54028 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 21, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: October 14, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The phosphate salts covered by this 

investigation include Sodium 

Tripolyphosphate (STPP), whether 

anhydrous or in solution, anhydrous 

Monopotassium Phosphate (MKP), 

anhydrous Dipotassium Phosphate 

(DKP) and Tetrapotassium 

Pyrophosphate (TKPP), whether 

anhydrous or in solution (collectively 

‘‘phosphate salts’’). 

STPP, also known as Sodium 

triphosphate, Tripoly or Pentasodium 

triposphate, is a sodium polyphosphate 

with the formula Na5O10P3. The 

American Chemical Society, Chemical 

Abstract Service (‘‘CAS’’) registry 

number for STPP is 7758–29–4. STPP is 

typically 25% phosphorus, 31% sodium 

and and 57% diphosphorus pentoxide 

(P2O5). STPP is classified under 

heading 2835.31.0000, HTSUS. 

TKPP, also known as normal potassium 

pyrophosphate, Diphosphoric acid or 

Tetrapotassium salt, is a potassium salt 

with the formula K4P2O7. The CAS 

registry number for TKPP is 7320–34–5. 

TKPP is typically 18.7% phosphorus 

and 47.3% potassium. It is generally 

greater than or equal to 43.0% P2O5 

content. TKPP is classified under 

heading 2835.39.1000, HTSUS. 

MKP, also known as Potassium 

dihydrogen phosphate, KDP, or 

Monobasic potassium phosphate, is a 

potassium salt with the formula 

KH2PO4. The CAS registry number for 

MKP is 7778–77–0. MKP is typically 

22.7% phosphorus, 28.7% potassium 

and 52% P2O5. MKP is classified under 

heading 2835.24.0000, HTSUS. 

DKP, also known as Dipotassium salt, 

Dipotassium hydrogen orthophosphate 

or Potassium phosphate, dibasic, has a 

chemical formula of K2HPO4. The CAS 

registry number for DKP is 7758–11–4. 

DKP is typically 17.8% phosphorus, 

44.8% potassium and 40% P2O5 

content. DKP is classified under heading 

2835.24.0000, HTSUS. 

The products covered by this 

investigation include the foregoing 

phosphate salts in all grades, whether 

food grade or technical grade. The 

product covered by this investigation 

includes anhydrous MKP and DKP 

without regard to the physical form, 

whether crushed, granule, powder or 

fines. Also covered are all forms of 

STPP and TKPP, whether crushed, 

granule, powder, fines or solution. 

For purposes of the investigation, the 

narrative description is dispositive, not 

the tariff heading, American Chemical 

Society, CAS registry number or CAS 

name, or the specific percentage 

chemical composition identified above. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. [PTO–P–2009–0039] 

Request for Comments and Notice of 

Roundtable on Work Sharing for 

Patent Applications 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In an effort to avoid 

duplication of work and to expedite the 

patent examination process, the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office 

(USPTO) has been developing worksharing initiatives in which an office 

uses, to the maximum extent 

practicable, the work already done by 

another office. The USPTO is 

conducting a roundtable to obtain input 

from diverse sources in the patent 

community and/or the public sector to 

evaluate views on work sharing. The 

roundtable is open to the public. The 

USPTO plans to invite a number of 

roundtable participants from patent user 

groups, practitioners, industry, 

independent inventor organizations, 

academia, and Government. To ensure 

that the USPTO is receiving a balanced 

array of views on work sharing, the 

USPTO also plans to have a few ‘‘atlarge’’ participants based upon requests 

received in response to this notice. To 

ensure that all who are speaking will 

have a meaningful chance to do so, the 

number of participants in the 

roundtable is limited. Those who wish 

to participate in the roundtable must do 

so by written request. Members of the 

public who wish solely to attend and 

observe the roundtable need not submit 

a request. 

In addition, any member of the public 

may submit written comments on issues 

raised at the roundtable or on any issue 

pertaining to work sharing. 

Dates and Times: The public meeting 

will be held on Wednesday, November 

18, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 

deadline for receipt of requests to 

participate in the roundtable is 5 p.m. 

on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. 

The deadline for receipt of written 

comments for consideration by the 

USPTO on issues raised at the 

roundtable or on any issue pertaining to 

work sharing is December 11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The roundtable will be held 

at the USPTO, Madison Auditorium, 

Concourse Level, Madison Building, 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314. 

Requests to participate at the 

roundtable are required and must be 

submitted by electronic mail message 

through the Internet to 

elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov. Requests to 

participate at the roundtable should 

indicate the following information: (1) 

The name of the person desiring to 

participate and the person’s contact 

information (telephone number and 

electronic mail address); and (2) the 

organization(s) the person represents, if 

any. 

Written comments should be sent by 

electronic mail message over the 

Internet addressed to 

IP.Policy@uspto.gov. Comments may 

also be submitted by mail addressed to: 

Mail Stop OIPPE, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, ATTN: 

Elizabeth Shaw. Although comments 

may be submitted by mail, the USPTO 

prefers to receive comments via the 

Internet. 

The written comments will be 

available for public inspection by 

appointment only at the Office of 

Intellectual Property Policy and 

Enforcement in the Executive Library 

located in Madison West, Tenth Floor, 

600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314. Contact: Elizabeth Shaw at 

elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov or 571–272– 

8494. 

