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Director. The agenda may change to 

accommodate Committee business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the 

NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. On March 

16, 2010, approximately one-half hour 

will be reserved at the end of the 

meeting for public comments, and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-serve basis. The amount 

of time per speaker will be determined 

by the number of requests received, but 

is likely to be about 3 minutes each. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to attend in person are invited to 

submit written statements to the 

ACEHR, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 

8630, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899– 

8630, via fax at (301) 975–4032, or 

electronically by e-mail to 

info@nehrp.gov. 

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by close of business 

Monday, March 1, 2010, in order to 

attend. Please submit your name, time 

of arrival, e-mail address, and phone 

number to Michelle Harman. Non-U.S. 

citizens must also submit their country 

of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, 

and address. Mrs. Harman’s e-mail 

address is michelle.harman@nist.gov 

and her phone number is (301) 975– 

5324. 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

Marc G. Stanley, 

Acting Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3505 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Grant of 

Exclusive Patent License. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 

404.7(a)(1)(i) that the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (‘‘NIST’’), 

U.S. Department of Commerce, is 

contemplating the grant of an exclusive 

license in the United States of America, 

its territories, possessions and 

commonwealths, to NIST’s interest in 

the invention embodied in U.S. Patent 

No. 6,088,679 (Application No. 08/ 

980,908), titled ‘‘Workflow Management 

Employing Role-based Access Control,’’ 

NIST Docket No. 96–052 to Rockwise, 

Inc., having a place of business at 223 

Surnac Circle, Morgantown, WV 26508. 

The grant of the license would be for the 

field of use: HealthCare Information 

Technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Terry Lynch, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Office of 

Technology Partnerships, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 2200, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899, Phone 301–975–2691. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

prospective exclusive license will be 

royalty bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 

exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within thirty days from the date of this 

published Notice, NIST receives written 

evidence and argument which establish 

that the grant of the license would not 

be consistent with the requirements of 

35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The 

availability of the invention for 

licensing was published in the Federal 

Register on March 4, 1998. 

U.S. Patent No. 6,088,679 is owned by 

the U.S. government, as represented by 

the Secretary of Commerce. The patent 

involves a workflow sequence specified 

by a process definition that is managed 

by a workflow management system 

which enacts each segment in the order 

specified by that process definition. 

Role-based access control (RBAC) is 

used to define membership of 

individuals in groups, i.e., to assign 

individuals to roles, and to then activate 

the roles with respect to the process at 

appropriate points in the sequence. Any 

individual belonging to the active role 

can perform the next step in the 

business process. Changes in the duties 

and responsibilities of individuals as 

they change job assignments are greatly 

simplified, as their role memberships 

are simply reassigned; the workflow 

process is unaffected. 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

Marc G. Stanley, 

Acting Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2010–0002] 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Nomination Evaluation 

Committee 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(United States Patent and Trademark 

Office) is requesting nominations of 

individuals to serve on the National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation 

Nomination Evaluation Committee. The 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office will consider nominations 

received in response to this notice as 

well as from other sources. The 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice provides committee and 

membership criteria. 

DATES: Please submit nominations 

within 60 days of the publication of this 

notice. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be 

submitted to Richard Maulsby, Program 

Manager, National Medal of Technology 

and Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450. 

Nominations also may be submitted via 

fax: (571) 270–9100 or by electronic 

mail to: nmti@uspto.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450, 

telephone (571) 272–8333, or electronic 

mail: nmti@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The committee was 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Title 5, United States Code, 

Appendix 2). The following provides 

information about the committee and 

membership: 

• Committee members are appointed 

by and serve at the discretion of the 

Secretary of Commerce. The committee 

provides advice to the Secretary on the 

implementation of Public Law 96–480 

(15 U.S.C. 3711), as amended August 9, 

2007. 

• The committee functions solely as 

an advisory body under the FACA. 

Members are appointed to the 12- 

member committee for a term of three 

years. Each will be reevaluated at the 

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conclusion of the three-year term with 

the prospect of renewal, pending 

advisory committee needs and the 

Secretary’s concurrence. Selection of 

membership is made in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidelines. 

• Members are responsible for 

reviewing nominations and making 

recommendations for the Nation’s 

highest honor for technological 

innovation, awarded annually by the 

President of the United States. Members 

of the committee must have an 

understanding of, and experience in, 

developing and utilizing technological 

innovation and/or be familiar with the 

education, training, employment and 

management of technological 

manpower. 

• Under the FACA, membership on a 

committee must be balanced. To achieve 

balance, the Department is seeking 

additional nominations of candidates 

from small, medium-sized, and large 

businesses or with special expertise in 

the following sub-sectors of the 

technology enterprise: 

Medical Innovations/Bioengineering 

and Biomedical Technology; 

Technology Management/Computing/ 

IT/Manufacturing Innovation; 

Technological Manpower/Workforce 

Training/Education. 

