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Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Burden: 71 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 420 

responses per year. Out of a sample size 

of 3,000, the USPTO estimates that 420 

completed surveys will be received, for 

a response rate of 14%. The USPTO 

estimates that none of these surveys will 

be submitted by small entities. 

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) 

to complete this survey. This estimated 

time includes reading the instructions 

for the survey, gathering the necessary 

information, completing the survey, and 

submitting it to the USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: The Grace Period 

Study survey is used by foreign 

governments, researchers, and other 

stakeholders to evaluate the effects of 

premature disclosure of patentable 

inventions or ideas on researchers’ 

failures to apply for or receive patents. 

The USPTO will use the survey to 

gather data to estimate the value of lost 

commercial opportunities in Europe due 

to the lack of adequate patent grace 

periods in many European countries. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits and non-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 the Information Collection 

Review page at www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• Email: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–00xx Grace Period Study 

copy request’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

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 June 21, 2013 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. 

Dated: May 17, 2013. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12135 Filed 5–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket Nos. 12–73–NG, 12–161–LNG, 

13–12–NG, 13–18–NG, 13–20–NG, 13–25– 

NG, 13–04–LNG, 13–06–LNG, 11–38–NG, 

13–15–NG, 13–27–NG, 13–29–NG, 13–31– 

NG, 13–33–NG, 13–34–NG, 13–36–NG, 13– 

37–NG, 13–24–NG, 13–28–LNG, and 13–32– 

LNG] 

Constellation Energy 

Commoditiesgroup, Inc., ENI USA Gas 

Marketing LLC, Sequent Energy 

Canada Corp., Alpha Gas and Electric, 

LLC, H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. 

Nextera Energy Power Marketing, LLC, 

Trunkline LNG Export, LLC, Gasfin 

Development USA LLC, Louis Dreyfus 

Energy Services L.P. Fortisbc Energy 

Inc., Gazprom Marketing & Trading 

USA, Inc., Liquiline LNG Solutions 

Corporation, El Paso Marketing 

Company, L.L.C., Superior Plus Energy 

Services Inc., Maritimes & Northeast 

Pipeline, L.L.C., St. Lawrence Gas 

Company, Inc., Ecogas Mexico S. de 

R.L. de C.V., Citigroup Energy Canada 

ULC, Gulf LNG Energy, L.L.C., and, 

Logistic Energy and 

PetroleumServices Inc.; Orders 

Granting Authority To Import and 

Export Natural Gas, To Import 

Liquefied Natural Gas, To Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas, and Vacating 

Prior Authority During March 2013 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of orders. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy gives 

notice that during March 2013, it issued 

orders granting authority to import and 

export natural gas and liquefied natural 

gas and vacating prior authority. These 

orders are summarized in the attached 

appendix and may be found on the FE 

Web site at http:// 

www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/ 

gasregulation/authorizations/Orders2012.html. They are also available for 

inspection and copying in the Office of 

Fossil Energy, Office of Natural Gas 

Regulatory Activities, Docket Room 3E– 

033, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–9478. 

The Docket Room is open between the 

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2013. 

John A. Anderson, 

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, 

Office of Oil and Gas Global Security and 

Supply, Office of Fossil Energy. 

Appendix 

DOE/FE Orders Granting Import/Export 

Authorizations 

Order No. Date issued FE Docket 

No. Authorization holder Description of action 

3137–A ...... 03/05/13 12–73–NG ... Constellation Energy 

Commodities Group, 

Inc.

Order vacating blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada. 

3247 ........... 03/05/13 12–161–LNG ENI USA Gas Marketing LLC.Order granting blanket authority to export previously imported LNG by 

vessel. 

3248 ........... 03/05/13 13–12–NG ... Sequent Energy Canada Corp.Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada. 

3249 ........... 03/05/13 13–18–NG ... Alpha Gas and Electric 

LLC.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada, to import LNG from Canada by truck, to export LNG to 

Canada by vessel, to export LNG to Canada by truck, and to import 

LNG from various international sources by vessel. 

3250 ........... 03/05/13 13–20–NG ... H.Q.Energy Services 

(U.S.) Inc.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada/Mexico. 


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1 133 FERC ¶ 61,228 at P 1 (2010). 

2Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the 

final figure in mid-May of each year. This figure is 

publicly available from the Division of Industrial 

Prices and Price Indexes of the BLS, at 202–691– 

7705, and in print in August in Table 1 of the 

annual data supplement to the BLS publication 

Producer Price Indexes via the Internet at http:// 

www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm. To obtain the BLS 

data, scroll down to ‘‘PPI Databases’’ and click on 

‘‘Top Picks’’ of the Commodity Data including 

stage-of-processing indexes (Producer Price Index— 

PPI). At the next screen, under the heading 

‘‘Producer Price Index Commodity Data,’’ select the 

first box, ‘‘Finished goods—WPUSOP3000,’’ then 

scroll all the way to the bottom of this screen and 

click on Retrieve data. 

