Department of Commerce September 15, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On March 11, 2015, the Department published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on large residential washers from Korea.\1\ The review covers two producers/exporters of the subject merchandise, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) and Daewoo Electronics Corporation (Daewoo). The period of review (POR) is June 5, 2012, through December 31, 2013. Based on an analysis of the comments received, the Department has not made changes to the subsidy rates calculated for Daewoo and Samsung in the Preliminary Results. The final subsidy rates are listed in the ``Final Results of Administrative Review'' section below.

On March 9, 2015, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the ninth administrative review of the antidumping duty Order \1\ on certain warmwater shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'').\2\ Based upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we determine that Minh Phu Group \3\ and Thuan Phuoc \4\ sold subject merchandise at less than normal value (``NV'') during the period of review (``POR''), February 1, 2013, through January 31, 2014. The Department determines that sales of subject merchandise by Fimex VN \5\ were not made below NV.

On March 9, 2015, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on utility scale wind towers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'').\1\ The period of review is February 13, 2013, through January 31, 2014. The review covers one respondent, CS Wind Vietnam and CS Wind Corporation (collectively, ``CS Wind Group''). We continue to find that CS Wind Group has sold subject merchandise in the United States at below normal value during the POR.

The Department of Commerce publishes this notice to announce the effective date of a Privacy Act System of Records notice entitled COMMERCE/NOAA-23; Economic Data Collection Program for West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and California.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a procedure under which an application will be advanced out of turn (accorded special status) for examination if the applicant files a petition to make special with the appropriate showing. The USPTO is providing a temporary basis (the Streamlined, Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot for Small Entities) under which a small or micro entity appellant may have an ex parte appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) accorded special status if the appellant has only a single appeal pending before the Board and the appellant agrees to streamline the appeal. Specifically, the appeal must not involve any claim subject to a rejection for lack of written description, enablement, or best mode, or for indefiniteness, and the appellant must agree to the disposition of all claims subject to each ground of rejection as a single group and waive any request for an oral hearing. The Streamlined, Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot for Small Entities will allow small or micro entity appellants who streamline their appeals to have greater control over the priority with which their appeals are decided.