65414 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 218 / Friday, November 12, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: November 5, 2004.

Stephen L. Leathery, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 04–25210 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. 2004–P–049] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 4,603,123; Piroxicam 

Betadex

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, DOC.

ACTION: Notice of interim patent term 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued a 

certificate under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for 

a one-year interim extension of the term 

of U.S. Patent No. 4,603,123.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karin Ferriter by telephone at (571) 

272–7744; by mail marked to her 

attention and addressed to Mail Stop 

Patent Ext., Commissioner for Patents, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–

1450; by fax marked to her attention at 

(571) 273–7744, or by e-mail to 

Karin.Ferriter@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

156 of Title 35, United States Code, 

generally provides that the term of a 

patent may be extended for a period of 

up to five years if the patent claims a 

product, or a method of making or using 

a product, that has been subject to 

certain defined regulatory review, and 

that the patent may be extended for 

interim periods of up to a year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On October 25, 2004, patent owner 

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. timely filed 

an application under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) 

for an interim extension of the term of 

U.S. Patent No. 4,603,123. The patent 

claims the active ingredient piroxicam 

betadex in the human drug product 

Brexidol. The application indicates 

that a New Drug Application for 

Brexidol (piroxicam betadex) has been 

filed and is currently undergoing 

regulatory review before the Food and 

Drug Administration for permission to 

market or use the product commercially. 

Review of the application indicates 

that except for permission to market or 

use the product commercially, the 

subject patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should 

be extended for one year as required by 

35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). Since the 

regulatory review period is anticipated 

to continue beyond the expiration date 

of the patent November 13, 2004, 

interim extension of the patent term 

under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

4,603,123 is granted for a period of one 

year from the expiration date of the 

patent, i.e., until November 13, 2005.

Dated: November 4, 2004. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain 

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile 

Products Produced or Manufactured in 

Indonesia

November 8, 2004.

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the 

Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and 

Border Protection adjusting limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross 

Arnold, International Trade Specialist, 

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota 

status of these limits, refer to the Bureau 

of Customs and Border Protection 

website (http://www.cbp.gov), or call 

(202) 344-2650. For information on 

embargoes and quota re-openings, refer 

to the Office of Textiles and Apparel 

Web site at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural 

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); 

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 

amended.

The current limit for Categories 647/

648 is being increased for the 

cancellation of special shift, reducing 

the limit for Categories 347/348 to 

account for the special shift being 

returned to Category 647/648.

A description of the textile and 

apparel categories in terms of HTS 

numbers is available in the 

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel 

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (see 

Federal Register notice 69 FR 4926, 

published on February 2, 2004). Also 

see 68 FR 65254, published on 

November 19, 2003.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile 

Agreements

November 8, 2004.

Commissioner,

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 

Washington, DC 20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive 

amends, but does not cancel, the directive 

issued to you on November 13, 2003, by the 

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation 

of Textile Agreements. That directive 

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool, 

man-made fiber, silk blend and other 

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products, 

produced or manufactured in Indonesia and 

exported during the twelve-month period 

which began on January 1, 2004 and extends 

through December 31, 2004.

Effective on November 12, 2004, you are 

directed to adjust the limits for the categories 

listed below, as provided for under the 

Uruguay Round Agreement on Textiles and 

Clothing:

Category Twelve-month restraint 

limit 1

Levels in Group I

347/348 ................ 3,246,042 dozen.

647/648 ................ 5,986,332 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December 

31, 2003.

The Committee for the Implementation of 

Textile Agreements has determined that 

these actions fall within the foreign affairs 

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. E4–3153 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain 

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber 

Textiles and Textile Products 

Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan

November 8, 2004.

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA).