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including your name and comment, will 

be maintained as described here. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sage 

Riddick, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (Phone: 

240–560–3365; Email: sage.riddick@

noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS 

serves as the trustee for a network of 

underwater parks encompassing more 

than 620,000 square miles of marine and 

Great Lakes waters from Washington 

State to the Florida Keys, and from Lake 

Huron to American Samoa. The network 

includes a system of 15 national marine 

sanctuaries and Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea 

and Rose Atoll marine national 

monuments. National marine 

sanctuaries protect our Nation’s most 

vital coastal and marine natural and 

cultural resources, and through active 

research, management, and public 

engagement, sustain healthy 

environments that are the foundation for 

thriving communities and stable 

economies. 

One of the many ways ONMS ensures 

public participation in the designation 

and management of national marine 

sanctuaries is through the formation of 

advisory councils. The Sanctuary 

System Business Advisory Council 

(council) has been formed to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Director regarding the relationship of 

ONMS with the business community. 

Additional information on the council 

can be found at https://sanctuaries.

noaa.gov/management/bac/. 

Matters to be discussed: The primary 

purpose of this meeting is to hear 

updates from members, provide a 

program update, and discuss potential 

work plan activities for 2024. For a 

complete agenda, including times and 

topics, please visit http://sanctuaries.

noaa.gov/management/bac/ 

meetings.html. 

Authority:16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq. 

John Armor, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25708 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–P–2023–0049] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 7,329,689; 

DUVYZATTM (Givinostat hydrochloride 

monohydrate) 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of interim patent term 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued an order 

granting a one-year interim extension of 

the term of U.S. Patent No. 7,329,689 

(’689 patent). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ali 

Salimi, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of 

Patent Legal Administration, at 571– 

272–0909 or ali.salimi@uspto.gov; or 

Josephine Chang, Legal Advisor, Office 

of Patent Legal Administration, at 571– 

270–3522 or josephine.chang@

uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 

156 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. 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) generally provides that 

the term of such a patent may be 

extended for no more than five interim 

periods of up to one year each, if the 

approval phase of the regulatory review 

period (RRP) is reasonably expected to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On July 31, 2023, Italfarmaco SPA, the 

owner of record of the ’689 patent, 

timely filed an application under 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for an interim extension 

of the term of the ’689 patent. The ’689 

patent claims the drug product known 

by the tradename DUVYZATTM

(Givinostat hydrochloride 

monohydrate). The application for 

interim patent term extension indicates 

that the approval phase of the RRP, as 

described in 35 U.S.C. 156(g)(1)(B)(ii), 

began on April 21, 2023, for 

DUVYZATTM (Givinostat hydrochloride 

monohydrate) and is ongoing before the 

Food and Drug Administration for 

permission to market and use the 

product commercially. 

Review of the interim patent term 

extension application indicates that, 

except for permission to market or use 

the product commercially, the ’689 

patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156. Because it appears 

reasonable to expect the approval phase 

of the RRP to continue beyond the 

expiration date of the patent, i.e., 

January 15, 2024, interim extension of 

the ’689 patent’s term under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) is appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

7,329,689 is granted for a period of one 

year from the original expiration date of 

the ’689 patent. 

Brian Hanlon, 

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patents, 

United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25697 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agricultural Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (CFTC) announces 

that on December 14, 2023, from 9 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), the 

Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC 

or Committee) will hold an in-person 

public meeting at the CFTC’s 

Washington, DC headquarters with 

options for the public to attend 

virtually. At this meeting, the AAC will 

discuss topics related to the agricultural 

economy, including geopolitical and 

sustainability issues, as well as recent 

developments in the agricultural 

derivatives markets. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 14, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). Members 

of the public who wish to submit 

written statements in connection with 

the meeting should submit them by 

December 21, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s 

headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. You may submit public 

comments, identified by ‘‘Agricultural 

Advisory Committee,’’ through the 

CFTC website at https://

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Comments Online process 

on the website. If you are unable to 

submit comments online, contact Swati 

Shah, Designated Federal Officer, via 

the contact information listed below to 

discuss alternate means of submitting 

your comments. Any statements 

submitted in connection with the 


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