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meet Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from 

1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time. 

All sessions will be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from 1:00 

p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a 

virtual meeting via webinar. Please note 

admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Brewer, Information Technology 

Laboratory, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Telephone: 

(301) 975–2489, Email address: 

jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is 

hereby given that the ISPAB will hold 

an open meeting Tuesday, September 

28, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., 

Eastern Time. All sessions will be open 

to the public. The ISPAB is authorized 

by 15 U.S.C. 278g–4, as amended, and 

advises the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 

Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) on information 

security and privacy issues pertaining to 

Federal government information 

systems, including through review of 

proposed standards and guidelines 

developed by NIST. Details regarding 

the ISPAB’s activities are available at 

https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/ispab. 

The agenda is expected to include the 

following items: 

—Board Discussion on Executive Order 

14028, Improving the Nation’s 

Cybersecurity (May 12, 2021) 

deliverables and impacts to date, 

—Presentation by NIST, the Department 

of Homeland Security, and the 

General Services Administration on 

upcoming work specified in Executive 

Order 14028, 

—Presentation by the Office of 

Management and Budget on Executive 

Order 14028 directions and 

memoranda to U.S. Federal Agencies, 

—Board Discussion on 

recommendations and issues related 

to Executive Order 14028. 

Note that agenda items may change 

without notice. The final agenda will be 

posted on the ISPAB event page at: 

https://csrc.nist.gov/Events/2021/ispabseptember-2021-meeting. 

Public Participation: Written 

questions or comments from the public 

are invited and may be submitted 

electronically by email to Jeff Brewer at 

the contact information indicated in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice by 5 p.m. on 

Monday, September 27, 2021. 

The ISPAB agenda will include a 

period, not to exceed fifteen minutes, 

for submitted questions or comments 

from the public between 3:45 p.m. and 

4:00 p.m. Submitted questions or 

comments from the public will be 

selected on a first-come, first-served 

basis and limited to five minutes per 

person. 

Members of the public who wish to 

expand upon their submitted 

statements, those who had wished to 

submit a question or comment but could 

not be accommodated on the agenda, 

and those who were unable to attend the 

meeting via webinar are invited to 

submit written statements. In addition, 

written statements are invited and may 

be submitted to the ISPAB at any time. 

All written statements should be 

directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, 

Information Technology Laboratory by 

email to: jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov. 

Admittance Instructions: All 

participants will be attending via 

webinar and must register on ISPAB’s 

event page at: https://csrc.nist.gov/ 

Events/2021/ispab-september-2021- 

meeting by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday, September 27, 2021. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15888 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–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; Pacific Islands Region 

Seabird-Fisheries Interaction Recovery 

Reporting 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on April 21, 

2021 (86 FR 20663) during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: NOAA National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), Commerce. 

Title: Pacific Islands Short-tailed 

Albatross-Fisheries Interaction Recovery 

Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0456. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

revision and extension of a current 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.25. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.25. 

Needs and Uses: Federal regulations 

at 50 CFR 665.815(b) require Hawaiibased longline fishermen to safely 

handle and release short-tailed 

albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus) 

(STAL) caught incidentally during 

fishing operations. The vessel operator 

must: (a) Contact NMFS, the U.S. Coast 

Guard (USCG), or the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service immediately; (b) 

complete and submit a Short-tailed 

Albatross Recovery Data Form; and (c) 

attach identical information tags to the 

carcass and specimen bag if the STAL 

is dead and turn over the carcass to 

USFWS within 72 hours after returning 

to port. When a STAL is brought on 

board a vessel, the vessel operator must 

record the incident’s date, time, 

location, any tag data, and injury and 

health descriptions on the Short-tailed 

Albatross Recovery Data Form. 

Two minor revisions were made to 

the Recovery Data Form based on 

comments for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service: On page 1 of the form, the 

statement ‘‘If a photo is taken, attach to 

form when submitted.’’ was added to 

the Photograph field; on the bottom of 

page 2 instruction was added to submit 

the form and photo (if taken) to U.S. 

