Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide, 39916 [E9-19014]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Reexaminations
Notice of Proposed Change to Section
IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide
AGENCY: Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of
proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS
State Technical Guide for review and
comment.
SUMMARY: It has been determined by the
NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia
that changes must be made in the NRCS
State Technical Guide specifically in
practice standards: #356, Dike; #378,
Pond; #402, Dam; #554, Draining Water
Management; #587, Structure for Water
Control; and #606, Subsurface Drain.
These practices will be used to plan and
install conservation practices on
cropland, pastureland, woodland, and
wildlife land.
DATES: Comments will be received for a
30-day period commencing with the
date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), 1606
Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond,
Virginia 23229–5014; Telephone
number (804) 287–1691; Fax number
(804) 287–1737. Copies of the practice
standards will be made available upon
written request to the address shown
above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site:
https://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/
draftstandards.html.
Section
343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
states that revisions made after
enactment of the law to NRCS State
technical guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland
provisions of the law shall be made
available for public review and
comment. For the next 30 days, the
NRCS in Virginia will receive comments
relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination
will be made by the NRCS in Virginia
regarding disposition of those comments
and a final determination of change will
be made to the subject standards.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 21, 2009.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Richmond, Virginia.
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ACTION: Proposed collection; comment
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the new information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include A0651–00XX Patent
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• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Administrative Management
Group, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
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Requests for additional information
should be directed to Robert A. Clarke,
Director, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–7735; or by e-mail
at Robert.Clarke@uspto.gov.
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I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
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by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to examine
applications and, when appropriate,
allow applications and issue them as
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Chapter 30 of Title 35 U.S.C. provides
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of any claim of a patent on the basis of
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Once initiated, the reexamination
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Information requirements related to
patent reexaminations are currently
covered under OMB Control Number
0651–0033, along with other
requirements related to patent issue fees
and reissue applications. The USPTO is
proposing to move the following items
that are under 0651–0033 into a new
information collection for Patent
Reexaminations: Request for Ex Parte
Reexamination Transmittal Form;
Request for Inter Partes Reexamination
Transmittal Form; Petition to Review
the Refusal to Grant Ex Parte
Reexamination; Petition to Review the
Refusal to Grant Inter Partes
Reexamination; and Petition to Request
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Partes Reexamination.
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Parte Reexamination; Request for Inter
Partes Reexamination; Patent Owner’s
37 CFR 1.530 Statement; Third Party
Requester’s 37 CFR 1.535 Reply;
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Reexamination; Third Party Requester’s
37 CFR 1.947 Comments in Inter Partes
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Rejection in Ex Parte Reexamination;
Patent Owner’s 37 CFR 1.951 Response
in Inter Partes Reexamination; and
Third Party Requester’s 37 CFR 1.951
Comments in Inter Partes
Reexamination. These additional items
are existing information requirements
that previously were not fully covered
by an information collection and are
now being included in order to more
accurately reflect the burden on the
public for submitting requests related to
patent reexaminations.
The Requests for Ex Parte and Inter
Partes Reexamination are distinct
collections from the Request for Ex
Parte Reexamination Transmittal Form
and the Request for Inter Partes
Reexamination Transmittal Form,
respectively. Whereas the transmittal
forms are used by a requester (patent
owner or third party) as a checklist to
ensure compliance with the
requirements of the statutes and rules
for ex parte and inter partes
reexaminations, the newly added
collections represent the substantive
analysis undertaken by a requester of
reexamination. Thus, the Requests for
Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
are not new requirements. The other
items being included in this new
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Virginia State
Technical Guide
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS
State Technical Guide for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for
Virginia that changes must be made in the NRCS State Technical Guide
specifically in practice standards: 356, Dike; 378,
Pond; 402, Dam; 554, Draining Water Management;
587, Structure for Water Control; and 606, Subsurface
Drain. These practices will be used to plan and install conservation
practices on cropland, pastureland, woodland, and wildlife land.
DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with
the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),
1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, Virginia 23229-5014;
Telephone number (804) 287-1691; Fax number (804) 287-1737. Copies of
the practice standards will be made available upon written request to
the address shown above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site: https://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/draftstandards.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made after
enactment of the law to NRCS State technical guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland provisions of the law shall be made
available for public review and comment. For the next 30 days, the NRCS
in Virginia will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Virginia regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made to the subject standards.
Dated: July 21, 2009.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Richmond, Virginia.
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