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raised in the briefs. If this investigation

proceeds normally, we will make our

final determination within 135 days of

the publication of the preliminary

determination.

This determination is published

pursuant to section 733(f) of the Act and

19 CFR 353.15(a)(4).

Dated: May 9, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–12024 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Antidumping Duties

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; Request for public

comments on revised antidumping

questionnaire.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) has revised its

antidumping questionnaire to conform

to changes in informational

requirements resulting from the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the

URAA). We are now requesting

comments on the revised questionnaire.

In addition to conforming changes, we

will consider other changes to the

questionnaire that will simplify and

streamline the administration of

antidumping proceedings.

DATES: Effective Date: The revised

questionnaire is effective May 16, 1995,

with respect to petitions for

investigations filed and administrative

reviews requested on or after January 1,

1995. The Department will consider all

written comments concerning the

revised antidumping questionnaire

received by June 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Address written

comments to Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, Central Records Unit,

Room B–099, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20230. Attention: Revised Antidumping

Questionnaire Comments. Each person

submitting a comment should include

his or her name and address, and give

reasons for any recommendation.

Questionnaire: The revised

antidumping questionnaire is available

to the public as of May 16, 1995, on

Internet at: FTP://

FWUX.FEDWORLD.GOV/PUB/IMPORT

or FTP://FTP.FEDWORLD.GOV/PUB/

IMPORT/IMPORT.HTM. In addition,

the questionnaire is also available on

3.5′′ diskettes in WordPerfect 5.1 format,

and paper copies are available for

reading and photocopying at Room B–

099 of the Central Records unit of the

Department, Pennsylvania Avenue and

14th Street, NW., Washington DC 20230.

Public comments will also be made

available on Internet at the same

address. These comments may be in a

compressed file format. From time to

time, the Department may update the

questionnaire and request public

comments on such revisions. A

continuing file of comments on the

questionnaire will be maintained in

Room B–099 of the Central Records

Unit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General: Kris Campbell, (202) 482–3813.

Specific: Any questions concerning file

formatting, document conversion,

access on Internet, or other file

requirements should be addressed to

Andrew Lee Beller, (202) 482–1248.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has prepared a revised

antidumping questionnaire for use in

new investigations and administrative

reviews under the statute, as revised by

the URAA. To ensure that the revised

questionnaire conforms to the changes

in the statute, and simplifies and

streamlines the administrative process

to the fullest extent possible, we are

requesting comments from interested

persons. To simplify the processing and

distribution of public comments on the

Department’s revised antidumping

questionnaire, parties are encouraged to

submit documents in electronic form

accompanied by one original and three

paper copies. All documents filed in

electronic form should be on DOS

formatted 3.5′′ diskettes, and be

prepared in either WordPerfect format

or a format that the WordPerfect

program can convert and import into

WordPerfect. Comments on diskette

should be isolated on a separate file on

the diskette by section of the

questionnaire (i.e., comments on section

A of the questionnaire should be

isolated on a file separate from

comments on section B, etc.).

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–12023 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

President’s Export Council: Meeting of

the Subcommittee on Foreign Market

Development, Asia, Africa, and the

Middle East

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Amendment to citation 60 FR,

page 25200, May 11, 1995, change in

location of meeting.

SUMMARY: The meeting of the President’s

Export Council Subcommittee on

Foreign Market Development, Asia,

Africa and the Middle East, scheduled

for May 17, 1995, from 2 to 5 p.m., will

be held at the following address: U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 3407,

14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Breslau, President’s Export

Council, Room 2015B, Washington, DC

20230, telephone 202–482–1124.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Jane Siegel,

Staff Director and Executive Secretary,

President’s Export Council.

[FR Doc. 95–12025 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. 950411100–5100–01]

RIN 0651–XX01

Extension of the Use of Payor

Numbers to Matters Involving Pending

Patent Applications

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark

Office (PTO) requests written public

comment on the advisability of the

extension of the use of Payor Numbers

to matters involving pending patent

applications. Payor Numbers are

currently used with respect to

establishing a ‘‘fee address’’ for receipt

of maintenance fee correspondence. The

PTO is considering extending the Payor

Number practice to matters involving

patent applications. The use of such

Payor Numbers would permit an

attorney, agent or law firm to file a

single paper containing a change of

address, rather than a separate paper for

each patent application affected by the

change of address. The change of

address in multiple patent applications

through a single paper directed to the

Payor Number would result in savings

to both the attorney, agent or law firm

and the PTO. Interested members of the
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public are invited to present written

comments on any topic relating to the

extension of the use of Payor Numbers.

DATES: Written comments on the topics

presented in the supplementary section

of this notice will be accepted by the

PTO until August 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Those interested in

presenting written comments on the

topics presented in the supplementary

information, or any related topics, may

mail their comments to the

Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231,

marked to the attention of Box DAC. In

addition, comments may also be sent by

facsimile transmission to (703) 308–

6916, with a confirmation copy mailed

to the above address, or by electronic

mail messages over the Internet to

payor@uspto.gov.