Because comments will be made 

available for public inspection, 

information that is not desired to be 

made public, such as an address or 

phone number, should not be included 

in the comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Shaw, Office of Intellectual 

Property Policy and Enforcement, by 

phone 571–272–8494, by facsimile to 

571–273–0121, by e-mail at 

elizabeth.shaw2@uspto.gov or by mail 

addressed to: Mail Stop OIPPE, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 

22313–1450, ATTN: Elizabeth Shaw. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inventors 

and companies are increasingly seeking 

intellectual property protection for their 

inventions domestically and in multiple 

international markets. Because of the 

fractured nature of the global patent 

system, applicants must file different 

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1The individual members of the FGPA are 

Christopher Ranch L.L.C., The Garlic Company, 

Valley Garlic, and Vessey and Company, Inc. 

and examinations. This redundancy not 

only creates inefficiencies and 

additional costs for applicants, but also 

results in the offices around the world 

duplicating a substantial amount of 

work. The USPTO and many offices 

around the world now face a growing 

backlog of pending applications, and 

applicants must wait longer times for an 

application to receive an examination. 

Through work sharing, an office 

eliminates the redundancy by utilizing 

the work of another office thereby 

expediting patent prosecution. 

The USPTO is conducting a 

roundtable to evaluate the patent 

community and/or the public sector’s 

views on work sharing, including 

current work-sharing efforts, as well as 

suggestions for future work-sharing 

opportunities. The USPTO plans to 

invite a number of roundtable 

participants from patent user groups, 

practitioners, industry, independent 

inventor organizations, academia, and 

Government. To ensure that the USPTO 

is receiving a balanced array of views on 

work sharing, the USPTO also plans to 

have a few ‘‘at-large’’ participants based 

upon requests received in response to 

this notice. To ensure that all who are 

speaking will have a meaningful chance 

to do so, the number of participants in 

the roundtable is limited. Those who 

wish to participate in the roundtable 

must do so by written request. Members 

of the public who wish solely to attend 

and observe the roundtable need not 

submit a request. 

Any member of the public, however, 

may submit written comments for 

consideration by the USPTO on issues 

raised at the roundtable or on any other 

issues pertaining to work sharing. 

Persons submitting written comments 

should note that the USPTO does not 

plan to provide a ‘‘comment and 

response’’ analysis of such comments as 

this notice does not constitute a notice 

of proposed rule making. 

The USPTO plans to make the 

roundtable available via Web cast. Web 

cast information will be available on the 

USPTO’s Internet Web site before the 

roundtable. The written comments and 

list of the roundtable participants and 

their associations will be posted on the 

USPTO’s Internet Web site. 

Dated: October 14, 2009. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–831] 

Fresh Garlic from the People’s 

Republic of China: Partial Rescission 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martha Douthit or Summer Avery, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–5050 or (202) 482– 

4052, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 24, 2008, the 

Department published a notice of 

initiation of an administrative review of 

fresh garlic from the People’s Republic 

of China (PRC), covering the period 

November 1, 2007 through October 31, 

2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Request for Revocation in 

Part, 73 FR 79055 (December 24, 2008) 

(Initiation Notice). 

On April 3, 2009, the Fresh Garlic 

Producers Association (FGPA) and its 

individual members1 (collectively, 

Petitioners) withdrew their request of 

review of certain companies in this 

administrative review. On April 28, 

2009, Shenzhen Xinboda Industrial Co., 

Ltd. (Xinboda), also withdrew its own 

review request. See the Attachment to 

this notice for the list of companies for 

which the Department is rescinding its 

review. 

Partial Rescission 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if a party 

that requested the review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of the initiation notice of 

the requested review. Further, pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department 

is permitted to extend this time limit if 

it is reasonable to do so. On March 24, 

2009, at the request of Petitioners, the 

Department extended the deadline for 

the withdrawal of review requests to 

March 31, 2009. On March 31, 2009, the 

Department further extended the 

deadline for the withdrawal of review 

requests to April 3, 2009. 

For all but one of the companies listed 

in the Attachment, Petitioners were the 

only party that requested the review. In 

addition to Petitioners’ request for a 

review of Xinboda, the company itself 

requested a review. Although Xinboda’s 

withdrawal of its request for a review 

was beyond the April 3 deadline, the 

Department has decided to accept its 

withdrawal given that Petitioners timely 

withdrew their request for review of 

Xinboda. 

Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this 

review with respect to all companies 

named in the Attachment to this notice. 

Assessment Rates 

The Department will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. For those 

companies for which this review has 

been rescinded and which have a 

separate rate, antidumping duties shall 

be assessed at rates equal to the cash 

deposit of estimated antidumping duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.212(c)(2). The Department 

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 15 days 

after publication of this notice. For 

those companies for which this review 

has been rescinded, but which do not 

have a separate rate at this time (and 

thus remain part of the PRC–wide 

entity), the Department will issue 

assessment instructions upon the 

completion of this administrative 

review. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers for whom this review is 

being rescinded of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a 

certificate regarding the reimbursement 

of antidumping duties prior to 

liquidation of the relevant entries 

during this review period. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Secretary’s presumption 

that reimbursement of the antidumping 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 


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