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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov and in the Central
Records Unit (CRU), Room 7046 of the
main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the Internet at https://trade.gov/
enforcement. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we corrected two
programming errors in the weightedaverage dumping margin calculation. A
detailed discussion of the corrections
made is included in the Calculation
Memorandum for Final Results.4
Final Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
determine that the following margin
exists for the period October 1, 2012,
through September 30, 2013:
Manufacturer/exporter
Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and
Deacero USA, Inc. (collectively, Deacero) .......................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
* 2.13
* ad valorem.
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the
Department will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. The
Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of these final results
of review.
For assessment purposes, the
Department applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping
Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain
4 See
‘‘Final Results in the 6th Administrative
Review on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod
from Mexico: Calculation Memorandum for Deacero
S.A. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc. (collectively,
Deacero),’’ from John Conniff, International Trade
Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, to The File,
through Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, dated concurrently with this
notice.
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Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14,
2012).
We calculated such rates based on the
ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the sales for which
entered value was reported. If an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50
percent) or the exporter has a weightedaverage dumping margin that is zero or
de minimis, the Department will
instruct CBP to assess that importer’s
entries of subject merchandise without
regard to antidumping duties, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by each
respondent for which they did not know
that their merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction. For a full discussion of
this assessment practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May
6, 2003).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of administrative review for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for Deacero will be the rate
established in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for
merchandise exported by manufacturers
or exporters not covered in this
administrative review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation, but
the manufacturer is, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established for the
most recent period for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 20.11
percent, the all-others rate established
in the investigation.5 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in the Secretary’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties occurred and the subsequent
increase in antidumping duties by the
amount of antidumping duties
reimbursed.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials, or conversion to judicial
protective order, is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: May 6, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Final
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Comments
Comment 1: Calculation Errors
Comment 2: Differential Pricing
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of Comments
VI. Recommendation
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Patents for Humanity Program
5 See
Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Carbon
and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil,
Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago,
and Ukraine, 67 FR 65945 (October 29, 2002).
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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 comment on proposed and/
or continuing information collections,
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 July 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0066
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Edward Elliott,
Attorney Advisor, Office of Policy and
International Affairs, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–9300; or by email
to Edward.Elliott@uspto.gov with
‘‘0651–0066 comment’’ in the subject
line. Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
In 2012, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a
voluntary pilot program to incentivize
the distribution of patented technologies
or products for the purpose of
addressing humanitarian needs. The
pilot program, notice of which was
published in the Federal Register (77
FRN 6544) in February 2012, was a
follow-up to the responses received
from the agency’s ‘‘Request for
Comments on Incentivizing
Humanitarian Technologies and
Licensing Through the Intellectual
Property System’’—published
September 20, 2010—and was open to
any patent owners or patent licensees,
including inventors who had not
assigned their ownership rights to
others, assignees, and exclusive or nonexclusive licensees. The USPTO
collected information from applicants
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that described what actions they had
taken with their patented technology to
address humanitarian needs among
impoverished populations, or how they
furthered research by others on
technologies for humanitarian purposes.
After reviewing the results of the pilot,
the program was renewed as an annual
program in April 2014. Currently, there
are five categories in which applications
can be categorized: Medicine, Nutrition,
Sanitation, Household Energy, and
Living Standards.
To participate in this program,
applicants must submit an application
describing how their actions satisfy the
competition criteria to address
humanitarian issues. The USPTO has
developed two application forms that
applicants can use to apply for
participation in the Patents for
Humanity Program—one application
covers the humanitarian uses of
technologies or products and the other
application covers humanitarian
research. Applicants may optionally
provide contact information for the
public to reach them with any inquiries.
Additionally, applicants may provide
non-public contact information by email
to the USPTO in order to be notified
about their award status. Applications
must be submitted electronically as
described at https://www.uspto.gov/
patentsforhumanity. Complete
submitted applications will be available
on the public Web site after being
screened for inappropriate material.
The applications are reviewed by
independent judges. A selection
committee composed of representatives
from other federal agencies and
laboratories will make
recommendations for the awards based
on the judges’ reviews. Those applicants
who are selected for an award will
receive a certificate redeemable to
accelerate select matters before the
USPTO and public recognition of their
efforts, including an awards ceremony
at the USPTO. The certificates can be
redeemed to accelerate one of the
following matters: An ex parte
reexamination proceeding, including
one appeal to the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (PTAB) from that
proceeding; a patent application,
including one appeal to the PTAB from
that application; or an appeal to the
PTAB of a claim twice rejected in a
patent application or reissue application
or finally rejected in an ex parte
reexamination, without accelerating the
underlying matter which generated the
appeal. The certificates cannot be
transferred to other parties.
