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USPTO’s goal in examinations 

accelerated by certificate will be a final 

disposition within 12 months of 

accelerated status being granted, not 

including the time for any appeals to the 

PTAB. As of January 2014, the average 

pendency for Track One prioritized 

examinations was 5.1 months from 

petition grant to allowance, while the 

average pendency for all applications 

was 28.3 months. 

Acceleration Requirements 

In order to receive acceleration, the 

patent owner or patent applicant must 

agree to the following conditions. 

Accelerated patent applications may not 

contain at any time more than four 

independent claims, more than thirty 

total claims, or any multiple dependent 

claims. A humanitarian certificate can 

be redeemed in a patent application 

appeal or reissue application appeal to 

the PTAB at any time after a docketing 

notice has issued and before the matter 

is assigned to a PTAB panel. A 

certificate can only be redeemed for 

reexamination acceleration at the 

following points: (i) With the request for 

reexamination; (ii) during the period for 

patent owner comment after grant of 

proceeding; or (iii) when a final 

rejection is appealed to the PTAB. 

Certificates will not be accepted for 

reexamination proceedings at other 

times. During an accelerated 

reexamination, no more than three new 

independent claims and 20 total new 

claims may be added. New claims are 

those beyond the number contained in 

the patent at the time of the 

reexamination request. Claims may be 

added without triggering this limit by 

canceling an equal number of existing 

claims. All submissions in accelerated 

examinations must be filed 

electronically via EFS-Web. All 

petitions filed in the matter must be 

filed in good faith. Petitions for Revival 

and Requests for Continued 

Reexamination may not be filed. Failure 

by the applicant to abide by these 

conditions may result in the 

acceleration being revoked without 

return of the certificate and the matter 

reverting to normal processing. 

Acceleration Recommendations 

To receive the greatest benefit from 

acceleration in an ex parte 

reexamination proceeding, the applicant 

is requested to do the following. The 

Patent Owner’s Statement will be 

considered to be waived when a 

certificate is filed with a request for 

reexamination. If the patent owner 

desires to reserve the right to make a 

statement, however, the certificate 

should be filed instead during the 

statutory window for filing the Patent 

Owner’s Statement after the 

reexamination proceeding has been 

granted. Acceleration will proceed from 

that point forward. 

Even where submissions in the 

accelerated matter are not required to be 

filed electronically, those submissions 

should be filed electronically. 

Conducting more than one examiner 

interview during prosecution should be 

avoided. Responses to all Office actions 

should be submitted within one month 

of receiving the Office action. Petitions 

should be avoided as much as possible. 

Failure to meet these conditions may 

result in longer processing times by the 

USPTO than the goals given above, but 

the matter will continue to receive 

accelerated processing as described 

herein to the extent possible. 

In all instances, certificate redemption 

is subject to available USPTO resources 

at the Director’s discretion. If 

accelerating the matter would negatively 

impact other applicants, the USPTO 

may decline to redeem the certificate. 

Dated: March 31, 2014. 

Michelle K. Lee, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and, Deputy Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0231] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by May 5, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Number: 2014 Pentagon/Mark Center 

Transportation Commuter Survey; OMB 

Control Number 0704–TBD. 

Type of Request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 2800. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 2800. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 700. 

Needs And Uses: Per requirements in 

the Administrative Instruction (AI) 109, 

and the National Capital Planning 

Commission (NCPC) approved Base 

Relocation and Closure (BRAC) #133 

Transportation Management Plan 

(TMP), the WHS Transportation 

Management Program Office (TMPO) 

will conduct surveys of both Federal 

and non-Federal employees in order to 

monitor the effectiveness of the various 

Pentagon and Mark Center 

Transportation Programs and Strategies. 

The purpose of the surveys is to gather 

travel mode choice information from 

DoD employees and contractors located 

at the Pentagon and Mark Center. 

