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information. The PTO also requires that

similar information be provided in

applications for registration. The

register and pending application

information may be accessed by the

public to determine availability of a

mark. By accessing the PTO’s

information, potential trademark owners

may reduce the possibility of initiating

use of a mark previously adopted by

another.

Registration is not required to obtain

rights in a mark; however, registration

provides certain benefits, such as access

to the Federal court system and

nationwide constructive notice of the

Registrant’s rights. Entities who elect to

seek registration are not required to use

the forms in this collection. The forms

are provided as a convenience to the

public, and serve as guidance on what

information is legally mandated, should

an individual or business seek

registration.

The PTO uses this information to

determine the eligibility of each mark

for registration and to maintain a public

search library where copies of the

registration certificates for marks can be

searched. The PTO also provides the

information to the Patent and

Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs)

that also maintain the information for

use by the public.

The information is a matter of public

record, and is used by the public for a

variety of private business purposes

related to establishing and reinforcing

trademark rights. This information is

important to the public, since both

common law trademark owners and

Federal trademark registrants must

actively protect their own rights.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit, individuals or households,

not-for-profit institutions, farms, federal

government, and state, local, or tribal

governments.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein,

(202) 395–3785.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication to Maya

A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 979]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a

Foreign-Trade Zone Kodiak Island,

Alaska

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the

following Order:

Whereas, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide for the establishment of foreigntrade zones in ports of entry of the

United States, to expedite and

encourage foreign commerce, and for

other purposes,’’ as amended (19 U.S.C.

81a–81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to

grant to qualified corporations the

privilege of establishing foreign-trade

zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs

ports of entry;

Whereas, Kodiak Island Borough (the

Grantee), an Alaskan municipal

corporation, has made application to the

Board (FTZ Docket 50–95, 60 FR 47547,

9/13/95), requesting the establishment

of a foreign-trade zone at sites on

Kodiak Island, Alaska, adjacent to the

Kodiak Customs port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report and finds that the

requirements of the Act and the Board’s

regulations are satisfied, and that

approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

grants to the Grantee the privilege of

establishing a foreign-trade zone,

designated on the records of the Board

as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 232, at the

sites described in the application,

subject to the Act and the Board’s

regulations, including Section 400.28,

and subject to the standard 2,000-acre

activation limit.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of

May 1998.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

William M. Daley,

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and

Executive Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 982]

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 168;

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Area

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the

following Order:

Whereas, an application from the

Dallas/Fort Worth Maquila Trade

Development Corporation, grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone No. 168, for

authority to expand its general-purpose

zone to include two sites in Gainesville

(Cooke County), Texas, adjacent to the

Dallas/Fort Worth Customs port of

entry, was filed by the Foreign-Trade

Zones (FTZ) Board on June 27, 1997

(Docket 56–97, 62 FR 36487, 7/8/97);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment was given in the Federal

Register and the application has been

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and

the Board’s regulations; and,

Whereas, the Board has found that the

requirements of the Act and the

regulations are satisfied, and that the

proposal is in the public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

orders:

The grantee is authorized to expand

its zone as requested in the application,

subject to the Act and the Board’s

regulations, including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of

May 1998.

Richard Moreland,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

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