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f) Compliance/non-compliance with a
disclosure requirement.
11. Please describe your views on
what trigger mechanism should be used,
if any, for a patent disclosure
requirement pursuant to the Chair’s text
or the consolidated text.
12. Please describe your views on
what a patent applicant should be
compelled to disclose in a patent
application, in the context of a patent
disclosure requirement.
13. Please describe your views on
whether a patent disclosure requirement
should include provisions that impact
the grant or the validity and
enforceability of a patent in cases of
non-compliance with a disclosure
requirement.
14. Please describe your views on the
current working text for an International
Legal Instrument Relating to Intellectual
Property, Genetic Resources and
Traditional Knowledge Associated with
Genetic Resources, which has been
approved for consideration by the
Diplomatic Conference. Please describe
recommendations, if any, for additions,
deletions or changes that you would
recommend to Articles 1 through 9
(‘‘substantive articles’’) from the Chair’s
text and Articles 10 through 23
(‘‘administrative provisions and final
clauses’’) drafted by the WIPO
Secretariat, including whether any
language from the ‘‘consolidated text,’’ a
previous working text in these
discussions, should be incorporated into
or replace the current working text.
These texts can be found at the links
below:
a) Current working text ‘‘substantive
articles’’ (Articles 1 through 9 from the
WIPO IGC ‘‘Chair’s text’’), as revised in
the Special Session of the
Intergovernmental Committee on
Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and
Folklore, held in Geneva on September
4–8, 2023, is included as the Annex to
document WIPO/GRTKF/IC/SS/GE/23/4
on the Decisions adopted by the
committee on genetic resources and
associated traditional knowledge, which
can be found on the WIPO website,
https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_
details.jsp?doc_id=620066.
b) Current working text
‘‘administrative provisions and final
clauses’’ are contained in GRATK/PM/2,
which can be found on the WIPO
website, https://www.wipo.int/edocs/
mdocs/diplconf/en/gratk_pm/gratk_
pm_2.pdf, with a minor revision to
delete ‘‘to advise it on the matters
referred to in Articles [7] and [9], and on
any other matter’’ in Article 11.2(e), as
reflected in Summary Report of the
Preparatory Committee, which can be

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found on the WIPO website, https://
www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/diplconf/
en/gratk_pm/gratk_pm_5.pdf.
c) The latest consolidated text,
contained in the Annex to document
WO/GRTKF/IC/43/4, which can be
found on the WIPO website, https://
www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/tk/en/wipo_
grtkf_ic_43/wipo_grtkf_ic_43_4.pdf.
15. Please describe whether you
believe any additional requirements, in
particular a mandatory disclosure
requirement relating to genetic
resources and associated traditional
knowledge, would negatively impact
your patent filing strategy in overseas
markets, your ability to protect
innovation, or your business and
investment strategy.
Section III—Need and Effectiveness of
Sui Generis Exclusive Rights,
Intellectual Property Rights, or Other
Methods for Protecting Traditional
Knowledge and Traditional Cultural
Expressions
16. Please describe your views and
experiences regarding the use of sui
generis exclusive rights to protect
traditional knowledge and traditional
cultural expressions.
17. Please describe your views and
experiences regarding the use of
intellectual property rights to protect
traditional knowledge and traditional
cultural expressions.
18. Please describe your views and
experiences regarding the use of means
or methods other than sui generis
exclusive rights or intellectual property
rights to protect traditional knowledge
and traditional cultural expressions.
Among other means and methods, this
could include soft law, such as
declarations, recommendations, best
practices, toolkits, and voluntary codes
of conduct.
19. Please provide your
recommendations regarding how best to
address unauthorized uses of traditional
knowledge or traditional cultural
expressions.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2023–23387 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.

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ACTION:

