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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 74, No. 114 

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (Title VIII, 

Pub. L. 108–447) 

AGENCY: Kaibab National Forest, USDA 

Forest Service, Arizona. 

ACTION: Notice of new fee site. 

SUMMARY: The Kaibab National Forest 

proposes to begin charging a new fee for 

the daily rental of Hull Cabin, located 

one mile south of the Grand Canyon on 

the Tusayan Ranger District. The new 

fee will consist of a summer rate of 

$110.00 per day without water/$140.00 

per day with water, and a winter rate of 

$75.00 per day without water. Hull 

Cabin is listed on the National Register 

of Historic Places and is the oldest 

surviving historic cabin near the Grand 

Canyon’s south rim. Initially the cabin 

will be available for overnight use with 

a maximum capacity of six people. 

Management of the cabin may expand to 

include use as a group site and/or 

development of equestrian facilities. 

Other cabin rentals within the Arizona 

National Forests have shown that the 

public appreciates and enjoys the 

availability of historic rental facilities. 

Funds from the rental will be used for 

the continued operation and 

maintenance of Hull Cabin and other 

properties in the Arizona Cabin Rental 

Program. 

DATES: Hull Cabin will become available 

for rent in spring of 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, Kaibab 

National Forest, 800 6di St., Williams, 

Arizona 86046–2899. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Lyndon, Archaeologist, Kaibab 

National Forest, 928–635–8272. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement 

Act (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108–447) 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

publish a six month advance notice in 

the Federal Register whenever new 

recreation fee areas are established. The 

Kaibab National Forest currently has 

one other cabin rental available (Spring 

Valley Cabin) that rents for $100 to 

$150.00 per day with a maximum 

capacity of 14 people. People wanting to 

rent Hull Cabin will need to do so 

through the National Recreation 

Reservation Service, at http:// 

www.recreation.gov or by calling 1–877– 

444–6777. The National Recreation 

Reservation Service charges a $9 fee per 

reservation. 

Dated: May 19, 2009. 

Michael R. Williams, 

Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–13987 Filed 6–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–P–2008–0063] 

Additional Period for Comments on 

Deferred Examination for Patent 

Applications 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments; 

additional comment period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a 

roundtable to obtain public input on 

deferral of examination for patent 

applications, and invited the public to 

submit written comments on issues 

raised at the roundtable or on any issue 

pertaining to deferral of examination. 

The USPTO is providing an additional 

comment period so that members of the 

public may submit additional comments 

on any issue pertaining to deferral of 

examination, and may also submit 

comments in reply to the comments on 

deferred examination that the USPTO 

has already received. 

DATES: Comment Deadline Date: The 

deadline for receipt of written 

comments is August 31, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent by electronic mail message over 

the Internet addressed to 

AC6comments@uspto.gov. Comments 

may also be submitted by mail 

addressed to: Mail Stop Comments— 

Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. 

Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, 

marked to the attention of Robert W. 

Bahr. 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 at the 

Office of the Commissioner for Patents, 

located in Madison East, Tenth Floor, 

600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 

and will be available via the USPTO 

Internet Web site (address: http:// 

www.uspto.gov). 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: 

Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Counsel, 

Office of the Deputy Commissioner for 

Patent Examination Policy, by telephone 

at (571) 272–8800, by electronic mail 

message at robert.bahr@uspto.gov, or by 

mail addressed to: Mail Stop 

Comments—Patents, Commissioner for 

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

22313–1450, marked to the attention of 

Robert W. Bahr. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO conducted a roundtable to 

determine whether or not there is 

support in the patent community and/ 

or the public sector for the adoption of 

some type of deferral of examination. 

See Request for Comments and Notice 

of Roundtable on Deferred Examination 

for Patent Applications, 74 FR 4946 

(Jan. 28, 2009), 1339 Off. Gaz. Pat. 

Office 153 (Feb. 24, 2009) (notice). The 

USPTO webcast the roundtable, and a 

video recording of the roundtable as 

well as the list of participants and their 

associations are available on the 

USPTO’s Internet Web site at https:// 

uspto.connectsolutions.com/p91717658 

(video recording of the roundtable) and 

http://www.uspto.gov/main/ 

homepagenews/2009feb09.htm (list of 

participants). 

The USPTO also invited written 

comments by any member of the public 

on the issues raised at the roundtable, 

or on any issue pertaining to deferral of 

examination. See Request for Comments 

and Notice of Roundtable on Deferred 

Examination for Patent Applications, 74 

FR at 4947, 1339 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office at 

154. This comment period was extended 

until May 29, 2009, to provide 

interested members of the public with 

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