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program have experienced several 

benefits including: (1) Effectively 

advancing prosecution of an application 

before issuance of an Office action; 

(2) enhanced interaction between the 

applicant and the examiner before 

issuance of an Office action; (3) 

resolving patentability issues one-onone with the examiner at the beginning 

of the prosecution process, rather than 

after a first Office action; and (4) 

expedited allowance of an application, 

relative to standard examination, due to 

the program’s enhanced communication 

and shorter time periods for response. 

Extension: The Office is extending the 

FAI Pilot Program until August 16, 

2012, while it completes its evaluation 

of the program. During this time, the 

Office will be gathering and analyzing 

relevant information, including 

comments from external and internal 

participants in order to determine what, 

if any, adjustments should be made to 

the program and whether the program 

will become permanent or be further 

extended. 

Request for Comments: The Office is 

seeking comments on the FAI Pilot 

Program. The Office is interested in 

receiving feedback as to whether the 

program is meeting the needs of its 

applicants, and whether any aspects of 

the program cause applicants to not 

participate. The following questions 

have been provided to help elicit the 

types of information the Office is 

interested in receiving. However, the list 

of questions below is not exhaustive and 

responses do not need to be limited to 

only information that answers these 

questions. 

(1) Based on your use of the program, 

did you experience the benefits of the 

FAI program set out above? Did you 

experience additional benefits? 

(2) Did the Pre-Interview 

Communication provide you with 

sufficient, meaningful information to 

conduct an effective interview? 

(3) How productive is the interview 

before first action in advancing 

prosecution? 

(4) How would you rate the extent/ 

utility of the information provided in the 

Pre-Interview Communication and 

subsequent Office action? 

(5) What changes would you make to 

the FAI program? How would these 

changes improve the program? 

(6) For any application in which you 

decided that the FAI program would not 

meet your needs, what aspect of the 

program made the program unsuitable 

for the application? 

(7) Do you consider the FAI program 

to be more efficient (or otherwise 

beneficial) as compared to traditional 

prosecution? 

(8) Should the Office make the FAI 

program permanent? 

Dated: June 29, 2012. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds products and 

services to the Procurement List that 

will be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 8/9/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 5/4/2012 (77 FR 26520–26521) 

and 5/11/2012 (77 FR 27737–27738), the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notices of proposed additions 

to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and services and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that products and services 

listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

products and services to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and services are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Products 

Steel Roller Mop and Refill 

NSN: 7920–01–383–7927—Refill, Sponge 

Head 

NSN: 7920–01–383–7799—Roller Mop, 

Industrial Steel, 12’’ Head 

NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West 

Allis, WI 

Contracting Activity: GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION, FORT WORTH, TX 

Coverage: B–List for the Broad Government 

Requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration. 

Nuts, Flexible Packaging 

NSN: 8925–01–E62–1745—Almonds, 

Shelled, Sliced, Natural (2lb bag) 

NSN: 8925–01–E62–1746—Almonds, 

Shelled, Sliced, Blanched (2lb bag) 

NSN: 8925–01–E62–1747—Almonds, 

Shelled, Slivered, Blanched (2lb bag) 

NSN: 8925–01–E62–1748—Walnuts, English, 

Shelled, Halves and Pieces (2lb bag) 

NSN: 8925–01–E62–1749—Walnuts, English, 

Shelled, Halves and Pieces (2.5lb bag) 

NPA: DePaul Industries, Portland, OR 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, PA 

Coverage: C-List for 100% of the requirement 

of the Department of Defense, as 

aggregated by the Defense Logistics 

Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, 

PA. 

A comment was received from a 

contractor inferring that his company 

currently furnishes products to the 

Government that are the same or similar 

to the product specified in this proposal 

and the addition of the product to the 

Procurement List will adversely affect 

their business. 

The Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled (Committee) operates pursuant 

to statutory and regulatory 

requirements. Committee regulations 

state that a commodity is not suitable 

for the Procurement List if there is 

‘‘severe adverse impact on the current 

contractor for the specific commodity or 

service.’’ 


