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Item Estimated time for response (hours) Estimated annual responses Estimated annual burden hours

Electronic Petitions to the Chief Administrative Patent Judge Under 37 CFR 41.3 .... 4 151 604

Total ....................................................................................................................... ... ................................... 34,537 858,683

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $48,239 per year. There are no maintenance, operation, capital start-up, or recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection. However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form of postage costs. There are also filing fees for the appeal briefs and the petitions to the chief administrative patent judge, but these fees are not included in the annual (non-hour) cost burden for this collection. These fees are covered instead under 0651–0072 America Invents Act Section 10 Patent Fee Adjustments.

The briefs, petitions, and other papers may be submitted by mail through the United States Postal Service. The USPTO expects the items in this collection to be mailed by Express Mail using the flat rate envelope, which can accommodate both the varying submission weights of these submissions and the various postal zones. Using the Express Mail flat rate cost for mailing envelopes, the USPTO estimates that the average cost for sending these submissions by Express Mail will be $19.95 and that approximately 2,418 may be mailed to the USPTO.

The USPTO estimates that the total postage cost for this collection will be $48,239 per year.

Item Responses Postage cost Total postage

cost

Express Mailing Costs Amendment ...................................................................................................................... ........................ 19 $19.95 $379.00 Appeal Brief ................................................................................................................... .......................... 1,781 19.95 35,531.00 Reply Brief .................................................................................................................... ........................... 578 19.95 11,531.00 Request for Rehearing Before the PTAB .......................................................................................... ...... 29 19.95 579.00 Petitions to the Chief Administrative Patent Judge Under 37 CFR 41.3 ................................................ 11 19.95 21 9.00

Total Postage Costs ............................................................................................................ ............. 2,418 .................... 48,239.00

IV. Request for Comments

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.

The USPTO is soliciting public comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. Dated: November 8, 2013. Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–27215 Filed 11–13–13; 8:45 am]

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**CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION** 

**Sunshine Act Meetings**

**FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS**
**ANNOUNCEMENT :**  Vol. 78, No. 217, Friday, November 8, 2013, page 67130.

**ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF OPEN**
**MEETING :**  10 a.m.–12 p.m., Wednesday, November 13, 2013.

**CHANGES TO OPEN MEETING AGENDA :.**  Matter To Be Considered: Decisional Matter—Voluntary Recall Notice NPR.

Item Removed From the Agenda: Decisional Matters: FY 2014 Operating Plan.

For a recorded message containing the latest agenda information, call (301)
504–7948. **CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL**
**INFORMATION :**  Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 (301)
504–7923.

Dated: November 12, 2013. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–27389 Filed 11–12–13; 4:15 pm]

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**CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION** 

**Sunshine Act Meetings**

**TIME AND DATE :**  Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

**PLACE :**  Hearing Room 420, Bethesda Towers, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

**STATUS :**  Commission Meeting—Open to the Public.

Matter To Be Considered

Decisional Matter: FY 2014 Operating Plan.


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A live Web cast of the Meeting can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov/live

.

For a recorded message containing the latest agenda information, call (301)
504–7948.

**CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION :**  Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301)
504–7923.

Dated: November 12, 2013. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–27390 Filed 11–12–13; 4:15 pm]

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**DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE**

**Office of the Secretary**

**[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0208]**

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

**DATES :**  Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 16,
2013.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Fred Licari, 571–372–0493.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Information Assurance Scholarship Program; OMB Control Number 0704– TBD.

Type of Request: New. Number of Respondents: 493. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 493. Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 123.5 hours. Needs and Uses: The National Security Agency (NSA) is the Executive Administrator of the DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP), serving on behalf of DoD Chief Information Officer. Those who wish to participate in the DoD IASP Recruitment program must complete and submit an application package through their college or university to NSA. Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Research (CAEs) interested in applying for capacity-building grants must complete and submit a written proposal, and all colleges and universities subsequently receiving grants must provide documentation on how the grant funding was utilized and the resulting accomplishments. Without this written documentation, the DoD has no means of judging the quality of applicants to the program or collecting information regarding program performance. In addition, the DoD IASP participants and their faculty advisors (Principal Investigators) are asked to complete annual program assessment surveys. These surveys are collectively reviewed to assess the program’s effectiveness from the perspective of the students and Principal Investigators. The survey information is used to improve the program in subsequent years.

Affected Public: Individuals or households, specifically college students at institutions designated as CAEs who are interested in, and qualify to apply for a scholarship; CAEs interested in submitting proposals for capacity-building grants, and faculty advisors (Principal Investigators).

Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be sent to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra at the Office of Management and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

You may also submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by the following method:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at http:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia Toppings.

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD Information Management Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100.

Dated: November 8, 2013. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013–27250 Filed 11–13–13; 8:45 am]

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**Office of the Secretary**

**Meeting of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force** 

**AGENCY :**  Director of Administration and Management, DoD.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal advisory committee closed meeting of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force (‘‘the Commission’’) has taken place. Due to difficulties finalizing the meeting agenda for the scheduled meeting of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force for November 12, 2013, this meeting notice is publishing in the Federal Register after the date of the meeting.

**DATES :**  Dates of Closed Meeting, including Hearing and Commission Discussion: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  2521 South Clark Street, Suite 525, Crystal City, VA 22202 and a secure video teleconferencing line.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :** 

Mrs. Marcia Moore, Designated Federal Officer, National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, 1950 Defense Pentagon, Room 3A874, Washington, DC 20301–1950. Email: marcia.l.moore12.civ@mail.mil. Desk (703) 545–9113. Facsimile (703) 692–
5625.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Purpose of Meeting: This meeting was held under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102–3.150. This meeting was the second in a series of three meetings held for the Commissioners to consider information and data from a variety of sources that will be presented and aggregated by employing several data, analytic and decision support tools that contain classified information.

Agenda: The agenda items were:—The role of airpower in the postAfghanistan national security situations likely to be encountered by the Air Force capabilities and Airmen and the implications for the structure of the Air Force. This discussion will be organized into three categories. The ‘‘Away Game,’’ will involve emerging demands on Air Force capabilities such as: Intelligence,