Written comments should include the

following information:

—Name and affiliation of the individual

responding;

—An indication of whether comments

offered represent views of the

respondent’s organization or are the

respondent’s personal views; and

—If applicable, information on the

respondent’s organization, including

the type of organization (e.g.,

business, trade group, university, nonprofit organization).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert W. Bahr by telephone at (703)

308–6906, by facsimile at (703) 308–

6916, or Jeffery V. Nase by telephone at

(703) 305–9285, or by mail marked to

the attention of Box DAC, addressed to

the Commissioner of Patents and

Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Background

The PTO is considering extending the

use of Payor Numbers to matters

involving patent applications.

Specifically, Payor Numbers are

currently used with respect to

establishing a ‘‘fee address’’ for receipt

of maintenance fee correspondence, and

the use of such Payor Numbers permit,

inter alia, an attorney, agent or law firm

to file a single change of address paper

for the Payor Number, which change of

address will be effective for every patent

identified with the Payor Number,

rather than requiring that separate

change of address papers be filed for

every patent affected by the change of

address.

II. Issues for Public Comment

Any interested member of the public

is invited to present written comments

on any topic related to the extension of

the use of Payor Numbers. The PTO is

considering extending the Payor

Number practice to matters involving

patent applications to permit (1) the

identification of the correspondence

address of a patent application with a

Payor Number such that a single change

of address may be filed for the Payor

Number, and thus every patent

application identified with the Payor

Number, and (2) the identification of a

list of registered attorneys and/or agents

with a Payor Number such that an

applicant may in the Power of Attorney

appoint those attorneys and/or agents

associated with the Payor Number. The

PTO requests written public comment

on the advisability of this extension of

the use of Payor Numbers, and the

issues associated therewith.

Currently, when an attorney, agent or

law firm changes correspondence

address, a separate paper containing this

change of address must be filed in every

patent application affected by the

change of address. 37 CFR 1.4(b). The

identification of an application with a

Payor Number will permit an attorney,

agent or law firm to file a single paper

containing this change of address, rather

than a separate paper in each

application, and this change of address

paper will be applicable to all

applications identified with the Payor

Number. The identification of an

application with a Payor Number will

be optional, in that any application not

identified with a Payor Number will not

be affected by a change of address filed

for a Payor Number, even if the

correspondence address provided for

such application is that of an attorney,

agent, or law firm identified with a

Payor Number. The change of address in

multiple patent applications through a

single paper directed to the Payor

Number, rather than through individual

letters directed to each application,

would result in savings to both the

attorney, agent or law firm and the PTO.

Currently, an applicant in the Power

of Attorney must individually name

those attorneys and/or agents to

represent the applicant in a patent

application. The association of a list of

attorneys and/or agents with a Payor

Number will permit an applicant to

appoint all of the attorneys and/or

agents associated with the Payor

Number merely by reference to the

Payor Number in the Power of Attorney,

i.e., without individually listing the

attorneys and/or agents in the Power of

Attorney. The addition and/or deletion

of an attorney or agent from the list of

attorneys and/or agents identified with

a Payor Number will result in the

addition or deletion of such attorney or

agent from the list of persons authorized

to represent any applicant who

appointed all of the attorneys and/or

agents identified with such Payor

Number. This will avoid the necessity

for the filing of additional papers in

each application affected by a change in

the attorneys and/or agents of the law

firm prosecuting the application. The

appointment of attorneys and/or agents

identified with a Payor Number will be

optional, in that any applicant may

continue to individually name those

attorneys and/or agents to represent the

applicant in a patent application.

Currently, the PTO must individually

enter into the Patent Application

Location and Monitoring (PALM)

system the registration number for each

attorney and/or agent appointed to

represent the applicant in a patent

application. The change of persons

authorized to represent applicants in

multiple patent applications through a

single paper directing the PTO to

change its records concerning the Payor

Number, which could require only a

single entry into the PALM system,

rather than through individual letters

directed to each application, which

would require a separate entry into the

PALM system for each affected

application, would significantly reduce

the amount of data which must be

entered into the PALM system, and

would thus result in savings to the PTO.

In addition, permitting a change of

persons authorized to represent

applicants in multiple patent

applications through a single paper

directing the PTO to change its records

concerning the Payor Number would

result in similar savings to the attorney,

agent, or law firm.

As the PTO will not recognize more

than one correspondence address (37

CFR 1.34(c)), any inconsistencies

between the correspondence address

resulting from a Payor Number being

provided in an application for the

correspondence address and any other

correspondence address provided in

that application would be resolved in

favor of the correspondence address of

the Payor Number. Where an applicant

appoints all of the attorneys and/or

agents associated with a Payor Number

as well as a list of individually named

attorneys and/or agents, such action

would be treated as only an

appointment of all of the atttorneys and/

or agents identified with a Payor

Number due to the potential for

confusion and data entry errors in

entering registration numbers from

plural sources. If an applicant wished to

appoint attorneys and/or agents in

addition to those associated with a

Payor Number, the additional attorneys

and/or agents could be appointed
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through the use of an associate Power of

Attorney.

