80_FR_78439 80 FR 78198 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “International Work Sharing”

80 FR 78198 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “International Work Sharing”

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 241 (December 16, 2015)

Page Range78198-78199
FR Document2015-31585

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78198-78199]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31585]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``International Work 
Sharing''

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) 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 (USPTO).
    Title: International Work Sharing.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0079.
    Form Number(s):
     PTO/SB/437JP
     PTO/SB/437KR
     PTO/SB/CSP Survey 1
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the

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public between 5 minutes (.08 hours) and 3 hours, depending upon the 
complexity of the situation, to gather the necessary information, 
prepare for submission, and submit a single item in this collection.
    Burden Hours: 1533.33.
    Cost Burden: $0.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is necessary so that 
applicants that file applications with the USPTO, Japan Patent Office, 
and Korean Intellectual Property Office may participate in the 
International Work Sharing Program. The Program enables its 
participants to engage in the exchange of IP documents between the 
patent offices of the United States, Japan, and Korea in order to 
facilitate efficient worldwide patent examinations.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
    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: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0079 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 January 15, 2016 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, 
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. 
Fraser.

Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-31585 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-16-P

78198 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 241 / Wednesday, December 16, 2015 / Notices shall record the marine mammal(s) as a (i) In the unanticipated event that the injury or death is not associated with or ‘‘take’’ upon entering the Level B specified activity clearly causes the take related to the activities authorized in the harassment zone. While the animal of a marine mammal in a manner IHA (e.g., previously wounded animal, remains within the Level B harassment prohibited by the IHA, such as an injury carcass with moderate to advanced zone, that pile segment shall be (Level A harassment), serious injury or decomposition, or scavenger damage), completed without cessation, unless the mortality (e.g., ship-strike, gear POA shall report the incident to the animal approaches the 100-meter interaction, and/or entanglement), POA Chief of the Permits and Conservation shutdown zone, at which point the shall immediately cease the specified Division, Office of Protected Resources, MMO shall authorize the immediate activities and immediately report the NMFS, and the NMFS Alaska Stranding shutdown of in-water pile driving before incident to the Chief of the Permits and Hotline and/or by email to the Alaska the marine mammal enters the 100- Conservation Division, Office of Regional Stranding Coordinators, within meter shutdown zone. Pile driving shall Protected Resources, NMFS, and the 24 hours of the discovery. POA would resume only once the animal has left the Alaska Regional Stranding Coordinators. provide photographs or video footage (if 100-meter shutdown zone on its own or The report would include the following available) or other documentation of the has not been resighted for a period of 20 information: stranded animal sighting to NMFS and minutes. 1. Time, date, and location (latitude/ the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. (v) MMOs shall be placed on one of longitude) of the incident; 6. This Authorization may be the vessels used for hydroacoustic 2. Name and type of vessel involved; modified, suspended or withdrawn if monitoring, which will be stationed 3. Vessel’s speed during and leading the holder fails to abide by the offshore. up to the incident; conditions prescribed herein, or if (vi) The individuals shall scan the 4. Description of the incident; NMFS determines the authorized taking waters within each monitoring zone 5. Status of all sound source use in is having more than a negligible impact activity using binoculars (25x or the 24 hours preceding the incident; on the species or stock of affected equivalent), hand held binoculars (7x) 6. Water depth; marine mammals. 7. Environmental conditions (e.g., and visual observation. Request for Public Comments wind speed and direction, Beaufort sea (vii) The waters shall be scanned 20 state, cloud cover, and visibility); NMFS requests comment on our minutes prior to commencing pile 8. Description of all marine mammal analysis, the draft authorization, and driving at the beginning of each day, observations in the 24 hours preceding any other aspect of the Notice of and prior to commencing pile driving the incident; Proposed IHA for POA’s proposed Test after any stoppage of 20 minutes or 9. Species identification or Pile Program in Anchorage, Alaska. greater. If marine mammals enter or are description of the animal(s) involved; Please include with your comments any observed within the designated marine 10. Fate of the animal(s); and supporting data or literature citations to mammal buffer zone (the 100m radius) 11. Photographs or video footage of help inform our final decision on POA’s during or 20 minutes prior to impact the animal(s) (if equipment is available). request for an MMPA authorization. pile driving, the monitors will notify the (ii) Activities would not resume until on-site construction manager to not Dated: December 11, 2015. NMFS is able to review the begin until the animal has moved circumstances of the prohibited take. Perry Gayaldo, outside the designated radius. NMFS shall work with POA to Deputy Director, Office of Protected (viii) The waters shall continue to be determine what is necessary to Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. scanned for at least 20 minutes after pile minimize the likelihood of further [FR Doc. 2015–31620 Filed 12–15–15; 8:45 am] driving has completed each day. prohibited take and ensure MMPA BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 5. Monitoring and Reporting compliance. POA would not be able to The holder of this Authorization is resume their activities until notified by required to submit a draft report on all NMFS via letter, email, or telephone. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE monitoring conducted under the IHA 90 (iii) In the event that POA discovers calendar days after the completion of Patent and Trademark Office an injured or dead marine mammal, and the marine mammal monitoring or 60 the lead MMO determines that the cause Submission for OMB Review; days prior to the issuance of a of the injury or death is unknown and Comment Request; ‘‘International subsequent authorization, whichever the death is relatively recent (i.e., in less Work Sharing’’ comes first. A final report shall be than a moderate state of decomposition prepared and submitted within thirty as described in the next paragraph), The United States Patent and days following resolution of comments POA shall immediately report the Trademark Office (USTPO) will submit on the draft report from NMFS. This incident to the Chief of the Permits and to the Office of Management and Budget report must contain the informational Conservation Division, Office of (OMB) for clearance the following elements described in the Monitoring Protected Resources, NMFS, and the proposal for collection of information Plan, at minimum (see attached), and NMFS Alaska Stranding Hotline and/or under the provisions of the Paperwork shall also include: