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values should enable consumers to
compare the cost and mileage economy
of different fuels, and so enable
informed purchasing decisions when
considering the use, purchase, or lease
of vehicles equipped to operate on
different fuels.
Taximeters (and GPS Devices When
Used in Transportation Services)
Items 354–1, 354–2, 354–3, 354–4, and
354–5
The S&T Committee is recommending
for adoption this group of proposals
(listed above), which includes proposed
revisions and updates to the Taximeter
Code in NIST Handbook 44 to address
changes in technology related to
indicating and recording elements (i.e.,
printers) and operational features
including the indications required to be
presented to passengers.
Item 354–6 U.S. National Working
Group on Taximeters and Global
Positioning System-Based Systems for
Time and Distance Measurement
The S&T Committee will hear a
progress report from a national working
group that is studying the use of Global
Positioning Systems and smart phone/
web based applications in
transportation services in order to
develop proposed specifications,
tolerances, and other technical
requirements to ensure accuracy and
transparency for passengers, drivers,
and businesses for inclusion in NIST
Handbook 44. This item is designated as
a ‘‘Developing Item’’ on the Committee’s
agenda to allow further study and
refinement of these issues.
Other Items
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Item 360–5 Electric Vehicle Fueling
and Submetering
The S&T Committee is recommending
adoption of a tentative code for use in
electric vehicle charging and
submetering for inclusion in NIST
Handbook 44. The code was developed
by a NIST U.S. National Working Group
that continues to further refine the
specifications, tolerances, and other
technical requirements to ensure
accuracy and transparency for drivers of
electric vehicles and power resellers.
The S&T Committee is also
recommending for adoption proposed
changes to the Section 5.55. ‘‘Timing
Devices’’ in NIST Handbook 44 to
address requirements for the timing
mechanisms that are likely to be used in
some recharging systems to determine
additional charges for other services
(e.g., parking).
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Committee (L&R Committee)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The following items are proposals to
amend NIST Handbook 130 or NIST
Handbook 133:
NIST Handbook 130—Section on
Uniform Regulation for the Method of
Sale of Commodities
Item 232–3
Animal Bedding
The L&R Committee is recommending
the adoption of a uniform method of
sale for animal bedding that will
enhance the ability of consumers to
make value comparisons and will
ensure fair competition. Animal
Bedding is generally defined as any
material, except for baled straw, that is
kept, offered or exposed for sale or sold
to retail consumers for primary use as a
medium for any pet or companion or
livestock animal to nest or eliminate
waste. If adopted, the proposal will
require packers to advertise and sell
packages of animal bedding on the basis
of the expanded volume of the bedding.
Most packages of animal bedding are
compressed during packaging and the
expanded volume is the amount of
product that consumers will recover
through unwrapping and decompressing
the bedding according to the
instructions provided by the packer. See
also Item 260–3 for proposed Test
Procedures for Verifying the Expanded
Volume Declaration on Packages of
Animal Bedding.
NIST Handbook 133—‘‘Checking the
Net Contents of Packaged Goods’’
Item 260–1
Chitterling Test Procedure
The L&R Committee is recommending
for adoption a proposal that will add a
test procedure and purge allowance to
NIST Handbook 133 so the drainage
equipment and methods used by state
and local weights and measures officials
are identical to those used by the Food
Safety and Inspection Service of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture in
packing plants. This test procedure will
also be used in verifying the amount of
purge from beef tripe.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 272(b)(6).
Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory
Programs.
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Center for Independent Experts; Public
Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
NMFS has requested the
Center for Independent Experts (CIE)
meet to conduct a peer review of the
agency’s stock assessment of the General
Model for Alaskan Crabs Stocks
(GMACs) and its implementation for
Bristol Bay Red King Assessment
(BBRKC). This notice lists the time and
place of that meeting.
DATES: The workshop will be held June
29–July 1, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Alaska Fishery Science Center
(AFSC), 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Building 4, Conference Room, Seattle,
WA.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jim
Ianelli, 206–526–6510.
The
Agenda is subject to change, and the
latest version will be posted at https://
www.npfmc.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Jim
Ianelli at 206–526–6510 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: June 3, 2015
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘Third-Party
Submissions and Protests’’
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
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Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Third-Party Submissions and
Protests.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0062.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/429.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Number of Respondents: 1,560.