3 [194.2¥190.5]/190.5 = 0.019423 + 0.0265 = 

0.045923. 

4 1 + 0.045923 = 1.045923. 

5For a listing of all prior multipliers issued by the 

Commission, see the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/ 

pipeline-index.asp. 

Order No. Date issued FE Docket 

No. Authorization holder Description of action 

3251 ........... 03/05/13 13–25–NG ... NextEra Energy Power 

Marketing, LLC.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada. 

3252 ........... 03/07/13 13–04–LNG Trunkline LNG Export, 

LLC.

Order granting long-term multi-contract authority to export LNG by vessel from the Lake Charles LNG Terminal to Free Trade Agreement 

nations. 

3253 ........... 03/07/13 13–06–LNG Gasfin Development 

USA, LLC.

Order granting long-term multi-contract authority to export LNG by vessel from the proposed Gasfin LNG Export Project in Parish, Louisiana, to Free Trade Agreement nations. 

2940–A ...... 03/15/13 11–38–NG ... Louis Dreyfus Energy 

Services L.P.

Order vacating blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada/Mexico. 

3254 ........... 03/15/13 13–15–NG ... FortisBC Energy Inc .... Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to

Canada, and to import/export LNG from/to Canada by truck. 

3255 ........... 03/15/13 13–27–NG ... Gazprom Marketing & 

Trading USA, Inc.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada/Mexico and to import LNG from various international 

sources by vessel. 

3256 ........... 03/15/13 13–29–NG ... Liquiline LNG Solutions 

Corporation.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada/Mexico, to import LNG from Canada/Mexico by truck, to export LNG to Canada/Mexico by vessel, and to import LNG from various international sources by vessel. 

3257 ........... 03/15/13 13–31–NG ... El Paso Marketing 

Company, L.L.C.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada/Mexico. 

3258 ........... 03/15/13 13–33–NG ... Superior Plus Energy 

Services Inc.

Order granting blanket authority to import natural gas from Canada. 

3259 ........... 03/15/13 13–34–NG ... Maritimes & Northeast 

Pipeline, L.L.C.

Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada. 

3260 ........... 03/22/13 13–36–NG ... St. Lawrence Gas 

Company, Inc.

Order granting blanket authority to export natural gas to Canada. 

3261 ........... 03/22/13 13–37–NG ... Ecogas Mexico S. de 

R.L. de C.V.

Order granting blanket authority to import natural gas from Canada 

and to export natural gas to Mexico. 

3262 ........... 03/26/13 13–24–NG ... Citigroup Energy Canada ULC.Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas from/to 

Canada. 

3263 ........... 03/26/13 13–28–LNG Gulf LNG Energy, 

L.L.C.

Order granting blanket authority to import LNG from various international sources by vessel. 

3264 ........... 03/26/13 13–32–LNG Logistic Energy and 

Petroleum Services 

Inc.

Order granting blanket authority to import LNG from various international sources by vessel. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12192 Filed 5–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM93–11–000] 

Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations 

Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 

1992; Notice of Annual Change in the 

Producer Price Index for Finished 

Goods 

The Commission’s regulations include 

a methodology for oil pipelines to 

change their rates through use of an 

index system that establishes ceiling 

levels for such rates. The Commission 

bases the index system, found at 18 CFR 

342.3, on the annual change in the 

Producer Price Index for Finished 

Goods (PPI–FG), plus two point six five 

percent (PPI–FG + 2.65). The 

Commission determined in an ‘‘Order 

Establishing Index For Oil Price Change 

Ceiling Levels’’ issued December 16, 

2010, that PPI–FG + 2.65 is the 

appropriate oil pricing index factor for 

pipelines to use for the five-year period 

commencing July 1, 2011.1

The regulations provide that the 

Commission will publish annually, an 

index figure reflecting the final change 

in the PPI–FG, after the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics publishes the final PPI–FG in 

May of each calendar year. The annual 

average PPI–FG index figures were 

190.5 for 2011 and 194.2 for 2012.2

Thus, the percent change (expressed as 

a decimal) in the annual average PPI–FG 

from 2011 to 2012, plus 2.65 percent, is 

positive 0.045923.3 Oil pipelines must 

multiply their July 1, 2012, through June 

30, 2013, index ceiling levels by 

positive 1.045923 4 to compute their 

index ceiling levels for July 1, 2013, 

through June 30, 2014, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 342.3(d). For guidance in 

calculating the ceiling levels for each 12 

month period beginning January 1, 

l995,5 see Explorer Pipeline Company, 

71 FERC ¶ 61,416 at n.6 (1995). 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this Notice in the Federal Register, 

the Commission provides all interested 

persons an opportunity to view and/or 

print this Notice via the Internet 

through FERC’s Home Page (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) and in FERC’s Public 

Reference Room during normal business 

hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time) at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 

Washington, DC 20426. The full text of 

this Notice is available on FERC’s Home 

Page at the eLibrary link. To access this 

document in eLibrary, type the docket 

number excluding the last three digits of 


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