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Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently existing collection. 

Number of Respondents: 374,972 

responses per year. 

Average Hours per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it takes the public 

approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 

12 hours to complete items in this 

collection, depending on the petition. 

This includes the time to gather the 

necessary information, prepare the 

petitions and petition fee transmittals, 

and submit them to the USPTO. The 

USPTO estimates that it takes the same 

amount of time to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the submission, 

and submit it electronically as it does to 

submit the information in paper form. 

Burden Hours: 42,195 hours annually. 

Cost Burden: $3,147,594.80. 

Needs and Uses: USPTO petitions 

practice provides patent applicants the 

ability to request certain administrative 

reviews of USPTO decisions and also 

supply additional information to 

applications currently being processed. 

The public uses the information in this 

collection to petition for various actions 

under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h), such 

as petitioning for a suspension of the 

rules, requesting access to an 

assignment record, or requesting the 

withdrawal of an application from issue 

either before or after paying the issue 

fee. In addition, the public uses these 

petitions to request accelerated 

examination, to request abandonment of 

an application to avoid publication of 

said application, and to request certain 

extensions of time. The public uses the 

transmittal form to remit the required 

fees for the various petitions. The 

USPTO uses the information collected 

from the petitions and transmittal form 

to determine whether to grant the 

various requests and to ensure that the 

proper fees have been remitted and are 

processed accordingly. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0059 copy 

request’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and 

Information Governance Division 

Director, Office of the Chief Technology 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before October 30, 2017 to Nicholas 

A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email 

to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or 

by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records and Information Governance 

Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Investigation Prosecution and Defense 

of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces; 

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: General Counsel of the 

Department of Defense, Department of 

Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Investigation Prosecution and Defense 

of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces 

will take place. 

DATES: Day 1—Open to the public, 

Thursday, October 19, 2017 from 1:15 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Day 2—Open to the 

public, Friday, October 20, 2017 from 

8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: One Liberty Center, 875 N. 

Randolph Street, Suite 1432, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dwight Sullivan, 703–695–1055 (Voice), 

703–693–3903 (Facsimile), 

dwight.h.sullivan.civ@mail.mil (Email). 

Mailing address is DACIPAD, One 

Liberty Center, 875 N. Randolph Street, 

Suite 150, Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

Web site: http://dacipad.whs.mil/. The 

most up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: In section 546 

of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113– 

291), as modified by section 537 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114–92), 

Congress tasked the DAC–IPAD to 

advise the Secretary of Defense on the 

investigation, prosecution, and defense 

of allegations of rape, forcible sodomy, 

sexual assault, and other sexual 

misconduct involving members of the 

Armed Forces. This will be the fourth 

public meeting held by the DAC–IPAD. 

On the first day of the meeting, the 

Committee will hear testimony from a 

former senior airman who is a sexual 

assault survivor. The Committee will 

then receive a briefing on the 

Department of Defense and Military 

Services’ sexual assault-related 

expedited transfer policies. For the last 

session of the day, the Committee will 

hear from senior military special 

victims’ counsel and victims’ legal 

counsel about their experiences 

assisting clients with expedited 

transfers and their perspectives on the 

victims’ counsel program. On the 

second day of the meeting, the 

Committee will hear from a panel of 

company, squadron, or Service 

equivalent commanders and their senior 

enlisted advisors about the sexual 

assault military justice and response 

training they received and their 

experience dealing with sexual assault 

allegations. Next, the Committee will 

hear from a panel of special courtmartial convening authorities regarding 

the sexual assault military justice and 

response training they received and 

their experience dealing with sexual 

assault allegations and making initial 

case disposition decisions. For the last 

session, the DAC–IPAD Case Review 

Working Group will update the 

Committee on the working group 

members’ review of sample sexual 

assault cases. Agenda: Thursday, 

October 19, 2017: 1:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

Public Meeting Begins—Welcome and 

Introduction; 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. 

Perspective of a Sexual Assault 

Survivor; 2:30 p.m.–3:20 p.m. Briefing 

on the Department of Defense (DoD) and 

Military Services’ Expedited Transfer 

Policies; 3:20 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Break; 3:30 

p.m.–5:00 p.m. Service Special Victims’ 

Counsel/Victims’ Legal Counsel (SVC/ 

VLC) Perspectives on the Expedited 

Transfer Policy and SVC/VLC Program; 

5:00 p.m. Public Meeting Adjourned. 

