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DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. 

through 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 

March 10, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. through 

12:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

over webinar with a telephone-only 

connection option. Details on how to 

connect to the webinar by computer and 

by telephone will be available at: http:// 

www.mafmc.org/ssc. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is to make 

multi-year acceptable biological catch 

(ABC) recommendations for Blueline 

tilefish for the 2022–24 fishing years. 

The SSC will review the results of the 

2020 bottom longline survey for Golden 

tilefish and provide feedback on the 

future direction of the survey and 

upcoming management track 

assessment. The SSC Economic Work 

Group will update the full SSC on the 

Research Set-Aside economic case study 

the Council selected for development in 

2021. The SSC will also review and 

provide feedback on the most recent 

Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem 

report and other Ecosystem Approach to 

Fisheries Management (EAFM) related 

activities. The Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center will give a presentation 

on the results and findings from the 

recently completed research track 

assessment on Index Based Methods 

and Harvest Control Rules. The SSC will 

also receive an update on ongoing 

Council actions, including the 

Recreational Reform Initiative and 

discuss potential opportunities for SSC 

engagement. In addition, the SSC may 

take up any other business as necessary. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to Kathy Collins, 

(302) 526–5253, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 

Dated: January 13, 2021. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA818] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel (GAP) 

will hold an online meeting, which is 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, from 9 a.m. 

to 12 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, or 

until business for each day is 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brett Wiedoff, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; Brett.L.Wiedoff@noaa.gov; 

telephone: (503) 820–2424. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the GAP 

to discuss potential fishery management 

changes regarding non-trawl rockfish 

conservation area management and 

future implementation of fishing gear 

used under the Emley/Platt exempted 

fishing permit. This discussion is in 

support of a tentatively scheduled 

agenda item for the April 2021 Pacific 

Council meeting. The GAP may also 

discuss other items on the Pacific 

Council’s March or April agenda, 

particularly ecosystem or administrative 

matters. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 

(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov; (503) 820– 

2412) at least 10 business days prior to 

the meeting date. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 

Dated: January 13, 2021. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Patent Petitions Related to 

Application and Reexamination 

Processing Fees 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on October 1, 2020 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

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Form Number(s): (AIA = American 

Invents; SB = Specimen Book). 

• PTO/AIA/17P (Petition Fee Under 

37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal). 

• PTO/AIA/24A (Petition for Express 

Abandonment to Avoid Publication 

Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)). 

• PTO/SB/17P (Petition Fee Under 37 

CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal). 

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• PTO/SB24A, (Petition for Express 

Abandonment to Avoid Publication 

Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)). 

• PTO/SB/28 (Petition to Make 

Special Under Accelerated Examination 

Program). 

• PTO/SB/140 (Petition to Withdraw 

an Application from Issue 1.313). 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 40,922 

respondents per year. 

Average Hour per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public between 5 minutes (0.08 hours) 

to 12 hours to complete a response, 

depending on the complexity of the 

particular item. This includes the time 

to gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate documents, and 

submit the completed response to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 72,958 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $3,195,134. 

Needs and Uses: The United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to 

examine an application for patent and, 

when appropriate, issue a patent. The 

USPTO also is required to publish 

patent applications, with certain 

exceptions, promptly after the 

expiration of a period of 18 months from 

the earliest filing date for which a 

benefit is sought under Title 35, U.S.C. 

Many actions taken by the USPTO 

during its examination of an application 

for patent or for reissue of a patent, or 

during its reexamination of a patent, are 

subject to review by an appeal to the 

Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For 

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This information collection covers 

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and reexamination proceedings that, 

when submitted to the USPTO, must be 

accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 

CFR 1.17(f), (g), or (h). This information 

collection also covers the transmittals 

for the petition fees. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

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Find this particular information 

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Comments’’ or by using the search 

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Control Number 0651–0059. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0059 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend 

Collection 3038–0074: Core Principles 

and Other Requirements for Swap 

Execution Facilities 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC) is 

announcing an opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed renewal of a 

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 proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment. 

This notice solicits comments, as 

described below, on the proposed 

Information Collection Requests (‘‘ICR’’) 

titled: OMB Control Number 3038–0074 

and Part 37, Relating to Core Principles 

and Other Requirements for Swap 

Execution Facilities. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

and ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–0074’’ by 

any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at http://

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• 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. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method and identify that it is 

for the renewal of Collection Number 

3038–0074. All comments must be 

submitted in English, or if not, 

accompanied by an English translation. 

Comments will be posted as received to 

https://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roger Smith, Associate Chief Counsel, 

Division of Market Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5344; email: 

rsmith@cftc.gov; or Richard Mo, 

Assistant Chief Counsel, Division of 

Market Oversight, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, (202) 418–7637; 

email: rmo@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 

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