Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 169 / Wednesday, September 1, 2010 / Notices 53631 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Missing Parts Practice 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this new information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 1, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–00xx Missing Parts 

Practice comment’’ in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Raul Tamayo, Legal Advisor, Office of 

Patent Legal Administration, U.S. Patent 

and Trademark Office (USPTO), P.O. 

Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; 

by telephone 571–272–7728; or by email at raul.tamayo@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In response to a number of requests to 

reduce the costs due one year after filing 

a provisional application, the USPTO 

published a Federal Register notice 

titled ‘‘Request for Comments on 

Proposed Change to Missing Parts 

Practice’’ proposing a change that would 

provide applicants with an extended 

time period to reply to a Notice to File 

Missing Parts requiring certain fees in a 

nonprovisional application if certain 

conditions were met. Based on public 

feedback, the USPTO is implementing 

an extended missing parts pilot program 

which will permit applicants to request 

a 12-month time period to reply to a 

Notice to File Missing Parts of 

Nonprovisional Application to pay 

certain fees. The pilot program would be 

scheduled to run for one year. 

The extended missing parts pilot 

program is expected to benefit 

applicants by permitting additional time 

to determine if patent protection should 

be sought at a relatively low cost and by 

permitting applicants to focus efforts on 

commercialization during this period. 

The extended missing parts pilot 

program is also expected to benefit the 

USPTO and the public by adding 

publications to the body of prior art, and 

by removing from the USPTO’s 

workload those nonprovisional 

applications for which the applicants 

will later decide not to pursue 

examination. 

There is one form associated with this 

collection of information. The USPTO 

has created PTO/SB/421, Request for 

Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program, 

for applicants to request participation in 

the program. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail or electronically through 

EFS–Web using Form PTO/SB/421 to 

request participation in the extended 

missing parts pilot program. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–00xx. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/421. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit; not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 15 

minutes (0.25 hours) to gather the 

information, prepare the form, and 

submit it to the USPTO, depending 

upon the complexity of the situation. 

The USPTO expects that it will take the 

same amount of time to complete and 

submit the form, whether it is mailed or 

submitted electronically. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 2,500 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $812,500. Using the 

professional hourly rate of $325 for 

attorneys in private firms, the USPTO 

estimates $812,500 per year for salary 

costs associated with respondents. 

Item Estimated time 

for response 

Estimated annual 

responses 

Estimated annual 

burden hours 

Request for Extended Missing Parts Program ................................................................... 15 minutes ...... 700 175 

Request for Extended Missing Parts Program (EFS–Web) ............................................... 15 minutes ...... 9,300 2,325 

Totals ........................................................................................................................... ......................... 10,000 2,500 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are 

no capital start-up or maintenance costs 

associated with this information 

collection. The request does not have 

filing or other fees associated with it. 

There are postage and recordkeeping 

costs associated with this form; 

however, these costs are covered under 

OMB Control Number 0651–0032 Initial 

Patent Applications. Since the requests 

for participation in the extended 

missing parts pilot program must be 

filed with the nonprovisional 

applications, which are covered under 

0651–0032, the USPTO has concluded 

that the postage costs and filing fees for 

these requests are part of the cost 

calculations for 0651–0032 and do not 

need to be calculated separately for this 

collection. 

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; 


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they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21767 Filed 8–31–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–844, A–570–952] 

Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven 

Selvedge From Taiwan and the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (the 

ITC), the Department is issuing 

antidumping duty orders on narrow 

woven ribbons with woven selvedge 

(narrow woven ribbons) from Taiwan 

and the People’s Republic of China 

(PRC). On August 25, 2010, the ITC 

notified the Department of its 

affirmative determination of threat of 

material injury to a U.S. industry. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 1, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Holly Phelps (Taiwan), AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 2, or Karine Gziryan 

(PRC), AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0656 

and (202) 482–4081, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 19, 2010, the Department 

published its affirmative final 

determinations of sales at less-than-fairvalue in the antidumping duty 

investigations of narrow woven ribbons 

from Taiwan and the PRC. See Notice of 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Narrow Woven 

Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from 

Taiwan, 75 FR 41804 (July 19, 2010) 

(Taiwan Final Determination); Narrow 

Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 75 FR 41808 (July 19, 

2010) (PRC Final Determination). 

On August 25, 2010, the ITC notified 

the Department of its final 

determination pursuant to section 

735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), that an industry in 

the United States is threatened with 

material injury by reason of less-thanfair-value imports of narrow woven 

ribbons from Taiwan and the PRC. See 

section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act. 

