81_FR_48905 81 FR 48762 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patent Processing

81 FR 48762 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patent Processing

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 143 (July 26, 2016)

Page Range48762-48762
FR Document2016-17699

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 48762]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17699]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patent Processing

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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: Patent Processing.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0031.
    Form Number(s): PTO/AIA/22, PTO/AIA/24, PTO/AIA/24B, PTO/AIA/31, 
PTO/AIA/32, PTO/AIA/33, PTO/AIA/40, PTO/AIA/41, PTO/AIA/96, PTO/SB/08a, 
PTO/SB/08b, PTO/SB/17i, PTO/SB/21, PTO/SB/22, PTO/SB/24, PTO/SB/24B, 
PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/26, PTO/SB/27, PTO/SB/30, PTO/SB/31, PTO/SB/32, PTO/
SB/33, PTO/SB/35, PTO/SB/36, PTO/SB/37, PTO/SB/38, PTO/SB/39, PTO/SB/
43, PTO/SB/61, PTO/SB/63, PTO/SB/64, PTO/SB/64a, PTO/SB/67, PTO/SB/68, 
PTO/SB/91, PTO/SB/92, PTO/SB/96, PTO/SB/97, PTO/SB/130, PTO-2053-A/B, 
PTO-2054-A/B, PTO-2055-A/B, PTOL-413A, and PTOL-413C.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 3,542,082.
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 8 hours to complete a single 
item in this collection. This includes the time to gather the necessary 
information, create the documents, and submit the completed request to 
the USPTO.
    Burden Hours: 3,628,380 hours.
    Cost Burden: $952,456,245.00.
    Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an application for 
patent and, when appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO is also 
required to publish patent applications, with certain exceptions, 
promptly after the expiration of a period of eighteen months from the 
earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under Title 35, 
United States Code (``eighteen-month publication''). Certain situations 
may arise which require that additional information be supplied in 
order for the USPTO to further process the patent or application. The 
USPTO administers the statutes through various sections of the rules of 
practice in 37 CFR part 1. The information in this collection can be 
used by the USPTO to continue the processing of the patent or 
application to ensure that applicants are complying with the patent 
regulations and to aid in the prosecution of the application.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    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 on the 
Web site to view Department of Commerce collections currently under 
review by OMB.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0031 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 August 25, 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.

