Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 27, 2012 / Notices 18215 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: March 21, 2012. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7331 Filed 3–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

U.S. Education Mission to Brazil; 

Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sa ̃o Paulo, 

Brazil, August 30–September 6, 2012 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Commerce, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. and Foreign 

Commercial Service is publishing this 

supplement to the Notice of the U.S. 

Education Mission to Brazil, 77 FR 

13560, Mar. 7, 2012, to announce that 

the Mission will be executive-led and to 

amend the Notice to provide for 

selection of applicants on a rolling 

basis. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The U.S. Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service 

now anticipates that this Mission will 

be led by a senior-level U.S. government 

official. For that reason, consistent with 

Department policy, participants will 

now be selected through a two-tier 

vetting process. In order to expedite the 

notification of applicants, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce will review 

applications and make selection 

decisions on a rolling basis. 

Amendments 

1. For the reasons stated above, the 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications section of the Notice of the 

Education Mission to Brazil, 77 FR 

13560, Mar. 7, 2012, is amended to read 

as follows: 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://export.gov/industry/ 

education/) and other Internet web sites, 

press releases to general and trade 

media, direct mail, notices by industry 

trade associations and other multiplier 

groups, and publicity at industry 

meetings, symposia, conferences, and 

trade shows. Recruitment for the 

mission will begin immediately and 

conclude no later than August 15, 2012. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce will 

review applications and make selection 

decisions on a rolling basis beginning 

April 4, 2012. Applications received 

after August 15, 2012 will be considered 

only if space and scheduling constraints 

permit. 

Contact Information 

U.S. Commercial Service in Brazil 

Patricia S. Marega, Business 

Development Specialist, Sa ̃o Paulo, Tel: 

(55–11) 5186–7482, 

patricia.marega@trade.gov. 

U.S. Export Assistance Center 

Joan Kanlian, Westchester USEAC 

Director, Tel: 914–682–6712, Email: 

Joan.Kanlian@trade.gov. 

Elnora Moye, 

Trade Program Assistant. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States 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: Rules for Patent Maintenance 

Fees. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/45/47/65/ 

66. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0016. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 43,605 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 573,161 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

approximately 20 seconds (0.006 hours) 

to 8 hours to submit the information in 

this collection, including the time to 

gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate form or petition, 

and submit the completed request to the 

USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 

and 37 CFR 1.20(e)–(i) and 1.362–1.378, 

the USPTO charges fees for maintaining 

in force all utility patents based on 

applications filed on or after December 

12, 1980. Payment of these maintenance 

fees is due at 31⁄2, 71⁄2, and 111⁄2 years 

after the date the patent was granted. If 

the USPTO does not receive payment of 

the appropriate maintenance fee and 

any applicable surcharge within a grace 

period of six months following each of 

the above due dates (at 4, 8, or 12 years 

after the date of grant), the patent will 

expire at that time. After a patent 

expires, it is no longer enforceable. The 

public uses this collection to submit 

patent maintenance fee payments, to file 

petitions regarding delayed or refused 

payments, and to designate an address 

to be used for fee-related 

correspondence. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

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

Frequency: On occasion and three 

times at four-year intervals following 

the grant of the patent. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• Email: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0016 copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before April 26, 2012 to Nicholas A. 

Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by 

fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: March 22, 2012. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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