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testimony begins on Wednesday, 

January 31, at 12:30 p.m. CST. Public 

testimony may end before the published 

agenda time if all registered in-person 

and virtual participants have completed 

their testimony. 

Thursday, February 1, 2024; 8:30 a.m.– 

5 p.m., CST 

The Council will receive Committee 

reports from Administrative/Budget, 

Law Enforcement, Data Collection, 

Shrimp, Reef Fish, Sustainable 

Fisheries, Education and Outreach, and 

recommendations on Exempted Fishing 

Permit Application. The Council will 

receive updates from the following 

supporting agencies: Louisiana Law 

Enforcement Efforts; South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council; NOAA 

Office of Law Enforcement (OLE); Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commission; 

U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; and Department of State. 

The Council will discuss Council 

Planning and Primary Activities and 

Other Business items, Litigation Update. 

Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be a hybrid meeting; 

both in-person and virtual participation 

available. You may register for the 

webinar to listen-in only by visiting 

https://www.gulfcouncil.org and click 

on the Council meeting on the calendar. 

The timing and order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change as 

required to effectively address the issue, 

and the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

website as they become available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meeting. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid or 

accommodations should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least 

15 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: January 5, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2024–0055] 

USPTO Public Engagement 

Partnership: Public Meeting Series To 

Enhance Outreach to the Public on 

Patent Policies and Procedures 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

announcing the Public Engagement 

Partnership meeting series to facilitate 

increased engagement with the public 

about the patent system. The USPTO 

will host the first meeting of the Public 

Engagement Partnership series virtually 

and in person at the USPTO 

headquarters on March 1, 2024. The 

purpose of this meeting is to provide 

education about the patent system and 

to share ideas, experiences, and insights 

related to the administration of the 

system. 

DATES: The first public meeting will take 

place on March 1, 2024, from 1–5 p.m. 

ET. Persons seeking to attend, either 

virtually or in person, must register by 

February 29, 2024, at the web page in 

the ADDRESSES section below. 

ADDRESSES: Register at www.uspto.gov/ 

patents/initiatives/ 

PublicEngagementPartnership. The first 

public meeting will take place virtually 

and in person at the USPTO 

headquarters, Clara Barton Auditorium, 

600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Registration is required for both virtual 

and in-person attendance. All major 

entrances to the building are accessible 

to people with disabilities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Horner, Acting Senior Lead 

Administrative Patent Judge, at 571– 

272–4596 or Linda.Horner@uspto.gov. 

You can also send inquiries to 

PublicEngagementPartnership@

uspto.gov. Please direct all media 

inquiries to the Office of the Chief 

Communications Officer at 571–272– 

8400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO’s mission is to drive U.S. 

innovation, inclusive capitalism, and 

global competitiveness with the 

ultimate goal of increasing innovation, 

entrepreneurship, and creativity for the 

benefit of all Americans and people 

around the world. In fulfilling this 

mission, the USPTO appreciates that its 

work impacts our country’s economic 

prosperity and, in turn, the public. In 

January of 2023, the USPTO engaged 

with the public at a listening session 

regarding USPTO collaboration with 

other government agencies to ensure 

that the patent system is not being used 

to unjustifiably delay competition 

beyond that reasonably contemplated by 

applicable law. At this listening session, 

members of the public expressed a 

desire to increase engagement with the 

USPTO about the patent system. 

To expand outreach efforts, the 

USPTO seeks to form a partnership with 

members of the public, including, for 

example, advocacy groups, public 

interest-focused nonprofits, academics, 

and civil society. The Public 

Engagement Partnership will provide an 

opportunity to bring the public and the 

USPTO together through a series of 

engagements to offer education about 

the patent system and to share ideas, 

experiences, and insights related to the 

administration of the system. 

The USPTO will hold the inaugural 

meeting of the Public Engagement 

Partnership meeting series virtually and 

in person at the USPTO headquarters in 

Alexandria, Virginia, on March 1, 2024. 

Presentations at this first meeting will 

provide foundational education about 

the patent system and the USPTO’s 

practices and policies. The meeting will 

also include a panel discussion with 

representatives of the public interest 

community and advocacy groups on 

areas of particular interest. Subsequent 

meetings in the series will build on this 

foundational information. For example, 

future meetings will include 

presentations on tools for understanding 

a patent and existing mechanisms for 

participation in the patent procurement 

process, such as third-party 

submissions. Meetings will also cover 

participation in the enforcement of 

patents before the USPTO via ex parte 

reexamination requests, and petitions 

for inter partes review and post-grant 

review before the Patent Trial and 

Appeal Board. These mechanisms are 

available to the public at large. 

