81_FR_43735 81 FR 43607 - Information Collection; Patents

81 FR 43607 - Information Collection; Patents

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 128 (July 5, 2016)

Page Range43607-43608
FR Document2016-15723

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning patents.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0096; Docket No. 2016-0053; Sequence No. 31]


Information Collection; Patents

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an 
existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an 
extension of a previously approved information collection requirement 
concerning patents.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0096, Patents, by any of the following methods:
     Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for ``9000-
0096; Patents''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds 
with ``Information Collection 9000-0096, Patents''. Follow the 
instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please 
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection 
9000-0096, Patents'' on your attached document.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), IC 9000-0096, 1800 F Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20405.
    Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information 
Collection 9000-0096, Patents, in all correspondence related to this 
collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business 
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your 
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to 
three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for 
posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, 
Federal Acquisition Policy Division, at 703-795-6328 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    The patent coverage in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 
27.2 requires the contractor to report each notice of a claim of patent 
or copyright infringement that came to the contractor's attention in 
connection with performing a Government contract (FAR 27.202-1 and 
52.227-2).
    The contractor is also required to report all royalties anticipated 
or paid in excess of $250 for the use of patented inventions by 
furnishing the name and address of licensor, date of license agreement, 
patent number, brief description of item or component, percentage or 
dollar rate of royalty per unit, unit price of contract item, and 
number of units (FAR 27.202-5, 52.227-6, and 52.227-9).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Number of Respondents: 107.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Total Annual Responses: 107.
    Hours per Response: 1.17.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 126.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other-for-profit entities and not-
for-profit institutions.

C. Public Comments

    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; 
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of 
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be

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collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use 
of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB 
Control No. 9000-0096, Patents, in all correspondence.

