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fee-setting-and-adjusting) shortly after
the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brendan Hourigan, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, by phone (571) 272–
8966, or by email at brendan.hourigan@
uspto.gov.
Requests
to testify should indicate the following:
(1) The name of the person wishing to
testify; (2) the person’s contact
information (telephone number and
email address); (3) the organization(s)
the person represents, if any; and (4) an
indication of the amount of time needed
for the testimony. Requests to testify
must be submitted by email to Pamela
Lloyd at Pamela.Lloyd@uspto.gov.
Based upon the requests received, an
agenda for witness testimony will be
sent to testifying requesters and posted
on the USPTO Internet Web site
(address: www.uspto.gov/about-us/
performance-and-planning/fee-settingand-adjusting). If time permits, the
TPAC may permit unscheduled
testimony as well.
Effective September 16, 2011, with
the passage of the AIA, the USPTO is
authorized under Section 10 of the AIA
to set or adjust by rule all patent and
trademark fees established, authorized,
or charged under Title 35 of the United
States Code and the Trademark Act of
1946, respectively. Patent and
trademark fees set or adjusted by rule
under Section 10 of the AIA may only
recover the aggregate estimated costs to
the Office for processing, activities,
services, and materials relating to
patents and trademarks, respectively,
including administrative costs of the
Office with respect to each as the case
may be.
Congress set forth the process for the
USPTO to follow in setting or adjusting
patent and trademark fees by rule under
Section 10 of the AIA. Congress requires
the relevant advisory committee to hold
a public hearing about the USPTO fee
proposals after receiving them from the
agency. Congress likewise requires the
relevant advisory committee to prepare
a written report on the proposed fees
and the USPTO to consider the relevant
advisory committee’s report before
finally setting or adjusting the fees.
Further, Congress requires the USPTO
to publish its proposed fees and
supporting rationale in the Federal
Register and give the public not less
than 45 days in which to submit
comments on the proposed change in
fees. Finally, Congress requires the
USPTO to publish its final rule setting
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or adjusting fees also in the Federal
Register.
Presently, the USPTO is planning to
exercise its fee setting authority to set or
adjust trademark fees. The USPTO will
publish a proposed trademark fee
schedule and related supplementary
information for public viewing no later
than October 27, 2015, on the USPTO
Internet Web site (address:
www.uspto.gov/about-us/performanceand-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting).
In turn, the TPAC will hold a public
hearing about the proposed trademark
fee schedule on the date indicated
herein. The USPTO will assist the TPAC
in holding the hearing by providing
resources to organize the hearing and by
notifying the public about the hearing,
such as through this notice. To gather
information from the public about the
USPTO’s proposed trademark fees, the
TPAC will post specific questions for
the public’s consideration on the
TPAC’s Internet Web site (address:
www.uspto.gov/about/advisory/tpac)
after the USPTO publishes its proposed
trademark fee schedule. The public may
wish to address those questions in its
hearing testimony and/or in written
comments submitted to TPAC as
described herein.
Following the TPAC public hearing,
the USPTO will publish a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal
Register, setting forth its proposed
trademark fees. The publication of that
Notice will open a comment window
through which the public may provide
written comments directly to the
USPTO. Additional information about
public comment to the USPTO will be
provided in the USPTO’s Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking.
Dated: October 14, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2015–0065]
Patent Public Advisory Committee
Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent
Fee Schedule
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing.
AGENCY:
Under Section 10 of the
America Invents Act (AIA), the United
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States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) may set or adjust by rule any
patent or trademark fee established,
authorized, or charged under Title 35 of
the United States Code or the
Trademark Act of 1946, respectively.
The USPTO currently is planning to set
or adjust patent fees pursuant to its
Section 10 fee setting authority. As part
of the rulemaking process to set or
adjust patent fees, the Patent Public
Advisory Committee (PPAC) is required
under Section 10 of the AIA to hold a
public hearing about any proposed
patent fees, and the USPTO is required
to assist PPAC in carrying out that
hearing. To that end, the USPTO will
make its proposed patent fees available
as set forth in the Supplementary
Information section of this Notice before
any PPAC hearing and will help the
PPAC to notify the public about the
hearing. Accordingly, this document
announces the dates and logistics for the
PPAC public hearing regarding USPTO
proposed patent fees. Interested
members of the public are invited to
testify at the hearing and/or submit
written comments about the proposed
patent fees and the questions posed on
PPAC’s Web site about the proposed
fees.
DATES: Public hearing: November 19,
2015.
Comments: For those wishing to
submit written comments on the fee
proposal that will be published by
November 12, 2015, but not requesting
an opportunity to testify at the public
hearing, the deadline for receipt of those
written comments is November 25,
2015.
Oral testimony: Those wishing to
present oral testimony at the hearing
must request an opportunity to do so in
writing no later than November 12,
2015.
