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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE for discussion, those issues may not be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan the subject of formal HMSPDT action Waldeck, Staff Officer; telephone: (503) National Oceanic and Atmospheric during this meeting. HMSPDT action 326–6352. Administration will be restricted to those issues SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The [I.D. 052901B] specifically listed in this document and purpose of the meeting is to review any issues arising after publication of assessments of black rockfish (in the Pacific Fishery Management Council; this document that require emergency southern area), yelloweye rockfish, and Public Meeting action under section 305 (c) of the the first phase of a new method being Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the developed for data poor rockfish AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries public has been notified of the species. The STAR Panel will work with Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and HMSPDT’s intent to take final action to stock assessment teams to make Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), address the emergency. necessary revisions to the assessment Commerce. Special Accommodations documents and produce STAR Panel ACTION: Notice of public meeting. reports for use by the Council family The meeting is physically accessible and other interested persons. SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery to people with disabilities. Requests for Although non-emergency issues not Management Council’s (Council) Highly sign language interpretation or other contained in the STAR Panel agenda Migratory Species Plan Development auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. may come before the STAR Panel for Team (HMSPDT) will hold a work Carolyn Porter at (503) 326–6352 at least discussion, those issues may not be the session, which is open to the public. 5 days prior to the meeting date. subject of formal panel action during DATES: The HMSPDT will meet on Dated: May 30, 2001. this meeting. STAR Panel action will be Wednesday, June 20, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5 Richard W. Surdi, restricted to those issues specifically p.m.; Thursday, June 21, 2001, 8 a.m. to listed in this notice, and any issues 5 p.m.; and Friday, June 22, 2001, 8 a.m. Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. arising after publication of this notice until business for the day is completed. [FR Doc. 01–14124 Filed 6–4–01; 8:45 am] that require emergency action under ADDRESSES: The work session will be BILLING CODE 3510–22–S section 305 (c) of the Magnuson-Stevens held in the large conference room at the Fishery Conservation and Management NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Act, provided the public has been Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE notified of the panel’s intent to take Room D–203, La Jolla, CA 92038–0271; final action to address the emergency. telephone: (619) 546–7100. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Special Accommodations Council address: Pacific Fishery Administration Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth The meeting is physically accessible Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201. [I.D. 052901C] to people with disabilities. Requests for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Pacific Fishery Management Council; sign language interpretation or other Waldeck, Pacific Fishery Management Public Meeting auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Council; (503) 326–6352. Carolyn Porter at (503) 326–6352 at least AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Marine Fisheries 5 days prior to the meeting date. primary purpose of the work session is Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Dated: May 30, 2001. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to revise the draft fishery management Richard W. Surdi, Commerce. plan (FMP) for highly migratory species Acting Director, Office of Sustainable (HMS) per Council guidance stemming ACTION: Notice of public meeting. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. from the June 2001 Council meeting. SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery [FR Doc. 01–14125 Filed 6–4–01; 8:45 am] Proposed Agenda Management Council’s (Council) BILLING CODE 3510–22–S Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Wednesday June 20, 2001, 8 a.m. (STAR) Panel will hold a work session A. Call to order to review assessment information for DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE B. Introduction of Team and Advisory species in the ‘‘remaining rockfish’’ United States Patent and Trademark Subpanel Members complex. This meeting is open to the Office C. Review and Approval of the public. Agenda [Docket No. 010321076–1076–01] DATES: The STAR Panel for the D. Distribute and Review New ‘‘remaining rockfish’’ complex will meet RIN 0651–AB26 HMSPDT Documents beginning at 1 p.m. June 25, 2001 and E. Review Executive Summary and continue through June 29, 2001. Except Notification of Required and Optional Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 for Monday, June 25, 2001, the STAR Search Criteria for Computer Thursday, June 21, 2001, 8 a.m. Panel will meet each day from 8 a.m. to Implemented Business Method Patent 5 p.m. Applications in Class 705, and Request F. Review of Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 for Comments ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel will be Friday, June 22, 2001, 8 a.m. held in the Large Conference Room AGENCY: United States Patent and G. Review of Chapter 9 (Room 188) at NMFS Southwest Trademark Office, Commerce. H. Further Discussion as Needed Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz ACTION: Notice of request for public I. Report to Council Laboratory, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa comments. J. Report to Advisory Subpanel Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: (831) 420– Adjournment 3900. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Although non-emergency issues not Council address: Pacific Fishery Trademark Office (USPTO) is providing contained in the HMSPDT meeting Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth notification to the public of required agenda may come before the HMSPDT Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201. and optional search criteria used during
