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DATES: The SEDAR 74 Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar II will be held July 

5, 2022, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. 

Eastern. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Those 

interested in participating should 

contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. Please request 

webinar invitations at least 24 hours in 

advance of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report that compiles 

and evaluates potential datasets and 

recommends which datasets are 

appropriate for assessment analyses. 

The product of the Assessment Process 

is a stock assessment report that 

describes the fisheries, evaluates the 

status of the stock, estimates biological 

benchmarks, projects future population 

conditions, and recommends research 

and monitoring needs. The assessment 

is independently peer reviewed at the 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Review Workshop is a Summary 

documenting panel opinions regarding 

the strengths and weaknesses of the 

stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The item of discussion in the PostData Workshop Webinar II are as 

follows: Participants will review data 

for use in the assessment of Gulf of 

Mexico red snapper. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 

10 business days prior to each 

workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: June 2, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Requirements for Patent 

Applications Containing Nucleotide 

Sequence and/or Amino Acid 

Sequence Disclosures 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

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: 0651–0024 

(Requirements for Patent Applications 

Containing Nucleotide Sequence and/or 

Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures). 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 

August 8, 2022. 

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 ‘‘0651–0024 

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, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–3248; or by email 

at parikha.mehta@uspto.gov with 

‘‘0651–0024 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 

Patent applications that contain 

nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence 

disclosures meeting the definitions of 37 

CFR 1.821(a) must include, as a separate 

part of the disclosure, a copy of the 

sequence listing in accordance with the 

requirements in 37 CFR 1.821–1.825. 

Applicants may submit sequence 

listings for both U.S. and international 

biotechnology patent applications. 

Submissions of sequence listings in 

international applications are governed 

by Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 

Rules 5.2 and 13ter, as well as the PCT 

Administrative Instructions, Annex C. 

The USPTO uses applicants’ sequence 

listings during the examination process 

to determine the patentability of the 

claimed invention. The USPTO also 

uses sequence listings for publication of 

patent applications and issued patents. 

Sequence listings are publicly 

searchable after publication and/or 

issuance. 

This information collection covers the 

submission of sequence listing 

information itself. Information 

pertaining to the initial filing of U.S. 

patent applications is collected under 


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OMB Control Number 0651–0032, and 

information pertaining to the initial 

filing of international applications is 

collected under OMB Control Number 

0651–0021. 

Sequence listings may be submitted 

via the Patent Electronic System as an 

ASCII text file or as a Portable 

Document Format (PDF) file. For U.S. 

applications, 37 CFR 1.821(c) permits 

all modes of submission: paper, readonly optical disc, or electronic filing via 

the Patent Electronic System. Sequence 

listings for international applications 

may only be submitted on paper or 

through the Patent Electronic System. 

Sequence listings that are too large to be 

filed electronically through the Patent 

Electronic System may be submitted on 

read-only optical disc. 

This information collection also 

accounts for the requirement under 37 

CFR 1.821(e) that a copy of the sequence 

listing required by 37 CFR 1.821(c) be 

submitted in computer readable form 

(CRF) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.824. 

Under 37 CFR 1.821(e)–(f), applicants 

who submit their sequence listings on 

paper, read-only optical disc, or as a 

PDF via the Patent Electronic System 

must submit a copy of the sequence 

listing in CRF with a statement 

indicating that the CRF copy of the 

sequence listing is identical to the 

paper, read-only optical disc, or PDF 

copy provided under 37 CFR 1.821(c). 

Applicants may submit the CRF copy of 

the sequence listing to the USPTO on 

read-only optical disc or other 

acceptable media as provided in 37 CFR 

1.824. If a new application is filed via 

the Patent Electronic System with an 

ASCII text file sequence listing that 

complies with the requirements of 37 

CFR 1.824(a)(2)–(6) and (b), and 

applicant has not filed a sequence 

listing on paper, read-only optical disc, 

or as a PDF file, the text file will serve 

as both the copy required by 37 CFR 

1.821(c) and the CRF required by 37 

CFR 1.821(e). Moreover, the associated 

statement regarding both copies being 

identical would not be required. 

One item, Request for Transfer of a 

Computer Readable Form under 37 CFR 

1.821(e), has been removed from this 

information collection. This item is no 

longer part of this information 

collection’s process per a recent 

rulemaking (Electronic Submission of a 

Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a 

Computer Program Listing Appendix in 

Patent Applications; 86 FR 57035, 10/ 

14/2021). 

II. Method of Collection 

The items in this information 

collection may be submitted to the 

USPTO by mail, hand delivery, or 

electronic submission via the Patent 

Electronic System. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0024. 

Forms: None. 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 9,550 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 28,550 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately 6 hours to 

complete. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, create 

the item, and submit the completed item 

to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 171,300 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Hourly Cost Burden: $74,515,500. 

TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS

Item 

No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual responses 

Estimated 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 1

($/hour) 

Estimated annual 

respondent cost 

burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) (f) (e) × (f) = (g) 

1 .......... Sequence Listing in 

Application.

9,500 3 28,500 6 171,000 $435 $74,385,000 

1 2021 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); 

pg. F–27. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual property attorneys in private firms which is $435 per hour. (https://www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/economic-survey). 

TABLE 2—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS RESPONDENTS

Item 

No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual responses 

Estimated 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 2

($/hour) 

Estimated annual 

respondent cost 

burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) (f) (e) × (f) = (g) 

1 .......... Sequence Listing in 

Application.

