43318 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 156 / Wednesday, August 13, 1997 / Notices

Members (in addition to applicant):

None.

Goff-Chem, Inc. seeks a Certificate to

cover the following specific Export

Trade, Export Markets, and Export

Trade Activities and Methods of

Operations.

Export Trade

1. Products: All products.

2. Services: All services.

3. Technology Rights: Technology

Rights, including, but not limited to,

patents, trademarks, copyrights and

trade secrets that relate to Products and

Services.

4. Export Trade Facilitation Services

(as They Relate to the Export of

Products, Services and Technology

Rights): Export Trade Facilitation

Services, including, but not limited to:

professional services in the areas of

government relations and assistance

with state and federal export programs;

foreign trade and business protocol;

consulting; market research and

analysis; collection of information on

trade opportunities; marketing;

negotiations; joint ventures; shipping

and export management; export

licensing; advertising; documentation

and services related to compliance with

customs requirements; insurance and

financing; bonding; warehousing; export

trade promotion; trade show

exhibitions; organizational

development; management and labor

strategies; transfer of technology;

transportation; and facilitating the

formation of shippers’ associations.

Export Markets

The Export Markets include all parts

of the world except the United States

(the fifty states of the United States, the

District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory

of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of

Operation

Goff-Chem, Inc. may:

1. Provide and/or arrange for the

provision of Export Trade Facilitation

Services;

2. Engage in promotion and marketing

activities and collect and distribute

information on trade opportunities in

the Export Market;

3. Enter into exclusive and/or nonexclusive agreements with distributors,

foreign buyers, and/or sales

representatives in Export Markets;

4. Enter into exclusive or nonexclusive licensing, and/or sales

agreements with Suppliers, Export

Intermediaries, or other persons for the

transfer of title to Products, Services,

and/or Technology Rights in Export

Markets;

5. Enter into exclusive or nonexclusive pricing and/or consignment

agreements for the sale and shipment of

Products and Services to Export

Markets;

6. Allocate the sales, export orders

and/or divide Export Markets, among

Suppliers, Export Intermediaries, or

other persons for the sale, licensing and/

or transfer of title to Products, Services,

and/or Technology Rights;

7. Enter into exclusive or nonexclusive price and territorial

agreements with U.S. suppliers;

8. Represent U.S. suppliers at trade

shows and solicit agents and

distributors for their products in the

territory;

9. Enter into exclusive or nonexclusive agreements for the pooling of

tangible property and other resources,

the tying of Products and Services, the

setting of prices, and/or the distribution,

shipping or handling of Products or

Services in the Export Markets; and

10. Enter into agreements to invest in

overseas warehouses for the purpose of

storing exported Products until

transferred to the foreign purchaser, or

to invest in overseas facilities for the

purpose of making minor product or

packaging modifications necessary to

insure compatibility of the Product with

the requirements of the foreign market.

Definitions

1. ‘‘Export Intermediary’’ means a

person who acts as a distributor, sales

representative, sales or marketing agent,

or broker, or who performs similar

functions, including providing or

arranging for the provision of Export

Trade Facilitation Services.

2. ‘‘Supplier’’ means a person who

produces, provides, or sells a Product

and/or Service.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–21332 Filed 8–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Energy-Related Invention Evaluation

Request Form—Office of Technology

Innovation, Energy-Related Inventions

Program

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, 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

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before October 14,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Catherine Madden, Office

of Technology Innovation, Building 820,

Room 264, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899; phone (301)

975–5500; fax (301) 975–3839; e-mail,

catherine.madden@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Section 14 of Pub. L. 93–577, Federal

Nonnuclear Energy Research and

Development Act of 1974, requires NIST

to evaluate all energy-related inventions

submitted by small businesses and

individual inventors for the purpose of

obtaining a grant from the Department

of Energy. The information collected is

used to assist in the evaluation of the

inventions submitted to the program

and to communicate with the inventors.

II. Method of Collection

An Evaluation Request form is

provided to the general public

(including individuals and small

businesses), State agencies, and other

Federal agencies. The inventor or

submitter completes the Evaluation

Request providing such information as

name, address, telephone and fax

numbers, patent status, stage of

development, and if the inventor
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considers the invention a trade secret or

confidential if it is unpatented. The

inventor or submitter also provides a

detailed description of the invention in

accordance with the Guidance for

Submission which accompanies the

Evaluation Request form. The

Evaluation Request must be signed by

the inventor or submitter. The

completed Evaluation Request form and

the inventor’s disclosure are mailed to

the Office of Technology Innovation,

NIST.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0693–0002.

Form Number: NIST–1019.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Individual inventors

and small technology based businesses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

750 per year.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10

hours including preparation of the

invention disclosure.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 7,500 per year.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to

Respondents: No cost for the submitter

or inventor.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the agency, including whether the

information shall have a 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, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–21343 Filed 8–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet Tuesday, September 9, 1997, from

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on

Wednesday, September 10, 1997, from

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The Visiting

Committee on Advanced Technology is

composed of fifteen members appointed

by the Director of NIST who are eminent

in such fields as business, research, new

product development, engineering,

labor, education, management

consulting, environment, and

international relations. The purpose of

this meeting is to review and make

recommendations regarding general

policy for the Institute, its organization,

its budget, and its programs within the

framework of applicable national

policies as set forth by the President and

the Congress. On September 9, 1997, the

agenda will include an update on NIST

programs; presentations on the NIST

facilities program, the National Quality

Program and the Manufacturing

Extension Partnership; discussion of the

Institute budget; and on September 10,

1997, a briefing and laboratory tour of

the National Advanced Manufacturing

Testbed. Discussions on the NIST

budget, including funding levels of the

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

and staffing of management positions at

NIST scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m.

and to end at 5:00 p.m. on September

9, 1997, will be closed.

DATES: The meeting will convene on

September 9, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. and will

adjourn at 9:30 a.m. on September 10,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Employees Lounge (seating capacity

80, includes 38 participants),

Administration Building, at NIST,

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris E. Kuyatt, Visiting Committee

Executive Director, National Institute of

Standards and Technology,

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone

number (301) 975–6090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Administration,

with the concurrence of the General

Counsel, formally determined on July

25, 1997, that portions of the meeting of

the Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology which involve discussion of

proposed funding of the Manufacturing

Extension Partnership and the

Advanced Technology Program may be

closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(9)(B), because those portions of

the meeting will divulge matters the

premature disclosure of which would be

likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of proposed agency

actions; and that portions of meetings

which involve discussion of the staffing

issues of management and other

positions at NIST may be closed in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6),

because divulging information

discussed in those portions of the

meetings is likely to reveal information

of a personal nature where disclosure

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Elaine Bunten-Mines,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc 97–21337 Filed 8–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Announcement of an Opportunity To

Join a Cooperative Research and

Development Consortium Concerning

Scanning Capacitance Microscopy

Image-to-Dopant Profile Software and

Metrology Techniques

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

invites interested parties to attend a

meeting on August 20, 1997, to discuss

setting up a cooperative research

consortium. The goal of the consortium

is to develop a user friendly, personalcomputer-based program for converting

scanning capacitance microscopy

images to 2–D dopant profiles.

The program will be within the scope

and confines of The Federal Technology

Transfer Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–502, 15

U.S.C. 3710a), which provides federal

laboratories including NIST, with the

authority to enter into cooperative

research agreements with qualified

parties. Under this law, NIST may

contribute personnel, equipment, and