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The Observer Policy Committee will 

meet to: Review draft Environmental 

Assessment for NMFS-led omnibus 

amendment to establish provisions for 

industry-funded monitoring (IFM) 

across all Council-managed fisheries; 

discuss details of the omnibus IFM 

amendment alternatives, review 

available information and analyses, and 

discuss Herring Committee 

recommendations regarding the options 

in the IFM amendment that address 

observer coverage on Atlantic herring 

vessels; develop Observer Committee 

recommendations regarding the 

selection of Preferred Alternatives for 

the omnibus IFM amendment and 

address other business as necessary. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD695 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Groundfish Recreational Advisory Panel 

to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES:

Meeting Address: The meeting will be 

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 50 

Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; 

telephone: (978) 777–2500; fax: (978) 

750–7959. 

Council Address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion on the agenda are: 

The panel will receive an overview of 

the Council’s Groundfish Priorities for 

2015 and a presentation summarizing 

the recreational management measures 

in Draft Groundfish Framework 

Adjustment 53. The panel will also 

receive presentations on proactive AMs 

for FY 2015 for Gulf of Maine (GOM) 

haddock and GOM cod, including 

potential mechanisms to further reduce 

actual discard mortality of GOM cod 

(e.g., adoption of circle hooks). The 

panel plans to discuss and recommend 

GOM haddock and GOM cod proactive 

AMs for FY 2015 to the Groundfish 

Committee. 

Additionally, they will discuss and 

recommend other related issues to the 

Groundfish Committee, as appropriate. 

The panel will initiate discussion of the 

recreational management measure 

process improvement—2015 Council 

Priority. The panel plans to hold 

elections for Chair and Vice Chair of the 

Recreational Advisory Panel. The panel 

will discuss other business as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s 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 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Commerce Spectrum Management 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Commerce 

Spectrum Management Advisory 

Committee (Committee). The Committee 

provides advice to the Assistant 

Secretary of Commerce for 

Communications and Information and 

the National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA) on 

spectrum management policy matters. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 18, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 

4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Raytheon Company, 1100 Wilson 

Boulevard, 20th Floor, Rosslyn, VA 

22209–2249. Public comments may be 

mailed to Commerce Spectrum 

Management Advisory Committee, 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4099, 

Washington, DC 20230 or emailed to 

BWashington@ntia.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce M. Washington, Designated 

Federal Officer, at (202) 482–6415 or 

BWashington@ntia.doc.gov; and/or visit 

NTIA’s Web site at http://

www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Committee provides 

advice to the Assistant Secretary of 

Commerce for Communications and 

Information on needed reforms to 

domestic spectrum policies and 

management in order to: License radio 

frequencies in a way that maximizes 

their public benefits; keep wireless 

networks as open to innovation as 

possible; and make wireless services 

available to all Americans. See Charter 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otherpublication/2013/csmac-2013-charter. 

This Committee is subject to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, and is consistent with the 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration Act, 47 

U.S.C. § 904(b). The Committee 

functions solely as an advisory body in 

compliance with the FACA. For more 

information about the Committee visit: 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/

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Matters To Be Considered: The 

Committee will receive reports on the 

progress of the following subcommittees 

established to help NTIA develop new 

or revised strategies for responding 

more efficiently and effectively to 

fundamental technological, operational, 

and other trends to continue 

advancement of delivering spectrum 

products, services, and solutions that 

will support the ever-increasing demand 

for spectrum: 

1. Enforcement 

2. Transitional Sharing 

3. General Occupancy Measurements 

and Quantification of Federal 

Spectrum Use 

4. Spectrum Management via Databases 

5. Federal Access to Non-federal Bands 

(Bi-Directional Sharing) 

6. Spectrum Sharing Cost Recovery 

Alternatives 

7. Industry and Government 

Collaboration 

NTIA will post a detailed agenda on 

its Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

category/csmac, prior to the meeting. To 

the extent that the meeting time and 

agenda permit, any member of the 

public may speak to or otherwise 

address the Committee regarding the 

agenda items. See Open Meeting and 

Public Participation Policy, available at 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/

csmac. 