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examination of patent applications Plan. One step in that action plan called B. Criteria for Evaluation—Searchable related to computer-implemented for: Databases Business Methods in Class 705. The C. Schedule to Evaluate Recommended Industry Outreach Resources Office is seeking comments concerning Industry Feedback: A greater effort will be databases, documenting practices, made to obtain industry feedback on prior art I. Current USPTO Prior Art Resources procedures, and developments, in resources used by the USPTO, solicit input for Examination of Business Method addition to those listed in this notice, in on other databases and information Patent Applications in Class 705 specific industries within the computer- collections and sources, and expand prior art implemented business method field, to collections. Examiners are required to search three main types of prior art when examining identify additional information and 2. Purpose materials that could be considered every class 705 application: U.S. during the examination process. This announcement is a request for patents, foreign patents, and NPL. input on the USPTO search resources DATES: The recommended database will that are employed in the examination of A. U.S. Patents be reviewed quarterly. Database business method patent applications in recommendations received before June 1. Classified (Mandatory Search) Class 705. By this process the USPTO 30, 2001, will be included in the first The USPTO uses a classification hopes to achieve two significant results. evaluation process which will schedule to sort and store all patents First to inform the public of the prior art commence on July 31, 2001. Results of issued. The classification schedule is resources that are currently available to the evaluation of the first group of structured into class and subclass the Office. Second to identify additional database recommendations should be sections. For example, a patent on a information and materials that could be completed by September 30, 2001. The computerized method of determining considered during the examination schedule through June of 2002 is set insurance claims is classified in class process. forth in the Supplementary Information 705 ‘‘Data Processing: Financial, The announcement is presented in section. Business Practice, Management, or Cost/ two major sections; the listing of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Price Determination’’, and located in current USPTO prior art resources and subclass 4, ‘‘Insurance.’’ Thus, the exact Hayes by telephone at (703) 305–9711 or the process for providing comments on by fax at (703) 305–0040, or James classification of this patent is 705/4. that listing. The listing of the current A search of an application with Trammell by telephone at (703) 305– USPTO prior art resources includes a 9768 or by fax at (703) 308–1396. claims directed to the business art detailed description of the mandatory includes a classified search in at least ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent search that is now required for all patent the subclass which the claimed subject by electronic mail message over the applications examined in Class 705. In matter of the application would be internet addressed to the important area of non-patent properly classified. This is referred to as [email protected]. Comments literature (NPL), the listing also sets an original classification (OR). A search may also be submitted by mail forth a further identification of other of an application with multiple addressed to: Box Comments—Patents, prior art resources that are available to independent claims, some of which if Commissioner for Patents, Washington, the patent examiners and may, in presented separately would have been D.C. 20231, or by facsimile to (703) 872– accordance with their professional classified as an original classification in 9399 or (703) 308–6916, marked to the judgment, be searched during the other areas, will be searched in each of attention of Robert A. Clarke. Although examination process. The section the relevant classes and subclasses. comments may be submitted by mail or relating to the process for submitting Examiners are not required to search facsimile, the Office prefers to receive comments to the USPTO details the areas in which it is reasonably comments via the Internet. If comments primary type of information the Office determined that there is a low are submitted by mail, the Office would is seeking, how the input may be probability of finding the best prefer that comments be submitted on a submitted, and a general description of reference(s). In outlining a field of 1 DOS formatted 3 ⁄2 inch disk the process the Office will employ in search, the examiner notes every class accompanied by a paper copy. considering the comments received. The and subclass under the U.S. Patent The comments will be available for USPTO will fully consider all comments Classification that may have material public inspection at the Office of Patent and suggestions submitted in pertinent to the subject matter as Legal Administration, Office of the accordance with the guidelines set forth claimed. Every subclass, digest, and Deputy Commissioner for Patent below. cross-reference art collection pertinent Examination Policy, located at Room 3– Table of Contents to each type of invention claimed is C23 of