Average Time per Response: 10 hours.
Burden Hours: 15,600.
Cost Burden: $237,619.25.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection (the information collected via
third-party submissions under 37 CFR
1.290 and protests under 37 CFR 1.291)
is necessary so that the public may
contribute to the quality of issued
patents. Through the third-party
submissions, members of the public
may submit patents, published patent
applications, or other printed
publications of potential relevance to
the examination of an application in
accordance with 37 CFR 1.290. Through
the protests, members of the public may
call attention to any facts that—in the
protestor’s opinion—would make the
grant of a patent improper. The USPTO
will use this information, as
appropriate, during the patent
examination process to assist in
evaluating the patent application and to,
where necessary, avoid the issuance of
an invalid patent.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be
publicly available in electronic format
through reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0062 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• 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.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before July 9, 2015 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by
fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the
attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
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Dated: June 1, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘Post Registration
(Trademark Processing)’’
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Post Registration (Trademark
Processing).
OMB Control Number: 0651–0055.
Form Number(s):
• PTO Form 1563
• PTO Form 1573
• PTO Form 1583
• PTO Form 1597
• PTO Form 1963
• PTO Global Form
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 185,047
responses per year. Of this total, the
USPTO expects that 175,846 responses
will be submitted through TEAS and
9,201 will be submitted on paper.
Average Hours Per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to
35 minutes (0.58 hours) to complete a
single item in this collection, depending
on the instrument used. This includes
the time to gather the necessary
information, create the documents, and
submit the completed request to the
USPTO.
Burden Hours: 43,095.72 hours.
Cost Burden: $54,392,518.33.
Needs and Uses:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) administers
the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et
seq., which provides for the Federal
registration of trademarks, service
marks, collective trademarks and service
marks, collective membership marks,
and certification marks. Individuals and
businesses that use or intend to use
such marks in commerce may file an
application to register their marks with
the USPTO.
Such individuals and businesses may
also submit various communications to
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the USPTO, including requests to
amend their registrations to delete goods
or services that are no longer being used
by the registrant. Registered marks
remain on the register for ten years and
can be renewed, but will be cancelled
unless the owner files with the USPTO
a declaration attesting to the continued
use (or excusable non-use) of the mark
in commerce, and a renewal
application, within specific deadlines.
Applicants may also request to amend
or divide a registration, respond to a
post-registration Office action, and
surrender a registration.
The rules implementing the Act are
set forth in 37 CFR part 2. These rules
mandate that each register entry include
the mark, the goods and/or services in
connection with which the mark is
used, ownership information, dates of
use, and certain other information. The
USPTO also provides similar
information concerning pending
applications. The register and pending
application information may be
accessed by an individual or by
businesses to determine the availability
of a mark. By accessing the USPTO’s
information, parties may reduce the
possibility of initiating use of a mark
previously adopted by another. Thus,
the Federal trademark registration
process may reduce unnecessary
litigation and its accompanying costs
and burdens.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofit institutions, and not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be
publicly available in electronic format
through reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0055 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• 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.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before July 9, 2015 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``Third-Party
Submissions and Protests''
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. chapter 35).
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Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Third-Party Submissions and Protests.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0062.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/429.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Number of Respondents: 1,560.
Average Time per Response: 10 hours.
Burden Hours: 15,600.
Cost Burden: $237,619.25.
Needs and Uses: This information collection (the information
collected via third-party submissions under 37 CFR 1.290 and protests
under 37 CFR 1.291) is necessary so that the public may contribute to
the quality of issued patents. Through the third-party submissions,
members of the public may submit patents, published patent
applications, or other printed publications of potential relevance to
the examination of an application in accordance with 37 CFR 1.290.
Through the protests, members of the public may call attention to any
facts that--in the protestor's opinion--would make the grant of a
patent improper. The USPTO will use this information, as appropriate,
during the patent examination process to assist in evaluating the
patent application and to, where necessary, avoid the issuance of an
invalid patent.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email:
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0062 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
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.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent on or before July 9, 2015 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov,
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
Fraser.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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