81586 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010 / Notices 

Copies of the agenda and other related 

materials can be obtained by calling 

(813) 348–1630. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Advisory Panel for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, those issues may not be the subject 

of formal action during this meeting. 

Actions of the Advisory Panel will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agenda and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Trish Kennedy at the Council (see 

ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: December 22, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32626 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA112 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of its Marianas 

Archipelago Plan Team (PT), Guam 

Regional Ecosystem Advisory 

Committee (Guam REAC), Mariana 

Archipelago Advisory Panel (AP) and 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands Regional Ecosystem Advisory 

Committee (CNMI REAC). 

DATES: The PT meeting will be held on 

January 19–20, 2011, Guam REAC on 

January 21, 2011, AP on January 22, 

2011 and CNMI REAC on January 24, 

2011. For specific times and agendas, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The PT, Guam REAC and 

AP meetings will be held at the Guam 

Hilton and Resort, 202 Hilton Road, 

Tumon Bay, Guam. The CNMI REAC 

will be held at the Saipan World Resort, 

P.O. Box 500066, Saipan, MP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

comment periods will be provided. The 

order in which agenda items are 

addressed may change. The meetings 

will run as late as necessary to complete 

scheduled business. 

Schedule and Agenda for PT meeting: 

9 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesday and 

Thursday, January 19–20, 2011 

The Marianas PT will meet to hear 

reports on, discuss and consider 

developing recommendations on the 

following items: 

A. Status of Fishery Monitoring 

Programs and Research Projects 

B. Update on Marianas 

Recommendations from the 2009 

Fishery Data Workshop 

C. Marianas Archipelago Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan draft annual report. 

D. Proposals for improving fishery data 

collection for stock assessments 

E. Council meeting actions 

1. CNMI bottomfish regulatory 

changes to allow spear fishing of 

bottomfish management unit 

species 

2. Federal annual catch limit scoping 

F. Other business 

Schedule and Agenda for Guam REAC 

meeting: 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday, January 21, 2011 

The Guam REAC will meet to hear 

reports on, discuss and consider 

developing recommendations on the 

following items: 

A. Report on previous REAC 

recommendations and actions 

B. Coastal Marine Spatial Planning 

C. Overview of traditional access and 

spatial planning 

D. Panel presentations and discussion 

on traditional access and history of 

change 

E. Guest presentation on Shoreline 

access restrictions in relation to 

fishermen deaths 

F. Panel presentations and discussion 

on Maintaining access to marine 

resources 

G. Local initiatives and actions 

1. Military efforts to mitigate marine 

spatial closure impacts on the 

fishing community 

2. Guam Fisheries Act 

3. Indigenous Fishing Rights 

4. Guam MCP 

H. Other business 

Schedule and Agenda for Marianas 

AP meeting: 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, January 22, 

2011 

The Marianas AP will meet to hear 

reports on, discuss and consider 

developing recommendations on the 

following items: 

A. Coastal Marine Spatial Planning 

1. Shoreline access restrictions in 

relation to fishermen deaths 

2. Military build-up impacts to 

Marianas fishing community 

3. Review of Kahoolawe Transition 

4. Report on REAC outcomes 

B. Ecosystem monitoring and 

community issues 

1. Mariana programs and projects 

2. Federal programs and projects 

C. Local legislative activities 

D. Upcoming meetings and conferences 

1. Marianas archipelago lunar 

calendar workshop 

2. Offshore aquaculture workshop 

3. Mariana islands green sea turtle 

workshop 

E. Fisheries Development 

1. Guam Marine Conservation Plan 

2. CNMI Marine Conservation Plan 

F. Other business 

Schedule and Agenda for CNMI REAC 

meeting: 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, January 24, 

2011 

The CNMI REAC will meet to hear 

reports on, discuss and consider 

developing recommendations on the 

following items: 

A. Status of 2010 REAC 

Recommendations 

B. Coastal Marine Spatial Planning 

Initiative 

1. Regional Ocean Partnership 

2. Monument Activities and Status 

3. Military build-up impacts to 

Marianas fishing community 

C. Ecosystem monitoring and 

community issues 

1. CNMI bio-sampling program 

2. Impact of land-based pollution in 

fish from Saipan Lagoon 

3. Saipan Lagoon net fishing data 

analysis 

4. Annual catch limit scoping 

D. Community Development 

1. Status of Mariana longline fishery 

2. CNMI Marine Conservation Plan 

E. Upcoming meeting/conferences/ 

workshops 

1. Mariana Archipelago Lunar 

Calendar Workshop 

2. Offshore Aquaculture Workshop 

3. Mariana Islands Green Sea Turtle 

Workshop 

F. Other business 


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Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. 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 Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 22, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32595 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–T–2010–0090] 

Coding of Design Marks in 

Registrations 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (‘‘USPTO’’) proposes 

to discontinue its secondary design 

coding, the practice of coding newly 

registered trademarks in its searchable 

electronic database with design mark 

codes based on the old paper search 

designations. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 27, 2011 to ensure 

consideration. 