    Dated: July 19, 2016.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, OCIO, United States Patent and 
Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-17699 Filed 7-25-16; 8:45 am]
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48762 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 26, 2016 / Notices to advanced decomposition, or 10. This Authorization may be Cost Burden: $952,456,245.00. scavenger damage), CALTRANS shall modified, suspended or withdrawn if Needs and Uses: The United States report the incident to the Chief, Permits the holder fails to abide by the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is and Conservation Division, Office of conditions prescribed herein or if the required by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an Protected Resources, NMFS, and the authorized taking is having more than a application for patent and, when West Coast Regional Stranding negligible impact on the species or stock appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO Coordinators, within 24 hours of the of affected marine mammals, or if there is also required to publish patent discovery. CALTRANS shall provide is an unmitigable adverse impact on the applications, with certain exceptions, photographs or video footage (if availability of such species or stocks for promptly after the expiration of a period available) or other documentation of the subsistence uses. of eighteen months from the earliest stranded animal sighting to NMFS and 11. A copy of this Authorization must filing date for which a benefit is sought the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. be in the possession of each contractor under Title 35, United States Code CALTRANS can continue its operations who performs the in-water pile driving, (‘‘eighteen-month publication’’). Certain under such a case. pile removal, and Piers E4 and E5 situations may arise which require that 9. Marine Mammal Stranding Plan: controlled implosion work. A marine mammal stranding plan additional information be supplied in shall be prepared in cooperation with Dated: July 21, 2016. order for the USPTO to further process the local NMFS-designated marine Donna S. Wieting, the patent or application. The USPTO mammal stranding, rescue, and Director, Office of Protected Resources, administers the statutes through various rehabilitation center. Elements of that National Marine Fisheries Service. sections of the rules of practice in 37 plan would include the following: [FR Doc. 2016–17617 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] CFR part 1. The information in this (a) The stranding crew shall prepare BILLING CODE 3510–22–P collection can be used by the USPTO to treatment areas at the NMFS-designated continue the processing of the patent or facility for cetaceans or pinnipeds that application to ensure that applicants are may be injured from the implosion. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE complying with the patent regulations Preparation shall include equipment to and to aid in the prosecution of the treat lung injuries, auditory testing Patent and Trademark Office application. equipment, dry and wet caged areas to Frequency: On occasion. Submission for OMB Review; hold animals, and operating rooms if Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Comment Request; Patent Processing surgical procedures are necessary. Obtain or Retain Benefits. Equipment to conduct auditory The United States Patent and brainstem response hearing testing Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, would be available to determine if any to the Office of Management and Budget email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ inner ear threshold shifts (TTS or PTS) (OMB) for clearance the following omb.eop.gov. have occurred. proposal for collection of information Once submitted, the request will be (b) A stranding crew and a under the provisions of the Paperwork publicly available in electronic format veterinarian shall be on call near the Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). through reginfo.gov. Follow the Piers E4 and E5 sites at the time of the Agency: United States Patent and instructions on the Web site to view implosion to quickly recover any Trademark Office, Commerce. Department of Commerce collections injured marine mammals, provide Title: Patent Processing. currently under review by OMB. emergency veterinary care, stabilize the OMB Control Number: 0651–0031. Further information can be obtained animal’s condition, and transport Form Number(s): PTO/AIA/22, PTO/ by: individuals to the NMFS-designated AIA/24, PTO/AIA/24B, PTO/AIA/31, facility. If an injured or dead animal is PTO/AIA/32, PTO/AIA/33, PTO/AIA/ • Email: InformationCollection@ found, NMFS (both the regional office 40, PTO/AIA/41, PTO/AIA/96, PTO/SB/ uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0031 copy and headquarters) shall be notified 08a, PTO/SB/08b, PTO/SB/17i, PTO/ request’’ in the subject line of the immediately even if the animal appears SB/21, PTO/SB/22, PTO/SB/24, PTO/ message. to be sick or injured from other than SB/24B, PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/26, PTO/ • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records blasting. SB/27, PTO/SB/30, PTO/SB/31, PTO/ Management Division Director, Office of (c) Post-implosion surveys shall be SB/32, PTO/SB/33, PTO/SB/35, PTO/ the Chief Information Officer, United conducted immediately after the event SB/36, PTO/SB/37, PTO/SB/38, PTO/ States Patent and Trademark Office, and over the following three days to SB/39, PTO/SB/43, PTO/SB/61, PTO/ P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– determine if there are any injured or SB/63, PTO/SB/64, PTO/SB/64a, PTO/ 1450. dead marine mammals in the area. SB/67, PTO/SB/68, PTO/SB/91, PTO/ Written comments and (d) Any veterinarian procedures, SB/92, PTO/SB/96, PTO/SB/97, PTO/ recommendations for the proposed euthanasia, rehabilitation decisions and SB/130, PTO–2053–A/B, PTO–2054–A/ information collection should be sent on time of release or disposition of the B, PTO–2055–A/B, PTOL–413A, and or before August 25, 2016 to Nicholas A. animal shall be at the discretion of the PTOL–413C. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to NMFS-designated facility staff and the Type of Request: Regular. Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by veterinarians treating the animals. Any Number of Respondents: 3,542,082. fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the necropsies to determine if the injuries or Estimated Time per Response: The attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. death of an animal was the result of the USPTO estimates that it will take srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES blast or other anthropogenic or natural approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to Dated: July 19, 2016. causes will be conducted at the NMFS- 8 hours to complete a single item in this Marcie Lovett, designated facility by the stranding crew collection. This includes the time to Records Management Division Director, and veterinarians. The results shall be gather the necessary information, create OCIO, United States Patent and Trademark communicated to both CALTRANS and the documents, and submit the Office. to NMFS as soon as possible with a completed request to the USPTO. [FR Doc. 2016–17699 Filed 7–25–16; 8:45 am] written report within a month. Burden Hours: 3,628,380 hours. BILLING CODE 3510–16–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:28 Jul 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation81 FR 48762 
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