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notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 25, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04217 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD795 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS) Committee 

will hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 10 a.m. For 

agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via internet webinar. A webinar link 

will be available on the Council’s Web 

page, www.mafmc.org. Interested parties 

may also come to the Council address 

below to access the webinar if they 

contact the Council at least 24 hours 

before the meeting. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s Web site, 

www.mafmc.org also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar access, and briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

though agenda items may be addressed 

out of order (changes will be noted on 

the Council’s Web site when possible). 

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 10 a.m. 

NMFS HMS staff will make a 

presentation regarding Amendment 6 to 

the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery 

Management Plan for Management of 

Atlantic Sharks, which published in the 

Federal Register on January 20, 2015 

(80 FR 2648) and has a comment due 

date of April 3, 2015 

(www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2010- 

0188). The Council’s HMS Committee 

will then develop comments on the 

Amendment and consider if any 

additional actions are appropriate. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

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 Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 24, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04208 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD797 

Marine Mammals; File No. 19293 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Dolphin World Productions Ltd, 59 

Cotham Hill, Bristol, BS6 6JR, United 

Kingdom, has applied in due form for a 

permit to conduct commercial or 

educational photography on bottlenose 

dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

April 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 19293 from the list of 

available applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, at 

the address listed above. Comments may 

also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 

713–0376, or by email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include the File No. 19293 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Hapeman, 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The applicant proposes to film and 

photograph the Florida Bay stock of 

bottlenose dolphins for purposes of a 

documentary film. The applicant is 

requesting up to 140 takes of these 

animals by Level B harassment via 

aircraft (helicopter) and up to 828 takes 

by Level B harassment from a small 20ft. 

vessel. Filming would take place for 

approximately 30 days between May 20, 

2015 to September 1, 2015. Obtained 

footage will be part of a documentary 

film describing the delicate balance 

needed to maintain a coral reef by 

viewing it from the perspective of a 

dolphin. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 


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prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: February 24, 2015. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04167 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Recording 

Assignments 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce 

Title: Recording Assignments 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0027 

Form Number(s): 

• PTO–1594 

• PTO–1595 

Type of Request: Regular 

Number of Respondents: 524,298 

Average Hours per Response: 0.5 

Burden Hours: 262,150 annually 

Cost Burden: $2,954,726 

Needs and Uses: 

This collection of information is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for 

patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for 

trademarks. These statutes authorize the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO) to record patent and 

trademark assignment documents, 

including transfers of properties (i.e. 

patents and trademarks), liens, licenses, 

assignments of interest, security 

interests, mergers, and explanations of 

transactions or other documents that 

record the transfer of ownership of a 

particular patent or trademark property 

from one party to another. Assignments 

are recorded for applications, patents, 

and trademark registrations. 

The USPTO administers these statutes 

through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37 

CFR part 3. These rules permit the 

public, corporations, other federal 

agencies, and Government-owned or 

Government-controlled corporations to 

submit patent and trademark 

assignment documents and other 

documents related to title transfers to 

the USPTO to be recorded. In 

accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the 

recording of an assignment document by 

the USPTO is an administrative action 

and not a determination of the validity 

of the document or of the effect that the 

document has on the title to an 

application, patent, or trademark. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027 

Recording Assignments’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before April 1, 2015 to Nicholas A. 

Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by 

fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: February 20, 2015. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04214 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; ‘‘Rules for Patent 

Maintenance Fees’’ 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 comment on proposed and/ 

or continuing information collections, 

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 May 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0016 Rules for 

Patent Maintenance Fees’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Raul Tamayo, 

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450; by telephone at 571–272–7728; or 

by email at Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov 

with ‘‘Paperwork’’ in the subject line. 

Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Under 35 U.S.C. § 41 and 37 CFR 

1.20(e)–(i) and 1.362–1.378, the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office 

(USPTO) charges fees for maintaining in 

force all utility patents based on 

applications filed on or after December 

12, 1980. Payment of these maintenance 

fees is due at 3 1/2, 7 1/2, and 11 1/2 

years after the date the patent was 

granted. If the USPTO does not receive 

payment of the appropriate maintenance 

fee and any applicable surcharge within 

a grace period of six months following 

each of the above due dates (at 4, 8, or 

12 years after the date of grant), the 

patent will expire at that time. After a 

patent expires, it is no longer 

enforceable. Maintenance fees are not 

required for design or plant patents, or 

for reissue patents if the patent being 

reissued did not require maintenance 

fees. 

Payments of maintenance fees that are 

submitted during the six-month grace 

period before patent expiration must 

include the appropriate surcharge as 


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