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progress of innovation in the United 

States? 

12. How would such a secrecy order 

regime affect international efforts 

toward a more harmonized patent 

system? 

13. Should the USPTO consider 

limiting what is published at 18 

months? 

This Notice also poses the following 

questions to determine the adequacy of 

the criteria used to place various 

technologies under secrecy orders for 

national security reasons. 

Questions on National Security-Based 

Secrecy Orders 

14. How should criteria currently 

used by United States defense agencies 

to screen patent applications for 

potential national security-based 

secrecy orders pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181 

properly encompass the scope of 

invention, which may have a bearing on 

ensuring the United States maintains its 

technical advantages in defense-related 

fields? 

15. Are there examples where 

technologies that could relate to United 

States defense capabilities that were 

excluded from consideration for a 

secrecy order? 

16. What is the competitive cost to 

expanding the scope of the criteria used 

to screen applications for security order 

consideration? 

17. Among patent practitioners, is 

there a common practice of attempting 

to avoid consideration for a secrecy 

order by drafting the patent disclosure 

in such a way as to not raise national 

security implications of an invention? 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9503 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds a product 

and service to the Procurement List that 

will be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 5/21/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 2/24/2012 (77 FR 11072–11073), 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

additions to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the product and service and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the product and service 

listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

product and service to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

product and service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the product and service 

proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following product 

and service are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Product 

NSN: 6510–00–786–3736—Pad, Isopropyl 

Alcohol Impregnated, 1′′ x 1.375′′. 

NPA: Lighthouse of Central Florida, Orlando, 

FL. 

Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics 

Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, 

PA. 

Coverage: C–List for 25% of the requirement 

of the Department of Defense, as 

aggregated by the Defense Logistics 

Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, 

PA. 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Janitorial Service, 

U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, 

200 Hendee Street, New Orleans, LA. 

NPA: The Arc of Greater New Orleans, 

Metairie, LA. 

Contracting Activity: Department of 

Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, 

SILC East, Norfolk, VA. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9588 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Proposed Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled 

ACTION: Proposed additions to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add services to the Procurement List 

that will be provided by nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Comments Must be Received On or 

Before: 5/21/2012. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

services listed below from nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 


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