Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 3 / Monday, January 6, 2014 / Notices 645 

found on the Prior Art Search micro-site 

available at http://www.uspto.gov/

patents/init_events/prior_art_search.jsp. 

Currently, the Office has access to a 

variety of internal and external 

resources for searching and accessing 

prior art. Internally, the Office utilizes 

the Examiner’s Automated Search Tool 

(EAST), Web Examiner Search Tool 

(WEST), and a variety of vendor 

databases to provide examiners with 

access to U.S. and foreign patents and 

patent application publications using 

both classification and textual 

searching. Externally, the Scientific and 

Technical Information Center (STIC) 

provides examiners with access to nonpatent literature in several art-specific 

print collections and electronic 

resources totaling over 500 databases, 

59,000 electronic journals and 175,000 

e-books. A listing of the Office’s prior 

art resources may be found at http://

www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/

priorart.jsp. 

As a follow-up to the Prior Art 

Software Partnership Meeting, the 

Office is asking stakeholders for further 

ideas to improve the quality and 

efficiency of searching software-related 

inventions. In particular, the Office 

seeks comments on the following 

questions: 

1. What specific databases, Web sites, 

tools and other resources do you find 

useful in searching for software-related 

inventions? Please indicate strengths 

and limitations of each resource. 

2. What are your concerns regarding 

the manner in which USPTO examiners 

formulate and implement search 

strategies to identify prior art for 

software related inventions? How 

should these concerns be addressed? 

Date: December 30, 2013. 

Margaret A. Focarino, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

functions and duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31492 Filed 1–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Addition 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Addition to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add a product to the Procurement List 

that will be furnished by nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Comments Must Be Received On 

Or Before: 2/6/2014. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

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 USC 

8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed action. 

Addition 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed addition, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

product listed below from the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

The following product is proposed for 

addition to the Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Product: 

CD–R Silver w/Jewel Case, 10pk 

NSN: 7045–01–482–7540. 

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc., 

Williamsport, PA. 

Contracting Activity: DEFENSE LOGISTICS 

AGENCY TROOP SUPPORT, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Coverage: B-List for the Broad Government 

Requirement as aggregated by Defense 

Logistics Agency Troop Support, 

Philadelphia, PA. 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31529 Filed 1–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions And 

Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to and Deletions from 

the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds products to 

the Procurement List that will be 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes services from the Procurement 

List previously provided by such 

agencies. 

DATES: Effective Date: 2/6/2014. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

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

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 11/8/2013 (78 FR 67129–67130) 

and 11/15/2013 (78 FR 68823–68824), 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notices of proposed 

additions to the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the products and impact of the 

additions on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products 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 

products to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products 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 products proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

are added to the Procurement List: 

Products: 

Pen, Roller Ball, Liquid Ink, Retractable, 

Needle Point, Airplane Safe 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–1932—0.5 mm, 

Refillable, Black 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–1933—0.5 mm, 

Refillable, Blue 

NSN: 7520–00–NIB–1934—0.7 mm, 

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