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3. NMFS Stock Assessment 

Prioritization 

4. NMFS Policy Directive 01–101–10 

5. Essential Fish Habitat Model Tier 1 

Review 

6. Discuss and update 5-year stock 

assessment review schedule and 

review levels, including any 

changes to the scheduling of 

reviews for stock assessments 

already on the calendar, and any 

new additions to the schedule 

7. Review the upcoming schedule and 

nominate additional products for 

review by the Center for 

Independent Experts, if necessary. 

8. Other business 

9. Public comment 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Make direct 

requests for sign language interpretation 

or other auxiliary aids to Marlowe 

Sabater at (808) 522–8143 or 

marlowe.sabater@noaa.gov, at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 24, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06554 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Permit and Reporting 

Requirements for Non-Commercial 

Fishing in the Rose Atoll, Marianas 

Trench, and Pacific Remote Islands 

Marine National Monuments (MANM) 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0664 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Walter 

Ikehara, Fishery Information Specialist, 

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 

(808) 725–5175, walter.ikehara@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request for extension of an 

approved information collection. 

NMFS manages non-commercial 

fishing activities in the Rose Atoll, 

Marianas Trench, and Pacific Remote 

Islands Marine National Monuments. 

Regulations at 50 CFR part 665 require 

the owner and operator of a vessel used 

to non-commercially fish for, take, 

retain, or possess any management unit 

species in these monuments to hold a 

valid permit issued by NMFS. 

Regulations also require the owner 

and operator of a vessel that is chartered 

to fish recreationally for, take, retain, or 

possess, any management unit species 

in these monuments to hold a valid 

permit issued by NMFS. The fishing 

vessel must be registered to the permit. 

The charter business must be 

established legally in the permit area 

where it will operate. Charter vessel 

clients are not required to have a permit. 

The permit application collects basic 

information about the permit applicant, 

type of operation, vessel, and permit 

area. NMFS uses this information to 

confirm the identity of the applicant 

and determine permit eligibility. The 

information is important for 

understanding the nature of the fishery 

and its participants. It also aids in the 

enforcement of fishing regulations 

within the monuments. 

Regulations also require the vessel 

operator to report a complete record of 

catch, effort, and other data on a NMFS 

log sheet. The vessel operator must 

record all requested information on the 

log sheet within 24 hours of the 

completion of each fishing day. The 

vessel operator also must sign, date, and 

submit the form to NMFS within 30 

days of the end of each fishing trip. 

NMFS uses the information provided in 

the log sheets to monitor fishing 

activities, evaluate, and assess the status 

of fish stocks, and determine whether 

changes in management are needed to 

sustain the productivity of the fishery 

and conserve marine resources. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information is collected on paper 

forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0664. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, businesses, or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per permit application, 20 

minutes per log sheet. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 31. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,033. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: (a) Evaluate 

whether the proposed information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

functions of the Department, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection request. Before including 

your address, phone number, email 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 


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information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06598 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–P–2022–0001] 

Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot 

Program—New Combined Petition 

Option for Participation 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), in 

partnership with the Japan Patent Office 

(JPO) and the Korean Intellectual 

Property Office (KIPO), have 

collaborated on a new petition option 

for participation in the Expanded 

Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) 

program. The new petition option, 

which has several enhancements 

compared to the current petition form 

and process, permits an applicant to file 

a combined petition in one of the 

partner intellectual property (IP) offices 

rather than separate petitions in both 

partner IP offices. Enhancements 

include a more user-friendly layout, 

addition of multilingual text, and a 

foundation for data collection that both 

satisfies the petition requirements and 

streamlines the process for partaking in 

the Expanded CSP program. 

DATES: The combined petition option 

and the related process will take effect 

on March 29, 2022. Each IP office will 

continue to grant no more than 400 

requests per year per partner office for 

the duration of the pilot, which is 

currently set to expire on October 31, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries regarding any specific 

application participating in the pilot 

may be directed to Jessica Patterson, 

Senior Advisor and Director, 

International Worksharing, Planning, 

and Implementation; Office of 

International Patent Cooperation; at 

571–272–8828 or Jessica.Patterson@

uspto.gov. Any inquiry regarding this 

pilot program and the petition process 

can be emailed to csp@uspto.gov. 

