63568 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 24, 2000 / Notices

section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15

CFR 325.2(1)): Apple Country, Inc.,

Wapato, Washington; Cashmere Fruit

Exchange, Cashmere, Washington; Dole

Northwest, Wenatchee, Washington; IM

EX Trading Company, Yakima,

Washington; Inland—Joseph Fruit

Company, Wapato, Washington;

(controlling entity: Inland Fruit &

Produce Co., Inc.); PAC Marketing

International, LLC, Yakima,

Washington; Sage Marketing LLC,

Yakima, Washington (controlling

entities: Olympic Fruit, Columbia Reach

and Valley Fruit); Voelker Fruit & Cold

Storage, Inc., Yakima, Washington; and

Washington Export, LLC, Yakima,

Washington; and

2. Delete the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate: Crandell

Fruit Company, Wenatchee,

Washington; George F. Joseph Orchard,

Yakima, Washington; Gwin, White &

Prince, Inc., Wenatchee, Washington; H

& H Orchards Packing, Inc., Malaga,

Washington; Inland Fruit & Produce Co.,

Wapato, Washington; Johnny Appleseed

of WA/CRO Fruit Co., Wenatchee,

Washington, Majestic Valley Produce,

Wenatchee, Washington; and Valicoff

Fruit Company, Inc., Wapato,

Washington.

Special Note: NFE also requested to amend

its Certificate to change the name of one

current Member from Blue Bird, Inc. to

Washington Cherry Growers but later stated

that this name change was a mistake.

A copy of the amended certificate will

be kept in the International Trade

Administration’s Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility,

Room 4102, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–27214 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

Electronic Form for Responding to

Office Actions

ACTION: New information 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 new proposed

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 December 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Susan K. Brown, Records Officer,

Data Administration Division, Office of

Data Management, United States Patent

and Trademark Office, Crystal Park 3,

3rd Floor, Suite 310, Washington, D.C.

20231, or by phone at (703) 308–7400 or

via the Internet at

susan.brown@uspto.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Craig Morris, by

mail, United States Patent and

Trademark Office, 2900 Crystal Drive,

Room 10B10, Arlington, Va. 22202, by

phone at (703) 308–8900, or by e-mail

at craig.morris@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq. and

Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, the United States Patent

and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues

Office Actions in which it requests that

applicants for trademark registration

furnish information that is required for

the issuance of a registration but that

was not provided with the initial

submission of the application for

registration. The information solicited

in these Office Actions may include the

following: the precise nature of the

goods and or services associated with

the mark; the dates on which the mark

was first used and first used in

commerce regulable by the United

States Congress; the name of a domestic

representative of a foreign applicant

upon whom process can be served in

matters pertaining to the mark; the legal

entity type of the applicant; the state of

incorporation of a corporate applicant;

the state of organization of an applicant

that is a partnership; the citizenship of

an applicant who is an individual

person; the names and citizenships of

the partners of an applicant that is a

partnership; the complete address of the

applicant; the date that the application

was signed; information as to whether

or not a mark is the name or likeness of

an individual; requests for production of

specimens showing use of the mark in

commerce; requests for substitute

depictions of the mark; information as

to whether or not the mark has a

meaning in a foreign language or in a

particular field or industry; information

as to whether or not the applicant owns

certain existing registrations; the

statutory basis upon which registration

of the mark is sought; and for collective

membership marks, information as to

how the applicant controls use of the

mark by members of the organization.

To aid in the collection of this

information and as part of the USPTO’s

electronic initiatives, the USPTO has

developed an electronic form for

providing this information.

Additionally, the form may be used to

present legal arguments as to why the

USPTO should withdraw a statutory

refusal to register a mark.

II. Method of Collection

By electronic transmission.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0651–00XX.

Form Number(s): PTO Form XX.

Type of Review: New information

collection.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; businesses or other nonprofit; not-for-profit institutions; farms;

the Federal Government; and state, local

or tribal government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

22,000 responses per year.

Estimated Time Per Response: The

USPTO estimates that the public will

require 10 minutes (.17 hours) to supply

the information requested in the Office

Action. Completion times may vary,

depending upon the nature and amount

of information requested in a particular

Office Action.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Burden Hours: 3,740 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Cost Burden: $900 (this represents the

estimated combined average cost of a

scanner and a digital camera, one of

which is needed to submit a digitized

image of a stylized drawing or substitute

specimens. However, it is noted that the

USPTO expects that very few of the

responses will require the use of either

a camera or a scanner). Using the

professional hourly rate of $175.00 per

hour for associate attorneys in private

firms, the USPTO estimates $654,500.00

per year for salary costs associated with

respondents. However, it is noted that a

respondent is not required to retain an

attorney to assist in responding to an

Office Action.

