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posted on the USPTO Internet Web site 

(address: http://www.uspto.gov/ip/ 

global/aia_harmonization.jsp). The 

number of participants testifying is 

limited to ensure that all who are 

speaking will have a meaningful chance 

to do so. Members of the public who 

wish solely to observe need not submit 

a request to attend. 

Speakers selected to provide 

testimony at the hearing should provide 

a final written copy of their testimony 

for inclusion in the record of the 

proceedings no later than February 28, 

2013. In addition, any member of the 

public may submit written comments on 

issues raised at the public hearing or on 

any issue pertaining to harmonization. 

However, users are strongly encouraged 

to fill out the questionnaire before the 

roundtable event in lieu of providing 

separate written comments. The 

questionnaire will also close on 

February 28, 2013. 

The USPTO plans to make the public 

roundtable available via Webcast. 

Webcast information will be available 

on the USPTO’s Internet Web site 

(address: http://www.uspto.gov/ip/

global/aia_harmonization.jsp) before 

the public hearing. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

should be sent by email to 

IP.Policy@uspto.gov. Comments may 

also be submitted by postal mail 

addressed to: Mail Stop OPEA, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, 

ATTN: Bijou Mgbojikwe. Written 

comments should be identified in the 

subject line of the email or postal 

mailing as ‘‘Harmonization Issues.’’ 

Although comments may be submitted 

by postal mail, the USPTO prefers to 

receive comments via email. It is also 

strongly preferred that interested 

members of the public undertake the 

questionnaire in lieu of submitting 

written comments. The questionnaire 

will be available on the USPTO’s Web 

site (address: http://www.uspto.gov/ip/ 

global/patents/tegernsee_survey/

index.jsp). However, for those wishing 

to submit supplemental written 

comments, the deadline for receipt of 

those written comments for 

consideration by the USPTO is February 

28, 2013. 

Because comments will be made 

available for public inspection, 

information that is not desired to be 

made public, such as an address or 

phone number, should not be included 

in the comments. It should be noted that 

the tenor of the questions posed in the 

questionnaire should not be perceived 

as an indication that the USPTO has 

taken a position on or is predisposed to 

any particular views. 

Availability of Hearing Transcript and 

Written Comments: A transcript of the 

events at the hearing and the written 

comments will be available for public 

inspection at the USPTO’s Office of 

Policy and External Affairs in the 

Executive Library located in the 

Madison West Building, Tenth Floor, 

600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314. Contact: Bijou Mgbojikwe at 

Bijou.Mgbojikwe@uspto.gov or 571– 

272–9300. In addition, the hearing 

transcript and the comments from the 

public will also be available via the 

USPTO Internet Web site (address: 

http://www.uspto.gov). Contact: Bijou 

Mgbojikwe at 

Bijou.Mgbojikwe@uspto.gov or 571– 

272–9300. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bijou Mgbojikwe, Office of Policy and 

External Affairs, by phone 571–272– 

9300, by email at 

Bijou.Mgbojikwe@uspto.gov or by mail 

addressed to: Mail Stop OPEA, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 

22313–1450, ATTN: Bijou Mgbojikwe. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At a 

meeting convened in Tegernsee, 

Germany, in July 2011, leaders and 

representatives from the patent offices 

of Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, 

the United Kingdom, and the United 

States as well as from the European 

Patent Office (the ‘‘Tegernsee Group’’) 

launched a new dialogue on the state of 

affairs concerning international 

harmonization of substantive patent 

law. Since that initial meeting, the 

Tegernsee Group has met twice to 

consider work done by patent experts 

from each office analyzing comparative 

aspects of each jurisdiction’s patent law 

and practice. In addition, the Group 

mandated detailed studies on four 

issues of particular interest for 

international harmonization: the grace 

period, publication of applications, 

treatment of conflicting applications, 

and prior user rights. 

Most recently, on October 4, 2012, 

Heads of Offices and experts from each 

of the patent offices in the Tegernsee 

Group met in Geneva, Switzerland, to 

review the results of the Groupmandated studies on these four issues. 

In reviewing these studies and 

contemplating the future of 

international harmonization, it was 

agreed that the next step in the process 

would be to solicit stakeholder views. 

To this end, experts from the Tegernsee 

Group offices were tasked to 

collaboratively develop a joint 

harmonization questionnaire to aid in 

the acquisition and analysis of 

stakeholder views across jurisdictions 

on the particular issues of: grace period, 

publication of applications, treatment of 

conflicting applications, and prior user 

rights. As such, each patent office in the 

Tegernsee Group will be separately 

administering the joint questionnaire to 

its respective stakeholders. 