Information gathered from this effort 

will be used to refine the DoD shuttle 

service and travel demand management 

strategies currently being implemented 

at each facility to reduce traffic 

congestion. The results of the 

transportation/commuter surveys will 

be utilized to accomplish the 

aforementioned tasks and to support 

future transportation related 

improvement efforts to enhance 

transportation to and from the Pentagon, 

Mark Center and DoD facilities in the 

National Capital Region. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jasmeet Seehra at the Office of 

Management and Budget, Desk Officer 

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD 

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Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 

02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Dated: March 31, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery Explore 

Subcommittee; Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open subcommittee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Explore 

Subcommittee of the Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery (ACANC). The meeting is 

open to the public. For more 

information about the Committee and 

the Honor Subcommittee, please visit 

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/

AboutUs/FocusAreas.aspx. 

DATES: The Explore Subcommittee will 

meet from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on 

Wednesday, April 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Women in Military Service 

for America Memorial, Conference 

Room, Arlington National Cemetery, 

Arlington, VA 22211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Renea C. Yates; Designated Federal 

Officer for the committee and the 

Explore Subcommittee, in writing at 

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington 

VA 22211, or by email at 

renea.c.yates.civ@mail.mil, or by phone 

at 703–614–1248. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

subcommittee meeting is being held 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 

Code of the Federal Regulations (41 CFR 

102–3.150). 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery is an independent Federal 

advisory committee chartered to provide 

the Secretary of the Army independent 

advice and recommendations on 

Arlington National Cemetery, including, 

but not limited to, cemetery 

administration, the erection of 

memorials at the cemetery, and master 

planning for the cemetery. The 

Secretary of the Army may act on the 

committee’s advice and 

recommendations. The primary purpose 

of the Explore Subcommittee is to 

review and recommendations to the 

parent committee on efforts to preserve 

the historic essence of Arlington 

National Cemetery and the development 

of an interactive means to share the 

Cemetery’s unique history with the 

nation and the world. 

Proposed Agenda: The subcommittee 

will review and discuss: the status of 

the Mementos Collection designation as 

a Historic Memorial Collection in 

accordance with the parent committee’s 

recommendations accepted by the 

Secretary of the Army; events planned 

for Arlington National Cemetery’s 150th 

Anniversary and improvements to 

Cemetery walking tours and the Web 

site; the Living memorial and possible 

uses of technology to improve Cemetery 

capabilities to act on family desires to 

perpetually commemorate its loved 

one(s). 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. The Women in Military 

Service for America is fully 

handicapped accessible. For additional 

information about public access 

procedures, contact Ms. Renea Yates, 

the subcommittee’s Designated Federal 

Officer, at the email address or 

telephone number listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Written Comments and Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

public or interested organizations may 

submit written comments or statements 

to the subcommittee, in response to the 

stated agenda of the open meeting or in 

regard to the committee’s mission in 

general. Written comments or 

statements should be submitted to Ms. 

Renea Yates, the subcommittee’s 

Designated Federal Officer, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, at the address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Each page of the comment or 

statement must include the author’s 

name, title or affiliation, address, and 

daytime phone number. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the Designated Federal Officer at least 

seven business days prior to the meeting 

to be considered by the subcommittee. 

The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all timely submitted written 

comments or statements with the 

subcommittee Chairperson, and ensure 

the comments are provided to all 

members of the subcommittee before the 

meeting. Written comments or 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to the subcommittee 

until its next meeting. Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140d, the subcommittee is 

not obligated to allow the public to 

speak; however, interested persons may 

submit a written statement or a request 

to speak for consideration by the 

subcommittee. After reviewing any 

written statements or requests 

submitted, the subcommittee 

Chairperson and the Designated Federal 

Officer may choose to invite certain 

submitters to present their comments 

verbally during the open portion of this 

meeting or at a future meeting. The 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the subcommittee 

Chairperson, may allot a specific 

amount of time for submitters to present 

their comments verbally. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery Remember 

Subcommittee; Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open subcommittee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Remember 

Subcommittee of the Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery (ACANC). The meeting is 

open to the public. For more 

information about the Committee and 

the Honor Subcommittee, please visit 

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/

AboutUs/FocusAreas.aspx. 

DATES: The Remember Subcommittee 

will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on 

Wednesday, April 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Women in Military Service 

for America Memorial, Conference 

Room, Arlington National Cemetery, 

Arlington, VA 22211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Renea C. Yates; Designated Federal 

Officer for the committee and the 

Remembrance Subcommittee, in writing 

at Arlington National Cemetery, 


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