Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 14 / Friday, January 22, 2010 / Notices 3705 

Item Responses Filing fee Total filing fees 

Petition for expedited handling of license (no corresponding application) ..................... 1,347 200.00 269,400.00 

Petition for expedited handling of license (corresponding U.S. application) .................. 259 200.00 51,800.00 

Petition for changing the scope of a license ................................................................... 1 200.00 200.00 

Petition for retroactive license ......................................................................................... 177 200.00 35,400.00 

Totals ........................................................................................................................ 1,794 ............................ 356,800.00 

The USPTO estimates that 90 percent 

(90%) of the petitions in this collection 

are submitted to the USPTO by 

facsimile or hand carried because of the 

quick turnaround required. For the 10 

percent (10%) of the public that chooses 

to submit the petitions in this collection 

to the USPTO by mail through the 

United States Postal Service, the USPTO 

estimates that the average first class 

postage cost for a mailed submission 

will be 44 cents. Therefore, the USPTO 

estimates that up to 179 submissions per 

year may be mailed to the USPTO at an 

average first class postage cost of 44 

cents, for a total postage cost of $79. 

The USPTO estimates that the total 

non-hour respondent cost burden for 

this collection in the form of filing fees 

($356,800) and postage costs ($79) 

amounts to $356,879. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized or included 

in the request for OMB approval of this 

information collection; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: January 14, 2010. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1161 Filed 1–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 4–2010] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 113—Ellis County, 

TX Application for Reorganization 

Under Alternative Site Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by Ellis County Trade Zone 

Corporation (formerly Midlothian Trade 

Zone Corporation), grantee of FTZ 113, 

requesting authority to reorganize the 

zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 

(74 FR 1170, 01/12/09; correction 74 FR 

3987, 01/22/09). The ASF is an option 

for grantees for the establishment or 

reorganization of general-purpose zones 

and can permit significantly greater 

flexibility in the designation of new 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a general-purpose zone project. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR Part 

400). It was formally filed on January 

14, 2010. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Ellis County, 

Texas. If approved, the grantee would be 

able to serve sites throughout the service 

area based on companies’ needs for FTZ 

designation. The proposed service area 

is adjacent to the Dallas-Fort Worth 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry. 

FTZ 113 was approved by the FTZ 

Board on December 21, 1984 (Board 

Order 283, 50 FR 300, 1/2/85). The 

applicant is requesting to include the 

following current site in the reorganized 

zone as a ‘‘magnet’’ site: Proposed Site 1 

(551 acres)—MidTexas International 

Center, 1500 North Service Road, U.S. 

Highway 67, Midlothian. The applicant 

proposes that Site 1 be exempt from 

‘‘sunset’’ time limits that otherwise 

apply to sites under the ASF. No usagedriven sites are being proposed at this 

time. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is March 23, 2010 Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period (to April 7, 2010). 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Camille Evans at 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

Web site, which is accessible 

Camille.Evans@trade.gov or (202) 

482–2350. 

Dated: January 14, 2010. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1241 Filed 1–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 2–2010] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 201—Holyoke, MA; 

Application for Subzone; Yankee 

Candle Corporation (Candles and Gift 

Sets); Whately and South Deerfield, 

MA 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Holyoke Economic 

Development and Industrial 

Corporation, grantee of FTZ 201, 

requesting special-purpose subzone 

status for the candle and gift set 

manufacturing facility of Yankee Candle 

Corporation (Yankee Candle), located in 

Whately and South Deerfield, 

Massachusetts. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 


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