Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612; Reducer®

Published date02 March 2021
Citation86 FR 12180
Record Number2021-04170
SectionNotices
CourtPatent And Trademark Office
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[FR Doc. 2021–04286 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA900]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY
: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY
: The New England Fishery
Management Council is convening its
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) via webinar to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
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: This webinar will be held on
Friday, March 26, 2021 beginning at
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England Fishery Management Council,
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MA 01950.
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:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
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:
Agenda
The Scientific and Statistical
Committee will meet to review initial
information from the Atlantic Herring
Plan Development Team (PDT) and
provide the PDT guidance on
developing rebuilding plan alternatives
for Atlantic Herring. They will receive
a presentation on the Northeast
Fisheries Science Center’s (NEFSC)
State of the Ecosystem Report and
provide the NEFSC any
recommendations about revisions. Other
business will be discussed as necessary.
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Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
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the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 25, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–04267 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2021–0012]
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term
of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612; Reducer
®
AGENCY
: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice of Interim Patent Term
Extension.
SUMMARY
: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office has issued an order
granting a one-year interim extension of
the term of U.S. Patent No. 8,858,612.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Ali
Salimi by telephone at 571–272–0909;
by mail marked to his attention and
addressed to the Commissioner for
Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450; by fax marked to his attention at
571–273–0909; or by email to
ali.salimi@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Section
156 of Title 35, United States Code,
generally provides that the term of a
patent may be extended for a period of
up to five years if the patent claims a
product, or a method of making or using
a product, that has been subject to
certain defined regulatory review, and
that the patent may be extended for
interim periods of up to one year if the
regulatory review is anticipated to
extend beyond the expiration date of the
patent.
On February 19, 2021, Neovasc
Medical Ltd., the patent owner of
record, timely filed an application
under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a second
interim extension of the term of U.S.
Patent No. 8,858,612. The patent claims
methods of using a catheter delivered
implantable device, Reducer
®
. The
application for patent term extension
indicates that a Premarket Approval
Application (PMA) P190035 was
submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) on December 31,
2019.
Review of the patent term extension
application indicates that, except for
permission to market or use the product
commercially, the subject patent would
be eligible for an extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156, and that the
patent should be extended for one year
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as required by 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B).
Because the regulatory review period
will continue beyond the extended
expiration date of the patent, March 27,
2021, interim extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is
appropriate.
An interim extension under 35 U.S.C.
156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No.
8,858,612 is granted for a period of one
year from the extended expiration date
of the patent.
Robert Bahr,
Deputy Commissioner for Patents, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board
Meeting
AGENCY
: National Assessment
Governing Board, Department of
Education.
ACTION
: Notice of open and closed
virtual meetings.
SUMMARY
: This notice sets forth the
agenda for National Assessment
Governing Board (hereafter referred to
as Governing Board) meetings
scheduled on multiple dates starting on
March 1, 2021 and ending on March 5,
2021. This notice provides information
to members of the public who may be
interested in accessing the virtual
meeting and/or providing written
comments related to the work of the
Governing Board. Notice of the full
Board meeting is required under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA). This notice is being published
less than 15 days prior to the meeting
due to delays in finalizing the meeting
agenda, which was dependent on
deliberations of the Governing Board’s
standing committees. This notice is
being published less than 15 days prior
to the meeting due to delays in
finalizing the meeting agenda, which
was dependent on deliberations of the
Governing Board’s standing committees.
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, there
were significant delays in scheduling
the standing committee meetings.
Standing Committee Meetings
The Governing Board’s standing
committees will meet to conduct
regularly scheduled work on various
dates from March 1–3, 2021 based on
ongoing committee agenda topics and
follow-up activities as reported in the
Governing Board’s committee meeting
minutes available at https://
www.nagb.gov/governing-board/
quarterly-board-meetings.html.
Four standing committee meetings
will convene prior to the March 4–5,
2021 plenary sessions of the Governing
Board meeting. Meeting agendas will be
posted at www.nagb.gov no later than
February 26, 2021. All meetings are
convened in Eastern Time.
Monday, March 1, 2021, Reporting &
Dissemination Committee, 10:00
a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Committee on
Standards, Design & Methodology,
2:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Executive
Committee, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Assessment
Development Committee: 5:15 p.m.–
7:45 p.m.
The plenary sessions of the March 4–
5, 2021 quarterly meeting of the
Governing Board will be held on the
following dates and times:
Thursday, March 4, 2021: Open
Meeting: 12:15–5:30 p.m. (EST)
Friday, March 5, 2021: Closed Meetings:
12:00–1:50 p.m. (EST); Open Meeting:
1:55–5:30 p.m.
March 4, 2021: Open Meeting:
On Thursday, March 4, 2021, the
Governing Board will meet in open
session from 12:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
From 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Chair
Haley Barbour will welcome members;
review and approve the March 4–5,
2021 quarterly Governing Board meeting
agenda and approve minutes from the
November 19–20, 2020 quarterly
Governing Board meeting. The
Governing Board will then take action
on a release plan for the 2019 National
Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) Science Report Card.
From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. two
updates on ongoing work will be
provided. Mark Schneider, Director of
the Institute of Education Sciences, will
provide an update and Lesley Muldoon,
Executive Director of the Governing
Board, will update the Governing Board
ongoing work.
From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. the
Governing Board will discuss if and
how NAEP can play a role in national
conversations and actions to create more
equitable outcomes for students. This
discussion will be led by a panel of
experts who will reflect on
recommendations developed by a
Committee convened by the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine on Developing Indicators
of Educational Equity.
After a 15-minute break, from 3:15
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the Governing Board
will convene a symposium on Reading
Comprehension in Large-Scale
Assessment. The symposium will be
moderated by Patrick Kelly, Governing
Board member, and include the
participation of several reading experts.
The March 4, 2021 session of the
Governing Board meeting will adjourn
at 5:30 p.m.
March 5, 2021: Closed Meetings:
On Friday, March 5, 2021, the
Governing Board meeting will convene
in two closed sessions from 12:00 p.m.
to 1:50 p.m. Eastern Time.
During the first closed session
convened from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
the Governing Board will receive a
briefing from the Nominations
Committee on its recommendations for
candidates to fill board vacancies. The
Governing Board will review the
recommendations for the final slate of
candidates for submission to the
Secretary of Education for appointments
that begin October 1, 2021. These
discussions pertain solely to internal
personnel rules and practices of an
agency and information of a personal
nature where disclosure would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy. As such,
the discussions are protected by
exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title
5 of the United States Code. The
Governing Board will take a short break
to transition to the next closed session.
On Friday, March 5, 2021, the second
closed session will take place from
12:35 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. Peggy Carr,
Associate Commissioner, National
Center for Education Statistics, will
provide a briefing on the NAEP Budget
and Assessment Schedule. The briefing
and Governing Board discussions may
impact current and future NAEP
contracts and budgets and must be kept
confidential to maintain the integrity of
the federal acquisition process. Public
disclosure of this confidential
information would significantly impede
implementation of the NAEP assessment
program if conducted in open session.
Such matters are protected by
exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of
the United States Code.
The Governing Board will meet in
open session thereafter, from 1:55 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. From 1:55 p.m. to 2:00
p.m., the Governing Board will discuss
and take action on two agenda items—
an updated NAEP Assessment Schedule
and on finalists for Governing Board
vacancies for terms that will begin on
October 1, 2021 for submission to the
Secretary of Education for consideration
and appointment.
From 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., the
Governing Board will receive updates
from two standing Task Forces
established by the Governing Board—
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