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Monday, January 28, 2019
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2018–0066]
Extension of the Cancer
Immunotherapy Pilot Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On June 29, 2016, the United
States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) implemented the Cancer
Immunotherapy Pilot Program, which
permits patent applications pertaining
to cancer immunotherapy to be
advanced out of turn for examination
and reviewed earlier (accorded special
status). To date, over 300 petitions
requesting participation in the pilot
program have been filed, and over 100
patents have been granted under the
pilot program. In view of the continued
interest in the pilot program, the USPTO
has extended the pilot program until
June 30, 2020. All pilot parameters
remain the same as the original pilot.
DATES: Duration: The Cancer
Immunotherapy Pilot Program will
continue to run until June 30, 2020.
Therefore, petitions to make special
under the Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot
Program must be filed on or before June
30, 2020. In addition, any petition to
make special under the Cancer
Immunotherapy Pilot Program filed
between December 31, 2018, and the
publication date of this notice will be
considered timely. The USPTO may
further extend the pilot program (with
or without modifications) or terminate it
depending on feedback received,
continued interest and the effectiveness
of the pilot program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pinchus M. Laufer, Patent Attorney
(telephone (571) 272–7726; electronic
mail at pinchus.laufer@uspto.gov) or
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Susy Tsang-Foster, Senior Legal Advisor
(telephone (571) 272–7711; electronic
mail at susy.tsang-foster@uspto.gov), of
the Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy.
For questions relating to a specific
petition, please contact Gary B. Nickol,
Supervisory Patent Examiner (telephone
(571) 272–0835; electronic mail at
gary.nickol@uspto.gov) or Brandon J.
Fetterolf, Supervisory Patent Examiner
(telephone (571) 272–2919; electronic
mail at brandon.fetterolf@uspto.gov), of
Technology Center 1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USPTO published a notice for the
implementation of the Cancer
Immunotherapy Pilot Program on June
29, 2016. See Cancer Immunotherapy
Pilot Program, 81 FR 42328 (June 29,
2016), 1428 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 253
(July 26, 2016) (Cancer Immunotherapy
Notice). The pilot program was designed
to support the global fight against
cancer. The Cancer Immunotherapy
Notice indicated that an applicant may
have an application advanced out of
turn (accorded special status) for
examination without meeting all of the
current requirements of the accelerated
examination program set forth in item
VIII of MPEP section 708.02(a), if the
application contained at least one claim
to a method of treating cancer using
immunotherapy and met other
requirements specified in the Cancer
Immunotherapy Notice.
The Cancer Immunotherapy Notice
established that the pilot program
would run for twelve months from June
29, 2016. The USPTO extended the pilot
program to December 31, 2018, through
a notice published in the Federal
Register. See Extension of the Cancer
Immunotherapy Pilot Program, 82 FR
28645 (June 23, 2017), 1440 Off. Gaz.
Pat. Office 256 (July 25, 2017). In view
of the continued interest in the pilot
program, the USPTO has extended the
pilot program through June 30, 2020.
The extension also will allow the
USPTO to continue its evaluation of the
pilot program. The requirements of the
pilot program have not been modified.
Various stakeholders from around the
world have filed petitions to participate
in the pilot program—they are
independent inventors, universities,
research institutions, hospitals, medical
centers, government agencies, and large
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and small companies. To date, over 300
petitions requesting participation in the
pilot program have been filed, and over
100 patents have been granted under the
pilot program. The USPTO may again
extend the pilot program (with or
without modifications) depending on
the feedback from the participants,
continued interest, and the effectiveness
of the pilot program.
Dated: January 18, 2019.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2018–0070]
Expiration of the Extended Missing
Parts Pilot Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO)
implemented a pilot program (Extended
Missing Parts Pilot Program) in which
an applicant, under certain conditions,
can request a 12-month time period to
pay the search fee, the examination fee,
any excess claim fees, and the surcharge
(for the late submission of the search fee
and the examination fee) in a
nonprovisional application. Based on
the limited number of grantable requests
and the administrative burden on the
USPTO in processing improper
requests, the USPTO decided not to
extend the Extended Missing Parts Pilot
Program beyond January 2, 2019.
