80 FR 49215 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “Patents for Humanity Program”

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 158 (August 17, 2015)

Page Range		49215-49216
FR Document		2015-20193

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 158 (Monday, August 17, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49215-49216]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20193]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``Patents for 
Humanity Program''

    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: Patents for Humanity Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0066.
    Form Number(s):

 PTO/PFH/001
 PTO/PFH/002
 PTO/SB/431

    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 110 responses per year.
    Average Minutes per Response: 60 minutes (attorney) or 180 minutes 
(paralegal) for the Humanitarian Program Application, and 60 minutes 
for the Petition to Extend the Redemption Period of the Humanitarian 
Awards Certificate.
    Burden Hours: 410.
    Cost Burden: $0.

Needs and Uses

    The Patents for Humanity Program is designed to incentivize the 
distribution of patented technologies or products to address 
humanitarian needs, and is open to any patent owners or patent 
licensees, including inventors who have not assigned their ownership 
rights to others, assignees, and exclusive or non-exclusive licensees. 
Applications are considered in five categories: Medicine, Nutrition, 
Sanitation, Household Energy, and Living Standards.
    The USPTO has developed two application forms that applicants can 
use to apply for participation in the Patents for Humanity Program--one 
application covers the humanitarian uses of technologies or products 
and the other application covers humanitarian research. Applicants may 
optionally provide contact information for the public to reach them 
with any inquiries. Additionally, applicants may provide non-public 
contact information by email to the USPTO in order to be notified about 
their award status. Applications must be submitted electronically as 
described at http://www.uspto.gov/patentsforhumanity. Complete 
submitted applications will be available on the public Web site after 
being screened for inappropriate material.
    The applications are reviewed by external judges working 
independently. A selection committee composed of representatives from 
other federal agencies and laboratories will make recommendations for 
the awards based on the judges' reviews. Those applicants who are 
selected for an award will receive a certificate redeemable to 
accelerate select matters before the USPTO and public recognition of 
their efforts, including an awards ceremony at the USPTO. The 
certificates can be redeemed to accelerate one of the following 
matters: an ex parte reexamination proceeding, including one appeal to 
the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) from that proceeding; a patent 
application, including one appeal to the PTAB from that application; or 
an appeal to the PTAB of a claim twice rejected in a patent application 
or reissue application or finally rejected in an ex parte 
reexamination, without accelerating the underlying matter which 
generated the appeal. The certificates cannot be transferred to other 
parties.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: 
[email protected].

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    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.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0066 copy request'' 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 September 16, 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: August 6, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
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Responses Burden Rate Total cost
IC No. Item Hours (yr) (hrs/yr) ($/hr) ($/yr)

(a) (b) (c) = (a) × (b) (d) (e) = (c) × (d)

1 ........................ Complaint Regarding Invention 0.25 30 7.5 $77.50 $581.25
Promoter (PTO/SB/2048).
2 ........................ Responses to the Complaints .... 0.50 20 10 224.50 2,445.00

Totals ......... ................................................ .......................... 50 17.5 .......................... 3,026.25

