71072 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 224 / Monday, November 22, 2010 / Notices 

On or after the date of publication of 

the ITC’s notice of final determination 

in the Federal Register, CBP must 

require, pursuant to section 736(a)(3) of 

the Act, at the same time as importers 

would normally deposit estimated 

duties on this merchandise, a cash 

deposit equal to the estimated weightedaverage margins listed above. 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty orders with respect to 

copper pipe and tube from Mexico and 

the PRC, pursuant to section 736(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 

antidumping duty orders currently in 

effect. 

These antidumping duty orders and 

amended final determination are issued 

and published in accordance with 

sections 736(a), 735(e), and 777(i)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b) and 

351.224(e). 

Dated: November 18, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29528 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2010–0087] 

Extension of the Patent Application 

Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) provides a 

basis (the Patent Application Backlog 

Reduction Stimulus Plan) under which 

an applicant may have an application 

accorded special status for examination 

if the applicant expressly abandons 

another copending unexamined 

application. The Patent Application 

Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan allows 

applicants having multiple applications 

currently pending before the USPTO to 

have greater control over the priority 

with which their applications are 

examined while also stimulating a 

reduction of the backlog of unexamined 

patent applications pending before the 

USPTO. The USPTO is extending the 

Patent Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan until December 31, 2011. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 22, 

2010. The Patent Application Backlog 

Reduction Stimulus Plan became 

effective on November 27, 2009, and 

was modified on June 24, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pinchus M. Laufer, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, Office of the 

Associate Commissioner for Patent 

Examination Policy, by telephone at 

571–272–7726; or via e-mail addressed 

to Pinchus.Laufer@uspto.gov; or by mail 

addressed to: Box Comments Patents, 

Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO published a notice in the 

Federal Register providing an 

additional temporary basis (the Patent 

Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan) under which a small 

entity applicant may have an 

application accorded special status for 

examination if the applicant expressly 

abandons another copending 

unexamined application. See Patent 

Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan, 74 FR 62285 (Nov. 27, 

2009), 1349 Off. Gaz. Pat. Off. 304 (Dec. 

22, 2009) (notice). The Patent 

Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan allowed small entity 

applicants having multiple applications 

currently pending before the USPTO to 

have greater control over the priority 

with which their applications are 

examined while also stimulating a 

reduction of the backlog of unexamined 

patent applications pending before the 

USPTO. The USPTO indicated that the 

plan would last for a period ending on 

February 28, 2010, but may be extended 

for an additional time period thereafter. 

See Patent Application Backlog 

Reduction Stimulus Plan, 74 FR at 

62287, 1349 Off. Gaz. Pat. Off. at 306. 

The USPTO extended the plan for an 

additional four months to June 30, 2010. 

See Extension of the Patent Application 

Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, 75 FR 

5041 (February 1, 2010), 1351 Off. Gaz. 

Pat. Off. 202 (February 23, 2010). 

Subsequently, the USPTO expanded the 

plan to eliminate the small entity 

requirement and further extended its 

duration to expire at the earlier of the 

December 31, 2010 date, or the date that 

10,000 applications have been accorded 

special status under this plan. See 

Expansion and Extension of the Patent 

Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan, 75 FR 36063 (June 24, 

2010), 1356 Off. Gaz. Pat. Off. 173 (July 

20, 2010). 

The USPTO is extending the Patent 

Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan until December 31, 2011. 

Accordingly, the Patent Application 

Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan will 

run until 10,000 petitions have been 

granted or until December 31, 2011, 

whichever occurs earlier. The USPTO 

may further extend this plan (on either 

a temporary or permanent basis), or may 

also discontinue the plan after 

December 31, 2011, if 10,000 petitions 

have not been granted, depending upon 

the results of the plan. Information 

concerning the number of petitions that 

have been filed and granted under the 

Patent Application Backlog Reduction 

Stimulus Plan is available on the 

USPTO’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/ 

PatentStimulusPlan.jsp. For a petition 

under 37 CFR 1.102 to be granted under 

the procedure for the Patent Application 

Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, the 

petition under 37 CFR 1.102 and the 

letter of express abandonment and its 

accompanying statement must be filed 

on or before December 31, 2011 (unless 

the Patent Application Backlog 

Reduction Stimulus Plan is extended by 

a subsequent notice). 

Dated: November 16, 2010. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29360 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–805] 

Initiation and Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review: Certain 

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe 

From Mexico 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request for an 

expedited changed circumstances 

review from Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de 

C.V. (TUNA) and Lamina y Placa 

Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Lamina y 

Placa), the Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is initiating a changed 

circumstances review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

circular welded non-alloy steel pipe 

(CWP) from Mexico pursuant to section 

751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.216 

and 351.221(c)(3). We have 

preliminarily concluded that Lamina y 

Placa is the successor-in-interest to 

TUNA and, as a result, should be 

accorded the same treatment previously 

given to TUNA with respect to the 

antidumping duty order on CWP from 


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