by email to the Alaska Regional Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). (a) Acoustic Monitoring Stranding Coordinators. The report shall Agency: United States Patent and (i) POA conduct acoustic monitoring include the same information identified Trademark Office (USPTO). for representative scenarios of pile in the paragraph above. Activities Title: International Work Sharing. driving activity, as described in the OMB Control Number: 0651–0079. would be able to continue while NMFS Form Number(s): Monitoring Plan. tkelley on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES reviews the circumstances of the • PTO/SB/437JP (b) Data Collection incident. NMFS would work with POA • PTO/SB/437KR (i) For all marine mammal and to determine whether modifications in • PTO/SB/CSP Survey 1 acoustic monitoring, information shall the activities are appropriate. Type of Request: Regular. be recorded as described in the (iv) In the event that POA discovers Number of Respondents: 900. Monitoring Plan. an injured or dead marine mammal, and Average Hours per Response: The (c) Reporting Measures the lead MMO determines that the USPTO estimates that it will take the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Dec 15, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 241 / Wednesday, December 16, 2015 / Notices 78199 public between 5 minutes (.08 hours) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE information collection should be sent on and 3 hours, depending upon the or before January 15, 2016 to Nicholas complexity of the situation, to gather the United States Patent and Trademark A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email necessary information, prepare for Office to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or submission, and submit a single item in by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the Submission for OMB Review; attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. this collection. Comment Request; Patents External Burden Hours: 1533.33. Quality Survey Marcie Lovett, Cost Burden: $0. Records Management Division Director, The United States Patent and USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Needs and Uses: This information Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit Officer. collection is necessary so that to the Office of Management and Budget [FR Doc. 2015–31586 Filed 12–15–15; 8:45 am] applicants that file applications with the (OMB) for clearance the following BILLING CODE 3510–16–P USPTO, Japan Patent Office, and Korean proposal for collection of information Intellectual Property Office may under the provisions of the Paperwork participate in the International Work Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Sharing Program. The Program enables Agency: United States Patent and its participants to engage in the Trademark Office (USPTO). Department of the Army exchange of IP documents between the Title: Patents External Quality Survey. OMB Control Number: 0651–0057. [Docket ID USA–2015–HQ–0037] patent offices of the United States, Form Number(s): Japan, and Korea in order to facilitate • No forms associated Submission for OMB Review; efficient worldwide patent Type of Request: Regular. Comment Request examinations. Number of Respondents: 3,100. Average Minutes per Response: The ACTION: Notice. Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for- USPTO estimates that it will take the SUMMARY: The Department of Defense profits; and not-for-profit institutions. public 10 minutes (.17 hours) to gather has submitted to OMB for clearance, the the necessary information, prepare for following proposal for collection of Frequency: On occasion. submission, and submit a single item in information under the provisions of the Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. this collection. Paperwork Reduction Act. OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, Burden Hours: 516.67. Cost Burden: $0. DATES: Consideration will be given to all email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ comments received by January 15, 2016. Needs and Uses: Individuals who omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred work at firms that file more than six Once submitted, the request will be patent applications a year use the Licari, 571–372–0493. publicly available in electronic format Patents External Quality Survey to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: through reginfo.gov. Follow the provide their perceptions of Title, Associated Form and OMB instructions to view Department of examination quality to the USPTO. The Number: Army Sex Offender Commerce collections currently under USPTO uses the feedback gathered from Information; Department of the Army review by OMB. the survey to assist them in targeting Form 3975; OMB Control Number 0702– Further information can be obtained key areas for examination quality 0128. by: improvement and to identify important Type of Request: Reinstatement. areas for examiner training. Number of Respondents: 550. • Email: InformationCollection@ Affected Public: Individuals or Responses per Respondent: 1. uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0079 copy households; businesses or other for- Annual Responses: 550. request’’ in the subject line of the profits; and not-for-profit institutions. Average Burden per Response: 20 message. Frequency: Semi-annually. minutes. • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Annual Burden Hours: 183. Management Division Director, Office of OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, Needs and Uses: The information email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ collection requirement is necessary to the Chief Information Officer, United omb.eop.gov. Once submitted, the obtain and record the sex offender States Patent and Trademark Office, request will be publicly available in registration information of those sex P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– electronic format through reginfo.gov. offenders who live, work or go to school 1450. on Army installations. Respondents are Follow the instructions to view Written comments and Department of Commerce collections any convicted sex offender required to recommendations for the proposed currently under review by OMB. register pursuant to any DoD, Army, information collection should be sent on Further information can be obtained State government, law, regulation, or or before January 15, 2016 to Nicholas by: policy where they are employed, reside, A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email • Email: InformationCollection@ or are a student. The information to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0057 copy collected is used by Army law by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the request’’ in the subject line of the enforcement to ensure the sex offender attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. message. is compliant with any court order • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records restrictions. tkelley on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES Marcie Lovett, Management Division Director, Office of Affected Public: Business or other for- Records Management Division Director, the Chief Information Officer, United profit; individuals or households. USPTO, Office of the Chief Information States Patent and Trademark Office, Frequency: On occasion. Officer. P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– Respondent’s Obligation: Required to [FR Doc. 2015–31585 Filed 12–15–15; 8:45 am] 1450. obtain or retain benefits. BILLING CODE 3510–16–P Written comments and OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet recommendations for the proposed Seehra. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Dec 15, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1


Document Created: 2015-12-16 01:01:21
Document Modified: 2015-12-16 01:01:21
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 78198 
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