Notice.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(‘‘PRA’’), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (‘‘ICR’’)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (‘‘OIRA’’), of the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’), for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of this
notice’s publication to OIRA, at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the website’s
search function. Comments can be
entered electronically by clicking on the
‘‘comment’’ button next to the
information collection on the ‘‘OIRA
Information Collections Under Review’’
page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency
Submission’’ page. A copy of the
supporting statement for the collection
of information discussed herein may be
obtained by visiting https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of
comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments
submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking
on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to
the descriptive entry for OMB Control
No. 3038–0059, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/
PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
All comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments
submitted to the Commission should
include only information that you wish
to make available publicly. If you wish
the Commission to consider information
that you believe is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, a petition for
confidential treatment of the exempt
information may be submitted according
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 24, 2023 / Notices
to the procedures established in § 145.9
of the Commission’s regulations.1 The
Commission reserves the right, but shall
have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove
any or all of your submission from
https://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to
be inappropriate for publication, such as
obscene language. All submissions that
have been redacted or removed that
contain comments on the merits of the
ICR will be retained in the public
comment file and will be considered as
required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable
laws, and may be accessible under the
Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Stein, Assistant Chief Counsel,
Division of Market Oversight,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–6054, email:
[email protected], and refer to OMB
Control No. 3038–0059.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Part 41 Relating to Security
Futures Products (OMB Control No.
3038–0059). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Section 4d(c) of the
Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’), 7
U.S.C. 6d(c), requires the CFTC to
consult with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’) and
issue such rules, regulations, or orders
as are necessary to avoid duplicative or
conflicting regulations applicable to
firms that are fully registered with the
SEC as brokers or dealers and the CFTC
as futures commission merchants,
involving provisions of the CEA that
pertain to the treatment of customer
funds. The CFTC, jointly with the SEC,
issued regulations requiring such
dually-registered firms to make choices
as to how its customers’ transactions in
security futures products will be treated,
either as securities transactions held in
a securities account or as futures
transactions held in a futures account.
How an account is treated is important
in the unlikely event of the insolvency
of the firm. Only securities accounts
receive insurance protection under
provisions of the Securities Investor
Protection Act. By contrast, only futures
accounts are subject to the protections
provided by the segregation
requirements of the CEA.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.2 The Federal Register
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CFR 145.9.
U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8
(b)(3)(vi).
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notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on August
9, 2023 (88 FR 53871). The Commission
did not receive any relevant comments
pursuant to the 60-Day Notice.
Burden Statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
average .9 hours per response. This
estimate includes the time needed to
review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining information
and disclosing and providing
information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train
personnel to be able to respond to a
collection of information; and transmit
or otherwise disclose the information.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are businesses
and other for-profit institutions.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 9.
Estimated average burden hours per
respondent: 52 hours (rounded).
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 467 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
There are no capital costs or operating
and maintenance costs associated with
this collection.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
Dated: October 18, 2023.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023–23399 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Meeting Notice—Military Justice
Review Panel
General Counsel of the
Department of Defense, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

The DoD is publishing this
notice to announce that the Military
Justice Review Panel will host an open
meeting on October 24–25, 2023. This
meeting will be held virtually.
DATES: October 24, 2023—Open to the
public from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST)
and October 25, 2023—Open to the
public from 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(EST).
ADDRESSES: This virtual meeting can be
accessed via the following dial-in
number and links:
Dial-in: +1 646 828 7666, Meeting ID:
161 535 0618 Passcode: 654321. Link:
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https://www.zoomgov.com/j/
1615350618?pwd=NFow
UHFKSVQvOUprZUFaOVd6RmxJZz09.
Meeting ID: 161 535 0618 Passcode:
654321. For those who would like to
attend, please send registration
information to
[email protected],
providing your name, email,
organization (if applicable), and
telephone number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Pete L. Yob, 703–693–3857 (Voice),
[email protected] (Email).
Mailing address is MJRP, One Liberty
Center, 875 N Randolph Street, Suite
150, Arlington, Virginia 22203. The
most up-to-date changes to the meeting
agenda can be found on the website:
https://mjrp.osd.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 5521 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2017, as amended by § 531(k)
of the FY 2018 NDAA, the Secretary of
Defense established this panel to
conduct independent periodic reviews
and assessments of the operation of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice
(UCMJ). 10 U.S.C. 946. Art. 146
(effective Jan 1, 2019).
Purpose of the Meeting: Pursuant to
UCMJ, Article 146, the Panel shall
conduct independent periodic reviews
and assessments of the operation of the
UCMJ, including the review and
assessment of the implementation of
amendments made to the UCMJ and
sentencing data. This will be the
seventh meeting held by the MJRP. On
Day 1, the Panel will hear from Service
defense counsel. On Day 2, Panel
members will hold two open sessions.
The first session will be composed of
Service trial counsel; and for the second
open session, the Panel will receive a
briefing from representatives from the
Joint Service Committee on Military
Justice on the recent military justice
Executive Order.
Dated: October 19, 2023.
Natalie M. Ragland,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023–23482 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2023–OS–0100]

Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness

AGENCY:

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