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upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Swails or Tammy Adams, (301)713–

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 15, 2007, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 7419) 

that an amendment of Permit No. 984–

1814, issued June 21, 2006 ( 71 FR 

37060), had been requested by the 

above-named individual. The requested 

amendment has been granted under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

Permit No. 984–1814 authorized the 

permit holder to capture up to 20 adult 

Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) 

and disturb up to 30 adult and 10 

juvenile seals annually in McMurdo 

Sound, Antarctica. The animals have a 

data logger/video system attached, 

muscle biopsies and blood samples 

collected, and blubber thickness 

measured. The permit also authorizes 

up to 3 research-related mortalities per 

year. The amendment changes the field 

season for this project from five August 

to December field seasons over 5 years 

to three back to back field seasons over 

the course of two research years. 

Researchers will capture 50 Weddell 

seals annually for 2 years instead of 20 

annually over the course of 5 years. 

Researchers will attach data logger/ 

video systems to 24 adult seals and 

another 24 seals will have time-depth 

recorders attached annually. 

Researchers will measure metabolic 

rates of all captured seals using openflow respirometry. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–6752 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030507C] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 373–1868 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Point Reyes Bird Observatory 

(PRBO) Conservation Science (Dr. 

William J. Sydeman, Responsible Party), 

3820 Cypress Drive, # 11 Petaluma, CA 

94954 has been issued a permit to 

conduct scientific research on 

pinnipeds in California. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaclyn Daly or Amy Sloan, (301)713–

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 6, 2006, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (71 FR 64943) 

that a request for a scientific research 

permit to take harbor seals (Phoca 

vitulina richardsi), northern elephant 

seals (Mirounga angustirostris), 

California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus), and northern fur seals 

(Callorhinus ursinus) had been 

submitted by the above-named 

organization. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

A permit has been issued to PRBO to 

conduct scientific research on 

pinnipeds. A maximum of 300 harbor 

seals and 3,050 elephant seals will be 

captured or handled per year over a five 

year period, and an estimated 300 

elephant seals, 5,150 harbor seals, 600 

California sea lions, and five northern 

fur seals per year will be incidentally 

disturbed during pinniped research 

operations. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: April 4, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–6755 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Patent and Trademark Financial 

Transactions 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0043 comment’’ 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tamara McClure, 

Office of Finance, U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–6345; or by e-mail 

to Tamara.McClure@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 

1113, the USPTO charges fees for 

processing and other services related to 

patents, trademarks, and information 

products. Customers may submit 

payments to the USPTO by several 

methods, including by credit card, 


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deposit account, and electronic funds 

transfer (EFT). The provisions of 35 

U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are 

implemented in 37 CFR 1.16–1.28, 2.6–

2.7, and 2.206–2.209. 

The USPTO is developing a pilot 

program that will allow customers to 

access and manage their financial 

activity records online. Customers will 

be able to create a Financial Profile 

through the USPTO Web site by 

registering a username and password, 

providing contact information, and 

specifying the types of notifications and 

alerts they would like to receive. After 

establishing a Financial Profile, 

customers may then add the relevant 

account information to the profile in 

order to track their credit card, deposit 

account, and EFT transactions with the 

USPTO. 

In the future, customers will also be 

able to use their Financial Profiles to 

perform transactions with the USPTO 

by using their previously stored account 

information. The Financial Profiles are 

being added to this information 

collection. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or 

electronically to the USPTO. 

Information for Financial Profiles will 

be collected electronically through the 

USPTO Web site. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0043. 

Form Number(s): PTO–2038, PTO–

2231, PTO–2232, PTO–2233, PTO–2234, 

PTO–2236. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

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

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,929,205 responses per year, including 

500 responses per year for Financial 

Profiles. 

Estimated Time Per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately two to four 

minutes (0.03 to 0.07 hours) to prepare 

and submit the existing items in this 

collection. The USPTO estimates that it 

will take the public approximately six 

minutes (0.10 hours) to complete and 

submit a Financial Profile. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 58,166 hours per year, 

including 50 hours per year for 

Financial Profiles. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $2,617,470 per year. The 

USPTO expects that 75% of the 

submissions for this information 

collection will be prepared by fee 

administrators/coordinators and that 

25% of the submissions will be 

prepared by paraprofessionals. Using 

those proportions and the estimated 

rates of $30 per hour for fee 

administrators/coordinators and $90 per 

hour for paraprofessionals, the USPTO 

estimates that the average rate for all 

respondents will be approximately $45 

per hour. Using this estimated rate of 

$45 per hour, the USPTO estimates that 

the respondent cost burden for 

submitting the information in this 

collection will be approximately 

$2,617,470 per year, including $2,250 in 

respondent cost burden for the 

Financial Profiles. 

Item 

Estimated time 

for 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Financial Profiles ......................................................................................................................... 6 500 50 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ 500 50 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $237,168. 

This collection is currently approved 

with a total of $237,168 in annual (nonhour) cost burden in the form of service 

fees for deposit accounts and returned 

payments, postage costs for mailing 

submissions to the USPTO, and 

recordkeeping costs related to electronic 

credit card payments and electronic 

deposit account replenishments. There 

are no additional annual costs 

associated with the Financial Profiles. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed 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 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

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. E7–6731 Filed 4–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Post Allowance and Refiling. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/44/50/51/ 

51S/52/53/56/57/58 and PTOL–85B. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0033. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 68,245 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 224,926 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

from approximately 1.8 minutes (0.03 

hours) to two hours to read the 

instructions, gather the necessary 

information, prepare the appropriate 

form or other document, and submit the 

information to the USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: The USPTO is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to 

examine applications and issue them as 

patents when appropriate. The 

applicant must then pay the required 

issue fee to receive the patent and avoid 

abandonment of the application. The 

USPTO can also correct errors in patents 


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