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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 / Notices
The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, March 9, 2021, from 9:30 a.m.
through 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday,
March 10, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. through
12:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for agenda details.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
over webinar with a telephone-only
connection option. Details on how to
connect to the webinar by computer and
by telephone will be available at: https://
www.mafmc.org/ssc.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331; website:
www.mafmc.org.
DATES:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this meeting is to make
multi-year acceptable biological catch
(ABC) recommendations for Blueline
tilefish for the 2022–24 fishing years.
The SSC will review the results of the
2020 bottom longline survey for Golden
tilefish and provide feedback on the
future direction of the survey and
upcoming management track
assessment. The SSC Economic Work
Group will update the full SSC on the
Research Set-Aside economic case study
the Council selected for development in
2021. The SSC will also review and
provide feedback on the most recent
Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem
report and other Ecosystem Approach to
Fisheries Management (EAFM) related
activities. The Northeast Fisheries
Science Center will give a presentation
on the results and findings from the
recently completed research track
assessment on Index Based Methods
and Harvest Control Rules. The SSC will
also receive an update on ongoing
Council actions, including the
Recreational Reform Initiative and
discuss potential opportunities for SSC
engagement. In addition, the SSC may
take up any other business as necessary.
A detailed agenda and background
documents will be made available on
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
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Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aid
should be directed to Kathy Collins,
(302) 526–5253, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA818]
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: January 13, 2021.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP)
will hold an online meeting, which is
open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Tuesday, February 16, 2021, from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, or
until business for each day is
completed.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to join the
meeting and system requirements will
be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–
2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brett Wiedoff, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; Brett.L.Wiedoff@noaa.gov;
telephone: (503) 820–2424.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this meeting is for the GAP
to discuss potential fishery management
changes regarding non-trawl rockfish
conservation area management and
future implementation of fishing gear
used under the Emley/Platt exempted
fishing permit. This discussion is in
support of a tentatively scheduled
agenda item for the April 2021 Pacific
Council meeting. The GAP may also
discuss other items on the Pacific
Council’s March or April agenda,
particularly ecosystem or administrative
matters.
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Although nonemergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
Requests for auxiliary aids should be
directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt
(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov; (503) 820–
2412) at least 10 business days prior to
the meeting date.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: January 13, 2021.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Patent Petitions Related to
Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s reporting
burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on October 1, 2020 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Petitions Related to
Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0059.
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Form Number(s): (AIA = American
Invents; SB = Specimen Book).
• PTO/AIA/17P (Petition Fee Under
37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal).
• PTO/AIA/24A (Petition for Express
Abandonment to Avoid Publication
Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)).
• PTO/SB/17P (Petition Fee Under 37
CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal).
• PTO/SB/23 (Petition for Extension
of Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(b)).
• PTO/SB24A, (Petition for Express
Abandonment to Avoid Publication
Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)).
• PTO/SB/28 (Petition to Make
Special Under Accelerated Examination
Program).
• PTO/SB/140 (Petition to Withdraw
an Application from Issue 1.313).
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 40,922
respondents per year.
Average Hour per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public between 5 minutes (0.08 hours)
to 12 hours to complete a response,
depending on the complexity of the
particular item. This includes the time
to gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate documents, and
submit the completed response to the
USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 72,958 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Cost Burden: $3,195,134.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
required by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to
examine an application for patent and,
when appropriate, issue a patent. The
USPTO also is required to publish
patent applications, with certain
exceptions, promptly after the
expiration of a period of 18 months from
the earliest filing date for which a
benefit is sought under Title 35, U.S.C.
Many actions taken by the USPTO
during its examination of an application
for patent or for reissue of a patent, or
during its reexamination of a patent, are
subject to review by an appeal to the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For
other USPTO actions, review is in the
form of administrative review obtained
via submission of a petition to the
USPTO. USPTO petitions practice also
provides an opportunity for a patent
applicant or owner to supply additional
information that may be required in
order for the USPTO to further process
an application or patent.
This information collection covers
petitions filed in patent applications
and reexamination proceedings that,
when submitted to the USPTO, must be
accompanied by the fee set forth in 37
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CFR 1.17(f), (g), or (h). This information
collection also covers the transmittals
for the petition fees.
Affected Public: Private sector;
individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce, USPTO
information collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 0651–0059.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0059
information request’’ in the subject line
of the message.
• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend
Collection 3038–0074: Core Principles
and Other Requirements for Swap
Execution Facilities
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the proposed renewal of a
collection of certain information by the
agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act (‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are
required to publish notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
SUMMARY:
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including proposed extension of an
existing collection of information, and
to allow 60 days for public comment.
This notice solicits comments, as
described below, on the proposed
Information Collection Requests (‘‘ICR’’)
titled: OMB Control Number 3038–0074
and Part 37, Relating to Core Principles
and Other Requirements for Swap
Execution Facilities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
and ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–0074’’ by
any of the following methods:
• The Agency’s website, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
Please submit your comments using
only one method and identify that it is
for the renewal of Collection Number
3038–0074. All comments must be
submitted in English, or if not,
accompanied by an English translation.
Comments will be posted as received to
https://www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roger Smith, Associate Chief Counsel,
Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5344; email:
rsmith@cftc.gov; or Richard Mo,
Assistant Chief Counsel, Division of
Market Oversight, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, (202) 418–7637;
email: rmo@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CFTC is publishing
notice of the proposed amendment to
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on October 1, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0059.
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Form Number(s): (AIA = American Invents; SB = Specimen Book).
PTO/AIA/17P (Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and
(h) Transmittal).
PTO/AIA/24A (Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid
Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)).
PTO/SB/17P (Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and
(h) Transmittal).
PTO/SB/23 (Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR
1.136(b)).
PTO/SB24A, (Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid
Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)).
PTO/SB/28 (Petition to Make Special Under Accelerated
Examination Program).
PTO/SB/140 (Petition to Withdraw an Application from Issue
1.313).
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 40,922 respondents per year.
Average Hour per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public between 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 12 hours to complete a
response, depending on the complexity of the particular item. This
includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the
appropriate documents, and submit the completed response to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 72,958 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $3,195,134.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an application
for patent and, when appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO also is
required to publish patent applications, with certain exceptions,
promptly after the expiration of a period of 18 months from the
earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under Title 35,
U.S.C.
Many actions taken by the USPTO during its examination of an
application for patent or for reissue of a patent, or during its
reexamination of a patent, are subject to review by an appeal to the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For other USPTO actions, review is in
the form of administrative review obtained via submission of a petition
to the USPTO. USPTO petitions practice also provides an opportunity for
a patent applicant or owner to supply additional information that may
be required in order for the USPTO to further process an application or
patent.
This information collection covers petitions filed in patent
applications and reexamination proceedings that, when submitted to the
USPTO, must be accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g),
or (h). This information collection also covers the transmittals for
the petition fees.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0059.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0059 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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