National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Meeting, 54318-54319 [2018-23609]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–C–2018–0058]
National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Meeting
United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
AGENCY:
The National Medal of
Technology and Innovation (NMTI)
Nomination Evaluation Committee will
meet in closed session on November 9,
2018. The primary purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the relative merits
of persons, teams, and companies
nominated for the NMTI.
DATES: The meeting will convene
November 9, 2018, at approximately 9
a.m., and adjourn at approximately 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Northwestern University in Evanston,
Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Palafoutas, Program Manager, National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Program, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box, Alexandria,
VA 22313; telephone (571) 272–9821; or
by electronic mail: nmti@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is
hereby given that the NMTI Nomination
Evaluation Committee, chartered to the
United States Department of Commerce,
will meet at the United States Patent
and Trademark Office campus in
Alexandria, Virginia.
The Secretary of Commerce is
responsible for recommending to the
President prospective NMTI recipients.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee evaluates the nominations
received pursuant to public solicitation
and makes its recommendations for the
Medal to the Secretary. Committee
members are distinguished experts in
the fields of science, technology,
business, and patent law drawn from
both the public and private sectors and
are appointed by the Secretary for threeyear terms.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee was established in
accordance with the FACA. The
Committee meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the FACA
and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B),
because the discussion of the relative
merit of the Medal nominations is likely
to disclose information of a personal
nature that would constitute a clearly
SUMMARY:
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unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy of the nominees; and premature
disclosure of the Committee’s
recommendations would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of
the Medal Program.
The Acting Chief Financial Officer/
Assistant Secretary for Administration,
and Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Administration, United States
Department of Commerce, formally
determined on October 17, 2018,
pursuant to section 10(d) of the FACA,
that the meeting may be closed because
Committee members are concerned with
matters that are within the purview of
5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Due to
closure of this meeting, copies of any
minutes of the meeting will not be
available. A copy of the determination
is available for public inspection at the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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Customer Satisfaction Surveys
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.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: USPTO Websites Customer
Satisfaction Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0651-New.
Form Number(s):
• None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 100,000
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: 8
minutes per response.
Burden Hours: 13,333.33 hours
annually.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
wishes to conduct customer satisfaction
surveys on its websites. This collection
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to help the USPTO become more
citizen-centric and achieve higher levels
of public trust and confidence. The
USPTO will use the ForeSee surveys in
order to collaborate effectively with the
public and meet Administration
mandates. These surveys will assist the
Agency in its efforts to be open and
collaborative.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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-New’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
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 November 28, 2018 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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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[Docket No. PTO–P–2018–0062]
Request for Comments on Motion To
Amend Practice and Procedures in
Trial Proceedings Under the America
Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
This Request for Comments
seeks public input on certain practices
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and procedures that the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (‘‘PTAB’’ or ‘‘Board’’) of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (‘‘Office’’ or ‘‘USPTO’’) proposes
regarding motions to amend filed in
inter partes reviews (‘‘IPR’’), post-grant
reviews (‘‘PGR’’), and covered business
method patent reviews (‘‘CBM’’)
pursuant to the provisions of the LeahySmith America Invents Act (‘‘AIA’’)
providing for trial proceedings before
the Office. Specifically, the Office seeks
input on a proposed amendment
process that would involve a
preliminary non-binding decision by the
Board that provides information to the
parties regarding the merits of a motion
to amend, and an opportunity for a
patent owner to revise its motion to
amend thereafter. In addition, the Office
seeks input on a proposed pilot program
implementing the new amendment
process. The Office also seeks input
regarding whether the Office should
continue to allocate the burden of
persuasion regarding patentability of
substitute claims as set forth in a recent
informative Board decision, as well as
any suggestions the public may have as
to motion to amend practice before the
Board generally.
DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written
comments must be received on or before
December 14, 2018, to ensure
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent
by electronic mail message over the
internet addressed to:
TrialRFC2018Amendments@uspto.gov.
Comments may also be submitted by
postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop
Patent Board, Director of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450, marked to the attention of ‘‘Acting
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent
Judge Jacqueline Wright Bonilla or Vice
Chief Administrative Patent Judge
Michael Tierney, PTAB Request for
Comments 2018.’’
Although comments may be
submitted by postal mail, the Office
prefers to receive comments by
electronic mail message to more easily
share all comments with the public. The
Office prefers the comments to be
submitted in plain text, but also accepts
comments submitted in portable
document format or DOC format.
Comments not submitted electronically
should be submitted on paper in a
format that facilitates convenient digital
scanning into portable document
format.
The comments will be available for
public inspection at the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board, located in Madison East,
Ninth Floor, 600 Dulany Street,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO-C-2018-0058]
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Meeting
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI)
Nomination Evaluation Committee will meet in closed session on November
9, 2018. The primary purpose of the meeting is to discuss the relative
merits of persons, teams, and companies nominated for the NMTI.
DATES: The meeting will convene November 9, 2018, at approximately 9
a.m., and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Northwestern University in
Evanston, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Palafoutas, Program Manager,
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Program, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box, Alexandria, VA 22313; telephone
(571) 272-9821; or by electronic mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given that the NMTI
Nomination Evaluation Committee, chartered to the United States
Department of Commerce, will meet at the United States Patent and
Trademark Office campus in Alexandria, Virginia.
The Secretary of Commerce is responsible for recommending to the
President prospective NMTI recipients. The NMTI Nomination Evaluation
Committee evaluates the nominations received pursuant to public
solicitation and makes its recommendations for the Medal to the
Secretary. Committee members are distinguished experts in the fields of
science, technology, business, and patent law drawn from both the
public and private sectors and are appointed by the Secretary for
three-year terms.
The NMTI Nomination Evaluation Committee was established in
accordance with the FACA. The Committee meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the FACA and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B),
because the discussion of the relative merit of the Medal nominations
is likely to disclose information of a personal nature that would
constitute a clearly
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unwarranted invasion of personal privacy of the nominees; and premature
disclosure of the Committee's recommendations would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of the Medal Program.
The Acting Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary for
Administration, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration,
United States Department of Commerce, formally determined on October
17, 2018, pursuant to section 10(d) of the FACA, that the meeting may
be closed because Committee members are concerned with matters that are
within the purview of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Due to closure of
this meeting, copies of any minutes of the meeting will not be
available. A copy of the determination is available for public
inspection at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Dated: October 24, 2018.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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