Crystal Plaza 4, 2201 South Clark included, from the largest combination Place, Arlington, Virginia, and will be I. Current USPTO Prior Art Resources through the various subcombinations. available through anonymous file A. U.S. Patents 1. Classified (Mandatory Search) The field of search extends to all transfer protocol (ftp) via the Internet probable areas relevant to the claimed (address: http://www.uspto.gov). Since 2. Text (Mandatory Search) B. Foreign Patents (Mandatory Search) subject matter and covers the disclosed comments will be made available for C. Non-Patent Literature (NPL) features which might reasonably be public inspection, information that is 1. Core Databases (Mandatory Search) expected to be claimed. The examiner not desired to be made public, such as 2. Supplemental Resources consults with other examiners and/or an address or phone number, should not a. Commercial Database Services supervisory patent examiners, be included in the comments. b. Books, Technical Reports, and especially with regard to applications Conference Proceedings SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: covering subject matter unfamiliar to the c. Journals examiner. The areas to be searched are 1. Background d. Web-based Resources and Internet Usage Policy prioritized so that the areas where On March 29, 2000, the Director of the e. Interlibrary Loan relevant prior art is most likely to be USPTO announced the USPTO Business II. Process for Providing Comments found are searched first. (For more Methods Patent Initiative: An Action A. Resource Recommendations information, see the MPEP, http://
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www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/ specified below, through a single search strategies tailored to these index.html) commercial database provider, an databases. Class 705 Schedule. The schedule for examiner can retrieve search results The name of each database (except for Class 705 is posted on the home page for simultaneously from across multiple newspapers) is followed by the name of the USPTO at http://www.uspto.gov/ NPL sources using a single search the database producer. web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/moc/ strategy commonly applicable to all CLASS 705 CORE DATABASES 705.htm. accessed files. The USPTO also subscribes to other resources and NPL Core Databases. All Class 705 2. Text (Mandatory Search) databases to provide examiners with applications will be searched in the Examiners are also required to following databases: additional sources for supplemental perform a text search of U.S. patents. searches. These resources are noted in ABI/INFORM [Bell & Howell Examiners use Boolean and proximity the section of this notice regarding Information and Learning] operators to search keywords and Supplemental Resources. Business & IndustryTM [Responsive multiple concept terms to retrieve U.S. Database Services, Inc.] patents relevant to the application. 1. Mandatory Business Week [The McGraw-Hill Concept terms are derived from many USPTO staff have in-depth expertise Companies Publications Online] aspects of the invention including, but on commercial database services and Business Wire [Business Wire] not limited to: Background of the their products. Based on this Computer DatabaseTM [The Gale Group] invention; Objects of the invention; knowledge, databases with business- Conference Papers Index [Cambridge Technological and field of use related literature were reviewed. Scientific Abstracts] environment; Prior effort/work; Problem Representative databases were chosen as Dissertation Abstracts Online [Bell & to be solved; Major advantages/ mandatory resources to be searched for Howell Information and Learning] outcomes; How the problem is solved; business cases. Several factors were GlobalbaseTM [The Gale Group] considered during the review of these How components relate; Functionality; Inside Conferences [The British Library] databases including coverage of and Environment—Field of Use. INSPEC [INSPEC, Inc.] business-related topics, date coverage B. Foreign Patents (Mandatory Search) Internet & Personal Computing (including older materials), and Examiners are also required to inclusion in commercial database Abstracts [Information Today, perform a text search in the Foreign services which allow for simultaneous Inc.] Patent Databases indicated below. searching of numerous databases. The The McGraw-Hill Companies Concept and keywords terms are databases selected are considered the Publications Online [The McGraw- ‘‘core’’ or ‘‘mandatory’’ NPL databases Hill Companies, Inc.] searched using Boolean and proximity operators with search strategies tailored that must be searched for business Microcomputer Software Guide Online to these databases. The name of each method patent applications. This list is [R. R. Bowker Company] database listed below is followed by the not intended to be exhaustive or New Product Announcements/Plus name of the database producer. comprehensive. However, by searching (NPA/Plus) [The Gale Group] Derwent World Patents Index [Derwent these databases, the examiner has Newsletter DatabaseTM [The Gale Information] searched a wide range of resources that Group] European Patents Fulltext [European can provide significant and relevant Newspapers Patent Office] prior art for business method cases. Financial Times Abstracts JAPIO—Patent Abstracts of Japan [Japan Examiners are not restricted to New York Times Abstracts Patent Information Organization] searching the databases in this list. If, in San Jose Mercury News WIPO/PCT Patents Fulltext the examiner’s professional judgment, Wall Street Journal Abstracts [MicroPatent LLC] other prior art resources should be PR Newswire [PR Newswire searched, they have hundreds of C. Non-Patent Literature (NPL) Association, Inc.] additional databases available (e.g. PROMT [The Gale Group] The examination procedure for patent commercial database vendors Softbase: