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Technology Pilot Program, which 

permits patent applications pertaining 

to environmental quality, energy 

conservation, development of renewable 

energy resources, and greenhouse gas 

emission reduction to be advanced out 

of turn for examination and reviewed 

earlier (accorded special status). The 

program is designed to promote the 

development of green technologies. 

Initially, participation was limited to 

applications filed before December 8, 

2009. The USPTO is hereby expanding 

the eligibility for the pilot program to 

include applications filed on or after 

December 8, 2009. The program is also 

being extended until December 31, 

2011. These changes will permit more 

applications to qualify for the program, 

thereby allowing more inventions 

related to green technologies to be 

advanced out of turn for examination 

and reviewed earlier. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 10, 

2010. 

Duration: The Green Technology Pilot 

Program will run until December 31, 

2011, except that the USPTO will accept 

only the first 3,000 grantable petitions to 

make special under the Green 

Technology Pilot Program in 

unexamined applications irrespective of 

the filing date of the application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pinchus M. Laufer and Joni Y. Chang, 

Senior Legal Advisors, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, Office of the 

Associate Commissioner for Patent 

Examination Policy, by telephone at 

571–272–7726 or 571–272–7720; or by 

mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments 

Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. 

Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO published a notice for the 

implementation of the Green 

Technology Pilot Program on December 

8, 2009. See Pilot Program for Green 

Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas 

Reduction, 74 FR 64666 (December 8, 

2009), 1349 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 362 

(December 29, 2009) (Green Technology 

Notice). The pilot program is designed 

to promote the development of green 

technologies. The Green Technology 

Notice indicated that an applicant may 

have an application advanced out of 

turn and reviewed earlier (accorded 

special status) for examination, if the 

application pertained to green 

technologies including greenhouse gas 

reduction (applications pertaining to 

environmental quality, energy 

conservation, development of renewable 

energy resources or greenhouse gas 

emission reduction) and met other 

requirements specified in the Green 

Technology Notice. The USPTO 

published a notice eliminating the 

classification requirement of the Green 

Technology Pilot Program on May 21, 

2010. See Elimination of the 

Classification Requirement in the Green 

Technology Pilot Program, 75 FR 28554 

(May 10, 2010), 1355 Off. Gaz. Pat. 

Office 188 (June 15, 2010). 

The Green Technology Notice 

required inter alia that an application be 

filed before December 8, 2009, the date 

of the original notice, to participate in 

the program. The Green Technology 

Notice also established that the program 

would run for twelve months from 

December 8, 2009. The USPTO is hereby 

expanding the eligibility for the pilot 

program to include unexamined nonreissue non-provisional utility 

applications filed on or after December 

8, 2009. The USPTO is also extending 

the pilot program through December 31, 

2011. Specifically, the Green 

Technology Pilot Program will run until 

3,000 petitions have been granted (as set 

forth in the Green Technology Notice) or 

until December 31, 2011, whichever 

occurs earlier. Accordingly, if fewer 

than 3,000 grantable petitions are 

received, the pilot program will end on 

December 31, 2011. These changes will 

permit more applications to qualify for 

the pilot program, thereby allowing 

more inventions related to green 

technologies to be advanced out of turn 

for examination and reviewed earlier. 

Information concerning the number of 

petitions that have been filed and 

granted under the Green Technology 

Pilot Program is available on the 

USPTO’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/ 

green_tech.jsp. The USPTO may again 

extend the pilot program (with or 

without modifications) depending on 

the feedback from the participants and 

the effectiveness of the pilot program. 

Applicants whose petitions were 

dismissed or denied solely on the basis 

that their applications were not filed 

before December 8, 2009, may file a 

renewed petition. If the renewed 

petition is filed within one month of the 

publication date of this notice, it will be 

given priority as of the date applicant 

filed the initial petition. 

Dated: October 15, 2010. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–957] 

Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy 

Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure 

Pipe From the People’s Republic of 

China: Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’), 

the Department is issuing a 

countervailing duty order on certain 

seamless carbon and alloy steel 

standard, line, and pressure pipe 

(‘‘seamless pipe’’) from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). Also, as 

explained in this notice, the Department 

is amending its final determination to 

correct certain ministerial errors. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 10, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Subler, Joseph Shuler, and 

Matthew Jordan, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 1, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–0189, (202) 482–1293, and (202) 

482–1540, respectively. 