    Dated: June 28, 2016.
Mahruba Uddowla,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of 
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office 
of Governmentwide Policy.
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                                                non-branch assets to establish a U.S.                      Dated: June 20, 2016.                               Division (MVCB), IC 9000–0096, 1800 F
                                                IHC, imposed enhanced prudential                         Stuart Feldstein,                                     Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
                                                standards on the U.S. IHC, and required                  Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities          Instructions: Please submit comments
                                                the U.S. IHC to submit any reporting                     Division, Office of the Comptroller of the            only and cite Information Collection
                                                forms in the same manner and to the                      Currency.                                             9000–0096, Patents, in all
                                                same extent as a bank holding company.                     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve           correspondence related to this
                                                On February 18, 2014, the Board                          System, June 24, 2016.                                collection. Comments received generally
                                                adopted a final rule implementing                        Robert deV. Frierson,                                 will be posted without change to http://
                                                enhanced prudential standards for FBOs                   Secretary of the Board.                               www.regulations.gov, including any
                                                (Regulation YY),6 with certain revisions                                                                       personal and/or business confidential
                                                                                                           Dated at Washington, DC, this 20 day of             information provided. To confirm
                                                in response to comments. The Board                       June 2016.
                                                                                                                                                               receipt of your comment(s), please
                                                indicated in the preamble to Regulation                  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.                check www.regulations.gov,
                                                YY that it would address the reporting                   Robert E. Feldman,                                    approximately two to three days after
                                                requirements for U.S. IHCs at a later                    Executive Secretary.                                  submission to verify posting (except
                                                date. Accordingly, based on the                          [FR Doc. 2016–15846 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am]            allow 30 days for posting of comments
                                                background provided above, the                           BILLING CODE 6210–01–P; 4810–33–P; 6714–01–P          submitted by mail).
                                                agencies propose to add U.S. IHCs that
                                                                                                                                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                are subject to the market risk capital
                                                                                                                                                               Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst,
                                                rule to the FFIEC 102 panel of Board                     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 Federal Acquisition Policy Division, at
                                                respondents.7 For such U.S. IHCs, the                                                                          703–795–6328 or email charles.gray@
                                                agencies are proposing to implement                      GENERAL SERVICES                                      gsa.gov.
                                                these changes beginning with the                         ADMINISTRATION
                                                December 31, 2016, report date.                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                         NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND                              A. Purpose
                                                Request for Comment                                      SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                                                                                                                                                                  The patent coverage in Federal
                                                  Public comment is requested on all                     [OMB Control No. 9000–0096; Docket No.                Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart
                                                aspects of this joint notice. Comments                   2016–0053; Sequence No. 31]                           27.2 requires the contractor to report
                                                are invited on:                                                                                                each notice of a claim of patent or
                                                                                                         Information Collection; Patents                       copyright infringement that came to the
                                                  (a) Whether the collections of
                                                information that are the subject of this                 AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD),                  contractor’s attention in connection
                                                notice are necessary for the proper                      General Services Administration (GSA),                with performing a Government contract
                                                performance of the agencies’ functions,                  and National Aeronautics and Space                    (FAR 27.202–1 and 52.227–2).
                                                including whether the information has                    Administration (NASA).                                   The contractor is also required to
                                                practical utility;                                       ACTION: Notice of request for comments
                                                                                                                                                               report all royalties anticipated or paid in
                                                                                                         regarding an extension to an existing                 excess of $250 for the use of patented
                                                  (b) The accuracy of the agencies’                                                                            inventions by furnishing the name and
                                                estimates of the burden of the                           OMB clearance.
                                                                                                                                                               address of licensor, date of license
                                                information collections as they are                      SUMMARY:   Under the provisions of the                agreement, patent number, brief
                                                proposed to be revised, including the                    Paperwork Reduction Act, the                          description of item or component,
                                                validity of the methodology and                          Regulatory Secretariat Division will be               percentage or dollar rate of royalty per
                                                assumptions used;                                        submitting to the Office of Management                unit, unit price of contract item, and
                                                  (c) Ways to enhance the quality,                       and Budget (OMB) a request to review                  number of units (FAR 27.202–5, 52.227–
                                                utility, and clarity of the information to               and approve an extension of a                         6, and 52.227–9).
                                                be collected;                                            previously approved information                       B. Annual Reporting Burden
                                                  (d) Ways to minimize the burden of                     collection requirement concerning
                                                                                                         patents.                                                Number of Respondents: 107.
                                                information collections on respondents,                                                                          Responses per Respondent: 1.
                                                including through the use of automated                   DATES:  Submit comments on or before                    Total Annual Responses: 107.
                                                collection techniques or other forms of                  September 6, 2016.                                      Hours per Response: 1.17.
                                                information technology; and                              ADDRESSES: Submit comments                              Estimated Total Burden Hours: 126.
                                                  (e) Estimates of capital or start-up                   identified by Information Collection                    Frequency: On Occasion.
                                                costs and costs of operation,                            9000–0096, Patents, by any of the                       Affected Public: Businesses or other-
                                                maintenance, and purchase of services                    following methods:                                    for-profit entities and not-for-profit
                                                to provide the information.                                 • Regulations.gov: http://                         institutions.
                                                                                                         www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
                                                  Comments submitted in response to                      via the Federal eRulemaking portal by                 C. Public Comments
                                                this joint notice will be shared among                   searching for ‘‘9000–0096; Patents’’.                   Public comments are particularly
                                                the agencies and will be summarized or                   Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’                  invited on: Whether this collection of
                                                included in the agencies’ requests for                   that corresponds with ‘‘Information                   information is necessary for the proper
                                                OMB approval. All comments will                          Collection 9000–0096, Patents’’. Follow               performance of functions of the FAR,
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                                                become a matter of public record.                        the instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit             and whether it will have practical
                                                                                                         a Comment’’ screen. Please include your               utility; whether our estimate of the
                                                  6 79 FR 17240 (March 27, 2014).
                                                                                                         name, company name (if any), and                      public burden of this collection of
                                                  7 In general, U.S. IHCs are subject to the market
                                                                                                         ‘‘Information Collection 9000–0096,                   information is accurate, and based on
                                                risk capital rule based on the same criteria used for    Patents’’ on your attached document.                  valid assumptions and methodology;
                                                other banking organizations. See 12 CFR                     • Mail: General Services                           ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                217.201(b)(1); 12 CFR 252.153(e)(2).                     Administration, Regulatory Secretariat                clarity of the information to be