Scope of the Orders 

The scope of the orders covers narrow 

woven ribbons with woven selvedge, in 

any length, but with a width (measured 

at the narrowest span of the ribbon) less 

than or equal to 12 centimeters, 

composed of, in whole or in part, manmade fibers (whether artificial or 

synthetic, including but not limited to 

nylon, polyester, rayon, polypropylene, 

and polyethylene teraphthalate), metal 

threads and/or metalized yarns, or any 

combination thereof. Narrow woven 

ribbons subject to the orders may: 

• Also include natural or other nonman-made fibers; 

• Be of any color, style, pattern, or 

weave construction, including but not 

limited to single-faced satin, doublefaced satin, grosgrain, sheer, taffeta, 

twill, jacquard, or a combination of two 

or more colors, styles, patterns, and/or 

weave constructions; 

• Have been subjected to, or 

composed of materials that have been 

subjected to, various treatments, 

including but not limited to dyeing, 

printing, foil stamping, embossing, 

flocking, coating, and/or sizing; 

• Have embellishments, including but 

not limited to applique ́, fringes, 

embroidery, buttons, glitter, sequins, 

laminates, and/or adhesive backing; 

• Have wire and/or monofilament in, 

on, or along the longitudinal edges of 

the ribbon; 

• Have ends of any shape or 

dimension, including but not limited to 

straight ends that are perpendicular to 

the longitudinal edges of the ribbon, 

tapered ends, flared ends or shaped 

ends, and the ends of such woven 

ribbons may or may not be hemmed; 

• Have longitudinal edges that are 

straight or of any shape, and the 

longitudinal edges of such woven 

ribbon may or may not be parallel to 

each other; 

• Consist of such ribbons affixed to 

like ribbon and/or cut-edge woven 

ribbon, a configuration also known as an 

‘‘ornamental trimming;’’ 

• Be wound on spools; attached to a 

card; hanked (i.e., coiled or bundled); 

packaged in boxes, trays or bags; or 

configured as skeins, balls, bateaus or 

folds; and/or 

• Be included within a kit or set such 

as when packaged with other products, 

including but not limited to gift bags, 

gift boxes and/or other types of ribbon. 

Narrow woven ribbons subject to the 

orders include all narrow woven fabrics, 

tapes, and labels that fall within this 

written description of the scope of these 

antidumping duty orders. 

Excluded from the scope of the orders 

are the following: 

(1) Formed bows composed of narrow 

woven ribbons with woven selvedge; 

(2) ‘‘Pull-bows’’ (i.e., an assemblage of 

ribbons connected to one another, 

folded flat and equipped with a means 

to form such ribbons into the shape of 

a bow by pulling on a length of material 

affixed to such assemblage) composed of 

narrow woven ribbons; 

(3) Narrow woven ribbons comprised 

at least 20 percent by weight of 

elastomeric yarn (i.e., filament yarn, 

including monofilament, of synthetic 

textile material, other than textured 

yarn, which does not break on being 

extended to three times its original 

length and which returns, after being 

extended to twice its original length, 

within a period of five minutes, to a 

length not greater than one and a half 

times its original length as defined in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS), Section XI, Note 

13) or rubber thread; 

(4) Narrow woven ribbons of a kind 

used for the manufacture of typewriter 

or printer ribbons; 

(5) Narrow woven labels and apparel 

tapes, cut-to-length or cut-to-shape, 

having a length (when measured across 

the longest edge-to-edge span) not 

exceeding eight centimeters; 

(6) Narrow woven ribbons with 

woven selvedge attached to and forming 

the handle of a gift bag; 

(7) Cut-edge narrow woven ribbons 

formed by cutting broad woven fabric 

into strips of ribbon, with or without 

treatments to prevent the longitudinal 

edges of the ribbon from fraying (such 

as by merrowing, lamination, sonobonding, fusing, gumming or waxing), 

and with or without wire running 

lengthwise along the longitudinal edges 

of the ribbon; 

(8) Narrow woven ribbons comprised 

at least 85 percent by weight of threads 

having a denier of 225 or higher; 

(9) Narrow woven ribbons constructed 

from pile fabrics (i.e., fabrics with a 

surface effect formed by tufts or loops of 

yarn that stand up from the body of the 

fabric); 

(10) Narrow woven ribbon affixed 

(including by tying) as a decorative 

detail to non-subject merchandise, such 

as a gift bag, gift box, gift tin, greeting 

card or plush toy, or affixed (including 

by tying) as a decorative detail to 


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