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requesters will also be notified by the

USPTO. No one will be permitted to

attend without prior approval.

Topics for the Roundtable Discussion

The roundtable will begin with an

overview and history of computerimplemented business method patents

and the State Street Bank decision, as

well as what is happening today on this

issue. This portion will be followed by

roundtable discussions on the

examination and economic issues

surrounding business method patents.

The topics to be discussed by the

roundtable participants will include:

A. How computer-implemented

business method applications are

examined.

—Eligibility for patenting

—Novelty and nonobviousness

requirements, including automation

of known processes

B. The impact of patent protection for

computer-implemented business

methods on the innovation, evolution

and development of electronic

commerce.

—Are computer-implemented business

method patents encouraging or

curbing growth in innovation?

—Are there empirical studies or

evidence that support either

conclusion?

C. Creation of a business methods

prior art database for searching

computer-implemented business

method patent applications.

—Unique characteristics of business

methods prior art

—Types of prior art in the new database

and the accessibility of the prior art

—Challenges in creating the business

methods prior art database

D. Discussion of the USPTO’s

Business Method Patent Initiative

announced on March 29, 2000.

—Does the initiative adequately address

concerns raised about the

examination of computerimplemented business method patent

applications?

—Are there other issues related to

computer-implemented business

methods on which the USPTO should

be focusing?

Classification Section

It has been determined that this notice

is significant for purposes of Executive

Order 12866. This notice involves

information collection requirements

related to the filing and processing of a

patent application and which are

subject to review by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These

information collections have been

reviewed and previously approved by

the Office of Management and Budget

under the following control numbers:

0651–0031 and 0651–0032. The United

States Patent and Trademark Office is

not resubmitting information collection

packages to OMB for its review and

approval because the changes under

consideration do not affect the

information collection requirements

associated with the information

collections under these OMB control

numbers. Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, no person is required

to respond nor shall a person be subject

to a penalty for failure to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act unless that collection of

information displays a currently valid

OMB Control Number.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Q. Todd Dickinson,

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual

Property and Director of the United States

Patent and Trademark Office.

[FR Doc. 00–15813 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in

Indonesia

June 16, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for swing,

special shift and the adjustment for

folklore products.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also

see 64 FR 54870, published on October

8, 1999.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 16, 2000.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on October 4, 1999, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man–made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Indonesia and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 2000 and extends

through December 31, 2000.

Effective on June 22, 2000, you are directed

to adjust the limits for the categories listed

below, as provided for under the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Levels in Group I

219 ........................... 10,026,801 square

meters.

300/301 .................... 4,788,617 kilograms.

313–O 2 .................... 12,833,569 square

meters.

314–O 3 .................... 65,362,978 square

meters.

315–O 4 .................... 37,140,992 square

meters.

317–O 5/326–O 6/617 25,660,549 square

meters of which not

more than 4,530,430

square meters shall

be in Category 326–

O.

334/335 .................... 270,912 dozen.

336/636 .................... 807,170 dozen.

338/339 .................... 1,622,948 dozen.

340/640 .................... 1,741,313 dozen.

341 ........................... 1,207,487 dozen.

342/642 .................... 458,342 dozen.

345 ........................... 516,624 dozen.

347/348 .................... 2,198,572 dozen.

350/650 .................... 151,156 dozen.

351/651 .................... 680,360 dozen.

447 ........................... 18,434 dozen.

613/614/615 ............. 25,048,494 square

meters.

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Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

618–O 7 .................... 1,863,663 square meters.

625/626/627/628/

629–O 8.

29,461,033 square

meters.

634/635 .................... 365,422 dozen.

638/639 .................... 1,813,012 dozen.

641 ........................... 2,878,610 dozen.

645/646 .................... 966,249 dozen.

647/648 .................... 3,794,837 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1999. 2 Category 313–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.52.3035, 5208.52.4035 and

5209.51.6032. 3 Category 314–O: all HTS numbers except

5209.51.6015. 4 Category 315–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.52.4055. 5 Category 317–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.59.2085. 6 Category 326–O: all HTS numbers except

5208.59.2015, 5209.59.0015 and

5211.59.0015. 7 Category 618–O: all HTS numbers except

5408.24.9010 and 5408.24.9040. 8 Category 625/626/627/628; Category 629–

O: all HTS numbers except 5408.34.9085 and

5516.24.0085.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 00–15727 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the

Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

costs and burden; it includes the actual

data collection instruments, if any.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Steven A. Grossman at CFTC,

(202) 418–5192; FAX: (202) 418–5529;

email: sgrossman@cftc.gov and refer to

OMB Control No. 3038–0031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Procurement Contracts (OMB) Control

No. 3038–0031). This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The information collected

consists of procurement activities

relating to solicitations, amendments to

solicitations, requests for quotations,

construction contracts, awards of

contracts, performance bonds, and

payment information for individuals

(vendors) or contractors engaged in

providing supplies or services.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations

were published on December 30, 1981.

See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The

Federal Register notice with a 60-day

comment period soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on May 9, 2000 (65 FR

26815).

Burden statement: The respondent

burden for this collection is estimated to

average 4 hours per response. These

estimates include the time needed to

review instructions; develop, acquire,

install, and utilize technology and

systems for the purposes of collection,

validating, and verifying information,

processing and maintaining information

and disclosing and providing

information; adjust the existing ways to

comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; train

personnel to be able to respond to a

collection of information; and transmit

or otherwise disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: 151.

Estimated number of respondents:

151.

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents: 604 hours.

Frequency of collection: On occasion.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the addresses listed below. Please refer

to OMB Control No. 3038–0018 in any

correspondence.

Steven E. Grossman, U.S. Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, 1155

21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

20581.

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

CFTC, 725 17th Street, Washington,

DC 20503.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–15779 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Meeting of the Naval Research

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory

Committee (NRAC) Panel on Command

Center of the Future will meet to assess

current and future operational

requirements, deficiencies and

vulnerabilities, and recommend a

Department of the Navy strategy for

developing a next generation Maritime

Command and Control Capability. All

sessions of the meeting will be devoted

to executive sessions that will include

discussions and technical examination

of information related to current

command and control system

vunlerabilities; current and projected

military command and control

requirements; recent operational lessons

learned from Pacific theater command

centers; and command and control

information sources and system

requirements for future planned

systems. All sessions of the meeting will

be closed to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, June 22, 2000, from 8 a.m. to

5 p.m.; and Friday, June 23, 2000, from

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics

and Surveillance Systems—Manassas

Laboratory, 9500 Godwin Drive,

Manassas, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Mason-Muir, Program Director,

Naval Research Advisory Committee,

800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA

22217–5660, telephone (703) 696–6769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice of meeting is provided in

accordance with the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2). All sessions of the

meeting will be devoted to discussions

involving technical examination of

information related to current and

projected operational requirements,

deficiencies and vulnerabilities of the

Navy and Marine Corps command and

control systems. These discussions will

contain classified information that is

specifically authorized under criteria