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foreign, domestic, or both types of 

patent practitioners. 

2. Please explain how U.S. 

stakeholders would be impacted by a 

national standard for U.S. courts to 

recognize privilege for communications 

with U.S. patent agents, including 

potential benefits and costs. If you 

believe such a standard would be 

beneficial, please explain what the 

scope of a national standard should 

cover. 

3. Please explain how U.S. 

stakeholders would be impacted by a 

national standard for U.S. courts to 

recognize privilege for communications 

with foreign patent practitioners, 

including potential benefits and costs. If 

you believe such a standard would be 

beneficial, please explain what the 

scope of a standard should cover. 

4. Please explain how U.S. 

stakeholders would be impacted by an 

international framework establishing 

minimum privilege standards in the 

courts of member countries for 

communications with patent 

practitioners in other jurisdictions, 

including potential benefits and costs. If 

you believe such a framework would be 

beneficial, please also address the 

following issues: 

a. Please identify which jurisdictions 

have potential problems and explain the 

exact nature of the problem in each of 

those jurisdictions. 

b. Please explain what the scope of an 

international framework for privilege 

standards should cover. An example of 

such a framework can be found in 

Appendix 5 of the following document: 

https://www.aippi.org/download/online

Publications/Attachment1Submissionto

WIPODecember182013_SCP.pdf. 

5. If a national standard for U.S. 

courts to recognize privilege for U.S. 

patent agents or foreign practitioners 

would be beneficial, please explain how 

that standard should be established. 

a. If Federal legislation would be 

appropriate, what should such 

legislation encompass? Please consider 

whether the Federal tax preparer-client 

privilege legislation, which statutorily 

extended attorney-client privilege to 

non-lawyer practitioners (e.g., certified 

public accountants) under 26 U.S.C. 

7525(a), is an appropriate model and 

explain why or why not. Are there any 

noteworthy parallels or differences 

between Federally-registered 

accountants and Federally-registered 

patent agents in either policy or 

operation? 

Commenters are requested to include 

information identifying how their 

organization is impacted by privilege 

issues, e.g., whether they are patent 

attorneys, agents, owners, licensees, or 

any other type of entity. 

3. Instructions and Information on the 

Public Roundtable 

The roundtable will be held on 

February 18, 2015, at the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, Madison 

Building, 600 Dulany Street, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. The 

roundtable will begin at 10:00 a.m. and 

end at 12:30 p.m. The final agenda and 

webcast information will be available a 

week before the roundtable on the 

USPTO’s Office of Policy and 

International Affairs Web site at http:// 

www.uspto.gov/ip/global/patents/

index.jsp. Pre-registration will be 

available from that Web page, or 

attendees may register at the door. 

The event will be divided into two 

portions. The first part will feature a 

panel providing background on 

privileged communications between 

patent practitioners and their clients. 

The second part of the event will feature 

presentations by various stakeholders 

on privileged communications and their 

respective positions on this issue. Both 

portions will explore both domestic and 

international issues relating to these 

topics. Here is a preliminary agenda: 

Time Topic 

10:00 to 10:05 a.m ............................................................................................................ Welcome and introduction. 

10:05 to 11:00 a.m ............................................................................................................ Background panel on privileged communications. 

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m .................................................................................................... Presentations by interested stakeholders. 

Speakers: Individuals interested in 

speaking should submit their name, 

contact information (telephone number 

and email address), the organization(s) 

the person represents, if any, relevant 

biographical information, and a few 

brief comments on the topics to be 

discussed to ACPrivilege@uspto.gov by 

February 10, 2015. Selected speakers 

will be notified thereafter. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

can be submitted via the Federal 

Register’s Web site, 

www.federalregister.gov, or by email to 

ACPrivilege@uspto.gov. Comments may 

also be submitted by postal mail 

addressed to: Mail Stop OPIA, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 

22313–1450, ATTN: Edward Elliott. 

Although comments may be submitted 

by postal mail, electronic submissions 

are encouraged. The deadline for receipt 

of written comments for consideration 

by the USPTO is February 25, 2015. 

Written comments should be identified 

in the subject line of the email or postal 

mailing as ‘‘Agent-Client Privilege.’’ 

Because comments will be made 

available for public inspection, 

information that is not desired to be 

made public, such as an address or 

phone number, should not be included 

in the comments. 

Special Accomodations: The 

roundtable will be physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Individuals 

requiring accommodation, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

ancillary aids, should communicate 

their needs to Angel Jenkins at the 

Office of Policy and International 

Affairs, by telephone at (571) 272–9300, 

by email at angel.jenkins@uspto.gov, or 

by postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop 

OPIA, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450, 

ATTN: Angel Jenkins, at least seven (7) 

business days prior to the roundtable. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Michelle K. Lee, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

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Collection 3038–0076, Risk 

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AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

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agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (‘‘PRA’’), Federal agencies are 

required to publish notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment. 

This notice solicits comments on 

reporting requirements relating to 

financial resource requirements for 

derivatives clearing organizations. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘Risk Management 

Requirements for Derivatives Clearing 

Organizations,’’ by any of the following 

methods: 

• The Agency’s Web site, at http://

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• 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. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Portal. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eileen Chotiner, Division of Clearing 

and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 

20581; (202) 418–5467; email: 

echotiner@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0076. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 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 Commission is 

publishing notice of the proposed 

extension of the collection of 

information listed below. 

Title: Risk Management Requirements 

for Derivatives Clearing Organizations 

(OMB Control No. 3038–0076). This is 

a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Part 39 of the Commission’s 

regulations establishes risk management 

requirements for derivatives clearing 

organizations (‘‘DCOs’’), which are 

required to be registered with the 

Commission. Part 39 also establishes 

procedures for registration of DCOs. The 

Commission will use the information in 

this collection to assess compliance of 

DCOs and DCO applicants with 

requirements for DCOs prescribed in the 

Commodity Exchange Act and 

Commission regulations. 

With respect to the collection of 

information, the CFTC invites 

comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

• The accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to http://

www.cftc.gov. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. If you wish the 

Commission to consider information 

that you believe is exempt from 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, a petition for 

confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from http://www.cftc.gov that it may 

deem to be inappropriate for 

publication, such as obscene language. 

All submissions that have been redacted 

or removed that contain comments on 

the merits of the Information Collection 

Request (‘‘ICR’’) will be retained in the 

public comment file and will be 

considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

Burden Statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be 10 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Derivatives clearing organizations and 

applicants for registration as a 

derivatives clearing organization. 

Estimated number of respondents: 17. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,903. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity 

for public comment on the proposed 

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, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment. 

This notice solicits comments on 

requirements relating to Swap Data 

Repositories (‘‘SDRs’’), including initial 

registration as an SDR, maintaining 

registration as an SDR, swap data 

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

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