Background 

On September 21, 2010, the 

Department published its final 

determination that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of seamless 

pipe from the PRC. See Certain 

Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from 

the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Final Affirmative 

Critical Circumstances Determination, 

75 FR 57444 (September 21, 2010) 

(‘‘Final Determination’’). 

On November 4, 2010, the ITC 

notified the Department of its final 

determination pursuant to sections 

705(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 705(d) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), that 

an industry in the United States is 

threatened with material injury by 

reason of subsidized imports of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. The ITC also 

determined that critical circumstances 

do not exist. See Certain Seamless 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, 


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1For the complete list of companies that 

‘‘Hengyang’’ comprises, please see the ‘‘Suspension 

of Liquidation’’ section, below. 

2For the complete list of companies that ‘‘TPCO’’ 

comprises, please see the ‘‘Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section, below. 

3See Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe From the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

75 FR 9163 (March 1, 2010) (‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’). 

4The Department instructed CBP to discontinue 

the suspension of liquidation on June 29, 2010, in 

accordance with section 703(d) of the Act. Section 

703(d) states that the suspension of liquidation 

pursuant to a preliminary determination may not 

remain in effect for more than four months. Entries 

Continued 

and Pressure Pipe from China, USITC 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–469 and 

731–TA–1168, USITC Publication 4190 

(November 2010). 

Scope of the Order 

The scope of this order consists of 

certain seamless carbon and alloy steel 

(other than stainless steel) pipes and 

redraw hollows, less than or equal to 16 

inches (406.4 mm) in outside diameter, 

regardless of wall-thickness, 

manufacturing process (e.g., hotfinished or cold-drawn), end finish (e.g., 

plain end, beveled end, upset end, 

threaded, or threaded and coupled), or 

surface finish (e.g., bare, lacquered or 

coated). Redraw hollows are any 

unfinished carbon or alloy steel (other 

than stainless steel) pipe or ‘‘hollow 

profiles’’ suitable for cold finishing 

operations, such as cold drawing, to 

meet the American Society for Testing 

and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) or American 

Petroleum Institute (‘‘API’’) 

specifications referenced below, or 

comparable specifications. Specifically 

included within the scope are seamless 

carbon and alloy steel (other than 

stainless steel) standard, line, and 

pressure pipes produced to the ASTM 

A–53, ASTM A–106, ASTM A–333, 

ASTM A–334, ASTM A–589, ASTM A– 

795, ASTM A–1024, and the API 5L 

specifications, or comparable 

specifications, and meeting the physical 

parameters described above, regardless 

of application, with the exception of the 

exclusion discussed below. 

Specifically excluded from the scope 

of the order are: (1) All pipes meeting 

aerospace, hydraulic, and bearing tubing 

specifications; (2) all pipes meeting the 

chemical requirements of ASTM A–335, 

whether finished or unfinished; and (3) 

unattached couplings. Also excluded 

from the scope of the order are all 

mechanical, boiler, condenser and heat 

exchange tubing, except when such 

products conform to the dimensional 

requirements, i.e., outside diameter and 

wall thickness of ASTM A–53, ASTM 

A–106 or API 5L specifications. 

The merchandise covered by the order 

is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item 

numbers: 7304.19.1020, 7304.19.1030, 

7304.19.1045, 7304.19.1060, 

7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050, 

7304.31.6050, 7304.39.0016, 

7304.39.0020, 7304.39.0024, 

7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 

7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 

7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 

7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 

7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 

7304.39.0072, 7304.51.5005, 

7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000, 

7304.59.8010, 7304.59.8015, 

7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 

7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045, 

7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, and 

7304.59.8070. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, our written description of the 

merchandise subject to this scope is 

dispositive. 

Amendment to the Final Determination 

On September 27, 2010, a petitioner 

in this case, United States Steel 

Corporation (‘‘U.S. Steel’’), filed timely 

allegations that the Department made 

two ministerial errors in its Final 

Determination. In summary, U.S. Steel 

alleged that the Department made errors 

in the summary rate table for 

respondent Hengyang 1 and made errors 

in the calculation of the electricity 

subsidy rate for Hengyang. No interested 

party filed a rebuttal to U.S. Steel’s 

allegations. 

