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determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Division, and Southeast Fisheries 

Science Center. Participants include: 

data collectors and database managers; 

stock assessment scientists, biologists, 

and researchers; constituency 

representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); 

international experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion at the SEDAR 82 

South Atlantic Gray Triggerfish Assessment 

Webinar 7 are as follows: Discuss any 

leftover data issues that were not cleared up 

during the data process, answer any 

questions that the analysts have, and discuss 

model development and model setup. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice 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 intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

business days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: September 22, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; DOCX Submission 

Requirements 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comments on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (88 FR 37039) on June 6, 2023 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comment. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

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Title: DOCX Submission 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–New. 

Needs and Uses: On August 3, 2020, 

the USPTO published a final rule in the 

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set forth in 37 CFR 1.16(u). See Setting 

and Adjusting Patent Fees in Fiscal Year 

2020, 85 FR 46932. Although that final 

rule indicated the new fee at § 1.16(u) 

would go into effect on January 1, 2022, 

the effective date of the new fee was 

delayed to give applicants more time to 

adjust to filing patent applications in 

the DOCX format. 

As specified in § 1.16(u), the fee is 

due for any application filed under 35 

U.S.C. 111 for an original patent— 

except design, plant, or provisional 

applications—where the specification, 

claims, and/or abstract do not conform 

to the USPTO requirements for 

submission in the DOCX format. 

Therefore, the fee is due for 

nonprovisional utility applications filed 

under 35 U.S.C. 111, including 

continuing applications, that are not 

filed in the DOCX format. 

The USPTO conducted two pilot 

programs for filing applications in the 

DOCX format. The eMod Text Pilot 

Program was conducted between August 

2016 and September 2017. The USPTO 

then expanded the ability to file patent 

applications in the DOCX format in 

EFS–Web to all users in September 

2017. In 2018, the USPTO launched the 

Patent Center and conducted the Patent 

Center Text Pilot Program from June 

2018 through April 2020. All applicants 

have been able to file applications in the 

DOCX format in the Patent Center since 

April 2020. Information about the Patent 

Center is available at www.uspto.gov/ 

PatentCenter. The USPTO continues to 

hold many discussions and training 

sessions with stakeholders to ensure a 

fair and reasonable transition to the 

DOCX format. In addition, to further 

ensure a fair and reasonable transition 

to the DOCX format, the USPTO has, 

since April 2022, provided patent 

applicants with the option to submit a 

back-up applicant-generated PDF 

version of the application along with the 

DOCX file(s) when filing an application 

in Patent Center. See Extension of the 

Option for Submission of a PDF With a 

Patent Application Filed in DOCX 

Format, 88 FR 37036 (Jun. 6, 2023). 

The items in this new information 

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the § 1.16(u) non-DOCX filing surcharge 

fee on the filing of nonprovisional 

utility applications under 35 U.S.C. 111, 

including continuing applications. In 

particular, this new information 

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well as an additional 30 minutes of time 

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some respondents may undertake as 

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The estimated volumes for the items 

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corresponding nonprovisional utility 

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including continuing applications, that 

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Applications). Respondents for the 

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will either take an extra 30 minutes to 

file their applications in DOCX format 

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Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals and households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 411,817 respondents 

(including 164,066 respondents from 

filing fees). 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 411,817 responses 

(including 164,066 responses from filing 

fees). 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately 30 minutes (0.50 

hours) to complete. This includes the 

time to create and submit the completed 

filing to the USPTO. The USPTO 

provides the 30-minute estimate out of 

an abundance of caution for the initial 

period after the effective date of the 

non-DOCX filing surcharge fee. The 

USPTO expects to decrease the 30- 

minute estimate by the first renewal of 

this collection as the public more fully 

comprehends the nature of, and how to 

comply with, the DOCX format. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 123,877 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $49,588,160. 

This information collection may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce, USPTO information 

collections currently under review by 

OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website, 

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Find this particular information 

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Comments’’ or by using the search 

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information collection of the OMB 

Control Number, 0651–New. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–New 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Justin Isaac, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–C–2023–0034] 

Joint ITA–NIST–USPTO Collaboration 

Initiative Regarding Standards 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is extending 

the deadline for written comments 

announced in the Federal Register 

Notice titled ‘‘Joint ITA–NIST–USPTO 

Collaboration Initiative Regarding 

Standards; Notice of Public Listening 

Session and Request for Comments.’’ 

Through this notice, the USPTO is 

extending the period for public 

comments until November 6, 2023. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 6, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chris Hannon, at 571–272–7385 or Mr. 

Anthony Quinn, at 202–893–6488. 

Inquiries can also be sent to SEP_

Policy@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 11, 2023, the USPTO 

published a Federal Register Notice 

titled ‘‘Joint ITA–NIST–USPTO 

Collaboration Initiative Regarding 

Standards; Notice of Public Listening 

Session and Request for Comments’’ (88 

FR 62349), announcing that the USPTO, 

the International Trade Administration 

(ITA), and the National Institute for 

Standards and Technology (NIST) are 

seeking stakeholder input on the current 

state of U.S. firm participation in 

standard setting, and the ability of U.S. 

industry to readily adopt standards to 

grow and compete, especially as they 

relate to the standardization of critical 

and emerging technologies. The 

Agencies are now extending the 

comment submission period until 

November 6, 2023, to ensure that 

stakeholders have a sufficient 

opportunity to submit written 

comments. 

All other information provided in the 

September 11, 2023, notice remains 

unchanged. Previously submitted 

comments do not need to be 

resubmitted. 

Katherine K. Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following virtual Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Remember 

and Explore Subcommittee to the 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery. This meeting is 

open to the public. For more 

information, please visit: https://

www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/About/ 

Advisory-Committee-on-ArlingtonNational-Cemetery/ACANC-Meetings. 

DATES: The Remember and Explore 

Subcommittee will meet on Thursday, 

October 12, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

eastern daylight time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Renea Yates; Designated Federal Official 

or Mr. Matthew Davis; Alternate 

Designated Federal Official (DFO) for 

the ACANC, in writing at Arlington 

National Cemetery (ANC), Arlington VA 

22211, or by email at 

matthew.r.davis.civ@army.mil, or by 

phone at 1–877–907–8585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of chapter 10, 5 U.S.C. 

(commonly known as the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act or FACA), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (U.S.C. 552b) and 41 Code of the 

Federal Regulations (CFR) 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The primary 

purpose of the Remember & Explore 

Subcommittee is to recommend 

methods to maintain the Tomb of the 

Unknown Soldier Monument, including 

the cracks in the large marble 

sarcophagus, the adjacent marble slabs, 

and the potential replacement marble 

stone for the sarcophagus already gifted 

to the Army; accomplish an 

independent assessment of requests to 

place commemorative monuments 

within ANC; and identify means to 

capture and convey ANC’s history, and 

improve the quality of visitors’ 

experiences now and for generations to 

come. 

Agenda: The Remember and Explore 

Subcommittee will receive an update to 

the Chaplain Memorials; and receive an 

update on Road Naming at Arlington 

National Cemetery. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

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