for purposes of the USPTO
conducting an analysis or making a
certification under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act for patent-related
regulations. Specifically, the USPTO’s
definition of small business concern for
Regulatory Flexibility Act purposes is a
business or other concern that: (1) Meets
the SBA’s definition of a ‘‘business
concern or concern’’ set forth in 13 CFR
121.105; and (2) meets the size
standards set forth in 13 CFR 121.802
for the purpose of paying reduced
patent fees, namely an entity: (a) Whose
number of employees, including
affiliates, does not exceed 500 persons;
and (b) which has not assigned, granted,
conveyed, or licensed (and is under no
obligation to do so) any rights in the
invention to any person who made it
and could not be classified as an
independent inventor, or to any concern
which would not qualify as a non-profit
organization or a small business concern
under this definition.
Dated: June 28, 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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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board; Meetings
Department of Defense.
Notice of Advisory Committee
Meetings.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board
Task Force on Technology Vectors will
meet in closed session on July 11 and
12, 2006: at Strategic Analysis, Inc.
(SAI), 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Suite
500, Arlington, VA. This meeting will
continue to map the study’s direction
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and begin discussion on what will be
the Technology Vectors DoD will need
for the 21st century.
The mission of the Defense Science
Board is to advise the Secretary of
Defense and the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology &
Logistics on scientific and technical
matters as they affect the perceived
needs of the Department of Defense. At
these meetings, the Defense Science
Board Task Force will: review previous
attempts by DoD to identify critical
technologies in order to derive lessons
that would help illuminate the current
challenge; identify the National Security
objectives for the 21st century and the
operational missions that U.S. military
will be called upoon to support these
objectives; identify new operational
capabilities needed for the proposed
missions; identify the critical science
technology, and other related enablers
of the desired capabilities; assess
current S&T investment plans’ relevance
to the needed operational capabilities
and enablers and recommend needed
changes to the plans; identify
mechanisms to accelerate and assure the
transition of technology into U.S.
military capabilities; and review and
recommend changes as needed, the
current processes by which national
security objectives and needed
operational capabilities are used to
develop and prioritize science,
technology, and other related enablers,
and how those enablers are then
developed.
In accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
Pub. L. No. 92–463, as amended (5
U.S.C. App. II), it has been determined
that these Defense Science Board Task
Force meetings concern matters listed in
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that,
accordingly, the meetings will be closed
to the public.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon,
Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301–
3140, via e-mail at
clifton.phillips@osd.mil, or via phone at
(703) 571–0083.
Due to scheduling and work burden
difficulties, there is insufficient time to
provide timely notice required by
section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and § 102–3.150(b) of
the GSA Final Rule on Federal Advisory
Committee Management, 41 CFR 102–
3.150(b), which further requires
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publication at least 15 calendar days
prior to the meeting.
C.R. Choate,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board; Meetings
AGENCY:
Department of Defense.
Notice of Advisory Committee
Meetings.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board
Task Force on VTOL/STOL will meet in
closed session on July 20–21, 2006; at
Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, VA. This meeting
continues the task force’s work and will
consist of a FOUO briefing and the
remaining is executive session on
current technologies and programs.
The mission of the Defense Science
Board is to advise the Secretary of
Defense and the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology &
Logistics on scientific and technical
matters as they affect the perceived
needs of the Department of Defense. At
these meetings, the Defense Science
Board Task Force will: assess the
features and capabilities VTOL/STOL
aircraft should have in order to support
the nation’s defense needs through at
least the first half of the 21st century.
In accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.
App. II), it has been determined that
these Defense Science Board Task Force
meetings concern matters listed in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly,
the meetings will be closed to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon,
Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301–
3140, via e-mail at
clifton.phillips@osd.mil, or via phone at
(703) 571–0083.
C.R. Choate,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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Agency Information Collection
Extension
Department of Energy.
Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted an information
collection package to the OMB for
extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
package requests a three-year extension
of the information collection listed at
the end of this notice. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the extended
information collections are necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the information collections,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collections on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
August 7, 2006. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments, but
find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the OMB Desk Officer of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at 202–395–4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to: Jeffrey Martus, IM–11/
Germantown Building, U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave,
SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290; or by
fax at 301–903–9061 or by e-mail at
Jeffrey.martus@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jeffrey Martus at the address
listed above in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collection package listed in
this notice for public comment include
the following:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–1000.
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(3) Type of Review: Renewal.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board; Meetings
AGENCY: Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Technology Vectors
will meet in closed session on July 11 and 12, 2006: at Strategic
Analysis, Inc. (SAI), 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, VA.
This meeting will continue to map the study's direction
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and begin discussion on what will be the Technology Vectors DoD will
need for the 21st century.
The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they
affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these
meetings, the Defense Science Board Task Force will: review previous
attempts by DoD to identify critical technologies in order to derive
lessons that would help illuminate the current challenge; identify the
National Security objectives for the 21st century and the operational
missions that U.S. military will be called upoon to support these
objectives; identify new operational capabilities needed for the
proposed missions; identify the critical science technology, and other
related enablers of the desired capabilities; assess current S&T
investment plans' relevance to the needed operational capabilities and
enablers and recommend needed changes to the plans; identify mechanisms
to accelerate and assure the transition of technology into U.S.
military capabilities; and review and recommend changes as needed, the
current processes by which national security objectives and needed
operational capabilities are used to develop and prioritize science,
technology, and other related enablers, and how those enablers are then
developed.
In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been
determined that these Defense Science Board Task Force meetings concern
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the
meetings will be closed to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301-
3140, via e-mail at clifton.phillips@osd.mil, or via phone at (703)
571-0083.
Due to scheduling and work burden difficulties, there is
insufficient time to provide timely notice required by section 10(a) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act and Sec. 102-3.150(b) of the GSA
Final Rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management, 41 CFR 102-
3.150(b), which further requires publication at least 15 calendar days
prior to the meeting.
C.R. Choate,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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