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II. Method of Collection
Electronically through the https://
www.uspto.gov/patentsforhumanity
Web site. In the past, USPTO has used
challenge.gov and skild.com as
platforms to host the applications.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0066.
IC Instruments: The individual
instruments in this collection, as well as
their associated forms, are listed in the
table below.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits, non-profit institutions, and
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
110 responses per year, with an
estimated 33 percent (36) submitted by
small entities. Of this total, the USPTO
expects that 100 percent of responses
will be submitted electronically through
the Patents for Humanity Web site.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately four hours to
complete the humanitarian program
application and one hour to complete
the petition to extend the acceleration
certificate redemption period beyond 12
months, if needed, depending on the
nature of the information. These
estimated times include gathering the
necessary information, preparing the
application and any supplemental
supporting materials, and submitting
the completed request to the USPTO.
The time per response, estimated
annual responses, and estimated annual
hour burden associated with each
instrument in this information
collection is shown in the table below.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 410 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $80,290. The
USPTO expects that attorneys will
complete the Petition to Extend the
Redemption Period of the Humanitarian
Awards Certificate, and that both
attorneys and paralegals will complete
the Humanitarian Program Application
forms. Using the professional hourly
rate of $389 for attorneys in private
firms and a paraprofessional hourly rate
of $125 for the paralegals, the USPTO
estimates $80,290 per year for the
respondent cost burden for this
collection. However, it should be noted
that attorneys are not necessary to fill
out the form, and many applicants—
including previous winners—have filled
out the application themselves.
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1 ...............
2 ...............
Total ..
Estimated time for
response
(minutes)
Information collection instrument
Estimated annual
responses
Estimated annual
burden hours
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(a) × (b)/60 = (c)
Humanitarian Program Application (Humanitarian Use); PTO/PFH/001.
Humanitarian Program Application (Humanitarian Research); PTO/PFH/002.
Petition to Extend the Redemption Period of
the Humanitarian Awards Certificate; PTO/
SB/431.
60 minutes (attorney) ..........
180 minutes (paralegal) ......
60 minutes (attorney) ..........
180 minutes (paralegal) ......
60 minutes ...........................
............................................................................
..............................................
Rate
($/hr)
85
340
* 191
15
60
* 191
10
10
389
110
410
..................
* (Blended).
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. This
collection has no annual (non-hour)
postage, operation or maintenance, or
fee costs.
ACTION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Pro Bono Survey
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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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 comment on the proposed
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 July 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–Pro Bono
Survey comment’’ in the subject line of
the message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Jennifer
McDowell, Attorney, Office of General
Law, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–7013; or by email
to Jennifer.Mcdowell@uspto.gov with
‘‘0651–Pro Bono Survey comment’’ in
the subject line. Additional information
about this collection is also available at
https://www.reginfo.gov under
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden (including hours
and cost) of the proposed collection of
information, 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 collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: May 4, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
Proposed collection; comment
request.
I. Abstract
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
(AIA), Public Law 112–29 § 32 (2011)
directs the USPTO to work with and
support intellectual property law
associations across the country in the
establishment of pro bono programs
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designed to assist financially underresourced independent inventors and
small businesses. In February 2014,
President Obama issued an Executive
Action calling on the USPTO to expand
the existing patent pro bono programs to
all 50 states in the country. In support
of this Executive Action, the USPTO—
in collaboration with various non-profit
organizations—has established a series
of autonomous regional hubs that act as
matchmakers to help connect lowincome inventors with volunteer patent
attorneys across the United States. The
regional hubs comprise law school IP
clinics, bar associations, innovation/
entrepreneurial organizations, and artsfocused lawyer referral services that are
strategically located to provide access to
patent pro bono services across all fifty
states. This information will help the
USPTO determine which regional hubs
are operating efficiently and which
programs need additional support.
This information collection will
ascertain the effectiveness of each
individual regional hub with respect to
their matchmaking efforts. The USPTO
has worked with the Pro Bono Advisory
Council (PBAC) to determine what
information is necessary to ascertain the
effectiveness of each regional pro bono
hub’s matchmaking operations. PBAC is
a well-established group of patent
practitioners and patent pro bono
regional hub administrators who have
committed to provide support and
guidance to patent pro bono programs
across the country. PBAC is responsible
for the collection of this information,
which is collected on a quarterly basis.
The information, at its highest level,
will allow PBAC and the USPTO to
ascertain whether the regional hubs are
matching qualified low income
inventors with volunteer patent
attorneys. It will also help establish the
total economic benefit derived by lowincome inventors in the form of donated
legal services.