Inquiries concerning this notice may be 

directed to Michael Arguello; 

Management and Program Analyst; 

International Worksharing, Planning, 

and Implementation; Office of 

International Patent Cooperation; at 

571–270–7876 or Michael.Arguello@

uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The USPTO continually looks for 

ways to improve its worksharing pilot 

programs, including the Expanded CSP 

program. The Expanded CSP program 

provides applicants who cross-file with 

the USPTO and the JPO or the KIPO 

with search results from each office 

early in the examination process. It is 

designed to accelerate examination and 

provide the applicant with more 

comprehensive prior art by combining 

the search expertise of the USPTO and 

the JPO or the KIPO examiners before 

issuing a first office action. For 

additional details of this program, see 

Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot 

Program Extension, 86 FR 8183 

(February 4, 2021) (Expanded CSP 

extension notice). Feedback from 

applicants based in the United States, 

Korea, and Japan has cited the petition 

process as an area for improvement, 

specifically the requirement to petition 

each office separately. As a result, the 

USPTO collaborated with its partner IP 

offices, the JPO and the KIPO, to 

develop combined petition forms (PTO/ 

437–JP for the USPTO/JPO pilot 

program and PTO/437–KR for the 

USPTO/KIPO pilot program). 

Submitting a completed combined 

petition form to either the USPTO or the 

partner IP office (JPO or KIPO) will 

result in receipt of the form at both 

offices in the corresponding pilot and 

placement in the application files of 

both counterpart applications. 

The current petition option and 

process, in which an applicant files a 

petition or a request separately with 

each partner IP office (original petition 

option), remains available. Under the 

original petition option, an applicant 

must submit petition form PTO/SB/437 

to the USPTO to request CSP 

participation for the U.S. application 

and a separate submission to the partner 

IP office in the desired pilot to request 

CSP participation for a counterpart 

application. 

II. Overview of the Combined Petition 

Option 

Applicants need only submit one 

combined petition form to the USPTO 

or the partner IP office (JPO or KIPO). 

There are separate agreements between 

the USPTO and the JPO and the USPTO 

and the KIPO. Therefore, to request 

participation in the corresponding pilot 

between the USPTO and the JPO using 

this combined petition option, 

applicants must file the combined 

petition form PTO/437–JP with either 

the USPTO or the JPO. Likewise, to 

request participation in the 

corresponding pilot between the USPTO 

and the KIPO using this combined 

petition option, applicants must file the 

combined petition form PTO/437–KR 

with either the USPTO or the KIPO. 

However, if an application in a pilot 

program corresponds to more than one 

counterpart application in a partner IP 

office, the combined petition option 

cannot be used. In this situation, an 

applicant must use the original petition 

option to request participation in the 

Expanded CSP program. 

Under the combined petition option, 

use of the proper combined petition 

form will assist applicants in complying 

with the pilot program’s requirements, 

and will assist the USPTO in quickly 

identifying participating applications 

and the partner IP office. The combined 

petition forms for the USPTO/JPO pilot 

and the USPTO/KIPO pilot are 

multilingual. Both combined petition 

forms provide links to the requirements 

(with exceptions noted in section VI 

below) and conditions for entry into the 

respective pilot program for each 

partner IP office. As each office’s 

conditions for entry may differ, 

applicants should review the 

requirements of the relevant partner IP 

offices to ensure compliance. 

Forms PTO/437–JP and PTO/437–KR 

are available at www.uspto.gov/ 

CollaborativeSearch. The forms will 

also be available as Portable Document 

Format (PDF) fillable forms in EFS-Web 

and Patent Center and on the USPTO 

website at www.uspto.gov/patents/ 

apply/forms/forms-patent-applicationsfiled-or-after-september-16-2012. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has reviewed and approved the 

collection of information involved in 

this pilot program, under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), as part of a collection identified 

by OMB control number 0651–0079. 

Collection 0651–0079 is available at 

OMB’s Information Collection Review 

website, www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. No fee for the combined 

petition to make special under 37 CFR 

1.102 is required for participation in the 

Expanded CSP program. 

III. Filing a Combined Petition Form 

If opting to use a combined petition 

form, applicants must file a completed 

combined petition form (PTO/437–JP or 


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