DATES: The USPTO decided not to
extend the Extended Missing Parts Pilot
Program beyond January 2, 2019.
Therefore, any certification and request
to participate in the Extended Missing
Parts Pilot Program must have been filed
on or before January 2, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugenia A. Jones, Senior Legal Advisor,
Office of Patent Legal Administration,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patent Examination Policy, by telephone
at (571) 272–7727, or Erin M. Harriman,
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Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, Office of the
Deputy Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy, by telephone at
(571) 272–7747.
Inquiries regarding this notice may
also be directed to the Office of Patent
Legal Administration, by telephone at
(571) 272–7701, or by electronic mail at
PatentPractice@uspto.gov.
Alternatively, mail may be addressed to:
Mail Stop Comments—Patents,
Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450,
marked to the attention of Eugenia A.
Jones.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 8, 2010, after considering
written comments from the public, the
USPTO changed the missing parts
examination procedures in certain
nonprovisional applications by
implementing a pilot program (i.e.,
Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program).
See Pilot Program for Extended Time
Period To Reply to a Notice to File
Missing Parts of Nonprovisional
Application, 75 FR 76401 (Dec. 8, 2010),
1362 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 44 (Jan. 4,
2011). The USPTO has extended the
pilot program through notices published
in the Federal Register. On September
6, 2016, the USPTO sought public
comment on whether the Extended
Missing Parts Pilot Program offers
sufficient benefits to the patent
community for it to be made permanent
or whether the USPTO should permit
the pilot program to expire. See Request
for Comments on the Extended Missing
Parts Pilot Program, 81 FR 61195 (Sept.
6, 2016), 1430 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 269
(Sept. 27, 2016). The USPTO received
only two comments. The two comments
are available via the USPTO’s internet
website at https://www.uspto.gov/
patent/laws-and-regulations/commentspublic/comments-extended-missingparts-pilot-program. On January 10,
2018, the USPTO extended the pilot
program until January 2, 2019, and
indicated that it intended to make a
decision before January 2, 2019, on
whether the program should be made
permanent or permitted to expire. See
Extension of Extended Missing Parts
Pilot Program, 83 FR 1243 (Jan. 10,
2018), 1447 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 47
(Feb. 6, 2018).
Since the inception of the Extended
Missing Parts Pilot Program, the USPTO
has received fewer than 200 grantable
requests per year. In addition, the
number of grantable requests has
decreased over the past year. In view of
the low usage of the pilot program, the
limited number of written comments
received from the public in response to
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the 2016 request for comments, and the
administrative burden on the USPTO in
processing improper requests, the
USPTO decided to permit the Extended
Missing Parts Pilot Program to expire on
January 2, 2019.
Any certification and request must
have been filed on or before January 2,
2019, in order to participate in the
Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program.
The USPTO will review any
certification and request filed on or
before January 2, 2019, for compliance
with the requirements of the program.
Any certification and request filed after
January 2, 2019, will not be granted.
Dated: January 18, 2019.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for Selection as a
Performance Partnership Pilot;
Performance Partnership Pilots for
Disconnected Youth
Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(ED or Department) is issuing a notice
inviting applications for selection of up
to 10 performance partnership pilots for
fiscal year (FY) 2018 and up to 10
performance partnership pilots for FY
2019 under the Performance Partnership
Pilots for Disconnected Youth authority.
DATES:
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
March 14, 2019.
SUMMARY:
Note: Submission of a notice of intent to
apply is optional.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 29, 2019.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Braden Goetz, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Room 11141, Potomac
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC
20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7405.
Email: DisconnectedYouth@ed.gov. Or
Corinne Sauri, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 11–134, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 245–6412.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Braden Goetz, U.S. Department of
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Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 11141, PCP, Washington, DC
20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7405.
Email: DisconnectedYouth@ed.gov. Or
Corinne Sauri, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 11–134, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 245–6412.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Pilot Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: Performance
Partnership Pilots for Disconnected
Youth (P3) was first authorized by
Congress in FY 2014 by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
(2014 Act), and the authority has been
included by Congress in appropriations
acts each year since FY 2014. The P3
authority enables pilot sites to blend FY
2018 and FY 2019 Federal funds and
obtain waivers of program requirements,
including statutory, regulatory, and
administrative requirements that are
barriers to achieving improved
outcomes for youth-serving programs
included in the authority. Under P3,
pilots can test innovative, outcomefocused strategies to achieve significant
improvements in educational,
employment, and other key outcomes
for disconnected youth using the
flexibility provided by P3.