Instructions for and Information on the 

Public Meeting 

The public meeting will take place 

virtually and in person at the USPTO 

headquarters, Clara Barton Auditorium, 

600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA 22314, 

on March 1, 2024, from 1–5 p.m. ET. 

The agenda is available on the USPTO 


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website at www.uspto.gov/patents/ 

initiatives/ 

PublicEngagementPartnership. Those 

interested in attending the meeting can 

register on the same web page. 

Katherine Kelly Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Initial Patent Applications 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on the 

extension and revision of an existing 

information collection: 0651–0032 

Initial Patent Applications. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow 60 days for 

public comment preceding submission 

of the information collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received on or before 

March 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

any of the following methods. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0032 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Raul Tamayo, 

Senior Legal Advisor, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–7728; or by email 

at raul.tamayo@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651– 

0032 comment’’ in the subject line. 

Additional information about this 

information collection is also available 

at http://www.reginfo.gov under 

‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is required 

by title 35 of the United States Code, 

including 35 U.S.C. 131, to examine 

applications for patents. The USPTO 

administers the patent statutes relating 

to examination through various rules in 

chapter 37 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR), such as, for example, 

37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84. Each patent 

applicant must provide sufficient 

information to allow the USPTO to 

properly examine the application to 

determine whether it meets the criteria 

set forth in the patent statutes and 

regulations for issuance as a patent. The 

patent statutes and regulations require 

that an application for patent include 

the following information: 

(1) A specification containing a 

description of the invention and at least 

one claim defining the property right 

sought by the applicant; 

(2) A drawing(s) or photograph(s), 

where necessary for an understanding of 

the invention; 

(3) An oath or declaration signed by 

the applicant (under 35 U.S.C. 115(f), 

the time for filing the oath or 

declaration is no later than the date on 

which the issue fee for the patent is 

paid); and 

(4) A filing fee. 

Various types of patent applications 

are covered under this information 

collection: 

• Noncontinuing, nonprovisional 

utility, plant and design applications, 

• Provisional applications, 

• Continuation/divisional 

applications of international 

applications, 

• Continued prosecution applications 

(design), and 

• Continuation/divisional and 

continuation-in-part applications of 

utility, plant, and design applications. 

In addition, this information 

collection covers certain other papers 

filed by applicants, such as, for 

example, petitions to accept an 

unintentionally delayed priority or 

benefit claim, petitions to accept a filing 

by other than all of the inventors or a 

person not the inventor, and petitions 

requesting that applications filed under 

37 CFR 1.495(b) be accorded a receipt 

date. 

Furthermore, this information 

collection incorporates the lone item in 

0651–0073 (Patent Law Treaty): 

petitions to restore the right of priority 

to a foreign application under 37 CFR 

1.55(c) or the benefit of a prior-filed 

provisional application under 37 CFR 

1.78(b). The petitions are used to extend 

the 12-month periods set forth in 35 

U.S.C. 119(a) and (e) by an additional 2 

months where there is an unintentional 

delay in filing an application claiming 

priority to a foreign application or the 

benefit of a provisional application. 

Once this information collection is 

renewed, and the petitions are added, 

0651–0073 will be discontinued. 

II. Method of Collection 

The items in this information 

collection can be submitted through the 

USPTO patent electronic filing system 

(Patent Center), the USPTO’s online 

filing and viewing system for patent 

applications and related documents. 

The USPTO also will accept 

submissions by mail, hand delivery, and 

facsimile, except that facsimile 

submission of the information in this 

collection is limited to certain items in 

accordance with 37 CFR 1.6(d). 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0032. 

Forms: (AIA = America Invents Act; 

SB = Specimen Book) 

• PTO/AIA/01 (Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63) for Utility or Design Patent 

Application using an Application 

Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01CN (Chinese (simplified) 

Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) 

for Utility or Design Application 

Using an Application Data Sheet (37 

CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01DE (German Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01ES (Spanish Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01FR (French Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01IT (Italian Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01JP (Japanese Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01KR (Korean Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using An 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01NL (Dutch Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 


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