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proposed IHA, on the NMFS Web site
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incidental/), in relation to its suitability
for adoption by NMFS in order to assess
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Maine, provided the previously
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Dated: November 18, 2016.
Donna Wieting,
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National Marine Fisheries Service.
The meeting objective is to discuss
the following questions:
1. What are the data needed to
adequately populate assessment models
(data limited to data rich models)
2. What data are currently being
collected,
3. What data are important, and
4. What new data are needed to
improve the Data Collection System and
Analyses
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Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan,
Puerto Rico, 00918–1903, telephone
(787) 766–5926, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
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Dated: November 22, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Deposit of
Biological Materials
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Caribbean Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Puerto Rico Fishers
Spiny Lobster Data Collection Initiative
will meet in December in St. Thomas,
USVI.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
December 13, 2016, from 7:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the The Frenchman’s Reef & Morning
Star Marriott Beach Resort, 5 Estate
Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
˜
270 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1903,
telephone (787) 766–5926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Puerto Rico Fishers Spiny Lobster Data
Collection Initiative will meet to discuss
the items contained in the following
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The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USTPO) 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: Deposit of Biological Materials.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0022.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Number of Respondents: 901
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public between 1 hour and 5 hours to
gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate form or
documents, and submit the information
to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 905 burden hours per
year.
Cost Burden: $2,674,644.45 per year.
Needs and Uses: Information on the
deposit of biological materials in
depositories is required for (a) the
USPTO determination of compliance
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with 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) and 112, and 37
CFR 1.801–1.809 and 1.14, where
inventions sought to be patented rely on
biological material subject to the deposit
requirement, including notification to
the interested public about where to
obtain samples of deposits; and (b) in
compliance with 37 CFR 1.803 to
demonstrate that the depositories are
qualified to store and test the biological
material submitted to them. This
collection is used by the USPTO to
determine whether or not the applicant
has met the requirements of the patent
regulations. In addition, the USPTO
uses this information to determine the
suitability of a respondent depository
based upon administrative and
technical competence and the
depository’s agreement to comply with
the requirements set forth by the
USPTO.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Kimberly R.
Keravouri, email: Kimberly_R_
Keravuori@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 ‘‘0651–0022 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 December 28, 2016 to
Kimberly R. Keravouri, OMB Desk
Officer, via email to Kimberly_R_
Keravouri@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to
202–395–5167, marked to the attention
of Kimberly R. Keravouri.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
OCIO, United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Deposit of Biological
Materials
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) 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: Deposit of Biological Materials.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0022.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Number of Respondents: 901 responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public between 1 hour and 5 hours to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate form or documents, and submit the
information to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 905 burden hours per year.
Cost Burden: $2,674,644.45 per year.
Needs and Uses: Information on the deposit of biological materials
in depositories is required for (a) the USPTO determination of
compliance with 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) and 112, and 37 CFR 1.801-1.809 and
1.14, where inventions sought to be patented rely on biological
material subject to the deposit requirement, including notification to
the interested public about where to obtain samples of deposits; and
(b) in compliance with 37 CFR 1.803 to demonstrate that the
depositories are qualified to store and test the biological material
submitted to them. This collection is used by the USPTO to determine
whether or not the applicant has met the requirements of the patent
regulations. In addition, the USPTO uses this information to determine
the suitability of a respondent depository based upon administrative
and technical competence and the depository's agreement to comply with
the requirements set forth by the USPTO.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Kimberly R. Keravouri, email:
Kimberly_R_Keravuori@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-
0022 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 December 28, 2016 to Kimberly R.
Keravouri, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
Kimberly_R_Keravouri@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to
the attention of Kimberly R. Keravouri.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, OCIO, United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
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