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Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable 

Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

2077–S, Stop 0235, Washington, DC 

20250–0235; Facsimile: (202) 720–0016. 

E-mail: robert.keeney@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Stanziani, Designated Federal 

Official; Phone: (202) 690–0182; E-mail: 

Pamela.stanziani@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby 

given that the Secretary of Agriculture 

intends to reestablish the Fruit and 

Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee 

for two years. The purpose of the 

Committee is to examine the full 

spectrum of issues faced by the fruit and 

vegetable industry and provide 

suggestions and ideas to the Secretary 

on how USDA can tailor its programs to 

better meet the fruit and vegetable 

industry’s needs. The Deputy 

Administrator of the Agricultural 

Marketing Service’s Fruit and Vegetable 

Programs will serve as the Committee’s 

Executive Secretary. Representatives 

from USDA mission areas and agencies 

affecting the fruit and vegetable industry 

will be called upon to participate in the 

Committee’s meetings as determined by 

the Committee Chairperson. 

Industry members will be appointed 

by the Secretary of Agriculture and 

serve 2-year terms. Membership will 

consist of up to twenty-five (25) 

members who represent the fruit and 

vegetable industry and will include 

individuals representing fruit and 

vegetable growers/shippers, 

wholesalers, brokers, retailers, 

processors, fresh cut processors, 

foodservice suppliers, state agencies 

involved in organic and non-organic 

fresh fruits and vegetables at local, 

regional and national levels, state 

departments of agriculture, and trade 

associations. The members of the 

reestablished Committee will elect the 

Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of 

the Committee. In absence of the 

Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson will 

act in the Chairperson’s stead. 

The Secretary of Agriculture invites 

those individuals, organizations, and 

groups affiliated with the categories 

listed above to nominate individuals for 

membership on the reestablished 

Committee. Nominations should 

describe and document the proposed 

member’s qualifications for membership 

to the Committee, and list their name, 

title, address, telephone, and fax 

number. The Secretary of Agriculture 

seeks a diverse group of members 

representing a broad spectrum of 

persons interested in providing 

suggestions and ideas on how USDA 

can tailor its programs to meet the fruit 

and vegetable industry’s needs. 

Individuals who are nominated will 

receive necessary forms from USDA for 

membership. The biographical 

information and clearance forms must 

be completed and returned to USDA 

within 10 working days of notification, 

to expedite the clearance process that is 

required before selection of Committee 

members by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Equal opportunity practices will be 

followed in all appointments to the 

Committee in accordance with USDA 

policies. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Committee 

have taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, persons with 

disabilities, and limited resource 

agriculture producers. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

Robert C. Keeney, 

Acting Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–11494 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Trademark Petitions 

ACTION: New 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 1955, Public Law 104– 

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

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–00XX Trademark 

Petitions collection comment’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Administrative Management 

Group, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

ww.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Janis Long, Attorney Advisor, Office of 

the Commissioner for Trademarks, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

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

22313–1450, by telephone at 571–272– 

9573, or by e-mail at 

Janis.Long@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) administers 

the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et 

seq. which provides for the Federal 

registration of trademarks, service 

marks, collective trademarks and service 

marks, collective membership marks, 

and certification marks. Individuals and 

businesses that use or intend to use 

such marks in commerce may file an 

application to register their marks with 

the USPTO. Individuals and businesses 

may also submit various 

communications to the USPTO, 

including letters of protest and requests 

to make special. 

A letter of protest is an informal 

procedure whereby third parties who 

object to the registration of a mark in a 

pending application may submit 

evidence relevant to the registrability of 

the mark to the attention of the USPTO. 

A letter of protest should include an 

explanation of which application is 

being protested and relevant evidence to 

support the protest. A request to make 

special may be submitted where an 

applicant’s prior registration was 

cancelled due to the inadvertent failure 

to file a post registration maintenance 

document and should include an 

explanation of why special action is 

appropriate. The USPTO is proposing to 

include these two items in the inventory 

at this time because of a new method of 

submission that would standardize 

some formatting involving the electronic 

collection of this information. Both of 

these items are covered under 15 U.S.C. 