Friday, October 20, 2017: 8:45 a.m.– 

9:00 a.m. Public Meeting Begins— 

Welcome and Introduction: 9:00 a.m.— 

11:30 a.m. Company, Squadron, or 


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Service Equivalent Commander and 

Senior Enlisted Advisor Perspectives on 

Sexual Assault Military Justice Training 

and Sexual Assault Response Training; 

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 

p.m.–2:20 p.m. Special Court Martial 

Convening Authority Perspectives on 

Sexual Assault Military Justice Training 

and Sexual Assault Response Training; 

2:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Committee Update 

from DAC–IPAD Case Review Working 

Group; 3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Public 

Comment; 3:15 p.m. Public Meeting 

Adjourned. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140 

through 102–3.165, and the availability 

of space, this meeting is open to the 

public. Seating is limited and is on a 

first-come basis. Visitors are required to 

sign in at the One Liberty Center 

security desk and must leave 

government-issued photo identification 

on file and wear a visitor badge while 

in the building. Department of Defense 

Common Access Card (CAC) holders 

who do not have authorized access to 

One Liberty Center must provide an 

alternate form of government-issued 

photo identification to leave on file with 

security while in the building. All 

visitors must pass through a metal 

detection security screening. 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations to access the public 

meeting should contact the DAC–IPAD 

at whs.pentagon.em.mbx.dacipad@

mail.mil at least five (5) business days 

prior to the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. In the event 

the Office of Personnel Management 

closes the government due to inclement 

weather or for any other reason, please 

consult the Web site for any changes to 

the public meeting date or time. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments to the Committee about its 

mission and topics pertaining to this 

public session. Written comments must 

be received by the DAC–IPAD at least 

five (5) business days prior to the 

meeting date so that they may be made 

available to the Committee members for 

their consideration prior to the meeting. 

Written comments should be submitted 

via email to the DAC–IPAD at 

whs.pentagon.em.mbx.dacipad@

mail.mil in the following formats: 

Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. 

Please note that since the DAC–IPAD 

operates under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, all written comments will be 

treated as public documents and will be 

made available for public inspection. 

Oral statements from the public will be 

permitted, though the number and 

length of such oral statements may be 

limited based on the time available and 

the number of such requests. Oral 

presentations by members of the public 

will be permitted from 3:00 p.m. to 3:15 

p.m. on October 20, 2017, in front of the 

Committee members. 

Dated: September 25, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Inland Waterways Users Board 

Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways 

Users Board (Board). This meeting is 

open to the public. For additional 

information about the Board, please 

visit the committee’s Web site at http:// 

www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/ 

Navigation/InlandWaterwaysUsers

Board.aspx. 

DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, 

Inland Waterways Users Board will 

meet from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on 

November 3, 2017. Public registration 

will begin at 7:15 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways 

Users Board meeting will be conducted 

at the Vicksburg Convention Center, 

1600 Mulberry Street, Vicksburg, 

Mississippi 39180, 601–630–2929. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) for the committee, in 

writing at the Institute for Water 

Resources, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701 

Telegraph Road, Casey Building, 

Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by 

telephone at 703–428–6438; and by 

email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil. 

Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. 

Lichtman, the Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the 

Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW, 

7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, 

Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by 

telephone at 703–428–8083; and by 

email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee meeting is being held under 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is 

chartered to provide independent 

advice and recommendations to the 

Secretary of the Army on construction 

and rehabilitation project investments 

on the commercial navigation features 

of the inland waterways system of the 

United States. At this meeting, the 

Board will receive briefings and 

presentations regarding the investments, 

projects and status of the inland 

waterways system of the United States 

and conduct discussions and 

deliberations on those matters. The 

Board is interested in written and verbal 

comments from the public relevant to 

these purposes. 

Agenda: At this meeting the agenda 

will include the status of FY 2018 

funding and impacts of the Continuing 

Resolution, and status of the FY 2019 

Budget for the Navigation Program; 

status of the Inland Waterways Trust 

Fund and project updates; continuing 

dissemination of navigation data via 

AIS, including the Lock Performance 

Monitoring System (LPMS); status of the 

construction activities for Olmsted 

Locks and Dam Project, the Locks and 

Dams 2, 3, and 4 on the Monongahela 

River Project, the Chickamauga Lock 

Project and the Kentucky Lock Project; 

update of the Upper Ohio River 

Navigation study; and update of the 

Brazos River Floodgates and Colorado 

River Locks Study and ‘‘open channel’’ 

option. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting: A copy of the agenda or any 

updates to the agenda for the November 

3, 2017 meeting. The final version will 

be provided at the meeting. All 

materials will be posted to the Web site 

after the meeting. 

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, 

and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102– 

3.165, and subject to the availability of 

space, this meeting is open to the 

public. Registration of members of the 

public who wish to attend the meeting 

will begin at 7:15 a.m. on the day of the 

meeting. Seating is limited and is on a 

first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be 

asked to provide their name, title, 

affiliation, and contact information to 


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