Addresses for Comments: The USPTO 

prefers that comments be submitted via 

electronic mail message to 

TMFRNotices@uspto.gov. Written 

comments may also be submitted by 

mail to: Commissioner for Trademarks, 

P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1451, attention Cynthia C. Lynch; by 

hand-delivery to the Trademark 

Assistance Center, Concourse Level, 

James Madison Building-East Wing, 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 

attention Cynthia C. Lynch; or by 

electronic mail message via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. See the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal Web site (http:// 

www.regulations.gov) for additional 

instructions on providing comments via 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. The 

comments will be available for public 

inspection on the USPTO’s Web site at 

http://www.uspto.gov and will also be 

available at the Trademark Legal Policy 

Office, Madison East, Fourth Floor, 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia C. Lynch, Office of the Deputy 

Commissioner for Trademark 

Examination Policy, by telephone at 

(571) 272–8742. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1)–(2), the 

USPTO maintains a publicly available 

searchable collection of all United 

States trademark registrations. Initially, 

the collection was provided in paper 

form only. Currently, the USPTO 

provides the collection in electronic 

form. 

When the trademark collection was 

maintained in paper form, marks were 

searched in tall cabinets located at the 

USPTO’s Public Search Facility. In 

addition to the public, trademark 

examiners searched using the paper 

collection to determine whether 

registration should be refused pursuant 

to 15 U.S.C. 1052(d). Design marks were 

separated into design categories, groups, 

types, or divisions, subdivided into 

specific representations according to the 

U.S. class of goods or services covered 

in the registrations, and then arranged 

in ascending order by registration 

number. Marks with multiple design 

elements generally had to be searched 

separately, which was both challenging 

and time-consuming. 

In an effort to improve the efficiency 

of searching for the public and USPTO 

examiners, the USPTO began 

developing a searchable electronic 

database of marks in 1982. By 1988, the 

USPTO’s trademark examining 

attorneys used the automated system 

exclusively to conduct their searches. 

The USPTO also began to provide 

public access to the trademark database 

of active registered and pending marks 

through the Public Search Facility and 

later on the USPTO Web site. 

When developing the new automated 

search system, the USPTO also 

developed a new numerical design code 

system, modeled after the International 

Classification of the Figurative Elements 

of Marks (‘‘USPTO Design 

Classification’’), which was intended for 

an electronic environment and would 

enable searching multiple design 

elements in one search. In this system, 

each design element is generally 

assigned a six-digit numerical code: the 

first two digits indicate the category 

type (e.g., category 01 is celestial bodies, 

natural phenomena, and geographical 

maps), the next two digits indicate the 

division (e.g., 07 is globes), and the last 

two digits indicate the section (e.g., 

section 05 is globes held by a human). 

This numerical design code system is 

more robust than the paper search 

design code system, which relies 

exclusively on a word or term to 

identify a design element and cannot 

achieve the level of detail of the 

numerical system. 

In conjunction with the new design 

code system, the USPTO also provided 

(and continues to provide) a Design 

Search Code Manual (‘‘Manual’’) that 

includes an index, provides guidance on 

and examples, cross-references related 

material, and gives tips on searching 

using this system. The Manual is 

available to the public on the USPTO 

Web site. 

In 2002, the USPTO submitted a 

report to Congress detailing a plan for 

the removal of a portion of its paper 

search collection. However, in response 

to public concern about relying 

exclusively on the electronic system, the 

USPTO decided to temporarily retain 

the paper collection of registrations with 

design coding, while improving the 

accuracy of its electronic database, and 

modified its plan accordingly. 

In 2007, the USPTO submitted a new 

report to Congress with updated 

information about the improved 

accuracy of its electronic database and 

USPTO Design Classification coding, 

microfilmed all paper trademark 

registrations that include design 

elements, and removed the entire paper 

search collection from its search facility. 

At the same time, the USPTO replicated 

in the automated search system the 

paper design code system, exhibiting 

these word-based codes in a new data 

field for the electronic search system 

called the Trademark Search Facility 

Classification Code Index (‘‘TC Index’’). 

The TC Index allowed those who 

wished to search using the old paper 

designations to continue to do so in the 

electronic database. 

Proposed Changes 

After more than three years of coding 

under both the TC Index and USPTO 

Design Classification systems, the 

USPTO proposes to discontinue 

applying the TC Index code system to 


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