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Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Keeley 

Kent, (206) 247–8252 or keeley.kent@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

The success of fisheries management 

programs depends significantly on 

regulatory compliance. The vessel 

identification requirement is essential to 

facilitate enforcement. The ability to 

link fishing (or other activity) to the 

vessel owner or operator is crucial to 

enforcement of regulations issued under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. A vessel’s official number is 

required to be displayed on the port and 

starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull, 

and on a weather deck. It identifies each 

vessel and should be visible at distances 

at sea and in the air. Law enforcement 

personnel rely on vessel marking 

information to assure compliance with 

fisheries management regulations. 

Vessels that qualify for particular 

fisheries are also readily identified, and 

this allows for more cost-effective 

enforcement. Cooperating fishermen 

also use the vessel numbers to report 

suspicious or non-compliant activities 

that they observe in unauthorized areas. 

The identifying number on fishing 

vessels is used by the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), the United 

States Coast Guard (USCG), and other 

marine agencies in issuing regulations, 

prosecutions, and other enforcement 

actions necessary to support sustainable 

fisheries behaviors as intended in 

regulations. Regulation-compliant 

fishermen ultimately benefit from these 

requirements, as unauthorized and 

illegal fishing is deterred, and more 

burdensome regulations are avoided. 

II. Method of Collection 

Fishing vessel owners physically 

mark vessels with identification 

numbers in three locations per vessel. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0355. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,203. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per gear marking. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 901 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $25,701. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01392 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–T–2020–0043] 

Sovereign Immunity Study 

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) published a 

notice in the Federal Register on 

November 5, 2020, requesting 

information on the extent to which 

patent or trademark rights holders are 

experiencing infringement by state 

entities without adequate remedies 

under state law, and the extent to which 

such infringements appear to be based 

on intentional or reckless conduct. With 

this new notice, the USPTO is 

supplementing the previous notice with 

additional questions. 

DATES: Comment date: Written 

comments must be received on or before 

February 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For reasons of government 

efficiency, comments must be submitted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at www.regulations.gov. To submit 

comments via the portal, enter docket 

number PTO–T–2020–0043 on the 

homepage and click ‘‘search.’’ The site 

will provide a search results page listing 

all documents associated with this 

docket. Find a reference to this Request 

for Information and click on the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in ADOBE®

portable document format or 

MICROSOFT WORD® format. Because 

comments will be made available for 

public inspection, information that the 

submitter does not desire to make 

public, such as an address or phone 

number, should not be included in the 

comments. 

Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

(www.regulations.gov) for additional 

instructions on providing comments via 

the portal. If electronic submission of 

comments is not feasible due to a lack 

of access to a computer and/or the 

internet, please contact the USPTO 

using the contact information below for 

special instructions regarding how to 

submit comments by mail or by hand 

delivery, based on the public’s ability to 

obtain access to USPTO facilities at the 

time. 

Submissions of Business Confidential 

Information: Any submissions 

containing business confidential 

information must be marked 

‘‘confidential treatment requested’’ and 

submitted through www.regulations.gov. 

Submitters should provide an index 

listing the document(s) or information 

they would like the USPTO to withhold. 

The index should include information 

such as numbers used to identify the 

relevant document(s) or information, 

document title and description, and 

relevant page numbers and/or section 

numbers within a document. Submitters 

should provide a statement explaining 

their grounds for objecting to the 

disclosure of the information to the 

public as well. The USPTO also requests 

that submitters of business confidential 


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information include a non-confidential 

version (either redacted or summarized) 

that will be available for public viewing 

and posted on www.regulations.gov. In 

the event that the submitter cannot 

provide a non-confidential version of its 

submission, the USPTO requests that 

the submitter post a notice in the docket 

stating that it has provided the USPTO 

with business confidential information. 

Should a submitter either fail to docket 

a non-confidential version of its 

submission or to post a notice that 

business confidential information has 

been provided, the USPTO will note the 

receipt of the submission on the docket 

with the submitter’s organization or 

name (to the degree permitted by law) 

and the date of submission. 

Anonymous submissions: The USPTO 

will accept anonymous submissions. 

Enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you 

wish to remain anonymous. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Hammel, by telephone at 571– 

272–9300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

request of Senators Thom Tillis and 

Patrick Leahy, the USPTO is 

undertaking a study of the extent to 

which patent or trademark rights 

holders are experiencing infringement 

by state entities without adequate 

remedies under state law, and the extent 

to which such infringements appear to 

be based on intentional or reckless 

conduct. 

On November 5, 2020, the USPTO 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register seeking public input on these 

matters. See 85 FR 70589 (Nov. 5, 2020). 

That notice set forth various questions 

relevant to the study. The USPTO 

appreciates the submissions received to 

date in response to that notice and will 

consider them in preparing the study. In 

addition, the USPTO now invites 

interested members of the public to 

respond to questions posed in that 

notice, and/or to the below questions. 

The public can also provide any other 

information it believes to be relevant. 

1. If you are a patent or trademark 

right holder, has a state government or 

state entity ever used your patent or 

trademark without permission? If yes: 

(a) Did you pursue legal action for that 

use? Why or why not? (b) Were you able 

to seek relief under state law? (c) Did 

the availability of the defense of 

sovereign immunity deter you from 

litigating the matter in federal court? 

2. As a state or state entity, do you 

believe that (a) your state or state entity 

has policies or practices that provide 

safeguards against the intentional or 

reckless infringement of patents and 

trademarks, and (b) relevant state laws 

provide adequate remedies if 

infringement occurs? 

Andrei Iancu, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01305 Filed 1–21–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0013] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Office of 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services Peer Reviewer Data Form 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2021–SCC–0013. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the 

docket ID number and the title of the 

information collection request when 

requesting documents or submitting 

comments. Please note that comments 

submitted by fax or email and those 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Justin 

Hampton, (202) 245–6111. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

Peer Reviewer Data Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0583. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 350. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 88. 

Abstract: The OSERS Peer Reviewer 

Data Form (OPRDF) is used by Office of 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services (OSERS) staff to identify 

potential reviewers who would be 

qualified to review specific types of 

grant applications for funding. OSERS 

uses this form to collect background 

contact information for each potential 

reviewer; and to provide information on 

any reasonable accommodations that 

might be required by the individual. 

OSERS is requesting an extension of the 

expiration date with no changes to the 

form. The previous version of the 

OPRDF, 1820–0583, will expire on May 

31, 2021. 


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