Pre-scheduled speakers: Prescheduled speakers providing testimony
at the hearing should submit a written
copy of their testimony for inclusion in
the record of the proceedings no later
than November 25, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Public hearing: The PPAC
will hold a public hearing on November
19, 2015 beginning at 2:00 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time (EST), and ending at
4:00 p.m., EST, at the USPTO, Madison
Auditorium South, Concourse Level,
Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
Email: Written comments should be
sent by email addressed to fee.setting@
uspto.gov.
Postal mail: Comments may also be
submitted by postal mail addressed to:
United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Mail Stop CFO, P.O. Box 1450,
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Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, ATTN:
Brendan Hourigan. Although comments
may be submitted by postal mail, the
USPTO prefers to receive comments via
email. Written comments should be
identified in the subject line of the
email or postal mailing as ‘‘Fee Setting.’’
Because comments will be made
available for public inspection,
information that is not desired to be
made public, such as an address or
telephone number, should not be
included in the comments.
Web cast: The public hearing will be
available via Web cast. Information
about the Web cast will be posted on the
USPTO’s Internet Web site (address:
www.uspto.gov/about-us/performanceand-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting)
before the public hearing.
Transcripts: Transcript of the hearing
will be available on the USPTO Internet
Web site (www.uspto.gov/about-us/
performance-and-planning/fee-settingand-adjusting) shortly after the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brendan Hourigan, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, by phone (571) 272–
8966, or by email at brendan.hourigan@
uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests
to testify should indicate the following:
(1) The name of the person wishing to
testify; (2) the person’s contact
information (telephone number and
email address); (3) the organization(s)
the person represents, if any; and (4) an
indication of the amount of time needed
for the testimony. Requests to testify
must be submitted by email to Jennifer
Lo at Jennifer.Lo@uspto.gov. Based upon
the requests received, an agenda for
witness testimony will be sent to
testifying requesters and posted on the
USPTO Internet Web site (address:
www.uspto.gov/about-us/performanceand-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting).
If time permits, the PPAC may permit
unscheduled testimony as well.
Effective September 16, 2011, with
the passage of the AIA, the USPTO is
authorized under Section 10 of the AIA
to set or adjust by rule all patent and
trademark fees established, authorized,
or charged under Title 35 of the United
States Code and the Trademark Act of
1946, respectively. Patent and
trademark fees set or adjusted by rule
under Section 10 of the AIA may only
recover the aggregate estimated costs to
the Office for processing, activities,
services, and materials relating to
patents and trademarks, respectively,
including administrative costs of the
Office with respect to each as the case
may be.
Congress set forth the process for the
USPTO to follow in setting or adjusting
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patent and trademark fees by rule under
Section 10 of the AIA. Congress requires
the relevant advisory committee to hold
a public hearing about the USPTO fee
proposals after receiving them from the
agency. Congress likewise requires the
relevant advisory committee to prepare
a written report on the proposed fees
and the USPTO to consider the relevant
advisory committee’s report before
finally setting or adjusting the fees.
Further, Congress requires the USPTO
to publish its proposed fees and
supporting rationale in the Federal
Register and give the public not less
than 45 days in which to submit
comments on the proposed change in
fees. Finally, Congress requires the
USPTO to publish its final rule setting
or adjusting fees also in the Federal
Register.
Presently, the USPTO is planning to
exercise its fee setting authority to set or
adjust patent fees. The USPTO will
publish a proposed patent fee schedule
and related supplementary information
for public viewing no later than
November 12, 2015, on the USPTO
Internet Web site (address:
www.uspto.gov/about-us/performanceand-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting).
In turn, the PPAC will hold a public
hearing about the proposed patent fee
schedule on the date indicated herein.
The USPTO will assist the PPAC in
holding the hearing by providing
resources to organize the hearing and by
notifying the public about the hearing,
such as through this notice. To gather
information from the public about the
USPTO’s proposed patent fees, the
PPAC will post specific questions for
the public’s consideration on the
PPAC’s Internet Web site (address:
https://www.uspto.gov/about/advisory/
ppac) after the USPTO publishes its
proposed patent fee schedule. The
public may wish to address those
questions in its hearing testimony and/
or in written comments submitted to
PPAC as described herein.
Following the PPAC public hearing,
the USPTO will publish a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal
Register, setting forth its proposed
patent fees. The publication of that
Notice will open a comment window
through which the public may provide
written comments directly to the
USPTO. Additional information about
public comment to the USPTO will be
provided in the USPTO’s Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking.
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Dated: October 14, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Office
[Docket No. PTO-P-2015-0065]
Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed
Patent Fee Schedule
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing.
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SUMMARY: Under Section 10 of the America Invents Act (AIA), the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may set or adjust by rule
any patent or trademark fee established, authorized, or charged under
Title 35 of the United States Code or the Trademark Act of 1946,
respectively. The USPTO currently is planning to set or adjust patent
fees pursuant to its Section 10 fee setting authority. As part of the
rulemaking process to set or adjust patent fees, the Patent Public
Advisory Committee (PPAC) is required under Section 10 of the AIA to
hold a public hearing about any proposed patent fees, and the USPTO is
required to assist PPAC in carrying out that hearing. To that end, the
USPTO will make its proposed patent fees available as set forth in the
Supplementary Information section of this Notice before any PPAC
hearing and will help the PPAC to notify the public about the hearing.