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Information the Committee received 

from the contracting activity revealed 

that the contractor submitting the 

comment is not a current contractor 

providing this product to the 

Government. Consequently, in this 

instance, there is no severe adverse 

impact and the Committee can properly 

determine if this product is suitable for 

addition to the Procurement List. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services, 

Caribou-Targhee National Forest, St. 

Anthony Supervisor’s Office, U.S. Forest 

Service, 499 N 2400 E St., St. Anthony, 

ID. 

NPA: Development Workshop, Inc., Idaho 

Falls, ID. 

Contracting Activity: Dept. of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, Caribou-Targhee National 

Forest, Idaho Falls, ID. 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Service, 

Child Care Facilities, Buildings 615, 616 

and 9625, Fort Leonard Wood, MO. 

NPA: Challenge Unlimited, Inc., Alton, IL. 

Contracting Activity: Dept. of the Army, 

W6QM MICC–Ft Leonard Wood, Fort 

Leonard Wood, MO. 

Service Type/Location: Document 

Destruction Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 6200 Jefferson St. NE., 

Albuquerque, NM. 

NPA: Adelante Development Center, Inc., 

Albuquerque, NM. 

Contracting Activity: Department of 

Agriculture, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Soil Conservation 

Service, Albuquerque, NM. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

and Deletion 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and 

Deletion from the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add a product and services to the 

Procurement List that will be furnished 

by nonprofit agencies employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities and to delete a 

service previously provided by such 

agency. 

DATES: Comments Must Be Received On 

or Before: 8/9/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

For Further Information or To Submit 

Comments Contact: Barry S. Lineback, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

product and services listed below from 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the product and services to the 

Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the product and services to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the product and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following product and services 

are proposed for addition to 

Procurement List for production by the 

nonprofit agencies listed: 

Product 

NSN: 8140–00–NSH–0014—Tube, 

Cardboard, Grenade, 155 mm Projectile 

NPA: SVRC Industries, Inc., Saginaw, MI 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, 

W4MM USA Joint Munitions CMD, Rock 

Island, IL 

Coverage: C–List for 100% of the requirement 

of the Crane Army Ammunition Activity, 

as aggregated by the USA Joint 

Munitions Command, Army Contracting 

Command—Rock Island, Rock Island, IL. 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Contact Center 

Services, Defense Manpower Data 

Center, Defense Human Resource Center, 

Alexandria, VA (CONUS). 

Contracting Activity: Defense Human 

Resource Center, Alexandria, VA 

NPAs: (Only one of the listed Nonprofit 

Agencies will be designated by the 

Commission to perform.) 

Project HIRED, San Jose, CA. 

ReadyOne Industries, Inc., El Paso, TX. 

Peckham, Inc., Lansing, MI. 

InspiriTech, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 

ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria, VA. 

Lakeview Center, Inc., Pensacola, FL. 

Service Type/Location: Operations Support 

Services, U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis 

Bay, 2401 Hawkins Point Road, 

Baltimore, MD. 

NPA: DePaul Industries, Portland, OR. 

Contracting Activity: Dept of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Coast Guard, SFLC 

Procurement Branch 3, Baltimore, MD. 

Service Type/Location: Hospital 

Housekeeping Services, Winn Army 

Community Hospital, 1061 Harmon 

Avenue, Fort Stewart, GA. 

NPA: Professional Contract Services, Inc., 

Austin, TX 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, 

W40M Southeast RGNL CONTRG OFC, 

Fort Gordon, GA. 

Deletion 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to provide 

the service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 USC 8501–8506) in 

connection with the service proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following service is proposed for 

deletion from the Procurement List: 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial, 

Redden U.S. Federal Courthouse: Fleet 

Management Center, 310 West 6th Street, 

Medford, OR. 

NPA: Pathway Enterprises, Inc., Ashland, 

OR. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, Public Buildings 


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