Time and Date: The meeting will be 

held on February 18, 2015, from 1:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time. The times and the agenda topics 

are subject to change. The meeting will 

be available via two-way audio link and 

may be webcast. Please refer to NTIA’s 

Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

category/csmac, for the most up-to-date 

meeting agenda and access information. 

Place: The meeting will be held at the 

Raytheon Company, 1100 Wilson 

Boulevard, 20th Floor, Rosslyn, VA 

22209–2249. Public comments may be 

mailed to Commerce Spectrum 

Management Advisory Committee, 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4099, 

Washington, DC 20230. The meeting 

will be open to the public and press on 

a first-come, first-served basis. Space is 

limited. All visitors, especially Foreign 

National Visitors, must send a written 

request to participate in the meeting on 

site. Visit request must be provided to 

Mr. Washington at BWashington@

ntia.doc.gov no later than February 6, 

2015. The public meeting is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Individuals requiring accommodations, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other ancillary aids, are asked to notify 

Mr. Washington at (202) 482–6415 or 

BWashington@ntia.doc.gov at least ten 

(10) business days before the meeting. 

Status: Interested parties are invited 

to attend and to submit written 

comments to the Committee at any time 

before or after the meeting. Parties 

wishing to submit written comments for 

consideration by the Committee in 

advance of a meeting must send them to 

NTIA’s Washington, DC office at the 

above-listed address and comments 

must be received five (5) business days 

before the scheduled meeting date, to 

provide sufficient time for review. 

Comments received after this date will 

be distributed to the Committee, but 

may not be reviewed prior to the 

meeting. It would be helpful if paper 

submissions also include a compact disc 

(CD) in Word or PDF format. CDs should 

be labeled with the name and 

organizational affiliation of the filer. 

Alternatively, comments may be 

submitted electronically to 

BWashington@ntia.doc.gov. Comments 

provided via electronic mail also may be 

submitted in one or more of the formats 

specified above. 

Records: NTIA maintains records of 

all Committee proceedings. Committee 

records are available for public 

inspection at NTIA’s Washington, DC 

office at the address above. Documents 

including the Committee’s charter, 

member list, agendas, minutes, and any 

reports are available on NTIA’s 

Committee Web page at http://

www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac. 

Dated: December 30, 2014. 

Kathy D. Smith, 

Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30872 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2014–0068] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 5,593,823; 

INTERCEPT® Blood System for Plasma 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of interim patent term 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued an order 

granting a second interim extension 

under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one-year 

interim extension of the term of U.S. 

Patent No. 5,593,823. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary C. Till by telephone at (571) 272– 

7755; by mail marked to her attention 

and addressed to the Commissioner for 

Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450; by fax marked to her attention at 

(571) 273–7755; or by email to 

Mary.Till@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

156 of Title 35, United States Code, 

generally provides that the term of a 

patent may be extended for a period of 

up to five years if the patent claims a 

product, or a method of making or using 

a product, that has been subject to 

certain defined regulatory review, and 

that the patent may be extended for 

interim periods of up to one year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On December 5, 2014, Cerus 

Corporation, the patent owner of record, 

timely filed an application under 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a second interim 

extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

5,593,823. The patent claims the 

medical device INTERCEPT® Blood 

System for Plasma. The application 

indicates that a Premarket Approval 

Application (PMA) was submitted to the 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 

four modules. The PMA Shell number 

BM120078 was assigned on December 5, 

2012. The first module was received by 

the FDA on March 1, 2013, the second 

module was received on June 3, 2013, 

by the FDA, the third module was 

received by the FDA on September 3, 

2013, and the fourth module was 

received by the FDA on November 29, 

2013. The medical device is currently 

undergoing regulatory review before the 

FDA for permission to market or use the 

product commercially. 

Review of the application indicates 

that, except for permission to market or 

use the product commercially, the 

subject patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should 

be extended for one year as required by 

35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). Because it is 

apparent that the regulatory review 

period will continue beyond the 

extended expiration date of the patent, 

January 14, 2015, interim extension of 

the patent term under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) is appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

5,593,823 is granted for a period of one 

year from the extended expiration date 

of the patent. 


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