80_FR_11218 80 FR 11178 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Recording Assignments

80 FR 11178 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Recording Assignments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 40 (March 2, 2015)

Page Range11178-11178
FR Document2015-04214

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 11178]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04214]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Recording Assignments

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce
    Title: Recording Assignments
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0027
    Form Number(s):
     PTO-1594
     PTO-1595
    Type of Request: Regular
    Number of Respondents: 524,298
    Average Hours per Response: 0.5
    Burden Hours: 262,150 annually
    Cost Burden: $2,954,726

Needs and Uses:

    This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 
for patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for trademarks. These statutes 
authorize the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to 
record patent and trademark assignment documents, including transfers 
of properties (i.e. patents and trademarks), liens, licenses, 
assignments of interest, security interests, mergers, and explanations 
of transactions or other documents that record the transfer of 
ownership of a particular patent or trademark property from one party 
to another. Assignments are recorded for applications, patents, and 
trademark registrations.
    The USPTO administers these statutes through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, 
and 37 CFR part 3. These rules permit the public, corporations, other 
federal agencies, and Government-owned or Government-controlled 
corporations to submit patent and trademark assignment documents and 
other documents related to title transfers to the USPTO to be recorded. 
In accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the recording of an assignment document 
by the USPTO is an administrative action and not a determination of the 
validity of the document or of the effect that the document has on the 
title to an application, patent, or trademark.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: 
[email protected].
    Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in 
electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Paper copies can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0027 Recording Assignments'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before April 1, 2015 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected], 
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. 
Fraser.

    Dated: February 20, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-04214 Filed 2-27-15; 8:45 am]
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11178 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 40 / Monday, March 2, 2015 / Notices prepare an environmental assessment or Government-controlled corporations to continuing effort to reduce paperwork environmental impact statement. submit patent and trademark and respondent burden, invites the Concurrent with the publication of assignment documents and other general public and other Federal this notice in the Federal Register, documents related to title transfers to agencies to comment on proposed and/ NMFS is forwarding copies of the the USPTO to be recorded. In or continuing information collections, application to the Marine Mammal accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the as required by the Paperwork Reduction Commission and its Committee of recording of an assignment document by Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 Scientific Advisors. the USPTO is an administrative action U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Dated: February 24, 2015. and not a determination of the validity DATES: Written comments must be Julia Harrison, of the document or of the effect that the submitted on or before May 1, 2015. document has on the title to an ADDRESSES: Written comments may be Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National application, patent, or trademark. submitted by any of the following Marine Fisheries Service. Affected Public: Businesses or other methods: [FR Doc. 2015–04167 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. • Email: InformationCollection@ Frequency: On occasion uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0016 Rules for BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Patent Maintenance Fees’’ in the subject Obtain or Retain Benefits line of the message. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ Management Division Director, Office of United States Patent and Trademark omb.eop.gov. the Chief Information Officer, United Office Once submitted, the request will be States Patent and Trademark Office, publicly available in electronic format P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– Submission for OMB Review; through reginfo.gov. Follow the 1450. Comment Request; Recording instructions to view Department of • Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// Assignments Commerce collections currently under www.regulations.gov. review by OMB. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department of Commerce will Paper copies can be obtained by: submit to the Office of Management and Requests for additional information • Email: InformationCollection@ Budget (OMB) for clearance the should be directed to Raul Tamayo, uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027 following proposal for collection of Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Recording Assignments’’ in the subject information under the provisions of the Legal Administration, United States line of the message. Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Chapter 35). P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– Management Division Director, Office of Agency: United States Patent and 1450; by telephone at 571–272–7728; or the Chief Information Officer, United Trademark Office, Commerce by email at Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov States Patent and Trademark Office, Title: Recording Assignments with ‘‘Paperwork’’ in the subject line. P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– OMB Control Number: 0651–0027 Additional information about this 1450. Form Number(s): collection is also available at http:// Written comments and • PTO–1594 recommendations for the proposed www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information • PTO–1595 information collection should be sent on Collection Review.’’ Type of Request: Regular or before April 1, 2015 to Nicholas A. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Number of Respondents: 524,298 Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Average Hours per Response: 0.5 I. Abstract Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by Burden Hours: 262,150 annually Under 35 U.S.C. § 41 and 37 CFR fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the Cost Burden: $2,954,726 1.20(e)–(i) and 1.362–1.378, the United attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. States Patent and Trademark Office Needs and Uses: Dated: February 20, 2015. (USPTO) charges fees for maintaining in This collection of information is Marcie Lovett, force all utility patents based on required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for Records Management Division Director, applications filed on or after December patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 12, 1980. Payment of these maintenance trademarks. These statutes authorize the Officer. fees is due at 3 1/2, 7 1/2, and 11 1/2 United States Patent and Trademark [FR Doc. 2015–04214 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] years after the date the patent was Office (USPTO) to record patent and BILLING CODE 3510–16–P granted. If the USPTO does not receive trademark assignment documents, payment of the appropriate maintenance including transfers of properties (i.e. fee and any applicable surcharge within patents and trademarks), liens, licenses, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE a grace period of six months following assignments of interest, security each of the above due dates (at 4, 8, or interests, mergers, and explanations of United States Patent and Trademark 12 years after the date of grant), the transactions or other documents that Office patent will expire at that time. After a record the transfer of ownership of a patent expires, it is no longer Proposed Collection; Comment particular patent or trademark property enforceable. Maintenance fees are not asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Request; ‘‘Rules for Patent from one party to another. Assignments required for design or plant patents, or Maintenance Fees’’ are recorded for applications, patents, for reissue patents if the patent being and trademark registrations. AGENCY: United States Patent and reissued did not require maintenance The USPTO administers these statutes Trademark Office, Commerce. fees. through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37 ACTION: Notice. Payments of maintenance fees that are CFR part 3. These rules permit the submitted during the six-month grace public, corporations, other federal SUMMARY: The United States Patent and period before patent expiration must agencies, and Government-owned or Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its include the appropriate surcharge as VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:55 Feb 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02MRN1.SGM 02MRN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 11178 
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