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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 comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, 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 July 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0066 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director,
Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Edward Elliott, Attorney Advisor, Office of
Policy and International Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-
272-9300; or by email to Edward.Elliott@uspto.gov with ``0651-0066
comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://www.reginfo.gov under
``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
conducted a voluntary pilot program to incentivize the distribution of
patented technologies or products for the purpose of addressing
humanitarian needs. The pilot program, notice of which was published in
the Federal Register (77 FRN 6544) in February 2012, was a follow-up to
the responses received from the agency's ``Request for Comments on
Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the
Intellectual Property System''--published September 20, 2010--and was
open to any patent owners or patent licensees, including inventors who
had not assigned their ownership rights to others, assignees, and
exclusive or non-exclusive licensees. The USPTO collected information
from applicants that described what actions they had taken with their
patented technology to address humanitarian needs among impoverished
populations, or how they furthered research by others on technologies
for humanitarian purposes. After reviewing the results of the pilot,
the program was renewed as an annual program in April 2014. Currently,
there are five categories in which applications can be categorized:
Medicine, Nutrition, Sanitation, Household Energy, and Living
Standards.
To participate in this program, applicants must submit an
application describing how their actions satisfy the competition
criteria to address humanitarian issues. The USPTO has developed two
application forms that applicants can use to apply for participation in
the Patents for Humanity Program--one application covers the
humanitarian uses of technologies or products and the other application
covers humanitarian research. Applicants may optionally provide contact
information for the public to reach them with any inquiries.
Additionally, applicants may provide non-public contact information by
email to the USPTO in order to be notified about their award status.
Applications must be submitted electronically as described at https://www.uspto.gov/patentsforhumanity. Complete submitted applications will
be available on the public Web site after being screened for
inappropriate material.
The applications are reviewed by independent judges. A selection
committee composed of representatives from other federal agencies and
laboratories will make recommendations for the awards based on the
judges' reviews. Those applicants who are selected for an award will
receive a certificate redeemable to accelerate select matters before
the USPTO and public recognition of their efforts, including an awards
ceremony at the USPTO. The certificates can be redeemed to accelerate
one of the following matters: An ex parte reexamination proceeding,
including one appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) from
that proceeding; a patent application, including one appeal to the PTAB
from that application; or an appeal to the PTAB of a claim twice
rejected in a patent application or reissue application or finally
rejected in an ex parte reexamination, without accelerating the
underlying matter which generated the appeal. The certificates cannot
be transferred to other parties.
II. Method of Collection
Electronically through the https://www.uspto.gov/patentsforhumanity
Web site. In the past, USPTO has used challenge.gov and skild.com as
platforms to host the applications.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0066.
IC Instruments: The individual instruments in this collection, as
well as their associated forms, are listed in the table below.
Type of Review: Revision of an existing collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, non-profit
institutions, and individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 110 responses per year, with an
estimated 33 percent (36) submitted by small entities. Of this total,
the USPTO expects that 100 percent of responses will be submitted
electronically through the Patents for Humanity Web site.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately four hours to complete the humanitarian
program application and one hour to complete the petition to extend the
acceleration certificate redemption period beyond 12 months, if needed,
depending on the nature of the information. These estimated times
include gathering the necessary information, preparing the application
and any supplemental supporting materials, and submitting the completed
request to the USPTO.
The time per response, estimated annual responses, and estimated
annual hour burden associated with each instrument in this information
collection is shown in the table below.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 410 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent (Hourly) Cost Burden: $80,290.
The USPTO expects that attorneys will complete the Petition to Extend
the Redemption Period of the Humanitarian Awards Certificate, and that
both attorneys and paralegals will complete the Humanitarian Program
Application forms. Using the professional hourly rate of $389 for
attorneys in private firms and a paraprofessional hourly rate of $125
for the paralegals, the USPTO estimates $80,290 per year for the
respondent cost burden for this collection. However, it should be noted
that attorneys are not necessary to fill out the form, and many
applicants--including previous winners--have filled out the application
themselves.
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Estimated time
IC No. Information collection for response Estimated annual Estimated annual Rate ($/
instrument (minutes) responses burden hours hr)
(a).............. (b) (a) x (b)/60 =
(c)
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1............... Humanitarian Program 60 minutes 85 340 * 191
Application (Humanitarian (attorney).
Use); PTO/PFH/001. 180 minutes
(paralegal).
1............... Humanitarian Program 60 minutes 15 60 * 191
Application (Humanitarian (attorney).
Research); PTO/PFH/002. 180 minutes
(paralegal).
2............... Petition to Extend the 60 minutes....... 10 10 389
Redemption Period of the
Humanitarian Awards
Certificate; PTO/SB/431.
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Total....... ........................... ................. 110 410 ..........
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* (Blended).
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $0. This
collection has no annual (non-hour) postage, operation or maintenance,
or fee costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, 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 collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 4, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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