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                                                collected; and ways in which we can                      activities include: Annual state by state             DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                minimize the burden of the collection of                 data collection, longitudinal analyses of             HUMAN SERVICES
                                                information on those who are to                          changes in state utilization and
                                                respond, through the use of appropriate                  expenditures for children vs adults;                  Intent To Award a Sole Source
                                                technological collection techniques or                   development and dissemination of one                  Supplement to the Christopher and
                                                other forms of information technology.                   targeted research to practice brief on                Dana Reeve Foundation
                                                   Obtaining Copies of Proposals:                        FISP findings for families and other
                                                Requesters may obtain a copy of the                                                                            AGENCY:  Administration for Community
                                                                                                         stakeholders; ongoing FISP technical                  Living.
                                                information collection documents from
                                                                                                         assistance and webinars and                           ACTION: Notice of intent to award a sole
                                                the General Services Administration,
                                                                                                         continuation of web-based                             source supplement to the Christopher
                                                Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
                                                1800 F Street NW., Washington, DC                        dissemination of FISP findings though                 and Dana Reeve Foundation.
                                                20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please                    the FISP Web site. In addition, the RISP
                                                                                                         project will be able to maintain and                  SUMMARY:   The Administration for
                                                cite OMB Control No. 9000–0096,
                                                                                                         build upon the established Web site.                  Community Living (ACL) is announcing
                                                Patents, in all correspondence.
                                                                                                                                                               the award of supplemental funding for
                                                  Dated: June 28, 2016.                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            the National Paralysis Resource Center
                                                Mahruba Uddowla,                                           Program Name: Residential                           (PRC) that was included in the 2016
                                                Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy              Information Systems Project, University               Congressional budget appropriations.
                                                Division, Office of Governmentwide                       of Minnesota.                                         The National Paralysis Resource Center
                                                Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition                                                                      is operated by the Christopher and Dana
                                                Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.                   Award Amount: $170,000.00.
                                                                                                                                                               Reeve Foundation, which offers
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–15723 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am]                 Statutory Authority: The Developmental              important programmatic opportunities
                                                BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P                                   Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act        for persons with disabilities and older
                                                                                                         of 2000, Public Law 106–402 (Oct 30, 2000).           adults. The PRC provides
                                                                                                         Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance                comprehensive information for people
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                   (CFDA) Number: 93.631 Discretionary                 living with spinal cord injury, paralysis,
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                             Projects.                                           and mobility-related disabilities and
                                                                                                                                                               their families. Resources include
                                                Administration for Community Living                        Program Description: The Residential                information and referral by phone and
                                                                                                         Information Systems Project in one of                 email in multiple languages including
                                                Notice of Intent To Award a Single
                                                Source Non-Competing Supplement to                       three longitudinal data collection                    English and Spanish; a peer and family
                                                the Residential Information Systems                      projects funded by the Administration                 support mentoring program; a military
                                                Project, University of Minnesota                         on Intellectual and Developmental                     and veterans program; multicultural
                                                                                                         Disabilities, an agency of the U.S.                   outreach services; free lending library;
                                                AGENCY:   Administration for Community                   Administration for Community Living.                  quality of life grants; and a national Web
                                                Living, HHS.                                             RISP is a study of annual state-by-state              site.
                                                SUMMARY: The Administration for                          and national statistics on residential                   Program Name: National Paralysis
                                                Community Living (ACL) is announcing                     services and supports for people with                 Resource Center.
                                                supplemental funding for the                             intellectual and developmental                           Award Amount: $976,580.
                                                Residential Information Systems Project                                                                           Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
                                                                                                         disabilities. The project includes
                                                (RISP) at the University of Minnesota.                                                                         DATES: The award will be issued for a
                                                                                                         funding for supports and services from
                                                The RISP project collects and examines                                                                         project period of June 1, 2016 through
                                                                                                         a variety of sources, including public
                                                national and state by state statistics on                                                                      May 31, 2017.
                                                                                                         and non-public, Medicaid-funded and
                                                all residential services and supports                                                                            Statutory Authority: This program is
                                                                                                         non-Medicaid-funded residential and
                                                from different sources. Between 2011                                                                           authorized under Section 317 of the Public
                                                                                                         supportive services.
                                                and 2016 the Administration on                                                                                 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247(b–4));
                                                Intellectual and Developmental                             Agency Contact: For further                         Consolidated and Further Continuing
                                                Disabilities (AIDD) funded the Family                    information or comments regarding this                Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–
                                                Information Systems Project (FISP) to                    supplemental action, contact Katherine                113 (Dec. 18, 2015). CFDA Number: 93.325
                                                examine the supports and services                        Cargill-Willis, U.S. Department of                    Discretionary Projects.
                                                provided to families with family                         Health and Human Services,                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                members with disabilities residing in                    Administration for Community Living,                  Elizabeth Leef, U.S. Department of
                                                the family home. The FISP project has                    Administration for Intellectual and                   Health and Human Services,
                                                created a user-friendly Web site                         Developmental Disabilities, 330 C Street              Administration for Community Living,
                                                enabling the data to be easily utilized by               SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone                  Independent Living Administration, 330
                                                the public. The Web site includes the                    202–795–7322; email Katherine.cargill-                C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201;
                                                annual reports containing data relating                                                                        telephone 202–475–2482.
                                                                                                         willis@acl.hhs.gov.
                                                to services provided to families in Fiscal                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                Year 2012, Fiscal Year 2013, Fiscal Year                   Dated: June 28, 2016.                               purpose of the supplemental funding is
                                                2014 and Fiscal Year 2015. The Web site                  Kathy Greenlee,                                       to support the expansion a national
                                                also includes the infographics, and chart                                                                      Paralysis Resource Center to improve
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                                                                                                         Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
                                                builder products.                                        Aging.                                                the health and quality of life of
                                                   With this supplement, data from the                   [FR Doc. 2016–15852 Filed 7–1–16; 8:45 am]            individuals living with paralysis and
                                                FISP will be incorporated into the RISP                  BILLING CODE 4154–01–P                                their families by raising awareness of
                                                and the project will be able to continue                                                                       and facilitating access to a broad range
                                                the collection and examination of the                                                                          of services relevant to individuals with
                                                variables related to supports and                                                                              paralysis. This supplemental funding
                                                services provided to families. Specific                                                                        will be used to enhance the PRCs ability


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of request for comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance.
DatesSubmit comments on or before September 6, 2016.
ContactMr. Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, at 703-795-6328 or email [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 43607 

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