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4 Id. 

5See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) 

Review Of Antidumping Duty Order On Magnesium 

Metal from the People’s Republic Of China: 

Domestic Industry Substantive Response,’’ dated 

June 8, 2021. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on June 1, 2021,’’ dated July 22, 2021. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Result of Expedited 

Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Magnesium Metal from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice. 

771(9)(C) of the Act, as a manufacturer 

of a domestic like product in the United 

States.4 On June 8, 2021, US Magnesium 

timely filed its substantive response 

within the 30-day deadline specified in 

19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).5 Commerce 

received no substantive responses from 

any other interested parties with respect 

to the Order covered by this sunset 

review, nor was a hearing requested. On 

July 22, 2021, Commerce notified the 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

that it did not receive an adequate 

substantive response from respondent 

interested parties.6 As a result, pursuant 

to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is 

conducting an expedited (120-day) 

sunset review of the Order. 

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the Order is 

magnesium metal from China, which 

includes primary and secondary alloy 

magnesium metal, regardless of 

chemistry, raw material source, form, 

shape, or size. For a full description of 

the scope, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.7

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this review are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. The issues discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

include the likelihood of continuation 

or recurrence of dumping and the 

magnitude of the margins of dumping 

likely to prevail if the Order were 

revoked. The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

is on file electronically via Enforcement 

and Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. A list of 

topics discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is included as 

an appendix to this notice. In addition, 

a complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html. 

Final Results of Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that revocation of the Order 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of dumping, and that the 

magnitude of the dumping margins 

likely to prevail would be weightedaverage margins of up to 141.49 percent. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely 

notification of the destruction of APO 

materials or conversion to judicial 

protective orders is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

Notifications to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii). 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. History of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely To 

Prevail 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–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; Trademark Petitions 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the OMB for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. The USPTO invites comment on 

this information collection renewal, 

which helps the USPTO assess the 

impact of its information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register on May 3, 2021 during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

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Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Trademark Petitions. 

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Forms Numbers: 

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between 40 minutes (0.67 hours) to 75 

minutes (1.25 hours), depending on the 

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make special, responses to petition 

inquiry letters, petitions to make 

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and requests for reinstatement. 

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information in a letter of protest is 

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request only. 

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individuals or households. 

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Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2021–0042] 

Extension of the Motion To Amend 

Pilot Program in Trial Proceedings 

Under the America Invents Act Before 

the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is extending 

the Motion to Amend (MTA) Pilot 

Program, which was initiated on March 

15, 2019, and provides additional 

options for a patent owner who files an 

MTA before the Patent Trial and Appeal 

Board (PTAB). In particular, the MTA 

Pilot Program provides a patent owner 

who files an MTA with options to 

request preliminary guidance from the 

PTAB on the MTA and to file a revised 

MTA. The program also provides 

timelines for briefing to accommodate 

these options. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 16, 

2021. Duration: The MTA Pilot Program 

will run until September 16, 2022. The 

USPTO may extend the MTA Pilot 

Program (with or without modification) 

on either a temporary or a permanent 

basis, or may discontinue the program 

after that date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Kaiser, Lead Administrative 

Patent Judge, or Michelle Ankenbrand, 

Lead Administrative Patent Judge, by 

telephone at 571–272–9797. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A patent 

owner in an America Invents Act (AIA) 

trial proceeding may file an MTA as a 

matter of right. See 35 U.S.C. 316(d)(1), 

326(d)(1). After receiving feedback from 

the public about the PTAB’s MTA 

practice, including some concerns 

regarding the grant rate of claim 

amendments in AIA trial proceedings, 

in October 2018 the USPTO published 

a Request for Comments in the Federal 

Register seeking written public 

comments on a proposed amendment 

process in AIA trials that would involve 

preliminary guidance from the PTAB on 

the merits of an MTA and an 

opportunity for a patent owner to file a 

revised MTA (Request for Comments on 

Motion To Amend Practice and 

Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under 

the America Invents Act Before the 

Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 83 FR 

54319 (Oct. 29, 2018)). The majority of 

comments supported the PTAB issuing 

a preliminary decision in cases 

involving an MTA, and commenters 

were almost evenly mixed in supporting 

or opposing a revised MTA. On March 

15, 2019, in response to the stakeholder 

comments received, the USPTO issued 

a notice detailing the MTA Pilot 

Program (Notice Regarding a New Pilot 

Program Concerning Motion To Amend 

Practice and Procedures in Trial 

Proceedings Under the America Invents 

Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal 

Board, 84 FR 9497 (Mar. 15, 2019)). 

The MTA Pilot Program provides a 

patent owner with two options not 

previously available: (1) A patent owner 

may choose to receive preliminary 

guidance from the PTAB on its MTA, 

and/or (2) A patent owner may choose 

to file a revised MTA after receiving the 

petitioner’s opposition to the original 

MTA and/or after receiving the PTAB’s 

preliminary guidance (if requested). If a 

patent owner does not elect either the 

option to receive preliminary guidance 

or the option to file a revised MTA, AIA 

trial practice, including MTA practice, 

is essentially unchanged from the 

practice prior to the MTA Pilot Program. 

The USPTO has presented 

preliminary results of the MTA Pilot 

Program and continues to track data 

related to MTAs. The most recent 

information and statistics related to 

MTAs are available on the USPTO’s 

website at www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/ 

motions-amend-study. 

Based on the preliminary results of 

the MTA Pilot Program, the USPTO has 

decided to extend it. The program is 

hereby extended through September 16, 

2022. The USPTO may extend the MTA 

Pilot Program (with or without 

modification) on either a temporary or 

a permanent basis, or may discontinue 

the program after that date. 

The requirements for the MTA Pilot 

Program remain as set forth in the 

original notice, without modification at 

this time. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

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[Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0097] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

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ACTION: Information collection notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

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