50 1 50 6 300 $435 $130,500 

2 Ibid. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-hourly Cost Burden: $1,483,936. 

There are no maintenance costs, capital 

start-up costs, or recordkeeping costs 

associated with this information 

collection. However, the USPTO 

estimates that the total annual (nonhour) cost burden for this information 

collection, in the form of filing fees and 

postage, is $1,483,936. 

Filing Fees 

In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 

41(a)(1)(G), the USPTO charges a fee for 

submitting a sequence listing as part of 

a U.S. patent application or as part of an 

international patent application entering 

the U.S. national stage if the sequence 

listing (i) is not filed via the Patent 

Electronic System or on an electronic 

medium in compliance with 37 CFR 

1.52(e) and 1.821(c) or (e), and (ii) 

causes the application to exceed 100 

pages. See 37 CFR 1.52(f). 

Under 37 CFR 1.16(s) for U.S. patent 

applications and 1.492(j) for 

international patent applications 

entering the national stage, if the patent 

application inclusive of sequence 

listings filed on paper or on a noncompliant electronic medium exceeds 


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100 pages, the application size fee is 

$420 (or $210 for small entities and 

$105 for micro entities) for each 

additional 50 pages or fraction thereof. 

The average length of a sequence listing 

filed on paper or in PDF format is 150 

pages, which results in an average total 

size fee of $1,260 ($630 for small 

entities, $315 for micro entities) for 

applications that are 100 pages long 

prior to adding the sequence listing. 

As a Receiving Office under the 

Patent Cooperation Treaty, the USPTO 

collects a basic international filing fee 

for each international application it 

receives. The basic international filing 

fee only covers the first 30 pages of the 

international application. For each 

additional application page in excess of 

30, a size fee of $16 is added to the basic 

international filing fee. The average 

length of a sequence listing in an 

international application filed on paper 

or in PDF format is 150 pages. As a 

result, a paper- or PDF-filed 

international application including a 

sequence listing incurs an estimated 

$2,400 size fee when the application 

already includes 30 pages prior to 

adding the sequence listing. 

The USPTO charges a fee for the 

handling of mega sequence listings. 

There are two tiers of fees related to 

differenent sequence listing sizes: one 

tier for file sizes between 300 MB and 

800 MB and one tier for file sizes greater 

than 800 MB. 

The USPTO also charges a Late 

Furnishing Fee for Providing a 

Sequence Listing in Response to an 

Invitation Under PCT Rule 13ter to 

encourage timely filing of sequence 

listings in international applications 

and to facilitate the effective 

administration of the patent system. 

TABLE 3—FILING FEES

Item 

No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Filing fee 

($) 

Non-hourly 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) 

1 ........ Size fees under 37 CFR 1.16(s) and 1.492(j), undiscounted entity ...................... 130 $1,260 $163,800 

1 ........ Size fees under 37 CFR 1.16(s) and 1.492(j), small entity ................................... 65 630 40,950 

1 ........ Size fees under 37 CFR 1.16(s) and 1.492(j), micro entity .................................. 25 315 7,875 

1 ........ Size fees for international applications .................................................................. 420 2,400 1,008,000 

1 ........ Submission of sequence listings of 300 MB to 800 MB (undiscounted entity) ..... 30 1,060 31,800 

1 ........ Submission of sequence listings of 300 MB to 800 MB (small entity) .................. 30 530 15,900 

1 ........ Submission of sequence listings of 300 MB to 800 MB (micro entity) ................. 10 265 2,650 

1 ........ Submission of sequence listings of more than 800 MB (undiscounted entity) ..... 2 10,500 21,000 

1 ........ Submission of sequence listings of more than 800 MB (small entity) .................. 1 5,250 5,250 

1 ........ Submission of sequence listings of more than 800 MB (micro entity) .................. 1 2,625 2,625 

1 ........ Late Furnishing Fee for Providing a Sequence Listing in Response to an Invitation Under PCT Rule 13ter (undiscounted entity).215 320 68,800 

1 ........ Late Furnishing Fee for Providing a Sequence Listing in Response to an Invitation Under PCT Rule 13ter (small entity).700 160 112,000 

1 ........ Late Furnishing Fee for Providing a Sequence Listing in Response to an Invitation Under PCT Rule 13ter (micro entity).8 80 640 

Total ................................................................................................................ ........................ ........................ 1,481,290 

Postage 

Although the USPTO prefers that the 

items in this information collection be 

submitted electronically, responses may 

be submitted by mail through the 

United States Postal Service (USPS). 

The USPTO estimates that the average 

postage cost for a mailed submission, 

using a Priority Mail 2-day flat rate legal 

envelope, will be $9.25. The USPTO 

estimates that 1% sequence listings will 

be submitted in the mail resulting in 

286 mailing submissions . Therefore, the 

USPTO estimates the total mailing costs 

for this information collection at $2,646. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The USPTO is soliciting public 

comments to: 

(a) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(d) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

All comments submitted in response 

to this notice are a matter of public 

record. The USPTO will include or 

summarize each comment in the request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection. Before including an address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

in a comment, be aware that the entire 

comment—including PII—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may ask in your comment to 

withhold PII from public view, the 

USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be 

able to do so. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Adminstrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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