83 FR 37487 - Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 148 (August 1, 2018)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 148 (August 1, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-16432 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 37487-37488] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16432] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No. PTO-P-2018-0046] Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public hearing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under Section 10 of the America Invents Act (AIA), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may set or adjust by rule any patent or trademark fee established, authorized, or charged, respectively. The USPTO currently is planning to propose to set or adjust patent fees pursuant to its Section 10 fee setting authority. As part of the rulemaking process to set or adjust patent fees, the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) is required under Section 10 of the AIA to hold a public hearing about any proposed patent fees, and the USPTO is required to assist PPAC in carrying out that hearing. To that end, the USPTO will make its proposed patent fees available as set forth in the Supplementary Information section of this Notice before any PPAC hearing and will help the PPAC to notify the public about the hearing. Accordingly, this document announces the dates and logistics for the PPAC public hearing regarding USPTO proposed patent fees. Interested members of the public are invited to testify at the hearing and/or submit written comments about the proposed patent fees and the questions posed on PPAC's website about the proposed fees. DATES: Public hearing: September 6, 2018. Comments: For those wishing to submit written comments on the fee proposal that will be published by August 29, 2018, the deadline for receipt of those written comments is September 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: Public hearing: The PPAC will hold a public hearing on September 6, 2018 beginning at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), and ending at 11:00 a.m., EST, at the USPTO, Madison Auditorium North, Concourse Level, Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Written comments may be submitted by email addressed to fee.setting@uspto.gov or by postal mail to United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop CFO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313- 1450, ATTN: Brendan Hourigan. Although comments may be submitted by postal mail, the USPTO prefers to receive comments via email. Written comments should be identified in the subject line of the email or postal mailing as ``Fee Setting.'' Because comments will be made available for public inspection, information that is not desired to be made public, such as an address or telephone number, should not be included in the comments. Web cast: The public hearing will be available via Web cast. Information about the Web cast will be posted on the USPTO's internet website (www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting) before the public hearing. Transcripts: Transcript of the hearing will be available on the USPTO internet website (www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting) shortly after the hearing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Hourigan, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, by phone (571) 272-8966, or by email at brendan.hourigan@uspto.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective September 16, 2011, with the passage of the AIA, the USPTO is authorized under Section 10 of the AIA to set or adjust by rule all patent and trademark fees established, authorized, or charged under Title 35 of the United States Code and the Trademark Act of 1946, respectively. Patent and trademark fees set or adjusted by rule under Section 10 of the AIA may only recover the aggregate estimated costs to the Office for processing, activities, services, and materials relating to patents and trademarks, respectively, including administrative costs of the Office with respect to each as the case may be. Congress set forth the process for the USPTO to follow in setting or adjusting patent and trademark fees by rule under Section 10 of the AIA, including additional procedural steps in the rulemaking proceeding for the issuance of regulations under this section. In particular, Congress requires the relevant advisory committee to hold a public hearing about the USPTO fee proposals after receiving them from the agency. Congress likewise requires the relevant advisory committee to prepare a written report on the proposed fees and the USPTO to consider the relevant advisory committee's report before finally setting or adjusting the fees. Presently, the USPTO is planning to exercise its fee setting authority to set or adjust patent fees. As part of the rulemaking proceeding for the issuance of regulations under Section 10, the USPTO will publish a proposed patent fee schedule and related supplementary information for public viewing no later than August 29, 2018, on the USPTO internet website (address: www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting). In turn, the PPAC will hold a public hearing about the proposed patent fee schedule on the date indicated herein. The USPTO will assist the PPAC in holding the hearing by providing [[Page 37488]] resources to organize the hearing and by notifying the public about the hearing, such as through this notice. Following the PPAC public hearing, the USPTO will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register, setting forth its proposed patent fees. Requests to Present Oral Testimony Interested members of the public are invited to testify at the PPAC hearing about the proposed patent fees and the questions posed on PPAC's website about the proposed fees. Those wishing to present oral testimony at the hearing must submit a request in writing no later than August 29, 2018. Requests to testify should indicate the following: (1) The name of the person wishing to testify; (2) the person's contact information (telephone number and email address); (3) the organization(s) the person represents, if any; and (4) an indication of the amount of time needed for the testimony. Requests to testify must be submitted by email to Jennifer Lo at Jennifer.Lo@uspto.gov. Speakers providing testimony at the hearing should submit a written copy of their testimony for inclusion in the record of the proceedings no later than September 13, 2018. Based upon the requests received, an agenda for witness testimony will be sent to testifying requesters and posted on the USPTO internet website (address: www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting). If time permits, the PPAC may permit unscheduled testimony as well. Dated: July 25, 2018. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. 2018-16432 Filed 7-31-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-P
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NMFS’s Alaska Region issued a ACTION: Notice of public hearing. Web cast: The public hearing will be
Biological Opinion on July 26, 2018 to available via Web cast. Information
NMFS’s Office of Protected Resources SUMMARY: Under Section 10 of the about the Web cast will be posted on the
which concluded that the Ketchikan America Invents Act (AIA), the United USPTO’s internet website
Berth IV Expansion project is not likely States Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-
to jeopardize the continued existence of (USPTO) may set or adjust by rule any and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting)
Mexico DPS humpback whales or patent or trademark fee established, before the public hearing.
adversely modify critical habitat authorized, or charged, respectively. Transcripts: Transcript of the hearing
because none exists within the action The USPTO currently is planning to will be available on the USPTO internet
area. propose to set or adjust patent fees
website (www.uspto.gov/about-us/
pursuant to its Section 10 fee setting
National Environmental Policy Act performance-and-planning/fee-setting-
authority. As part of the rulemaking
and-adjusting) shortly after the hearing.