Reviews, Companies, and applications includes text searching of mentioned above) to search. Products [Information Sources, Inc.] commercially available databases to The first section of the core database Trade & Industry DatabaseTM [The Gale identify relevant NPL. Examples of NPL list, designated as ‘‘Non-Patent Group] include journal articles, newspaper Literature Core Databases,’’ includes Wilson Applied Science and Technology articles, books, software manuals, databases that are searched for every Abstracts [The H.W. Wilson conference proceedings, and standards. case classified in Class 705. Databases Company] Commercial database providers with that may provide significant resources extensive content coverage, powerful of NPL relevant to specific subclasses World Reporter [The Dialog search interfaces, and the capability to are designated as ‘‘Subject Specific Corporation, Dow Jones & Company simultaneously search multiple files Databases.’’ and Financial Times Information] provide the primary resources to For example, an application on a Subject Specific Databases. There are effectively search large quantities of computerized method of determining other databases which contain NPL. Examples of the search services insurance claims is classified in class significant NPL resources relevant to used in the USPTO include DataStar, 705 and subclass 4. All the core NPL specific Class 705 subclasses. Therefore, Dialog, Lexis/Nexis, Questel/Orbit, STN, databases in addition to the subject additional core databases are listed for and Westlaw. These services provide specific databases listed under subclass the subclasses indicated in this section. access to hundreds of databases from 4 are searched for NPL. Examiners are required to search these commercial producers. Through a single Business examiners are required to databases during the examination of set of search operations, applied perform a text search in the NPL cases classified under these subclasses. simultaneously to multiple database databases listed below. Concept and In this list, the subclass numbers are files of NPL selected according to the keywords terms are searched using listed to the left of the subclass core and subclass specific criteria Boolean and proximity operators with description.
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Health Care Management 14 Advertising/Coupon Redemption/ 35 Banking/Finance/Investments In addition to Core databases, Incentives In addition to Core databases, examiners will search the following In addition to Core databases, examiners will search the following databases: examiners will search the following databases: American Medical Association Journals databases: American Banker Financial [The American Medical Business Dateline [Bell & Howell Publications [American Banker- Association] Information and Learning] Bond Buyer] BIOSIS Previews [BIOSIS ] Marketing & Advertising Reference Banking Information Source [Bell & EMBASE [Elsevier Science, B.V.] Service [The Gale Group] Howell Information and Learning] Health & Wellness DatabaseSM [The Newspapers: Bond Buyer Full Text [American Gale Group] The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Banker-Bond Buyer] Health News Daily [F–D–C Reports, Inc.] DIALOG Finance and Banking Constitution HealthSTAR [U.S. National Library of Newsletters [The Dialog The Arizona Republic/The Phoenix Medicine (NLM)] Corporation] Gazette (Phoenix) MEDLINE [U.S. National Library of EconLit [American Economic The Sun (Baltimore) Medicine (NLM)] Association] New England Journal of Medicine The Boston Globe [Massachusetts Medical Society] Chicago Tribune 36 Portfolio Selection SciSearch [Institute for Scientific The Christian Science Monitor In addition to Core databases, Information’’ (ISI)] Detroit Free Press examiners will search the following If drugs/pharmaceuticals are involved. The Denver Post databases: *** Houston Chronicle Banking/Finance/Investment Databases Drug News & Perspectives [Prous Independent (London) Science Publishers] The Irish Times 37 Trading, Matching or Bidding International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Los Angeles Times In addition to Core databases, [American Society of Health-System The Miami Herald examiners will search the following Pharmacists] Newsday and New York Newsday databases: Pharmaceutical and Healthcare The Oregonian (Portland) Banking/Finance/Investment Databases Industry News Database [PJB The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Publications Ltd.] 38 Credit Processing or Loan The Philadelphia Inquirer Pharmaceutical News Index (PNI ) [Bell Rocky Mountain News (Denver) Processing & Howell Information and Learning] San Francisco Chronicle In addition to Core databases, 4 Insurance St. Louis Post-Dispatch examiners will search the following In addition to Core databases, St. Petersburg Times databases: examiners will search the following Times/Sunday Times (London) Banking/Finance/Investment Databases databases: USA Today Washington Post Online 39 Including Funds Transfer or Credit American Banker Financial Transaction Publications [American Banker- 26 Electronic Shopping In addition to Core databases, Bond Buyer] In addition to Core databases, Insurance Periodicals Index [NILS examiners will search the following examiners will search the following databases: Publishing Company] databases: The Journal of Commerce [The Journal Banking/Finance/Investment Databases of Commerce, Inc.] Advertising/Coupon Redemption/ Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business Incentives Databases NewsTM [Knight-Ridder/Tribune 7 Operations Research Magazine DatabaseTM [The Gale Group] Business News] In addition to Core databases, 28 Inventory Monitoring Brief descriptions are provided for the examiners will search the following above-listed NPL and Foreign Patent In addition to Core databases, databases: databases in Appendix I attached to this examiners will search the following Inventory Monitoring Databases