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Legal Authority: 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA900] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council is convening its 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) via webinar to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Friday, March 26, 2021 beginning at 

8:30 a.m. Webinar registration URL 

information: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

7544505055762063375. Call in 

information: +1 (562) 247–8321, Access 

Code 658–624–262. 

ADDRESSES: Council address: New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scientific and Statistical 

Committee will meet to review initial 

information from the Atlantic Herring 

Plan Development Team (PDT) and 

provide the PDT guidance on 

developing rebuilding plan alternatives 

for Atlantic Herring. They will receive 

a presentation on the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center’s (NEFSC) 

State of the Ecosystem Report and 

provide the NEFSC any 

recommendations about revisions. Other 

business will be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 25, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–P–2021–0012] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612; Reducer®

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Interim Patent Term 

Extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued an order 

granting a one-year interim extension of 

the term of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali 

Salimi by telephone at 571–272–0909; 

by mail marked to his attention and 

addressed to the Commissioner for 

Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450; by fax marked to his attention at 

571–273–0909; or by email to 

ali.salimi@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 one year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On February 19, 2021, Neovasc 

Medical Ltd., the patent owner of 

record, timely filed an application 

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

interim extension of the term of U.S. 

Patent No. 8,858,612. The patent claims 

methods of using a catheter delivered 

implantable device, Reducer®. The 

application for patent term extension 

indicates that a Premarket Approval 

Application (PMA) P190035 was 

submitted to the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) on December 31, 

2019. 

Review of the patent term extension 

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 


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as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). 

Because the regulatory review period 

will continue beyond the extended 

expiration date of the patent, March 27, 

2021, 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. 

8,858,612 is granted for a period of one 

year from the extended expiration date 

of the patent. 

Robert Bahr, 

Deputy Commissioner for Patents, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04170 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open and closed 

virtual meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for National Assessment 

Governing Board (hereafter referred to 

as Governing Board) meetings 

scheduled on multiple dates starting on 

March 1, 2021 and ending on March 5, 

2021. This notice provides information 

to members of the public who may be 

interested in accessing the virtual 

meeting and/or providing written 

comments related to the work of the 

Governing Board. Notice of the full 

Board meeting is required under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). This notice is being published 

less than 15 days prior to the meeting 

due to delays in finalizing the meeting 

agenda, which was dependent on 

deliberations of the Governing Board’s 

standing committees. This notice is 

being published less than 15 days prior 

to the meeting due to delays in 

finalizing the meeting agenda, which 

was dependent on deliberations of the 

Governing Board’s standing committees. 

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, there 

were significant delays in scheduling 

the standing committee meetings. 

Standing Committee Meetings 

The Governing Board’s standing 

committees will meet to conduct 

regularly scheduled work on various 

dates from March 1–3, 2021 based on 

ongoing committee agenda topics and 

follow-up activities as reported in the 

Governing Board’s committee meeting 

minutes available at https://

www.nagb.gov/governing-board/ 

quarterly-board-meetings.html. 

Four standing committee meetings 

will convene prior to the March 4–5, 

2021 plenary sessions of the Governing 

Board meeting. Meeting agendas will be 

posted at www.nagb.gov no later than 

February 26, 2021. All meetings are 

convened in Eastern Time. 

Monday, March 1, 2021, Reporting & 

Dissemination Committee, 10:00 

a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Committee on 

Standards, Design & Methodology, 

2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Executive 

Committee, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Assessment 

Development Committee: 5:15 p.m.– 

7:45 p.m. 

The plenary sessions of the March 4– 

5, 2021 quarterly meeting of the 

Governing Board will be held on the 

following dates and times: 

Thursday, March 4, 2021: Open 

Meeting: 12:15–5:30 p.m. (EST) 

Friday, March 5, 2021: Closed Meetings: 

12:00–1:50 p.m. (EST); Open Meeting: 

1:55–5:30 p.m. 

March 4, 2021: Open Meeting: 

On Thursday, March 4, 2021, the 

Governing Board will meet in open 

session from 12:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

From 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Chair 

Haley Barbour will welcome members; 

review and approve the March 4–5, 

2021 quarterly Governing Board meeting 

agenda and approve minutes from the 

November 19–20, 2020 quarterly 

Governing Board meeting. The 

Governing Board will then take action 

on a release plan for the 2019 National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) Science Report Card. 

From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. two 

updates on ongoing work will be 

provided. Mark Schneider, Director of 

the Institute of Education Sciences, will 

provide an update and Lesley Muldoon, 

Executive Director of the Governing 

Board, will update the Governing Board 

ongoing work. 

From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. the 

Governing Board will discuss if and 

how NAEP can play a role in national 

conversations and actions to create more 

equitable outcomes for students. This 

discussion will be led by a panel of 

experts who will reflect on 

recommendations developed by a 

Committee convened by the National 

Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 

and Medicine on Developing Indicators 

of Educational Equity. 

After a 15-minute break, from 3:15 

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the Governing Board 

will convene a symposium on Reading 

Comprehension in Large-Scale 

Assessment. The symposium will be 

moderated by Patrick Kelly, Governing 

Board member, and include the 

participation of several reading experts. 

The March 4, 2021 session of the 

Governing Board meeting will adjourn 

at 5:30 p.m. 

March 5, 2021: Closed Meetings: 

On Friday, March 5, 2021, the 

Governing Board meeting will convene 

in two closed sessions from 12:00 p.m. 

to 1:50 p.m. Eastern Time. 

During the first closed session 

convened from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

the Governing Board will receive a 

briefing from the Nominations 

Committee on its recommendations for 

candidates to fill board vacancies. The 

Governing Board will review the 

recommendations for the final slate of 

candidates for submission to the 

Secretary of Education for appointments 

that begin October 1, 2021. These 

discussions pertain solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of an 

agency and information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. The 

Governing Board will take a short break 

to transition to the next closed session. 

On Friday, March 5, 2021, the second 

closed session will take place from 

12:35 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. Peggy Carr, 

Associate Commissioner, National 

Center for Education Statistics, will 

provide a briefing on the NAEP Budget 

and Assessment Schedule. The briefing 

and Governing Board discussions may 

impact current and future NAEP 

contracts and budgets and must be kept 

confidential to maintain the integrity of 

the federal acquisition process. Public 

disclosure of this confidential 

information would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP assessment 

program if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of 

the United States Code. 

The Governing Board will meet in 

open session thereafter, from 1:55 p.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. From 1:55 p.m. to 2:00 

p.m., the Governing Board will discuss 

and take action on two agenda items— 

an updated NAEP Assessment Schedule 

and on finalists for Governing Board 

vacancies for terms that will begin on 

October 1, 2021 for submission to the 

Secretary of Education for consideration 

and appointment. 

From 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., the 

Governing Board will receive updates 

from two standing Task Forces 

established by the Governing Board— 


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