Accordingly, this document announces the dates and logistics for the
PPAC public hearing regarding USPTO proposed patent fees. Interested
members of the public are invited to testify at the hearing and/or
submit written comments about the proposed patent fees and the
questions posed on PPAC's Web site about the proposed fees.
DATES: Public hearing: November 19, 2015.
Comments: For those wishing to submit written comments on the fee
proposal that will be published by November 12, 2015, but not
requesting an opportunity to testify at the public hearing, the
deadline for receipt of those written comments is November 25, 2015.
Oral testimony: Those wishing to present oral testimony at the
hearing must request an opportunity to do so in writing no later than
November 12, 2015.
Pre-scheduled speakers: Pre-scheduled speakers providing testimony
at the hearing should submit a written copy of their testimony for
inclusion in the record of the proceedings no later than November 25,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Public hearing: The PPAC will hold a public hearing on
November 19, 2015 beginning at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST),
and ending at 4:00 p.m., EST, at the USPTO, Madison Auditorium South,
Concourse Level, Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314.
Email: Written comments should be sent by email addressed to
fee.setting@uspto.gov.
Postal mail: Comments may also be submitted by postal mail
addressed to: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop CFO,
P.O. Box 1450,
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Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, ATTN: Brendan Hourigan. Although comments
may be submitted by postal mail, the USPTO prefers to receive comments
via email. Written comments should be identified in the subject line of
the email or postal mailing as ``Fee Setting.'' Because comments will
be made available for public inspection, information that is not
desired to be made public, such as an address or telephone number,
should not be included in the comments.
Web cast: The public hearing will be available via Web cast.
Information about the Web cast will be posted on the USPTO's Internet
Web site (address: www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting) before the public hearing.
Transcripts: Transcript of the hearing will be available on the
USPTO Internet Web site (www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting) shortly after the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Hourigan, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, by phone (571) 272-8966, or by email at
brendan.hourigan@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to testify should indicate the
following: (1) The name of the person wishing to testify; (2) the
person's contact information (telephone number and email address); (3)
the organization(s) the person represents, if any; and (4) an
indication of the amount of time needed for the testimony. Requests to
testify must be submitted by email to Jennifer Lo at
Jennifer.Lo@uspto.gov. Based upon the requests received, an agenda for
witness testimony will be sent to testifying requesters and posted on
the USPTO Internet Web site (address: www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting). If time permits,
the PPAC may permit unscheduled testimony as well.
Effective September 16, 2011, with the passage of the AIA, the
USPTO is authorized under Section 10 of the AIA to set or adjust by
rule all patent and trademark fees established, authorized, or charged
under Title 35 of the United States Code and the Trademark Act of 1946,
respectively. Patent and trademark fees set or adjusted by rule under
Section 10 of the AIA may only recover the aggregate estimated costs to
the Office for processing, activities, services, and materials relating
to patents and trademarks, respectively, including administrative costs
of the Office with respect to each as the case may be.
Congress set forth the process for the USPTO to follow in setting
or adjusting patent and trademark fees by rule under Section 10 of the
AIA. Congress requires the relevant advisory committee to hold a public
hearing about the USPTO fee proposals after receiving them from the
agency. Congress likewise requires the relevant advisory committee to
prepare a written report on the proposed fees and the USPTO to consider
the relevant advisory committee's report before finally setting or
adjusting the fees. Further, Congress requires the USPTO to publish its
proposed fees and supporting rationale in the Federal Register and give
the public not less than 45 days in which to submit comments on the
proposed change in fees. Finally, Congress requires the USPTO to
publish its final rule setting or adjusting fees also in the Federal
Register.
Presently, the USPTO is planning to exercise its fee setting
authority to set or adjust patent fees. The USPTO will publish a
proposed patent fee schedule and related supplementary information for
public viewing no later than November 12, 2015, on the USPTO Internet
Web site (address: www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting). In turn, the PPAC will hold a public hearing
about the proposed patent fee schedule on the date indicated herein.
The USPTO will assist the PPAC in holding the hearing by providing
resources to organize the hearing and by notifying the public about the
hearing, such as through this notice. To gather information from the
public about the USPTO's proposed patent fees, the PPAC will post
specific questions for the public's consideration on the PPAC's
Internet Web site (address: https://www.uspto.gov/about/advisory/ppac)
after the USPTO publishes its proposed patent fee schedule. The public
may wish to address those questions in its hearing testimony and/or in
written comments submitted to PPAC as described herein.
Following the PPAC public hearing, the USPTO will publish a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register, setting forth its
proposed patent fees. The publication of that Notice will open a
comment window through which the public may provide written comments
directly to the USPTO. Additional information about public comment to
the USPTO will be provided in the USPTO's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking.
Dated: October 14, 2015.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2015-26574 Filed 10-19-15; 8:45 am]
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