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times may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the assessment 

process. Such adjustments may result in 

the meeting being extended from or 

completed prior to the time established 

by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The SEDAR 91 Data 

Workshop will be held at the Windward 

Passage Hotel, 640 Veteran’s Drive, 

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI 

00804. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data/ 

Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series 

of webinars. The product of the Data/ 

Assessment Workshop is a report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses, and describes the fisheries, 

evaluates the status of the stock, 

estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. Participants for 

SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the 

Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast 

Regional Office, HMS Management 

Division, and Southeast Fisheries 

Science Center. Participants include 

data collectors and database managers; 

stock assessment scientists, biologists, 

and researchers; constituency 

representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and NGO’s; 

International experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion in the Data 

Workshop are as follows: 

An assessment data set and associated 

documentation will be developed 

during the workshop. 

Participants will evaluate proposed 

data and select appropriate sources for 

providing information on life history 

characteristics, catch statistics, discard 

estimates, length and age composition, 

and fishery dependent and fishery 

independent measures of stock 

abundance. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified in this notice and 

any issues arising after publication of 

this notice that require emergency 

action under section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the 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 aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days 

prior to each workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

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

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE409] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Groundfish Plan Teams will meet in 

Seattle WA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 through 

Friday, November 15, 2024, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., PDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be hybrid 

meetings. 

Meeting address: The in-person 

component of the meetings will be held 

at the Alaska Fishery Science Center in 

the Traynor Room (2076) and Room 

2079, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 

Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115. 

If you plan to attend in-person you 

need to notify Sara Cleaver 

(sara.cleaver@noaa.gov) or Diana Stram 

(diana.stram@noaa.gov) at least two 

days prior to the meeting (or two weeks 

prior if you are a foreign national). You 

will also need a valid U.S. Identification 

Card. If you are attending virtually, join 

the meeting online through the link at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3065. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

Instructions for attending the meeting 

are given under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Cleaver, Council staff; email: 

sara.cleaver@noaa.gov or Diana Stram, 

Council staff; email: diana.stram@

noaa.gov; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

For technical support, please contact 

our administrative staff; email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Through 

Friday, November 15, 2024 

The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

(BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) 

Groundfish Plan Teams will compile 

and review the annual BSAI and GOA 

Groundfish Stock Assessment and 

Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports, and 

recommend final groundfish 

OverFishing Limits (OFLs) and 

Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs) 

for 2025/2026. The Plan Teams will also 

review the Economic Report and the 

Ecosystem Status Reports. The agenda is 

subject to change, and the latest version 

will be posted at https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

3065 prior to the meeting, along with 

meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smartphone; 

or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3065. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters should be 

submitted electronically via the 

electronic agenda at https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

3065. 

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


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PLAW-116publ316.pdf. 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24838 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

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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; Patents for Humanity 

Program and Trademarks for Humanity 

Program 

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: 0651–0066 

(Patents for Humanity Program and 

Trademarks for Humanity Program). 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 

December 24, 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 ‘‘0651–0066 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal eRulemaking 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: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to Soma Saha, Patent 

Attorney, Office of Policy and 

International Affairs, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–9300; or by email 

at patentsforhumanity@uspto.gov or 

trademarksforhumanity@uspto.gov with 

‘‘0651–0066 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 

Since 2012, the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office (USPTO) has 

conducted the Patents for Humanity 

Program, a biannual award program to 

incentivize the distribution of patented 

technologies or products for the purpose 

of addressing humanitarian needs. The 

program is open to any patent owners or 

patent licensees, including inventors 

who have not assigned their ownership 

rights to others, assignees, and exclusive 

or non-exclusive licenses. The USPTO 

collects information from applicants 

that describe what actions they have 

taken with their patented technology to 

address the welfare of impoverished 

populations, or how they furthered 

research by others on technologies for 

humanitarian purposes. There are 

numerous categories of awards 

including: Medicine, Nutrition, 

Sanitation, Household Energy, and 

Living Standards. Sometimes the 

program includes additional categories 

specific for that year, for example, green 

energy. 

The Patents for Humanity program 

provides winners with recognition and 

an acceleration certificate for one future 

patent matter. The applications that are 

chosen for an award will receive a 

certificate redeemable to accelerate 

select matters before the USPTO. The 

certificates can be redeemed to 

accelerate one of the following matters: 

an ex parte reexamination proceeding, 

including one appeal to the Patent Trial 

and Appeal Board (PTAB) from that 

proceeding; a patent application, 

including one appeal to the PTAB from 

that application; or an appeal to the 

PTAB of a claim twice rejected in a 

patent application or reissue application 

or finally rejected in an ex parte 

reexamination, without accelerating the 

underlying matter which generated the 

appeal. Finally, due to the January 2021 

passage of the Patents for Humanity 

Program Improvement Act, winners of 

the Patents for Humanity program are 

now able to transfer their certificates to 

third parties, including by sale.1

In 2023, the USPTO added the 

Trademarks for Humanity Program to 

promote and incentivize brand owners 

who offer products and services that 

help address humanitarian issues 

utilizing a federally registered 

trademark. Applicants are required to 

describe how their mark and their goods 

or services satisfy the program criteria to 

address humanitarian issues. Like the 

Patents for Humanity Program, this 

trademark-focused program operates 

biannually and can have a variety of 

topics depending upon the year. 

Trademarks for Humanity awards are 

focused on recognition and do not 

confer transfer of awards certificates like 

the Patents for Humanity Program. 

Applications for both programs must 

provide non-public contact information 

in order for the USPTO to notify them 

about their award status. Applicants 

may opt to provide contact information 

for the public to reach them with any 

inquiries. Applications must be 

submitted via email and will be posted 

on the USPTO website. A panel of 

independent judges evaluate the 

applications and send the top-scoring 

ones to reviewers from participating 

federal agencies to recommend award 

recipients. Awards are public, and 

recipients receive recognition for their 

humanitarian efforts from the USPTO 

and executive branch leadership. 

Winners of both the Patents for 

Humanity Program and the Trademarks 

for Humanity Program are invited to 

participate in an awards ceremony. 

This information collection covers the 

two application forms for the Patents for 

Humanity Program and the single 

application form for the Trademarks for 

Humanity Program. This information 

collection also covers the information 

gathered in Patents for Humanity 

petitions to extend an acceleration 

certificate redemption beyond 12 

months, as well as the transfer of awards 

certificates. To account for the recent 

addition of the Trademarks for 

Humanity Program, the name of this 

information collection has been changed 

from ‘‘Patents for Humanity Program’’ to 

‘‘Patents for Humanity Program and 

Trademarks for Humanity Program.’’ 

II. Method of Collection 

Items in this information collection 

must be submitted electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0066. 

Forms: (PFH—Patents for Humanity, 

TFH—Trademarks for Humanity) 

• PTO/PFH/001 (Humanitarian Use 

Application) 

• PTO/PFH/002 (Humanitarian 

Research Use Application) 

• PTO/PFH/003 (Petition to Extend the 

Redemption Period of a Patents for 

Humanity Program Acceleration 

Certificate) 

• PTO/TFH/001 (Trademarks for 

Humanity Application) 


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