Background: P3 aligns with the
Administration’s priorities of relieving
burden, breaking down ‘‘silos,’’
increasing flexibility, and providing
State, local, and Tribal governments
greater freedom to innovate. P3 gives
ED; the Departments of Labor (DOL),
Health and Human Services (HHS),
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD),1 and Justice (DOJ); 2 the
Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS); and the
Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) (collectively, the
Agencies) authority, provided certain
conditions and requirements are met, to
waive Federal statutory and regulatory
requirements that inhibit effective
service delivery for disconnected youth.
The authority also advances the
1 HUD was first authorized to enter into
performance agreements with respect to Homeless
Assistance Grants by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2016.
2 DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs was first
authorized to enter into performance agreements by
the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015.
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[Pages 411-412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO-P-2018-0070]
Expiration of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
implemented a pilot program (Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program) in
which an applicant, under certain conditions, can request a 12-month
time period to pay the search fee, the examination fee, any excess
claim fees, and the surcharge (for the late submission of the search
fee and the examination fee) in a nonprovisional application. Based on
the limited number of grantable requests and the administrative burden
on the USPTO in processing improper requests, the USPTO decided not to
extend the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program beyond January 2, 2019.
DATES: The USPTO decided not to extend the Extended Missing Parts Pilot
Program beyond January 2, 2019. Therefore, any certification and
request to participate in the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program must
have been filed on or before January 2, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia A. Jones, Senior Legal
Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone at (571) 272-
7727, or Erin M. Harriman,
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Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of
the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone at
(571) 272-7747.
Inquiries regarding this notice may also be directed to the Office
of Patent Legal Administration, by telephone at (571) 272-7701, or by
electronic mail at PatentPractice@uspto.gov. Alternatively, mail may be
addressed to: Mail Stop Comments--Patents, Commissioner for Patents,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the attention of
Eugenia A. Jones.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 8, 2010, after considering
written comments from the public, the USPTO changed the missing parts
examination procedures in certain nonprovisional applications by
implementing a pilot program (i.e., Extended Missing Parts Pilot
Program). See Pilot Program for Extended Time Period To Reply to a
Notice to File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application, 75 FR 76401
(Dec. 8, 2010), 1362 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 44 (Jan. 4, 2011). The USPTO
has extended the pilot program through notices published in the Federal
Register. On September 6, 2016, the USPTO sought public comment on
whether the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program offers sufficient
benefits to the patent community for it to be made permanent or whether
the USPTO should permit the pilot program to expire. See Request for
Comments on the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program, 81 FR 61195
(Sept. 6, 2016), 1430 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 269 (Sept. 27, 2016). The
USPTO received only two comments. The two comments are available via
the USPTO's internet website at https://www.uspto.gov/patent/laws-and-regulations/comments-public/comments-extended-missing-parts-pilot-program. On January 10, 2018, the USPTO extended the pilot program
until January 2, 2019, and indicated that it intended to make a
decision before January 2, 2019, on whether the program should be made
permanent or permitted to expire. See Extension of Extended Missing
Parts Pilot Program, 83 FR 1243 (Jan. 10, 2018), 1447 Off. Gaz. Pat.
Office 47 (Feb. 6, 2018).
Since the inception of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program,
the USPTO has received fewer than 200 grantable requests per year. In
addition, the number of grantable requests has decreased over the past
year. In view of the low usage of the pilot program, the limited number
of written comments received from the public in response to the 2016
request for comments, and the administrative burden on the USPTO in
processing improper requests, the USPTO decided to permit the Extended
Missing Parts Pilot Program to expire on January 2, 2019.
Any certification and request must have been filed on or before
January 2, 2019, in order to participate in the Extended Missing Parts
Pilot Program. The USPTO will review any certification and request
filed on or before January 2, 2019, for compliance with the
requirements of the program. Any certification and request filed after
January 2, 2019, will not be granted.
Dated: January 18, 2019.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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