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden Dated: August 6, 2015. The USPTO has developed two
(Non-Hourly): $493.70. There are no Marcie Lovett, application forms that applicants can
capital startup, maintenance, or Records Management Division Director, use to apply for participation in the
operating fees associated with this USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Patents for Humanity Program—one
collection, nor are there filing or Officer. application covers the humanitarian
processing fees. There is, however, a [FR Doc. 2015–20192 Filed 8–14–15; 8:45 am] uses of technologies or products and the
non-hourly cost burden associated with BILLING CODE 3510–16–P other application covers humanitarian
this collection in the form of postage research. Applicants may optionally
costs. provide contact information for the
For this collection, it is estimated that DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE public to reach them with any inquiries.
30 complaints will be received by mail. Additionally, applicants may provide
The USPTO estimates that the first-class Patent and Trademark Office non-public contact information by email
postage cost for a mailed complaint will to the USPTO in order to be notified
Submission for OMB Review;
be $0.49. Promotion firms may choose about their award status. Applications
Comment Request; ‘‘Patents for
to send responses to complaints using must be submitted electronically as
Humanity Program’’
overnight mail service at an estimated described at http://www.uspto.gov/
cost of $23.95 per response. The USPTO The Department of Commerce will patentsforhumanity. Complete
estimates that it will receive 20 submit to the Office of Management and submitted applications will be available
responses to complaints. Therefore, the Budget (OMB) for clearance the on the public Web site after being
total postage cost associated with this following proposal for collection of screened for inappropriate material.
collection will be approximately information under the provisions of the The applications are reviewed by
$493.70. As there are no other annual Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. external judges working independently.
(non-hourly) costs associated with this Chapter 35). A selection committee composed of
collection, the USPTO therefore Agency: United States Patent and representatives from other federal
estimates that the total annual (non- Trademark Office, Commerce. agencies and laboratories will make
hourly) cost burden for this collection, Title: Patents for Humanity Program. recommendations for the awards based
in the form of postage costs, is $493.70 OMB Control Number: 0651–0066. on the judges’ reviews. Those applicants
per year. Form Number(s): who are selected for an award will
• PTO/PFH/001 receive a certificate redeemable to
IV. Request for Comments
• PTO/PFH/002 accelerate select matters before the
Comments are invited on: • PTO/SB/431 USPTO and public recognition of their
(a) Whether the proposed collection of Type of Request: Regular. efforts, including an awards ceremony
information is necessary for the proper Number of Respondents: 110 at the USPTO. The certificates can be
performance of the functions of the responses per year. redeemed to accelerate one of the
agency, including whether the Average Minutes per Response: 60 following matters: an ex parte
information shall have practical utility; minutes (attorney) or 180 minutes reexamination proceeding, including
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s (paralegal) for the Humanitarian one appeal to the Patent Trial and
estimate of the burden (including hours Program Application, and 60 minutes Appeal Board (PTAB) from that
and cost) of the proposed collection of for the Petition to Extend the proceeding; a patent application,
information, including the validity of Redemption Period of the Humanitarian including one appeal to the PTAB from
the methodology and assumptions used; Awards Certificate. that application; or an appeal to the
(c) ways to enhance the quality, Burden Hours: 410. PTAB of a claim twice rejected in a
utility, and clarity of the information to Cost Burden: $0. patent application or reissue application
be collected; and or finally rejected in an ex parte
(d) ways to minimize the burden of Needs and Uses reexamination, without accelerating the
the collection of information on The Patents for Humanity Program is underlying matter which generated the
respondents, including through the use designed to incentivize the distribution appeal. The certificates cannot be
of automated collection techniques or of patented technologies or products to transferred to other parties.
other forms of information technology, address humanitarian needs, and is Affected Public: Individuals or
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of open to any patent owners or patent households, businesses or other for-
responses. licensees, including inventors who have profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Comments submitted in response to not assigned their ownership rights to Frequency: Annually.
this notice will be summarized or others, assignees, and exclusive or non- Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
included in the request for OMB exclusive licensees. Applications are obtain or retain benefits.
approval of this information collection; considered in five categories: Medicine, OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
they will also become a matter of public Nutrition, Sanitation, Household email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
record. Energy, and Living Standards. omb.eop.gov.

