29572 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 2, 2021 / Notices 

1 15 U.S.C. 717d. 

Image File Wrapper System or the 

Supplemental Complex Repository for 

Examiners, 77 FR 3745 (Jan. 25, 2012). 

After the expiration of the one-year 

period, the USPTO disposes of the 

paper unless the applicant, patent 

owner, or reexamination party timely 

files a bona fide request to correct the 

electronic record of the paper in IFW or 

SCORE. DOCX submissions will be 

treated similarly. Therefore, the 

procedure to correct any discrepancies 

or errors that occur as a result of filing 

an application in DOCX format will 

align with the established procedure for 

an applicant, patent owner, or 

reexamination party to request 

corrections to the electronic record 

when there is an error caused by the 

USPTO in scanning papers into the 

IFW. 

Applicants should promptly review 

the electronic record of an application 

and file any request to correct the 

electronic record based on the source or 

evidentiary copy as soon as possible 

after the document has been submitted 

to the USPTO. Applicants should not 

expect to have a request to correct the 

electronic record granted if the request 

is based on the source or evidentiary 

copy and it is filed more than one year 

after submission of the document. 

Documents submitted by applicants in 

PDF or DOCX in patent applications 

will be treated in a similar manner to 

papers that have been scanned into the 

IFW in that they may be disposed of 

after a period of time if they are the 

source or evidentiary copy. 

The USPTO’s procedures regarding 

national security classified documents 

are unaffected by this notice. National 

security classified documents must be 

filed in the USPTO in paper format via 

hand-delivery to Licensing and Review 

or by mail in compliance with 37 CFR 

5.1(a) and Executive Order 13526 of 

December 29, 2009, or in electronic 

format via the Department of Defense 

Secret internet Protocol Router Network 

(SIPRNET). See section 115 of the 

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure 

(MPEP, Ninth Edition, Revision 

10.2019). National security classified 

documents filed electronically via 

SIPRNET are maintained at the USPTO 

in paper form; an electronic record of 

such documents is not maintained. 

Thus, all national security classified 

documents filed with the USPTO are 

maintained only in paper form, and the 

paper copies of these documents are the 

source or evidentiary copies. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11256 Filed 6–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP21–838–000] 

Occidental Permian Ltd., OXY USA 

WTP LP v. El Paso Natural Gas 

Company, LLC; Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on May 24, 2021, 

pursuant to Section 5 of the Natural Gas 

Act 1 and Rule 206 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.206 (2021), Occidental Permian Ltd. 

and OXY USA WTP LP (Complainants) 

filed a formal complaint against El Paso 

Natural Gas Company, LLC 

(Respondent), alleging that the 

Respondent’s failure to waive and 

imposition of Critical Operating 

Condition charges and penalties for the 

period February 15, 2021 through 

February 17, 2021 is unjust and 

unreasonable, unreasonably punitive, 

and inconsistent with Commission 

policy and precedent, all as more fully 

explained in its complaint. 

The Complainants certify that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts listed for Respondent in the 

Commission’s list of Corporate Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainant. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically may mail similar 

pleadings to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand 

delivered submissions in docketed 

proceedings should be delivered to 

Health and Human Services, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on June 14, 2021. 

Dated: May 26, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11577 Filed 6–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Number: PR21–47–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas of 

Maryland, Inc. 

Description: Tariff filing per 

284.123(b), (e)/: CMD Rates Effective 

May 1 2021 to be effective 5/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 5/24/2021. 

Accession Number: 202105245095. 

Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/ 

14/2021. 

Docket Number: PR21–48–000. 

Applicants: Columbia Gas of Ohio, 

Inc. 

Description: Tariff filing per 

284.123(b), (e)/: COH Rates Effective 

April 29 2021 to be effective 4/29/2021. 


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