document. databases: 13 Transportation Facility Access EI Compendex [Engineering 3. Supplemental Resources In addition to Core databases, Information, Inc.] The USPTO has access to a multitude examiners will search the following ISMEC: Mechanical Engineering of resources and databases containing databases: Abstracts [Cambridge Scientific NPL. Many of these resources include Aerospace/Defense Markets & Abstracts] significant amounts of business-related Technology [The Gale Group] JICST-EPlus—Japanese Science & information. The following resources Aerospace Database [AEROPLUS Technology [Japan Information are available to patent examiners and ACCESS] Center for Science and Technology may, in accordance with their The Journal of Commerce [The Journal (JICST)] professional judgment, be searched of Commerce, Inc.] NTIS: National Technical Information during the examination process. NTIS—National Technical Information Service [National Technical a. Commercial Database Services. The Service [National Technical Information Service, U.S. USPTO provides access to commercial Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce] database vendors who provide over Department of Commerce] SciSearch [Institute for Scientific 1,000 searchable databases. In addition Transportation Research Information Information (ISI)] to the databases included in the core list Services [Transportation Research Social SciSearch [Institute for mentioned earlier, examiners can Board] Scientific Information (ISI)] choose to search other databases
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provided by these vendors when, in quick access to full text publications, Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and their professional judgment, searching some of them with graphics. Some of Electronics Engineering—covers core additional databases is warranted. these resources also allow for Boolean knowledge of all specialties DataStar—complete list of databases and proximity searching and can be encompassed by electrical and located at searched by examiners to determine if electronics engineering, including http://ds.datastarweb.com/ds/ additional relevant prior art is available. computer and software engineering. products/datastar/ds.htm The following web-based resources Internet Usage Policy With Above Dialog—complete list of databases are available. Brief descriptions are Resources—When the Internet is used located at provided for those most relevant to to search, browse, or retrieve http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/ examiners in business methods areas. information relating to a patent html/blf.html Academic Press Dictionary of Science & application, other than a reissue Lexis-Nexis—complete list of databases Technology application or reexamination located at Agricola proceeding, USPTO examiners and http://www.lexis-nexis.com/lncc/ American Chemical Society searchers restrict search queries to the literature/Directory/default.htm Association for Computing Machinery general state of the art unless the Office has established a secure link on (At the bottom of this web page, click (ACM)—provides access to 95% of all the Internet with a specific vendor to on the link to view the alphabetical list ACM articles and proceedings from maintain the confidentiality of the of their entire directory.) 1991 to the present. ChemConnect patent application. Non-secure Questel-Orbit—complete list of Internet search, browse, or retrieval databases located at Corporate Resource Net B provides access to over 4,000 journals in activities that could disclose http://www.questel.orbit.com/en/ proprietary information directed to a userdoc/docindex.htm electronic format. Department of Energy Information specific application, other than a (Click on ‘‘fact sheets’’) Bridge reissue application or reexamination STN International—complete list of DTIC STINET proceeding, are not permitted. databases located at Encyclopedia Britannica e. Interlibrary Loan. The USPTO http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/ Faulkner—provides comprehensive maintains an interlibrary loan operation dbsslist.html coverage of the full spectrum of to gain access to full text documents Westlaw—the database directory is computer systems, software, that are not available electronically or located at networking, and telecom on-site in hard copy or microform http://directory.westlaw.com/ technologies, including trends, format. The interlibrary loan staff have WIPO Journal of Patent Associated vendor strategies, and product access to local, national and Literature (JOPAL)—the database solutions. Includes B2B E-Commerce international organizations and provide directory is located at Trends reports. rapid retrieval of full text documents to http://jopal.wipo.int/ Institute for Electrical and Electronics examiners. b. Books, Technical Reports, and Engineers (IEEE Xplore)—provides II. Process for Providing Comments Conference Proceedings. The USPTO access to more than 500,000 IEEE/IEE maintains print collections of over articles written since 1988. All IEEE/ A. Resource Recommendations 160,000 books, technical reports, IEE conferences, journals and The USPTO requests comments journals, and conference proceedings standards from 1988 on are included. regarding the search resources that are not available electronically. ITKnowledge—provides full text access employed in the examination of Additionally, many materials are to more than 1,000 technical business method patent applications in available in microformat. computing books. Class 705. In order to identify additional c. Journals. The USPTO has access to Matthew Bender Legal and Intellectual information and materials that could be over 5,000 full text journals. Many of Property Publications considered during the examination these journals are available in electronic Medline process, members of the public are format. Please see the following section Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal invited to recommend databases and on ‘‘Web-based Resources,’’ which Physicians Desk Reference, PDR Herbal electronic resources that the USPTO includes sources providing access to full & Stedmans Medical Dictionary does not currently access for searching text electronic journals. The USPTO Proceedings of the National Academy of business methods prior art. also maintains full text CD-ROM Sciences Recommended databases must be products. Examples include Computer Proquest Direct—Proquest is organized publicly available. These databases will Select (1989 to date), Advances in into separate, subject-based libraries. be evaluated based on the set of criteria Cryptography (1981–1997), and Dr. USPTO subscribes to most of these published in this document. The Dobb’s Journals (1988–June 1997; newer including the Banking Library information you provide will help us Dr. Dobb’s Journal issues are available (containing 248 journal titles); the verify that the correct resource has been via web-based resources). The Computing library (containing 256 identified for evaluation. Please provide remainder of the journal collection is in journal titles); the detailed information in support of hard copy or microform formats. Telecommunications library suggested resource(s). Such information d. Web-based Resources. Examiners (containing 92 journal titles). In all, should address the following topics: have direct access to the web-based USPTO has access to the full text and/ resources including technical books and or bibliographic records for over 5,000 Reason for Recommendation reports, legal publications, indexes, journal titles through Proquest. Please specify why you are encyclopedias, dictionaries, and Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature recommending the database, focusing databases of NPL, such as journal ScienceServer—provides access to on the specific value of the content and articles and conference proceedings. nearly 200 scientific, technical and search features of the particular The primary strength of many of these medical journals published by database. For example, the database electronic resources is that they provide Elsevier and Academic Press. provides full text documents, or it
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contains business methods information (d) The documentation of publication Paperwork Reduction Act not found in other databases. dates for the information included in This notice involves information the database. Database Identification collection requirements which are (e) Thoroughness of indexing. subject to review by the Office of (a) Provide the full name of the (f) Frequency of updates. Management and Budget (OMB) under database and other names by which the the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 database may be identified, e.g. Search Interface (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). As required by acronyms or shortened names. (b) Provide the name, address, and Databases should have a search the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 phone number for the database interface that is powerful, user-friendly, (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)), the Office has producer. and has multiple access points. For submitted an information collection (c) Provide the name, address, and example: Does the database provide for package to OMB for its review and phone number for the entity that single-search access to the entire approval. The title, description, and provides access to the database. resource content? Does it support respondent description for this Boolean and proximity searching? Does information collection is shown below Database Content it allow for truncation and nesting of with an estimate of the annual reporting (a) What are the years of coverage? terms or synonyms? burdens. Included in the estimate is the time for reviewing instructions, (b) What is the subject matter? Cost (c) Does the bibliographic information searching existing data sources, include documented publication dates? The cost of the resource will be gathering and maintaining the data (d) Does the database include evaluated in relation to the value of the needed and completing and reviewing abstracts and/or full text? product and the cost of other the collection of information. comparable products. Accessibility OMB Number: 0651–0047. Accessibility and Reliability Title: United States Patent and (a) Is the database publicly available? Trademark Office Business Method (b) If so, what are the operational Database providers or producers Database Information. hours? should deliver reliable access 24 hours Form Number: Not applicable. Technical Support a day, seven days a week. The database Type of Review: Approved through must be publicly available. March of 2004. What is the availability of technical Affected Public: Individuals or support? Technical Support households, business or other for-profit, Continuity Technical support must be not-for-profit institutions, farms, state, knowledgeable and reliable, and must local or tribal governments, and the What is the database policy on Federal Government. maintaining backfile data? be available, at a minimum, Monday through Friday. Estimated Number of Respondents: Mode of Access 100. Continuity Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 How is the database available? (a) Online. Database content must be stable and hours. (b) Web-based. consistent. In particular, continuing Estimated Total Annual Burden (c) In-house CD-ROM or other availability of backfile data is critical. Hours: 150 hours. Needs and Uses: Input from industry electronic media. Mode of Access (1) networked. and the public on the current search (2) stand-alone system. The database should be accessible via areas and suggestions from industry and TCP/IP (online), the Internet, or an in- the public on new sources of prior art B. Criteria for Evaluation—Searchable house platform (networked or stand- is considered important to improve the Databases alone). The mode of access must meet examination process in the computer- Recommended databases should the requirements of the USPTO’s Office implemented business method field. provide substantial added value over of the Chief Information Officer’s The public feedback will be used to resources already available. Databases Technical Reference Model (TRM). The evaluate suggested databases for will be evaluated in terms of whether or TRM is available at the following url: inclusion in either mandatory or not they are of sufficient value to be optional search areas in this field. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ included as mandatory search tools or Comments are invited on: (1) Whether comp/proc/acquisitions/oamref.htm whether they should be included as the collection of information is supplemental resources for examiners to C. Schedule to Evaluate Recommended necessary for proper performance of the search, at their discretion, during the Resources functions of the agency; (2) the accuracy patent application examination process. of the agency’s estimate of the burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, Recommendations Will be evaluated by: Content received by: and clarity of the information to be The intellectual content of the collected; and (4) ways to minimize the June 30, 2001 ...... September 30, 2001. burden of the collection of information database will be evaluated on: September 30, 2001 December 31, 2001. (a) Extent of the retrospective December 31, 2001 .. March 31, 2002. to respondents. coverage of business-related prior art. March 31, 2002 ...... June 30, 2002. Interested persons are requested to (b) Extent of unique, difficult-to-find send comments regarding these sources and content not available in Classification Section information collections, including currently used tools. suggestions for reducing this burden, to (c) Extent of bibliographic It has been determined that this notice Robert J. Spar, Director, Office of Patent documentation in addition to the is not significant for purposes of Legal Administration, United States availability of searchable abstracts and/ Executive Order 12866 (September 30, Patent and Trademark Office, or full text. 1993). Washington, D.C. 20231, or to the Office
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of Information and Regulatory Affairs of developments, and news in banking and with particular emphasis on economic OMB, New Executive Office Building, related financial areas. conditions in selected cities, states, or 725 17th Street, N.W., Room 10235, American Medical Association Journals— regions, as well as mergers, acquisitions, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: contains the full-text articles from 11 medical company executives, new products, and journals, including the well-known JAMA, competitive intelligence. Desk Officer for the Patent and The Journal of the American Medical Business Week—contains the complete text Trademark Office. Association. The articles include all subject of articles from the domestic and Notwithstanding any other provision areas relating to the practice of medicine. The international English-language editions of the of law, no person is required to respond American Medical Association is the world’s highly acclaimed McGraw-Hill weekly to nor shall a person be subject to a largest single publisher of scientific and business news magazine, Business Week. penalty for failure to comply with a medical information. This database also Articles focus on companies, the economy, collection of information subject to the contains peer-reviewed clinical and government regulation, industries, labor and requirements of the Paperwork investigative articles in major medical management issues, technology, and Reduction Act unless that collection of disciplines. 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Its uniquely Computer DatabaseTM)—provides Intellectual Property and Acting Director of comprehensive coverage of important comprehensive information about the the United States Patent and Trademark industry sources meets the banking-related computer, electronics, and Office. information needs of researchers in banking, telecommunications industries. Coverage finance, government, tax, insurance, includes detailed information about the Appendix I economics, financial services, and business evaluation, purchase, use, and support of Brief descriptions are provided for the schools. It contains the full text of cited computer and other electronic products. Gale articles from many high demand sources Group Computer Database is designed to above listed NPL and Foreign Patent databases. 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Conference Papers Index word summaries of articles appearing in research in the biological and biomedical provides a centralized source of information professional publications, academic journals, sciences. on reports of current research and and trade magazines published worldwide. Bond Buyer Full Text—corresponds to the development from papers presented at Aerospace/Defense Markets & Technology printed publication, The Bond Buyer. The conferences and meetings; it provides titles (Gale Group Aerospace/Defense Markets & newspapers specialize in the fixed-income of the papers as well as the names and Technology)—provides full-text articles and investment market and are considered the addresses (when available) of the authors of abstracts covering all aspects of the authoritative sources of information for the these papers. Also included in this database worldwide aerospace industry. Corporations municipal bond community in the U.S. are announcements of any publications in the aerospace/defense industry rely on A/ Essential daily coverage of government and issued from the meetings, in addition to DM&T: for coverage of key industry sources Treasury securities, financial futures, available preprints, reprints, abstract for details on competitors, products and corporate bonds, and mortgage securities is booklets, and proceedings volumes, technologies to monitor government funding, provided. Extensive coverage of U.S. including dates of availability, costs and budgets, and contracts to identify market Congressional actions, worldwide monetary ordering information. 