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Once submitted, the request will be * Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
publicly available in electronic format www.regulations.gov. Follow the
through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Federal Energy Regulatory
instructions to view Department of Commission
* Mail: Department of Defense, Office
Commerce collections currently under of the Deputy Chief Management
review by OMB. Combined Notice of Filings #1
Further information can be obtained Officer, Directorate of Oversight and
Compliance, Regulatory and Audit Take notice that the Commission
by: received the following exempt
• Email: InformationCollection@ Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–9010. wholesale generator filings:
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0066 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the Instructions: All submissions received Docket Numbers: EG15–112–000.
message. must include the agency name and Applicants: Silver State Solar Power
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records docket number for this Federal Register South, LLC.
Management Division Director, Office of Description: Notice of Self-
document. The general policy for
the Chief Information Officer, United certification of Exempt Wholesale
comments and other submissions from
States Patent and Trademark Office, Generator Status of Silver State Solar
members of the public is to make these Power South, LLC.
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– submissions available for public
1450. Filed Date: 8/11/15.
viewing on the Internet at http:// Accession Number: 20150811–5097.
Written comments and
www.regulations.gov as they are Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/1/15.
recommendations for the proposed
received without change, including any Docket Numbers: EG15–113–000.
information collection should be sent on
or before September 16, 2015 to personal identifiers or contact Applicants: Recurrent Energy, LLC.
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, information. Description: Notice of Self-
via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@ Certification of EG of RE Garland, LLC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Filed Date: 8/11/15.
omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202–395– Cindy Allard at (571) 372–0461.
5167, marked to the attention of Accession Number: 20150811–5121.
Nicholas A. Fraser. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/1/15.
of the Secretary of Defense systems of Docket Numbers: EG15–114–000.
Dated: August 6, 2015.
records notices subject to the Privacy Applicants: Recurrent Energy, LLC.
Marcie Lovett, Description: Self-Certification of EG of
Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,
Records Management Division Director, RE Garland A, LLC.
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information have been published in the Federal
Register and are available from the Filed Date: 8/11/15.
Officer.
address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Accession Number: 20150811–5126.
[FR Doc. 2015–20193 Filed 8–14–15; 8:45 am] Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/1/15.
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
CONTACT or at the Defense Privacy and
Civil Liberties Division Web site at Take notice that the Commission
http://dpcld.defense.gov/. The Office of received the following electric rate
the Secretary of Defense proposes to filings:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
delete one system of records notice from Docket Numbers: ER10–2964–008.
Office of the Secretary its inventory of record systems subject Applicants: Selkirk Cogen Partners,
[Docket ID: DoD–2015–OS–0081]
to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. L.P.
552a), as amended. The proposed Description: Supplement to July 1,
Privacy Act of 1974; System of deletion is not within the purview of 2015 Notice of Non-Material Change in
Records subsection (r) of the Privacy Act of 1974 Status of Selkirk Cogen Partners, L.P.
(5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, which Filed Date: 8/11/15.
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Accession Number: 20150811–5077.
requires the submission of a new or
Defense, DoD. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/1/15.
altered system report.
ACTION: Notice to delete a System of Docket Numbers: ER15–2135–000.
Records. Dated: August 11, 2015. Applicants: Alexander Wind Farm,
Aaron Siegel, LLC.
SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Description: Supplement to July 9,
Defense is deleting a system of records Officer, Department of Defense. 2015 Alexander Wind Farm, LLC tariff
notice from its existing inventory of filing.
record systems subject to the Privacy Deletion: Filed Date: 8/6/15.
Act of 1974, as amended. The system of Accession Number: 20150806–5086.
records notice is DA&M 02, Director of DA&M 02
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/27/15.
Administration and Management Director of Administration and Docket Numbers: ER15–2348–000.
(DA&M) Mentoring Program (March 8,
Management (DA&M) Mentoring Applicants: Tucson Electric Power
2013, 78 FR 15006).
Program (March 8, 2013, 78 FR 15006) Company.
DATES: Comments will be accepted on or Description: Report Filing:
before September 16, 2015. This REASON: Supplement to Filing of Amendments to
proposed action will be effective on the
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Rate Schedule No. 102 to be effective
day following the end of the comment The mentoring program is no longer
N/A.
period unless comments are received an active program and the records have Filed Date: 8/7/15.
which result in a contrary been destroyed, therefore, this notice Accession Number: 20150807–5125.
determination. can be deleted. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/15.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, [FR Doc. 2015–20150 Filed 8–14–15; 8:45 am] Docket Numbers: ER15–2409–000.
identified by docket number and title, BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Applicants: Midcontinent
by any of the following methods: Independent System Operator, Inc.

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 49215

80 FR 49215 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “Patents for Humanity Program”

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEPatent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 158 (August 17, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office