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meet Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from
1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time.
All sessions will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from 1:00
p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a
virtual meeting via webinar. Please note
admittance instructions under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Brewer, Information Technology
Laboratory, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Telephone:
(301) 975–2489, Email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is
hereby given that the ISPAB will hold
an open meeting Tuesday, September
28, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.,
Eastern Time. All sessions will be open
to the public. The ISPAB is authorized
by 15 U.S.C. 278g–4, as amended, and
advises the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), the
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the
Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) on information
security and privacy issues pertaining to
Federal government information
systems, including through review of
proposed standards and guidelines
developed by NIST. Details regarding
the ISPAB’s activities are available at
https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/ispab.
The agenda is expected to include the
following items:
—Board Discussion on Executive Order
14028, Improving the Nation’s
Cybersecurity (May 12, 2021)
deliverables and impacts to date,
—Presentation by NIST, the Department
of Homeland Security, and the
General Services Administration on
upcoming work specified in Executive
Order 14028,
—Presentation by the Office of
Management and Budget on Executive
Order 14028 directions and
memoranda to U.S. Federal Agencies,
—Board Discussion on
recommendations and issues related
to Executive Order 14028.
Note that agenda items may change
without notice. The final agenda will be
posted on the ISPAB event page at:
https://csrc.nist.gov/Events/2021/ispabseptember-2021-meeting.
Public Participation: Written
questions or comments from the public
are invited and may be submitted
electronically by email to Jeff Brewer at
the contact information indicated in the
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section of this notice by 5 p.m. on
Monday, September 27, 2021.
The ISPAB agenda will include a
period, not to exceed fifteen minutes,
for submitted questions or comments
from the public between 3:45 p.m. and
4:00 p.m. Submitted questions or
comments from the public will be
selected on a first-come, first-served
basis and limited to five minutes per
person.
Members of the public who wish to
expand upon their submitted
statements, those who had wished to
submit a question or comment but could
not be accommodated on the agenda,
and those who were unable to attend the
meeting via webinar are invited to
submit written statements. In addition,
written statements are invited and may
be submitted to the ISPAB at any time.
All written statements should be
directed to the ISPAB Secretariat,
Information Technology Laboratory by
email to: [email protected].
Admittance Instructions: All
participants will be attending via
webinar and must register on ISPAB’s
event page at: https://csrc.nist.gov/
Events/2021/ispab-september-2021meeting by 5 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday, September 27, 2021.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021–15888 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Pacific Islands Region
Seabird-Fisheries Interaction Recovery
Reporting
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on April 21,
2021 (86 FR 20663) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for

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an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: NOAA National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Commerce.
Title: Pacific Islands Short-tailed
Albatross-Fisheries Interaction Recovery
Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0456.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
revision and extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 1.25.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.25.
Needs and Uses: Federal regulations
at 50 CFR 665.815(b) require Hawaiibased longline fishermen to safely
handle and release short-tailed
albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus)
(STAL) caught incidentally during
fishing operations. The vessel operator
must: (a) Contact NMFS, the U.S. Coast
Guard (USCG), or the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service immediately; (b)
complete and submit a Short-tailed
Albatross Recovery Data Form; and (c)
attach identical information tags to the
carcass and specimen bag if the STAL
is dead and turn over the carcass to
USFWS within 72 hours after returning
to port. When a STAL is brought on
board a vessel, the vessel operator must
record the incident’s date, time,
location, any tag data, and injury and
health descriptions on the Short-tailed
Albatross Recovery Data Form.
Two minor revisions were made to
the Recovery Data Form based on
comments for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service: On page 1 of the form, the
statement ‘‘If a photo is taken, attach to
form when submitted.’’ was added to
the Photograph field; on the bottom of
page 2 instruction was added to submit
the form and photo (if taken) to U.S.
Fish & Wildlife by email.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665.815(b).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search