To comply with the National process to set or adjust patent fees, the
Patent Public Advisory Committee FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 Brendan Hourigan, Office of the Chief
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and (PPAC) is required under Section 10 of
the AIA to hold a public hearing about Financial Officer, by phone (571) 272–
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 8966, or by email at brendan.hourigan@
216–6A, NMFS must review our action any proposed patent fees, and the
USPTO is required to assist PPAC in uspto.gov.
(i.e., the issuance of an incidental
carrying out that hearing. To that end, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective
harassment authorization) with respect
to potential impacts on the human the USPTO will make its proposed September 16, 2011, with the passage of
environment. This action is consistent patent fees available as set forth in the the AIA, the USPTO is authorized under
with categories of activities identified in Supplementary Information section of Section 10 of the AIA to set or adjust by
Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental this Notice before any PPAC hearing rule all patent and trademark fees
harassment authorizations with no and will help the PPAC to notify the established, authorized, or charged
anticipated serious injury or mortality) public about the hearing. Accordingly, under Title 35 of the United States Code
of the Companion Manual for NOAA this document announces the dates and and the Trademark Act of 1946,
Administrative Order 216–6A, which do logistics for the PPAC public hearing respectively. Patent and trademark fees
not individually or cumulatively have regarding USPTO proposed patent fees. set or adjusted by rule under Section 10
the potential for significant impacts on Interested members of the public are of the AIA may only recover the
the quality of the human environment invited to testify at the hearing and/or aggregate estimated costs to the Office
and for which we have not identified submit written comments about the for processing, activities, services, and
any extraordinary circumstances that proposed patent fees and the questions materials relating to patents and
would preclude this categorical posed on PPAC’s website about the trademarks, respectively, including
exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has proposed fees. administrative costs of the Office with
determined that the issuance of the IHA DATES: Public hearing: September 6, respect to each as the case may be.
qualifies to be categorically excluded 2018. Congress set forth the process for the
from further NEPA review. Comments: For those wishing to USPTO to follow in setting or adjusting
submit written comments on the fee patent and trademark fees by rule under
Authorization proposal that will be published by Section 10 of the AIA, including
As a result of these determinations, August 29, 2018, the deadline for additional procedural steps in the
we have issued an IHA to ADOT&PF for receipt of those written comments is rulemaking proceeding for the issuance
conducting the described construction September 13, 2018. of regulations under this section. In
activities related to city dock and ferry ADDRESSES: Public hearing: The PPAC particular, Congress requires the
terminal improvements from June 1, will hold a public hearing on September relevant advisory committee to hold a
2019 through May 31, 2020 provided 6, 2018 beginning at 9:00 a.m., Eastern public hearing about the USPTO fee
the previously described mitigation, Standard Time (EST), and ending at proposals after receiving them from the
monitoring, and reporting requirements 11:00 a.m., EST, at the USPTO, Madison agency. Congress likewise requires the
are incorporated. Auditorium North, Concourse Level, relevant advisory committee to prepare
Dated: July 27, 2018. Madison Building, 600 Dulany Street, a written report on the proposed fees
Alexandria, Virginia 22314. and the USPTO to consider the relevant
Elaine T. Saiz,
Written comments may be submitted advisory committee’s report before
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. by email addressed to fee.setting@ finally setting or adjusting the fees.
uspto.gov or by postal mail to United Presently, the USPTO is planning to
[FR Doc. 2018–16473 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am]
States Patent and Trademark Office, exercise its fee setting authority to set or
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Mail Stop CFO, P.O. Box 1450, adjust patent fees. As part of the
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, ATTN: rulemaking proceeding for the issuance
Brendan Hourigan. of regulations under Section 10, the
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Although comments may be USPTO will publish a proposed patent
United States Patent and Trademark submitted by postal mail, the USPTO fee schedule and related supplementary
Office prefers to receive comments via email. information for public viewing no later
Written comments should be identified than August 29, 2018, on the USPTO
[Docket No. PTO–P–2018–0046] internet website (address:
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in the subject line of the email or postal
mailing as ‘‘Fee Setting.’’ www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance-
Patent Public Advisory Committee
Because comments will be made and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting).
Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent
available for public inspection, In turn, the PPAC will hold a public
Fee Schedule
information that is not desired to be hearing about the proposed patent fee
AGENCY:United States Patent and made public, such as an address or schedule on the date indicated herein.