1051. 

II. Method of Collection 

In order to provide filers with many 

of the benefits of electronic filing for a 

submission where a true electronic form 

does not currently exist within the 

Trademark Electronic Application 

System (TEAS), the USPTO is creating 

a new form of submission in a ‘‘global’’ 

format. This new method of submission 

will allow the user to identify the type 

of document being filed by selecting 

from a drop-down list and then 


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uploading a document in either the JPG 

or PDF format. Applicants may also 

submit the information in paper form by 

mail, fax or hand delivery. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–00xx. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Primarily business or 

other for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

953 per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 

approximately 30 minutes (0.50 hours) 

to 1 hour to gather the necessary 

information, create the document, and 

submit the completed request, 

depending on whether the information 

is submitted electronically or on paper. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 862 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $267,220. The USPTO 

believes that associate attorneys will 

complete the information in this 

collection. The professional hourly rate 

for associate attorneys in private firms is 

$310. This is a fully-loaded hourly rate. 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection will be approximately 

$267,220 per year. 

Item 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

TEAS Letter of Protest .............................................................................. 50 minutes ....................................... 463 384 

Letter of Protest ......................................................................................... 1 hour .............................................. 462 462 

TEAS Request to Make Special ................................................................ 30 minutes ....................................... 14 7 

Request to Make Special .......................................................................... 40 minutes ....................................... 14 9 

Total .................................................................................................... .......................................................... 953 862 

Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) 

Respondent Cost Burden: $209. There 

are no capital start-up, operation, 

maintenance or record keeping costs, 

nor are there filing fees associated with 

this information collection. 

Customers incur postage costs when 

submitting non-electronic information 

to the USPTO by mail through the 

United States Postal Service. The 

USPTO estimates that the majority of 

submissions for these paper forms are 

made via first class mail at a cost of 44 

cents per submission. Therefore, the 

total estimated postage cost for this 

collection is $209 (476 responses x 

$0.44). 

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, including through 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. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Administrative 

Management Group. 

[FR Doc. E9–11534 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 87–8A001] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance (#87–8A001) 

of an Amended Export Trade Certificate 

of Review Issued to Independent Film 

and Television Alliance (formerly 

‘‘American Film Marketing 

Association’’). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce issued an amended Export 

Trade Certificate of Review to 

Independent Film and Television 

Alliance (‘‘IFTA’’) on May 8, 2009. The 

Certificate has been amended seven 

times. The previous amendment was 

issued to IFTA on August 6, 2003, and 

published in the Federal Register 

August 13, 2003 (68 FR 48342). The 

original Export Trade Certificate of 

Review No. 87–00001 was issued to 

IFTA on April 10, 1987, and published 

in the Federal Register on April 17, 

1987 (52 FR 12578). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Anspacher, Acting Director 

Office of Competition and Economic 

Analysis, International Trade 

Administration, by telephone at (202) 

482–5131 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or by e-mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of 

the Export Trading Company Act of 

1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21) 

authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 

issue Export Trade Certificates of 

Review. The regulations implementing 

Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 

(2008). 

Export Trading Company Affairs is 

issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 

325.6(b), which requires the Department 

of Commerce to publish a summary of 

the certification in the Federal Register. 

Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 

CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by 

the Secretary’s determination may, 

within 30 days of the date of this notice, 

bring an action in any appropriate 

district court of the United States to set 

aside the determination on the ground 

that the determination is erroneous. 

Description of Amended Certificate: 

IFTA’s Export Trade Certificate of 

Review has been amended to: 

1. Change the previous name of the 

Certificate holder from ‘‘American Film 

Marketing Association’’ to the current 

name, ‘‘Independent Film and 

Television Alliance’’; 

2. Add the following companies as 

new Members of the Certificate within 

the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the 

Regulations (15 CFR 325.(1)): 

111 Pictures Ltd, London, United 

Kingdom 

2929 International, LLC, Beverly Hills, 

CA 

Action Concept Film und 

Stuntproduktion GmbH, Huerth/ 

Cologne, Germany 

Alpine Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA 

American Cinema International, Van 

Nuys, CA 


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