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function and entering either the title of
the collection or the OMB Control
Number 0648–0456.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–15781 Filed 7–23–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Patent Reexaminations,
Supplemental Examinations, and Post
Patent Submissions
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the
extension and revision of an existing
information collection: 0651–0064
(Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental
Examinations, and Post Patent
Submissions). The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment preceding submission of the
information collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before
September 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0064
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Parikha Mehta,
Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–3248; or by email
to [email protected] with
‘‘0651–0064 comment’’ in the subject

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line. Additional information about this
information collection is also available
at http://www.reginfo.gov under
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C.
131 and 151 to examine applications
and, when appropriate, allow
applications and issue them as patents.
Chapter 30 of Title 35 U.S.C. provides
that any person at any time may file a
request for reexamination by the USPTO
of any claim of a patent on the basis of
prior art cited under the provisions of
35 U.S.C. 301. Once initiated, the
reexamination proceedings under
Chapter 30 are substantially ex parte
and do not permit input from third
parties. The regulations outlining ex
parte reexaminations are found at 37
CFR 1.510–1.570.
In addition, 35 U.S.C. 257 permits a
patent owner to request supplemental
examination of a patent by the USPTO
to consider, reconsider, or correct
information believed to be relevant to
the patent. The regulations outlining
supplemental examination are found at
37 CFR 1.601–1.625.
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
terminated inter partes reexamination
effective September 16, 2012. However,
inter partes reexamination proceedings
based on inter partes reexamination
requests filed before September 16,
2012, continue to be prosecuted.
Therefore, this information collection
continues to include items related to the
prosecution of inter partes
reexamination proceedings. The
regulations outlining inter partes
reexamination are found at 37 CFR
1.903–1.959.
The provisions of 35 U.S.C. 301 and
37 CFR 1.501 govern the ability of a
person to submit into the file of an
issued patent (1) prior art consisting of
patents or printed publications which
the person making the submission
believes to have a bearing on the
patentability of any claim of the issued
patent and (2) statements of the owner
of the issued patent filed in a
proceeding before a Federal court or the
USPTO in which the owner of the
issued patent took a position on the
scope of any claim of the issued patent.
This information collection covers
information contained in: (1) Requests
for ex parte reexamination, (2) requests
for supplemental examination, (3)
submissions made by patent owners and
third-party requesters related to the
prosecution of an ex parte or inter
partes reexamination proceeding, (4)
information submitted by the public to
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and/or scope of the claims of the issued
patent, and (5) information submitted by
patent owners regarding a position
taken before the USPTO or a Federal
court regarding the scope of any claim
in their issued patent. The USPTO’s use
of the statements of the patent owners
((5) above) will be limited to
determining the meaning of a patent
claim in ex parte reexamination
proceedings that already have been
ordered and in inter partes review and
post grant review proceedings that
already have been instituted.
The purpose of this information
collection is to facilitate requests for ex
parte reexamination and supplemental
examination, to facilitate prosecution of
reexamination and reissue proceedings,
and to ensure that the associated
documentation is submitted to the
USPTO, and to permit relevant postpatent prior art and claim scope
information to be entered into a patent
file.
This renewal request incorporates an
item that was previously approved
under OMB control number 0651–0067
(Post Patent Public Submissions),
specifically ‘information disclosure
citations’. The title of this information
collection is being updated to reflect
that change with the inclusion of ‘‘Post
Patent Submissions’’. As the
information disclosure citation was the
only item contained in 0651–0067, that
information collection will be
discontinued.
II. Method of Collection
The items in this information
collection may be submitted online
using the Patent Electronic Systems
(EFS-Web or Patent Center), or on paper
by either mail or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651–0064.
Form Numbers: (SB = Specimen
Book).
• PTO/SB/42 (Information Disclosure
Citation in a Patent).
• PTO/SB/57 (Request for Ex Parte
Reexamination Transmittal Form).
• PTO/SB/59 (Request for
Supplemental Examination Transmittal
Form).
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector;
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
864 respondents per year.
Estimated Number of Responses: 880
responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it takes the public
approximately between 30 minutes (0.5

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