Trademark Office, Department of telephone number, should not be The USPTO will assist the PPAC in
Commerce. included in the comments. holding the hearing by providing
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resources to organize the hearing and by Officer at the address or phone number offshore wind-specific research and
notifying the public about the hearing, listed below. development. The Wind Energy
such as through this notice. Following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technologies Office (WETO) is seeking
the PPAC public hearing, the USPTO Michael Li, Designated Federal Officer, information on facilities that can
will publish a Notice of Proposed Office of Energy Efficiency and conduct unique offshore wind research
Rulemaking in the Federal Register, Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of and development (R&D) in the U.S.,
setting forth its proposed patent fees. Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, what upgrades to existing facilities or
Washington, DC 20585. Phone number new facilities are needed for the U.S. to
Requests to Present Oral Testimony be at the cutting edge of offshore wind
202–287–5718; and email: michael.li@
Interested members of the public are ee.doe.gov. R&D, and what specific tests and
invited to testify at the PPAC hearing analyses could be carried out at existing,
about the proposed patent fees and the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: upgraded, or new facilities in order to
questions posed on PPAC’s website Purpose of the Board: To make advance the U.S. offshore wind
about the proposed fees. Those wishing recommendations to the Assistant industry.
to present oral testimony at the hearing Secretary for the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy DATES: Responses to the RFI must be
must submit a request in writing no received by September 14, 2018.
later than August 29, 2018. Requests to regarding goals and objectives,
programmatic and administrative ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to
testify should indicate the following: (1) submit comments electronically to
The name of the person wishing to policies, and to otherwise carry out the
Board’s responsibilities as designated in osw.rfi@ee.doe.gov. Include ‘‘National
testify; (2) the person’s contact Offshore Wind Energy R&D Test
information (telephone number and the State Energy Efficiency Programs
Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– Facilities’’ in the subject of the title.
email address); (3) the organization(s) Responses must be provided as
the person represents, if any; and (4) an 440).
Tentative Agenda: Welcome new attachments to an email. It is
indication of the amount of time needed recommended that attachments with file
for the testimony. Requests to testify STEAB members. Discuss
recommendations from STEAB to the sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed
must be submitted by email to Jennifer (i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery.
Lo at Jennifer.Lo@uspto.gov. Speakers Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Responses must be provided as a
providing testimony at the hearing Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to
should submit a written copy of their Energy.
Public Participation: The meeting is the email, and no more than 10 pages in
testimony for inclusion in the record of length, 12 point font, 1 inch margins.
the proceedings no later than September open to the public. Written statements
may be filed with the Board either Only electronic responses will be
13, 2018. accepted. The complete RFI document
Based upon the requests received, an before or after the meeting. Members of
the public who wish to make oral is located at https://eere-
agenda for witness testimony will be exchange.energy.gov/.
sent to testifying requesters and posted statements pertaining to agenda items
should contact Michael Li at the address FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
on the USPTO internet website (address: Questions may be addressed to Alana
www.uspto.gov/about-us/performance- or telephone number listed above.
Requests to make oral comments must Duerr, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
and-planning/fee-setting-and-adjusting). Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
If time permits, the PPAC may permit be received five days prior to the
meeting; reasonable provision will be DC 20585, (202) 287–6953, or osw.rfi@
unscheduled testimony as well. ee.doe.gov. Further instruction can be
made to include requested topic(s) on
Dated: July 25, 2018. the agenda. The Chair of the Board is found in the RFI document number DE–
Andrei Iancu, empowered to conduct the meeting in a FOA–0001963 posted on EERE
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual fashion that will facilitate the orderly Exchange (https://eere-
Property and Director of the United States conduct of business. exchange.energy.gov/).
Patent and Trademark Office. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Issued at Washington, DC, on July 27,
[FR Doc. 2018–16432 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am]
2018. purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback
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Latanya Butler,
from industry, academia, research
laboratories, government agencies, and
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
other stakeholders on issues related to
[FR Doc. 2018–16458 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY national offshore wind test facilities.
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P WETO is specifically interested in
State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) information on: The facilities in the U.S.
that are available for offshore wind-
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
specific experimentation and testing;
Renewable Energy, Department of facilities upgrades or new facilities that
Energy. Notice of Request for Information (RFI)
on National Offshore Wind Energy are required in the U.S. for offshore
ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. wind testing in order to perform cutting
R&D Test Facilities
edge R&D; and, the most pressing R&D
SUMMARY: This notice announces a AGENCY: Wind Energy Technologies needs that would utilize existing,
teleconference call of the State Energy Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and upgraded, or new U.S. offshore wind
Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Renewable Energy, Department of specific facilities. The RFI is available
Advisory Committee Act requires that Energy. at: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/
public notice of these meetings be
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
announced in the Federal Register. Confidential Business Information
DATES: Thursday, August 16, 2018 from SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Because information received in
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (EDT). To receive Energy (DOE) invites public comment response to this RFI may be used to
the call-in number and passcode, please on its Request for Information (RFI) structure future programs, funding and/
contact the Board’s Designated Federal regarding national-level test facilities for or otherwise be made available to the
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| Dates | Public hearing: September 6, 2018. | |
| Contact | Brendan Hourigan, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, by phone (571) 272-8966, or by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 37487 |
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