Committee members generally are 

Chief Executive Officers or former Chief 

Executive Officers, former winners of 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation; presidents or distinguished 

faculty of universities; or senior 

executives of non-profit organizations. 

As such, they not only offer the stature 

of their positions but also possess 

intimate knowledge of the forces 

determining future directions for their 

organizations and industries. The 

committee as a whole is balanced in 

representing geographical, professional, 

and diverse interests. 

Nomination Information: 

• Nominees must be United States 

citizens, must be able to fully 

participate in meetings pertaining to the 

review and selection of finalists for the 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation, and must uphold the 

confidential nature of an independent 

peer review and competitive selection 

process. 

• The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office is committed to equal 

opportunity in the workplace and seeks 

a broad-based and diverse committee 

membership. 

Dated: February 16, 2010. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3398 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number 0911121400–0091–02] 

Summer Undergraduate Research 

Program Extension of Due Date for 

Proposals 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), United States 

Department of Commerce 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Due to extreme weather 

conditions in the Mid-Atlantic United 

States, NIST is extending the deadline 

for proposal submission for its Summer 

Undergraduate Research Fellowship 

Program competition to 5 p.m. Eastern 

time, Friday, February 19, 2010, for 

SURF Gaithersburg, and noon Mountain 

Time, Friday, February 19, 2010, for 

SURF Boulder. 

DATES: Paper and electronic 

submissions must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, 

February 19, 2010, for SURF 

Gaithersburg, and noon Mountain Time, 

Friday, February 19, 2010, for SURF 

Boulder. 

ADDRESSES: Paper submissions for SURF 

Gaithersburg must be sent to Ms. Anita 

Sweigert, Administrative Coordinator, 

SURF NIST Gaithersburg Programs, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

8400, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8400. 

Paper applications for SURF Boulder 

must be sent to Ms. Cynthia Kotary, 

Administrative Coordinator, SURF NIST 

Boulder Programs, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 325 

Broadway, Mail Stop 104, Boulder, CO 

80305–3337. Electronic submissions 

must be sent as specified in the original 

program announcement, Summer 

Undergraduate Research Fellowships 

(SURF) Gaithersburg and Boulder 

Programs: Availability of Funds, 74 FR 

66291 (Dec. 15, 2009). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Program questions for SURF 

Gaithersburg should be addressed to Ms. 

Anita Sweigert, Administrative 

Coordinator, SURF NIST Gaithersburg 

Programs, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 8400, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–8400, Tel: (301) 975–4200, Email: anita.sweigert@nist.gov. The SURF 

NIST Gaithersburg Program Web site is: 

http://www.surf.nist.gov/surf2.htm. 

Program questions for SURF Boulder 

should be addressed to Ms. Cynthia 

Kotary, Administrative Coordinator, 

SURF NIST Boulder Programs, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

325 Broadway, Mail Stop 104, Boulder, 

CO 80305–3337, Tel: (303) 497–3319, Email: kotary@boulder.nist.gov; Web site: 

http://www.nist.gov/surfboulder/. All 

grants related administration questions 

concerning this program should be 

directed to Hope Snowden, NIST Grants 

and Agreements Management Division 

at (301) 975–6002 or 

hope.snowden@nist.gov, or for 

assistance with using Grants.gov contact 

support@grants.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 15, 2009, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

(NIST) Gaithersburg and Boulder 

Summer Undergraduate Research 

Programs (SURF) announced that they 

were soliciting proposals for financial 

assistance (74 FR 66219). The due date 

for submission of all proposals was 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, February 

16, 2010. Due to extreme weather 

conditions and associated power 

outages, Internet outages, and closings 

of public facilities in the Mid-Atlantic 

area, including a shut-down of the 

Federal government and universities, 

some proposers did not have the 

opportunity to timely prepare 

applications. In order to provide all 

interested parties a fair and reasonable 

opportunity to submit a proposal, NIST 

is extending the solicitation period until 

5 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, February 

19, 2010, for SURF Gaithersburg, and 

noon Mountain Time, Friday, February 

19, 2010, for SURF Boulder. Electronic 

and paper proposals received between 

the original deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time February 16, 2010, and 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time February 19, 2010 for 

SURF Gaithersburg, or between the 

original deadline of 5 p.m. Mountain 

Time February 16, 2010 and noon 

Mountain Time February 19, 2010 for 

SURF Boulder, are deemed timely. 

All SURF application and 

competition requirements and 

information announced in the December 

15, 2009 Federal Register notice apply 

to proposals submitted during the 

extended time period. The review, 

selection, and award processing time for 

SURF remains unchanged. 

Executive Order 12372 

(Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs). Proposals under this 

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