Accordingly, interested members of 

the public are encouraged to respond to 

the jointly-developed questionnaire 

being administered by the USPTO 

which is located at address: http:// 

www.uspto.gov/ip/global/patents/

tegernsee_survey/index.jsp. Further 

information and details concerning each 

of the above-identified topics may be 

found within the questionnaire. 

Dated: January 24, 2013. 

Teresa Stanek Rea, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01966 Filed 1–31–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 2013–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Additions to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add products to the Procurement List 

that will be furnished by the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Comments Must Be Received On 

or Before: 3/4/2013. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Patricia Briscoe, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 


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products listed below from the 

nonprofit agency employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

The following products are proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Products 

NSN: MR 1153—Basket, Cooking, Steel, 

Multipurpose. 

NSN: MR 1159—Set, Bakeware, Cake Pop. 

NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West 

Allis, WI. 

Contracting Activity: Military Resale-Defense 

Commissary Agency (DeCA), Fort Lee, 

VA. 

Coverage: C-List for the requirements of 

military commissaries and exchanges as 

aggregated by the Defense Commissary 

Agency. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations, 

(Pricing and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2013–02180 Filed 1–31–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds products and 

services to the Procurement List that 

will be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 3/4/2013. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Briscoe, Telephone: (703) 603– 

7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 11/20/2012 (77 FR 69598) and 12/ 

7/2012 (77 FR 73025–73026), 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 services and impact of 

the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the products and 

services 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 and services to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products and services 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 and 

services proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

and services are added to the 

Procurement List: 

Products 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–0889—Protector, 

Document, 7-hole, Medium Weight, 

Clear, 8–1⁄2′′×11′′. 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–1882—Folders, Project, 

8–1⁄2′′×11′′, Clear. 

NPA: L.C. Industries or the Blind, Inc., 

Durham, NC. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY 

COVERAGE: A-List for the Total Government 

Requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration. 

NSN: 7220–00–NIB–0440—Floor Mat, AntiFatigue, Ribbed Vinyl, 2′ × 3′, Black. 

NSN: 7220–00–NIB–0441—Floor Mat, AntiFatigue, Ribbed Vinyl, 3′ × 5′, Black. 

NPA: Wiscraft, Inc., Milwaukee, WI. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, Fort Worth, TX. 

COVERAGE: A-List for the Total Government 

Requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration. 

Group 1 and 2 Spices 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8236—Black cracked 

pepper in a 16 ounce metal can. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8237—Black cracked 

pepper in a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8234—Black cracked 

pepper in a 18 ounce metal can. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8235—Black cracked 

pepper in a 18 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–7765—Black ground 

pepper in a 1.5 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–7766—Gourmet black 

ground pepper in a 16 ounce metal 

container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–7767—Gourmet black 

ground pepper in a 16 ounce plastic 

container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–7769—Gourmet black 

ground pepper in a 18 ounce metal 

container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–7768—Gourmet black 

ground pepper in a 18 ounce plastic 

container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–7770—Black ground 

pepper in a 5 pound plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8238—Black whole 

pepper in a 16 ounce metal can. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8239—Black whole 

pepper in a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–8241—Black whole 

pepper in a 18 ounce metal can. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–5749—Paprika seasoning 

in a 16 ounce container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–5754—Garlic, granulated 

in a 12 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–5753—Garlic, granulated 

in a 25 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–5751—Garlic powder in 

a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–5752—Garlic, powder in 

a 6 pound plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0103—Canadian style 

steak seasoning, 29 ounce plastic 

container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0104—Ginger ground in 

a 14 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0105—Ginger ground in 

a 15 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9152—Ground ginger in 

a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9155—Cayenne pepper 

in a 14 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0106—Cayenne pepper 

in a 1.5 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0107—Cayenne pepper 

in a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0108—Ground red 

pepper in a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0099—Taco seasoning in 

a 9 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0100—Taco seasoning in 

a 11 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0101—Taco seasoning in 

a 23 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E61–0102—Taco seasoning in 

a 24 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9456—All purpose 

seasoning without salt in a 2.5 ounce 

plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9457—All purpose 

seasoning without salt in a 6.75 ounce 

plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9458—All purpose 

seasoning without salt in a 10 ounce 

plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9459—All purpose 

seasoning without salt in a 20 ounce 

plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9460—All purpose 

seasoning without salt in a 28 ounce 

plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9461—Dark chili powder 

in a 16 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9464—Dark chili powder 

in a 20 ounce plastic container. 

NSN: 8950–01–E60–9465—Light chili 


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