After analyzing the allegations, we 

have determined, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(e), that we made the two 

alleged ministerial errors in our 

calculations. See generally 

Memorandum to Susan Kuhbach, 

Director, Office 1, AD/CVD Operations, 

from Matthew Jordan, International 

Trade Compliance Analyst, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 1, ‘‘Countervailing 

Duty Investigation: Certain Seamless 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, 

and Pressure Pipe (‘‘Seamless Pipe’’) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(‘‘PRC’’): Ministerial Errors for Final 

Determination’’ (October 14, 2010). 

Our corrected calculation to the 

‘‘Provision of Electricity for Less Than 

Adaquate Remuneration Program’’ 

found an ad valorem subsidy rate of 

5.46 percent for Hengyang. The 

previously calculated rate had been 4.22 

percent ad valorem. As a result of the 

corrections, Hengyang’s total 

countervailing duty rate changed from 

53.65 percent to 56.67 percent. The 

countervailing duty rate for the other 

respondent in the seamless pipe 

investigation, TPCO,2 did not change. 

As a result of the correction to 

Hengyang’s rate, the countervailing duty 

rate for all others changed from 33.66 

percent to 35.17 percent. In accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are 

amending the Final Determination to 

reflect these changes. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

According to section 706(b)(2) of the 

Act, duties shall be assessed on subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the date of publication of the ITC’s 

notice of final determination if that 

determination is based upon the threat 

of material injury. Section 706(b)(1) of 

the Act states, ‘‘{i}f the Commission, in 

its final determination under section 

705(b), finds material injury or threat of 

material injury which, but for the 

suspension of liquidation under section 

703(d)(2), would have led to a finding 

of material injury, then entries of the 

merchandise subject to the 

countervailing duty order, the 

liquidation of which has been 

suspended under section 703(d)(2), 

shall be subject to the imposition of 

countervailing duties under section 

701(a).’’ In addition, section 706(b)(2) of 

the Act requires U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to refund any 

cash deposits or bonds of estimated 

countervailing duties posted before the 

date of publication of the ITC’s final 

affirmative determination, if the ITC’s 

final determination is based on threat 

other than the threat described in 

section 706(b)(1) of the Act. Because the 

ITC’s final determination in this case is 

based on the threat of material injury 

and is not accompanied by a finding 

that injury would have resulted but for 

the imposition of suspension of 

liquidation of entries since the 

Department’s Preliminary 

Determination 3 was published in the 

Federal Register, section 706(b)(2) of 

the Act is applicable. 

As a result of the ITC’s determination 

and in accordance with section 706(a)(1) 

of the Act, the Department will direct 

CBP to assess, upon further instruction 

by the Department, countervailing 

duties equal to the amount of the net 

countervailable subsidy for all relevant 

entries of seamless pipe from the PRC. 

In accordance with section 706 of the 

Act, the Department will direct CBP to 

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of seamless pipe from the PRC made on or after 

June 29, 2010, and prior to the date of publication 

of the ITC’s final determination in the Federal 

Register are not liable for the assessment of 

countervailing duties because of the Department’s 

discontinuation, effective June 29, 2010, of the 

suspension of liquidation. 

effective on the date of publication of 

the ITC’s notice of final determination 

in the Federal Register, and to require 

a cash deposit for each entry of subject 

merchandise in an amount equal to the 

net countervailable subsidy rates listed 

below. See section 706(a)(3) of the Act. 

The all others rate applies to all 

producers and exporters of subject 

merchandise not specifically listed. 

