Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 27, 2023 / Notices 66415 

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, 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

feature and entering the title of the 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21099 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

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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: 

Pursuant to FACA and 41 CFR 102– 


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