Examples

1. The following language would be

effective to appoint those attorneys and/

or agents individually listed, and

provide the correspondence address of

Payor Number 99,999.

I hereby appoint the following

practitioners to prosecute this application

and to transact all business in the Patent and

Trademark Office connected therewith:

John Doe, Registration No. 99,991, Jane

Doe, Registration No. 99,992 and Richard

Doe, Registration No. 99,993.

Address all correspondence to: Payor

Number 99,999.

2. The following language would be

effective to appoint those attorneys and/

or agents associated with, and provide

the correspondence address of, Payor

Number 99,999.

I hereby appoint the practitioners

identified with the Payor Number provided

below to prosecute this application and to

transact all business in the Patent and

Trademark Office connected therewith, and

direct that all correspondence be addressed

to that Payor Number:

Payor Number 99,999.

Dated: May 9, 1995.

Bruce A. Lehman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

[FR Doc. 95–11976 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Naval Research Advisory Committee;

Open Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given

that the Naval Research Advisory

Committee Panel on Life Cycle Cost

Reduction will meet on May 16, 17, 18,

and 19, 1995. The meeting will be held

at the Office of Naval Research, 800

North Quincy Street, Room 915,

Arlington, Virginia on May 16 and 17;

and the meeting will be held at the

Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic

Fleet, Maintenance Division Conference

Room, Norfolk, Virginia on May 18 and

19, 1995. The first session will

commence at 8:30 a.m. and terminate at

5:00 p.m. on May 16; the second session

will commence at 8:30 a.m. and

terminate at 5:30 p.m. on May 17; the

third session will commence at 8:30

a.m. and terminate at 5:00 p.m. on May

18; and the fourth session will

commence at 8:30 a.m. and terminate at

2:30 p.m. on May 19, 1995. All sessions

of the meeting will be open to the

public.

The purpose of the meeting is to

provide the Navy with an assessment of

the impact of science and technology on

life cycle cost initiatives of current

Department of the Navy systems and

projected acquisition programs.

The meeting will include briefings

and discussions relating to weapons

costs; life cycle costs initiatives by the

Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air

Systems Command, Naval Supply

Systems Command, and the Advanced

Research Projects Agency; regional

maintenance and condition based

maintenance; and shipyard design and

planning.

This Notice is being published late

because of administrative delays which

constitute an exceptional circumstance,

not allowing Notice to be published in

the Federal Register at least 15 days

before the date of the meeting.

For further information concerning

this meeting contact:Ms. Diane MasonMuir, Office of Naval Research, Ballston

Center Tower One, 800 North Quincy

Street, Arlington, VA 22217-

5660,Telephone Number: (703) 696-

4870.

Dated: May 3, 1995

L. R. McNees,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–12069 Filed 5–15–95; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–F

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Intent To Repay to the Oregon

Department of Education Funds

Recovered as a Result of a Final Audit

Determination

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of intent to award

grantback funds.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that under

section 459 of the General Education

Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1234h,

the U.S. Secretary of Education

(Secretary) intends to repay to the

Oregon Department of Education, the

State educational agency (SEA), an

amount nearly equal to 75 percent of the

principal amount of funds recovered by

the U.S. Department of Education

(Department) as a result of a final audit

determination. This notice describes the

SEA’s plan for the use of the repaid

funds and the terms and conditions

under which the Secretary intends to

make those funds available. The notice

invites comments on the proposed

grantback.

DATES: All comments must be received

on or before June 15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the

grantback should be addressed to

William D. Tyrrell, Sr., U.S. Department

of Education, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW., room 3609, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–6132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William D. Tyrrell, Sr., U.S. Department

of Education, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW, room 3609, Switzer

Building, Washington, DC 20202–6132,

telephone: (202) 205–8825. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

This notice is based on the

Department’s recovery of funds

following an independent audit of the

Klamath County School District (LEA)

for the school year 1989–90. The SEA

reviewed the audit and, on August 24,

1992, requested a refund of $23,760.91

of Chapter 1 Handicapped funds. The

LEA returned these Federal funds to the

SEA on September 1, 1992. On

September 15, 1992, the SEA returned

the Chapter 1 Handicapped funds, as

well as $42,634.31 of funds from other

Federal programs that are not part of

this grantback notice, to the U.S.

Department of Education. The audit

questioned the LEA’s use of $23,760.91

of Chapter 1 Handicapped funds to pay

91% and 50% of the salaries and fringe

benefits of two employees. These

charges were not supported by time

distribution records as required by

Federal regulations.

B. Authority for Awarding a Grantback

Section 459(a) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C.

1234h(a), provides that whenever the

Secretary has recovered program funds

following a final audit determination,

the Secretary may consider those funds

to be additional funds available for the

program and may arrange to repay to the

SEA or LEA affected by that

determination an amount not to exceed

75 percent of the recovered funds. The

Secretary may enter into this grantback

arrangement if the Secretary determines

that the—

(1) Practices or procedures of the SEA

or LEA that resulted in the audit

determination have been corrected, and

the SEA or LEA is, in all other respects,