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Dated: October 6, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
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[Docket No. PTO–P–2009–0037]
Additional Period for Comments on
Interim Examination Instructions for
Evaluating Patent Subject Matter
Eligibility
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AGENCY: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments;
additional comment period.
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared
interim examination instructions for
evaluating patent subject matter
eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 (Interim
Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
Examination Instructions) pending a
decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in
Bilski v. Kappos, and invited the public
to submit written comments on the
Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
Examination Instructions. The USPTO
is extending the comment period to
ensure that members of the public have
sufficient opportunity to submit
comments on the Interim Patent Subject
Matter Eligibility Examination
Instructions. The USPTO will revise the
instructions as appropriate based on
comments received.
Comment Deadline Date: Written
comments must be received on or before
November 9, 2009. No public hearing
will be held.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent
by electronic mail message over the
Internet addressed to
AB98.Comments@uspto.gov. Comments
may also be submitted by facsimile to
(571) 273–0125, marked to the attention
of Caroline D. Dennison. Although
comments may be submitted by mail or
facsimile, the USPTO prefers to receive
comments via the Internet.
The comments will be available for
public inspection at the Office of the
Commissioner for Patents, located in
Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be
available via the Office Internet Web site
(address: https://www.uspto.gov).
Because comments will be made
available for public inspection,
information that is not desired to be
made public, such as an address or
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phone number, should not be included
in the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caroline D. Dennison, Office of the
Deputy Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy, by telephone at
571–272–7729, or by facsimile
transmission to 571–273–0125, marked
to the attention of Caroline D. Dennison.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USPTO posted the Interim Patent
Subject Matter Eligibility Examination
Instructions on its Internet Web site
(address: https://www.uspto.gov) on
August 27, 2009. The notice published
on the USPTO’s Internet Web site
invited public comment on the Interim
Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
Examination Instructions and indicated
that comments must be received on or
before September 28, 2009, to be
ensured of consideration. The USPTO
subsequently published a notice in the
Federal Register confirming that the
USPTO was inviting public comment on
the Interim Patent Subject Matter
Eligibility Examination Instructions and
that comments must be received on or
before September 28, 2009, to be
ensured of consideration. See Request
for Comments on Interim Examination
Instructions for Evaluating Patent
Subject Matter Eligibility, 74 FR 47780
(September 17, 2009) (notice). The
USPTO is extending the comment
period because the USPTO desires the
benefit of public comment on the
instructions and wants to ensure that
members of the public have sufficient
opportunity to submit comments on the
Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
Examination Instructions. Comments
that have already been received are
under consideration and the USPTO
will revise the instructions as
appropriate based on comments
received.
Dated: October 5, 2009.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., Long Marine
Laboratory, University of California at
Santa Cruz, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa
Cruz, California 95060, has been issued
a minor amendment to Scientific
Research Permit No. 87–1743.
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West
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requested amendment has been granted
under the authority of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and
the regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216).
The original permit (No. 87–1743–00),
issued on September 17, 2004 (69 FR
56999), authorized long-term
behavioral, physiological, and life
history research studies on northern
elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris)
through September 30, 2009. This
permit was subsequently amended on
four occasions through minor
amendments.
This minor amendment (Permit No.
87–1743–05) extends the duration of the
permit through September 30, 2010 with
no increase in the number of animals
that may be taken. Permit No. 87–1743–
05 also authorizes a minor change to
permitted methods for a physiological
study to allow researchers to substitute
one instrument, a thermister, for another
instrument, a Doppler flow sensor, but
does not change any other terms or
conditions of the permit.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a supplemental
environmental assessment (SEA) was
prepared to analyze the effects of
issuing the amendment. Based on the
analysis, NMFS determined that
issuance of the permit amendment
would not significantly impact the
quality of the human environment and
that preparation of an environmental
impact statement was not required. That
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-P-2009-0037]
Additional Period for Comments on Interim Examination
Instructions for Evaluating Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments; additional comment period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has
prepared interim examination instructions for evaluating patent subject
matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 (Interim Patent Subject Matter
Eligibility Examination Instructions) pending a decision by the U.S.
Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos, and invited the public to submit
written comments on the Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
Examination Instructions. The USPTO is extending the comment period to
ensure that members of the public have sufficient opportunity to submit
comments on the Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination
Instructions. The USPTO will revise the instructions as appropriate
based on comments received.
Comment Deadline Date: Written comments must be received on or
before November 9, 2009. No public hearing will be held.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet addressed to AB98.Comments@uspto.gov. Comments may also be
submitted by facsimile to (571) 273-0125, marked to the attention of
Caroline D. Dennison. Although comments may be submitted by mail or
facsimile, the USPTO prefers to receive comments via the Internet.
The comments will be available for public inspection at the Office
of the Commissioner for Patents, located in Madison East, Tenth Floor,
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be available via the
Office Internet Web site (address: https://www.uspto.gov). Because
comments will be made available for public inspection, information that
is not desired to be made public, such as an address or phone number,
should not be included in the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline D. Dennison, Office of the
Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone at 571-
272-7729, or by facsimile transmission to 571-273-0125, marked to the
attention of Caroline D. Dennison.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USPTO posted the Interim Patent Subject
Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions on its Internet Web site
(address: https://www.uspto.gov) on August 27, 2009. The notice
published on the USPTO's Internet Web site invited public comment on
the Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions
and indicated that comments must be received on or before September 28,
2009, to be ensured of consideration. The USPTO subsequently published
a notice in the Federal Register confirming that the USPTO was inviting
public comment on the Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
Examination Instructions and that comments must be received on or
before September 28, 2009, to be ensured of consideration. See Request
for Comments on Interim Examination Instructions for Evaluating Patent
Subject Matter Eligibility, 74 FR 47780 (September 17, 2009) (notice).
The USPTO is extending the comment period because the USPTO desires the
benefit of public comment on the instructions and wants to ensure that
members of the public have sufficient opportunity to submit comments on
the Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions.
Comments that have already been received are under consideration and
the USPTO will revise the instructions as appropriate based on comments
received.
Dated: October 5, 2009.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. E9-24395 Filed 10-8-09; 8:45 am]
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