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virtually every American dissertation articles from the U.S. Edition of the Financial includes the clinical, practical, and accepted at an accredited institution since Times newspaper. The Financial Times theoretical aspects of the literature as well as 1861. Selected Masters theses have been provides in-depth coverage on worldwide economic and scientific. A unique feature of included since 1962. In addition, since 1988, industries, companies, and markets. these abstracts is the inclusion of the study the database has included citations for GlobalbaseTM (Gale Group GlobalbaseTM)— design, number of patients, dosage, dosage dissertations from 50 British universities that provides worldwide coverage of companies, forms, and dosage schedule. have been collected by and filmed at The products, and industries with a primary Internet & Personal Computing AbstractsTM British Document Supply Centre. Beginning focus on Europe. (replaced Microcomputer Abstracts)— with DAIC Volume 49, Number 2 (Spring Health & Wellness DatabaseSM (Gale Group contains abstracts and citations to the 1988), citations and abstracts from Section C, Health & Wellness DatabaseSM)—is a literature on the use of computers in Worldwide Dissertations (formerly European comprehensive periodical and reference business, industry, education, libraries and Dissertations), have been included in the file. database produced by The Gale Group, the home. Over 90 traditional and cutting- Abstracts are included for doctoral records providing broad coverage in the areas of edge publications are covered, including from July 1980 (Dissertation Abstracts health, medicine, fitness, and nutrition. Gale widely read mass-market computer International, Volume 41, Number 1) to the Group Health & Wellness Database is publications, as well as those focusing on present. Abstracts are included for masters designed to address the needs of health and specific topics, such as hardware platforms, theses from Spring 1988 (Masters Abstracts, medical professionals, specialized business operating systems (Windows, DOS, UNIX, Volume 26, Number 1) to the present. and industry researchers, consumers, and a Macintosh, etc.), online systems, Drug News & Perspectives (Prous Science wide range of people seeking a general management, networks, and electronic Drug News & Perspectives)—this database understanding about important health issues publishing. Informative abstracts summarize allows users to quickly and easily consul the and practices. software and hardware. Book reviews, feature latest pharmaceutical news. 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Each Abstracts—(Information Service in unpublished records from the journal’s issue has features including news in the Mechanical Engineering) indexes significant sections: ‘‘Line Extensions,’’ ‘‘R&D Briefs,’’ following columns: Product News, People, articles in all aspects of mechanical and ‘‘People on the Move.’’ Unpublished Litigation, Legislative News, Industry News, engineering, production engineering and records, omitted from the printed journal due Research, Regulatory News, Financings, engineering management from approximately to space limitations, are labeled Reimbursement, and Public Health. A feature 250 journals published throughout the world. ‘‘unpublished’’ and do not have volume, entitled ‘‘Washington This Week’’ lists In addition, books, reports, and conference issue, or page numbers. Unpublished records scheduled congressional hearings, agency proceedings are indexed. 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Insurance Periodicals Index—indexes and from Japan Science and Technology European Patents Fulltext—covers all abstracts 35 of the most respected and widely Corporation, Information Center for Science European patent applications and granted read insurance industry journals and and Technology (JICST). European patents published since the magazines, dating from January 1984 to the The Journal of Commerce—provides the opening of the European Patent Office (EPO) present. complete text of all news, columns, in 1978. This database also contains International Pharmaceutical Abstracts— editorials, briefs, calendar listings, and bibliographic records for PCT (Patent provides information on all phases of the selected tables that appear in the Five-Star Cooperation Treaty) applications transferred development and use of drugs and on edition of the world’s premier daily business to the EPO. professional pharmaceutical practice. 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San Jose Mercury News—provides local, Eastern 3-star Edition of The Wall Street interpretation for the hearing impaired national, and international news coverage. Journal newspaper. The Wall Street Journal should contact the Secretary at least 10 Bureaus in Sacramento and Washington, DC, is a daily newspaper valued worldwide for days before the meeting date. enable the newspaper to provide full its coverage of business, finance, and coverage of state and Federal Government economics. Dated: in Washington, DC, May 30, 2001. news. Particular emphasis is given to high Wilson Applied Science & Technology Charles H. Atherton, technology and the developments in the Abstracts—provides comprehensive Secretary. industries of Silicon Valley, including abstracting and indexing of more than 400 [FR Doc. 01–14115 Filed 6–4–01; 8:45 am] coverage of the following companies: core English-language scientific and Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, technical publications. 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