Exporter/Manufacturer Net subsidy 

rate 

Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corp., 

Tianjin Pipe Iron Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tianguan 

Yuantong Pipe Product 

Co., Ltd., Tianjin Pipe 

International Economic 

and Trading Co., Ltd., and 

TPCO Charging Development Co., Ltd. ................... 13.66 

Hengyang Steel Tube Group 

Int’l Trading, Inc., 

Hengyang Valin Steel 

Tube Co., Ltd., Hengyang 

Valin MPM Tube Co., Ltd., 

Xigang Seamless Steel 

Tube Co., Ltd., Wuxi 

Seamless Special Pipe 

Co., Ltd., Wuxi Resources 

Steel Making Co., Ltd., 

Jiangsu Xigang Group Co., 

Ltd., Hunan Valin Xiangtan 

Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., 

Wuxi Sifang Steel Tube 

Co., Ltd., Hunan Valin 

Steel Co., Ltd., Hunan 

Valin Iron & Steel Group 

Co., Ltd. ............................ 56.67 

All Others .............................. 35.17 

Termination of the Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our affirmative critical 

circumstances finding on Hengyang and 

all companies other than TPCO, CBP 

suspended liquidation and collected 

cash deposits or bonds on all entries by 

these companies made 90 days prior to 

our affirmative Preliminary 

Determination. Entries for TPCO were 

suspended and cash deposits or bonds 

were collected as of March 1, 2010 (i.e., 

the date of publication of our 

Preliminary Determination). 

The Department will instruct CBP to 

terminate the suspension of liquidation 

for entries of seamless pipe from the 

PRC, entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption prior to the 

publication of the ITC’s notice of final 

determination. The Department will 

also instruct CBP to refund any cash 

deposits made and release any bonds 

with respect to entries of seamless pipe 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after December 1, 

2009 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination), but before the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final 

determination in the Federal Register. 

This notice constitutes the 

countervailing duty order with respect 

to seamless pipe from the PRC, pursuant 

to section 706(a) of the Act. Interested 

parties may contact the Department’s 

Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the 

main Commerce Building, for copies of 

an updated list of countervailing duty 

orders currently in effect. 

This order is issued and published in 

accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act, 19 CFR 351.224(e) and 19 CFR 

351.211(b). 

Dated: November 5, 2010 

Edward C. Yang, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–956] 

Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy 

Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure 

Pipe From the People’s Republic of 

China: Amended Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

DATES: Effective Date: November 10, 

2010. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’), 

the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on certain 

seamless carbon and alloy steel 

standard, line, and pressure pipe 

(‘‘seamless pipe’’) from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). In addition, 

the Department is amending its final 

determination to correct certain 

ministerial errors. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magd Zalok or Brandon Farlander, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4162 or (202) 482– 

0182, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with sections 735(d) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (‘‘Act’’), on September 21, 

2010, the Department published the 

final determination of sales at less than 

fair value in the antidumping duty 

investigation of seamless pipe from the 

PRC. See Certain Seamless Carbon and 

Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure 

Pipe from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Critical 

Circumstances, in Part, 75 FR 57449 

(September 21, 2010) (‘‘Final 

Determination’’). On November 4, 2010, 

the ITC notified the Department of its 

affirmative determination of threat of 

material injury to a U.S. industry, and 

its negative determination of critical 

circumstances. See Certain Seamless 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, 

and Pressure Pipe from China, USITC 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–469 and 

731–TA–1168 (Final), USITC 

Publication 4190, (November 2010). 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order is certain seamless carbon and 

alloy steel (other than stainless steel) 

pipes and redraw hollows, less than or 

equal to 16 inches (406.4 mm) in 

outside diameter, regardless of wallthickness, manufacturing process (e.g., 

hot-finished or cold-drawn), end finish 

(e.g., plain end, beveled end, upset end, 

threaded, or threaded and coupled), or 

surface finish (e.g., bare, lacquered or 

coated). Redraw hollows are any 

unfinished carbon or alloy steel (other 

than stainless steel) pipe or ‘‘hollow 

profiles’’ suitable for cold finishing 

operations, such as cold drawing, to 

meet the American Society for Testing 

and Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) or American 

Petroleum Institute (‘‘API’’) 

specifications referenced below, or 

comparable specifications. Specifically 

included within the scope are seamless 

carbon and alloy steel (other than 

stainless steel) standard, line, and 

pressure pipes produced to the ASTM 

A–53, ASTM A–106, ASTM A–333, 

ASTM A–334, ASTM A–589, ASTM A– 

795, ASTM A–1024, and the API 5L 

specifications, or comparable 

specifications, and meeting the physical 

parameters described above, regardless 

of application, with the exception of the 

exclusion discussed below. 

Specifically excluded from the scope 

of the order are: (1) All pipes meeting 


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