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and reissue patents as appropriate. 

Under 37 CFR 1.510–1.570 and 37 CFR 

1.902–1.997, the USPTO may grant 

requests for ex parte and inter partes 

reexamination proceedings. The public 

uses this collection to request 

corrections of errors in issued patents, 

to request reissue patents, to request 

reexamination proceedings, and to 

ensure that the necessary fees and 

documentation are submitted to the 

USPTO. The USPTO is adding two 

items to this information collection, an 

electronic version of the Issue Fee 

Transmittal (Form PTOL–85B) and a 

petition to request an extension of time 

in ex parte or inter partes reexamination 

proceedings. This petition is an existing 

requirement that was not previously 

covered in this collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, businesses or other forprofits, and not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0033 copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before May 10, 2007 to David Rostker, 

OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–6735 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–P–2007–0014] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 4,650,787; Sanvar 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of interim patent term 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued a 

certificate under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for 

a third one-year interim extension of the 

term of U.S. Patent No. 4,650,787. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary C. Till by telephone at (571) 272–

7755; by mail marked to her attention 

and addressed to the Commissioner for 

Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE., 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–

1450; by fax marked to her attention at 

(571) 273–7755, or by e-mail to 

Mary.Till@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

156 of Title 35, United States Code, 

generally provides that the term of a 

patent may be extended for a period of 

up to five years if the patent claims a 

product, or a method of making or using 

a product, that has been subject to 

certain defined regulatory review, and 

that the patent may be extended for 

interim periods of up to a year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On March 23, 2007, Debiovision Inc., 

the exclusive agent of Debiopharm S.A. 

and Debio Recherche Pharmaceutique 

S.A., who is the exclusive licensee of 

the Administrators of the Tulane 

Educational Fund of New Orleans, 

Louisiana, the patent owner, timely 

filed an application under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) for a third interim extension of 

the term of U.S. Patent No. 4,650,787. 

The patent claims the human drug 

product Sanvar (vapreotide acetate). 

The application indicates that a New 

Drug Application for the human drug 

product Sanvar (vapreotide acetate) 

has been filed and is currently 

undergoing regulatory review before the 

Food and Drug Administration for 

permission to market or use the product 

commercially. 

Review of the application indicates 

that except for permission to market or 

use the product commercially, the 

subject patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should 

be extended for an additional one year 

as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). 

Because it is apparent that the 

regulatory review period will continue 

beyond the extended expiration date of 

the patent (April 25, 2007), a third 

interim extension of the patent term 

under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is appropriate. 

A third interim extension under 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. 

Patent No. 4,650,787 is granted for a 

period of one year from the extended 

expiration date of the patent, i.e., until 

April 25, 2008. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–6698 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 19 April 2007, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission’s offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

affecting the appearance of Washington, 

DC, may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting date. 

Dated in Washington, DC, 4 April 2007. 

Thomas Luebke, 

Secretary 

[FR Doc. 07–1772 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6330–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DoD–2007–HA–0022] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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In accordance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs announces the proposed 

extension of a public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

extension of collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received June 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection, please 

write TRICARE Management Activity, 

Office of General Counsel, 16401 E. 

Centretech Parkway, Attn: Helen Hilton, 

Aurora, CO 80011, or call TRICARE 

Management Activity, Office of General 

Counsel, at (303) 676–3542. 

Title Associated With Form, and OMB 

Number: Statement of Personal Injury—

Possible Third Party Liability, TRICARE 

Management Activity; DD Form 2527; 

OMB Number 0720–0003. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is completed by CHAMPUS 

beneficiaries suffering from personal 

injuries and receiving medical care at 

Government expense. The information 

is necessary in the assertion of the 

Government’s right to recovery under 

the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act. 

The data is used in the evaluation and 

processing of these claims. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Federal government. 

Annual Burden Hours: 33,250. 

Number of Respondents: 133,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion, only when a 

beneficiary is injured under 

circumstances creating possible liability 

in a third party. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

The Federal Medical Recovery Act, 42 

U.S.C. 2651–2653 as implemented by 

Executive Order No. 11060 and 28 CFR 

part 43 provides for recovery of the 

reasonable value of medical care 

provided by the United States to a 

person who is injured or suffers a 

disease under circumstances creating 

tort liability in some third person. DD 

Form 2527 is required for investigating 

and asserting claims in favor of the 

United States arising out of such 

incidents. 

When a claim for CHAMPUS benefits 

is identified as involving possible third 

party liability and the information is not 

submitted with the claim, the TRICARE/ 

CHAMPUS contractor requests that the 

injured party (or a designee) complete 

DD Form 2527. To protect the interests 

of the Government, the contractor 

suspends claims processing until the 

requested third party liability 

information is received. The contractor 

conducts a preliminary evaluation based 

upon the collection of information and 

refers the case to a designated 

appropriate legal officer of the 

Uniformed Services. The responsible 

Uniformed Services legal officer uses 

the information as a basis for asserting 

and settling the Government’s claim. 

When appropriate, the information is 

forwarded to the Department of Justice 

as the basis for litigation. 

Section 1 of the Form is used to 

collect general information, such as 

name, address and telephone numbers 

about the military sponsor and the 

injured beneficiary and the date, time 

and location where the injured 

occurred. 

Section 2 of the Form is used to 

collect information about accidental 

injuries. Most of the investigations for 

third party liability involve motor 

vehicle accidents. Information about 

insurance coverage for the parties 

involved in the accident is collected. 

Section 2 of the Form is also used to 

collect information about accidents that 

do not involve motor vehicles. 

Information such as the type of 

accident, the place where the injury 

occurred, the name of the property 

owner where the injury occurred and 

cause of the injury is collected. The 

name and address of the employer is 

collected when the injury was work 

related. 

Section 3 of the Form is used for 

miscellaneous information such as 

possible medical treatment at a 

Government hospital, the name and 

address of the beneficiary’s attorney, 

and information regarding any possible 

releases or settlements with another 

party to the accident. It also contains the 

certification, date and signature of the 

beneficiary (or a designee). 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–1757 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DoD–2007–HA–0029] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

In accordance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs announces the proposed 

extension of a public information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

extension of collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received June 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 


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