Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 110 / Thursday, June 6, 1996 / Notices 28857

Patent and Trademark Office

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 USC 35).

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO).

Title: Post Allowance and Refiling.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0033.

Form Numbers: PTO/SB13, 14, 44, 50,

51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and PTO–85B.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 63,400 hours.

Number of Respondents: 165,900

submissions.

Avg. Hours Per Response: Varies for

each form from .2 to 5 hours.

Needs and uses: This collection of

information is required to administer

the patent laws pursuant to Title 35 of

the U.S. Code concerning the issuance

of patents and related actions. The

affected public includes any individual

or institution whose application for a

patent has been allowed or who takes

action as covered by the applicable

rules. The information is collected when

an application for a patent is allowed by

PTO or if the grantee or others request

reexamination or wishes to correct

information contained in the patent.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households, Businesses or other forprofit institutions, Farms, State, Local or

Tribal Government, Federal Government

and Not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency: When an application for

patent is allowed or at discretion of the

individual.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain Benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein,

(202) 395–3785.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Department of Commerce, Room

5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendation for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Maya Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer,

room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 30, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–14215 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Defense Science Board Task Force on

Information Warfare Defense; Notice of

Advisory Committee Meeting

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board

Task Force on Information Warfare

Defense will meet in closed session on

June 18–19, July 30–31, and August 29–

30, 1996 at Science Applications

International Corporation, McLean,

Virginia.

The mission of the Defense Science

Board is to advise the Secretary of

Defense through the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition and Technology

on scientific and technical matters as

they affect the perceived needs of the

Department of Defense. At these

meetings the Task Force will focus on

protection of information interests of

national importance through

establishment and maintenance of a

credible information warfare defensive

capability in several areas, including

deterrence. This study will be used to

assist in analysis of information warfare

procedures, processes, and mechanisms,

and illuminate future options in

defensive information warfare

technology and policy.

In accordance with Section 10(d) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

P.L. No. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App. II, (1994)), it has been determined

that these DSB Task Force meetings

concern matters listed in 5 U.S.C.

§ 552b(c)(1)(1994), and that accordingly

these meetings will be closed to the

public.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 96–14133 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Army

Cargo Liability of Motor Carriers

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command (MTMC).

ACTION: Request for Carrier Industry

Comments.

SUMMARY: This notice supplements the

notice published on March 14, 1996

(FR, Vol. 61, No. 51, page number

10566). The effective date of July 1,

1996 is postponed to allow

consideration of comments on the

proposed motor carrier liability for

shipments of non-Guaranteed Traffic

(GT) Freight All Kinds (FAK)

shipments, described in the MTMC

Freight Traffic Rules Publication No.

1A, Items 112, 113, 115, and 116.

DATES: Comments concerning the

proposed motor carrier liability for

shipments of non-GTFAK must reach

Headquarters, Military Traffic

Management Command, ATTN: MTOP–

T–SR, 629 NASSIF Building, 5611

Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA

22041–5050, by August 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Julian Jolkovsky, MTOP–T–SR,

(703) 681–3440, or Mr. James Murphy,

MTOP–T–S, (703) 681–3443.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed liability, described on 61 FR

10566, is the same liability already in

effect for GT shipments, in MTMC

Guaranteed Traffic Rules Publication

No. 50, Item 350.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–14270 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Navy

Notice of Extension of the Public

Comment Period for the Department of

the Navy Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for a Container System for

the Management of Naval Spent

Nuclear Fuel

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

(Navy) gave notice of the availability of

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for a Container System

for the Management of Naval Spent

Nuclear Fuel in the May 14, 1996

Federal Register (61 FR 24293). The

formal comment period commenced on

May 17, 1996 (61 FR 24933) and was

scheduled to close on July 3, 1996. The

Navy has now determined that the

public comment period will be

extended to July 18, 1996.

The draft EIS was prepared in

accordance with the requirements of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA); Council on Environmental

Quality regulations implementing

NEPA, 40 CFR Parts 1500–1508; and the

Chief of Naval Operations

Environmental and Natural Resources

Program Manual, OPNAV Instruction

5090.1B. As identified in the May 14,