Fish & Wildlife by email. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665.815(b). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 


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function and entering either the title of 

the collection or the OMB Control 

Number 0648–0456. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15781 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Patent Reexaminations, 

Supplemental Examinations, and Post 

Patent Submissions 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on the 

extension and revision of an existing 

information collection: 0651–0064 

(Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental 

Examinations, and Post Patent 

Submissions). The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

information collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received on or before 

September 24, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

any of the following methods. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0064 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Parikha Mehta, 

Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal 

Administration, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–3248; or by email 

to Parikha.Mehta@uspto.gov with 

‘‘0651–0064 comment’’ in the subject 

line. Additional information about this 

information collection is also available 

at http://www.reginfo.gov under 

‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C. 

131 and 151 to examine applications 

and, when appropriate, allow 

applications and issue them as patents. 

Chapter 30 of Title 35 U.S.C. provides 

that any person at any time may file a 

request for reexamination by the USPTO 

of any claim of a patent on the basis of 

prior art cited under the provisions of 

35 U.S.C. 301. Once initiated, the 

reexamination proceedings under 

Chapter 30 are substantially ex parte 

and do not permit input from third 

parties. The regulations outlining ex 

parte reexaminations are found at 37 

CFR 1.510–1.570. 

In addition, 35 U.S.C. 257 permits a 

patent owner to request supplemental 

examination of a patent by the USPTO 

to consider, reconsider, or correct 

information believed to be relevant to 

the patent. The regulations outlining 

supplemental examination are found at 

37 CFR 1.601–1.625. 

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

terminated inter partes reexamination 

effective September 16, 2012. However, 

inter partes reexamination proceedings 

based on inter partes reexamination 

requests filed before September 16, 

2012, continue to be prosecuted. 

Therefore, this information collection 

continues to include items related to the 

prosecution of inter partes 

reexamination proceedings. The 

regulations outlining inter partes 

reexamination are found at 37 CFR 

1.903–1.959. 

The provisions of 35 U.S.C. 301 and 

37 CFR 1.501 govern the ability of a 

person to submit into the file of an 

issued patent (1) prior art consisting of 

patents or printed publications which 

the person making the submission 

believes to have a bearing on the 

patentability of any claim of the issued 

patent and (2) statements of the owner 

of the issued patent filed in a 

proceeding before a Federal court or the 

USPTO in which the owner of the 

issued patent took a position on the 

scope of any claim of the issued patent. 

This information collection covers 

information contained in: (1) Requests 

for ex parte reexamination, (2) requests 

for supplemental examination, (3) 

submissions made by patent owners and 

third-party requesters related to the 

prosecution of an ex parte or inter 

partes reexamination proceeding, (4) 

information submitted by the public to 

aid in ascertaining the patentability 

and/or scope of the claims of the issued 

patent, and (5) information submitted by 

patent owners regarding a position 

taken before the USPTO or a Federal 

court regarding the scope of any claim 

in their issued patent. The USPTO’s use 

of the statements of the patent owners 

((5) above) will be limited to 

determining the meaning of a patent 

claim in ex parte reexamination 

proceedings that already have been 

ordered and in inter partes review and 

post grant review proceedings that 

already have been instituted. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to facilitate requests for ex 

parte reexamination and supplemental 

examination, to facilitate prosecution of 

reexamination and reissue proceedings, 

and to ensure that the associated 

documentation is submitted to the 

USPTO, and to permit relevant postpatent prior art and claim scope 

information to be entered into a patent 

file. 

This renewal request incorporates an 

item that was previously approved 

under OMB control number 0651–0067 

(Post Patent Public Submissions), 

specifically ‘information disclosure 

citations’. The title of this information 

collection is being updated to reflect 

that change with the inclusion of ‘‘Post 

Patent Submissions’’. As the 

information disclosure citation was the 

only item contained in 0651–0067, that 

information collection will be 

discontinued. 

II. Method of Collection 

The items in this information 

collection may be submitted online 

using the Patent Electronic Systems 

(EFS-Web or Patent Center), or on paper 

by either mail or hand delivery. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0064. 

Form Numbers: (SB = Specimen 

Book). 

• PTO/SB/42 (Information Disclosure 

Citation in a Patent). 

• PTO/SB/57 (Request for Ex Parte 

Reexamination Transmittal Form). 

• PTO/SB/59 (Request for 

Supplemental Examination Transmittal 

Form). 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

864 respondents per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 880 

responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it takes the public 

approximately between 30 minutes (0.5 


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