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Item Estimated time for

response

Estimated annual

burden hours

Estimated annual

responses

Electronic Trademark Response to Action Form ...................................................... 10 minutes 3,740 22,000

TOTAL ................................................................................................................ 3,740 22,000

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: October 17, 2000.

Susan K. Brown,

Records Officer, Data Administration

Division, Office of Data Management.

[FR Doc. 00–27212 Filed 10–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Technology Administration

[Docket No. 000 721216–0228–02]

Announcement of the Establishment of

a Joint Public-Sector Private-Sector

Technology Demonstration Center;

Criteria To Be Used in Selecting

Exhibits To Be Demonstrated, and To

Clarify Other Matters

AGENCY: Technology Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of a

Technology Demonstration Center,

announcement of criteria for selection of

exhibits, and clarification of other

issues.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Commerce Technology

Administration is clarifying a recently

published (August 4, 2000, Vol. 65, No.

151, p. 47968) Federal Register notice

announcing the establishment of a joint

public-sector private-sector Technology

Demonstration Center. The purpose of

the Center will be to demonstrate stateof-the-art and cutting edge technological

advances in a variety of technologies

and to encourage future development.

Demonstrations will consist of

presentations by the United States

Department of Commerce Technology

Administration, other Federal, state and

local agencies, and private sector

parties. This is not a grant program.

DATES: The Technology Demonstration

Center will open on September 14, 2000

on a permanent basis, and proposed

demonstrations will be accepted for

review at any time.

ADDRESSES: Parties interested in

participating in the Technology

Demonstration Center should send

inquiries to, Technology Demonstration,

United States Department of Commerce,

Technology Administration, Attn: Ms.

Jacki Pickett, Washington DC, 20232.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jacki Pickett, Technology

Administration, (202) 482–1039.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

authorities granted by Title 15 United

States Code sections 3704, the Under

Secretary for Technology is establishing

a Technology Demonstration Center in

cooperation with the public and private

sectors. On August 4, 2000, TA issued

a Federal Register notice which

indicated that TA would enter into

Cooperative Research and Development

Agreements with private sector

participants. TA now issues this notice

to clarify that the agency might also

make use of other legal instruments, in

its discretion. Further, TA wishes to

publish the criteria it will use in

selecting technological advances to be

displayed in the Technology

Demonstration Center.

The purpose of the Center will be to

demonstrate emerging new technologies

that demonstrate and/or go beyond the

state-of-the-art and to encourage debate

on future technological advances in a

variety of technologies. Demonstrations

will be solicited from the Technology

Administration’s National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) labs,

other Federal and state research centers,

and private-sector parties. The Center

will be for demonstration purposes only

and will comply with applicable

Federal regulations and Departmental

requirements. The Center will not be

used for sales of merchandise,

solicitations, orders, or the

advertisement of specific products or

services. The Center will be

permanently located at the United

States Department of Commerce’s

Herbert C. Hoover Building, in

Washington DC.

General Q&As

What Is the Technology Demonstration

Center?

The Center is a joint public/private

collaboration in downtown Washington,

DC. Creating a convenient venue for

senior government officials and policy

makers to learn about emerging

technologies and assess its meaning for

our future the Center will promote a

better understanding of technology’s

impact on America by ‘‘Bringing

Technology Downtown.’’

What Are the Center’s Objectives?

Provide a permanent venue at which

private- and public-sector innovators

can demonstrate technological advances

in a variety of technologies at the precommercial phase, and encourage future

technological development;

Provide a neutral venue for open

discussion of the impact of technology

on policy and policy making;

Create an educational resource

accessible to a broad range of senior

government officials and policy makers.

What Areas of Technology Will Be

Considered?

Demonstrations in areas including,

but not limited to, nanotechnology,

biotechnology, computing, and

electronic commerce will be considered.

What Is Not Included?

The Center will be used for

demonstrations. The Center will not be

used for sales of merchandise,

solicitations, orders, or the

advertisement of specific products or

services.

Who May Apply?

Innovators from all parts of the

American R&D enterprise are eligible,

both private- and public-sector.

What Is the Center Looking For?

Demonstrations of innovative

technologies in the pre-commercial

development phase and innovative uses

of commercial technologies that have

the capability to transform the

competitive landscape, provide

substantial improvement in quality of