Commerce Department publishes notice on May 3

The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Request for Comments on International Efforts To Harmonize Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws.

The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Commerce Department on May 3

Title
Honey from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Romania: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2007 Management Measures
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Endangered Species; File No. 1557
Request for Comments on International Efforts To Harmonize Substantive Requirements of Patent Laws
Marine Mammals; File No. 727-1915
Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order
Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review