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645–401–120 ... How Civil Penalty Assessments Are Made.

645–401–410

and 430.

Assessment of Separate

Violations for Each Day.

645–401–721,

723.100, and

742.

Procedures for Informal

Assessment Conferences.

645–401–810

and 830.

Request for Formal Hearings.

645–401–910 ... Final Civil Penalty Assessment and Payment

of Penalty.

645–402–120 ... Information on Individual

Civil Penalties.

645–402–420

and 422.

Procedures for Assessment of Individual Civil

Penalties.

[FR Doc. 95–10777 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Part 690

RIN 1840–AB73

Federal Pell Grant Program;

Presidential Access Scholarship

Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Final regulations; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects an

error in the final regulations published

in the Federal Register on November 1,

1994 for the Federal Pell Grant Program

(59 FR 54718). These regulations

implement statutory changes in the

Federal Pell Grant Program authorized

by title IV of the Higher Education Act

of 1965, as amended by the Higher

Education Amendments of 1992, and

the Higher Education Technical

Amendments of 1993.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg

Gerrans, Office of Student Financial

Assistance Programs, Office of

Postsecondary Education, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3045, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, D.C. 20202–5447.

Telephone (202) 708–4607. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through

Friday.

Dated: April 24, 1995.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

§ 690.12 [Corrected]

1. The following correction is made in

FR Doc. 94–26832, published on

November 1, 1994 (59 FR 54718):

On page 54732, column 1,

§ 690.12(b)(2) ‘‘Mailing the paper

application form to the Secretary.’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘Sending an approved

application form to the Secretary.’’

[FR Doc. 95–10665 Filed 5–1–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Parts 1 and 10

[Docket No. 950403086–5086–01]

RIN 0651–AA72

Revisions of Patent Cooperation

Treaty Provisions

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark

Office (Office) is amending the rules of

practice relating to applications filed

under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

(PCT) in accordance with revised

regulations under the PCT. The changes

will result in a procedure whereby

international applications improperly

filed with the United States Receiving

Office (RO/US) will, for a fee, be

forwarded for processing to the

International Bureau as Receiving

Office.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Pearson at (703) 308–6515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

published in the Federal Register at 59

FR 33707 (June 30, 1994) and in the

Patent and Trademark Office Official

Gazette at 1164 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 77

(July 26, 1994), the Office proposed to

amend several rules of practice in patent

cases. Recent changes to the PCT

Regulations include the addition of a

new section (PCT Rule 19.4) which

provides for transmittal of an

international application to the

International Bureau, acting in its

capacity as Receiving Office, in certain

instances. Under the regulations

currently in effect, at least one applicant

is required, on filing the international

application in the United States, to be

a resident or national of the United

States.

The practice under the revised PCT

Regulations permits an international

application filed with the United States

Receiving Office to be forwarded to the

International Bureau for processing in

its capacity as a Receiving Office if the

international application does not name

an applicant who is indicated as being

a U.S. resident or national, but names an

applicant who is indicated as a resident

or national of another PCT Contracting

State or if the indication of residence or

nationality of the applicant is missing.

The Receiving Office of the

International Bureau will consider the

international application to be received

as of the date accorded by the United

States Receiving Office. This practice

will avoid the loss of a filing date in

those instances where the United States

Receiving Office is not competent to act,

but where the international application

is filed by an applicant who is a

national or resident of a PCT

Contracting State. Where questions arise

regarding residence and nationality, e.g.,

where residence and nationality are not

clearly set forth, the application will be

forwarded to the International Bureau as

Receiving Office. If all applicants are

indicated to be residents and nationals

of non-PCT Contracting States, PCT

Rule 19.4 does not apply and the

application is denied an international

filing date.

Discussion of Specific Rules

Section 1.412(c)(6) is added to reflect

that the United States Receiving Office,

where it is not a competent Receiving

Office under PCT Rule 19.1 or 19.2,

could transmit the international

application to the International Bureau

for processing in its capacity as a

Receiving Office.

Section 1.421(a) is amended to clarify

that applications filed by applicants

who are not residents or nationals of the

United States, but who are residents or

nationals of a PCT Contracting State or

who indicate no residence or

nationality, will, upon timely payment

of the proper fee, be forwarded to the

International Bureau for processing in

its capacity as a Receiving Office.

Section 1.445(a)(5) is added to

establish a fee equivalent to the

transmittal fee in paragraph (a)(1) of this

section for transmittal of an

international application to the

International Bureau for processing in

its capacity as a Receiving Office.

Section 10.9 is amended to add a new

provision consistent with PCT Rule

90.1, clarifying that an attorney or agent

having the right to practice before the

International Bureau when acting as

Receiving Office may represent the

applicant before the U.S. International

Searching Authority or the U.S.

International Preliminary Examining

Authority. An individual who has the

right to practice before the International

Bureau when acting as Receiving Office,

and who is not registered under § 10.6,

may not prosecute patent applications

in the national stage in the Office.