82 FR 44585 - Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Metrics
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 184 (September 25, 2017)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 184 (September 25, 2017)
| Page Range | 44585-44586 | |
| FR Document | 2017-20369 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 44585-44586] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-20369] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Metrics ACTION: Proposed information collection; comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996, invites comments on a proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0068 (Patent and Trademark Resource Center Metrics). DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 24, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651- 0068 comment'' in the subject line of the message. Federal Register Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Robert Berry, Manager, Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at (571) 272-7152; or by email at [email protected] with ``0651-0068 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'' SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The USPTO seeks to collect from Patent Trademark Resource Centers (PTRC) information about the public's use of and training on the tools provided through the centers. Specifically, the USTPO seeks metrics concerning the public's use of patent and trademark services and the public outreach efforts provided by the PTRCs. The PTRC Program is authorized under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 2(a)(2), which provides that the USPTO shall be responsible for disseminating information with respect to patents and trademarks to the public. The PTRC Program is made up public, state, and academic libraries. Once a library has been designated as a PTRC, each participating library must fulfill the following requirements: assist the public in the efficient use of patent and trademark information resources; provide free access to patent and trademark resources provided by the USPTO; and send representatives to attend the USPTO- hosted PTRC training seminars. At present, there are 86 libraries that are a part of the growing PTRC Program. The PTRC Program requirements stipulate that all participating libraries must submit periodic metrics on the public's use of the patent and trademark services through the PTRCs and the public outreach efforts provided by the PTRCs. To facilitate this requirement, the USPTO has developed a worksheet to collect the metrics. A third-party vendor will collect the metrics on a quarterly basis. The information will only be collected electronically. The PTRCs will be given a password to input their information. This information collection will enable the USPTO to ascertain what types of services the PTRCs should offer and to train PTRC staff more effectively, as the PTRCs continue to move away from the physical distribution of hard copy information. Collection of this information will enable the USPTO to service its current customers while more effectively planning for the future. II. Method of Collection The metrics will be submitted electronically to the USPTO. III. Data OMB Number: 0651-0068. IC Instruments and Forms: No forms are associated with this collection of information. Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: 344 responses per year. The USPTO estimates that there will be up to 88 libraries reporting their metrics once per quarter, resulting in a total of 352 responses per year. This estimate includes possible growth in the PTRC program above the 86 libraries that are currently reporting. Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately 30 minutes (0.50 hours) to gather the necessary information, prepare the worksheet, and submit it to the USPTO. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 176 hours. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $5,536.96 The USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared by library staff, at an estimated hourly rate of $31.46. This is the mean hourly wage for college librarians according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES 25-4021). Using this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection will be approximately $5,536.96 per year. [[Page 44586]] Table 1--Hourly Burden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated time Estimated annual IC No. Item for response Estimated annual Estimated annual Rate ($/hr) respondent cost (hour) responses burden burden ..................... (a) (b) (c) = (a) x (b) (d) (e) = (c) x (d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1................................. PTRC Metric Worksheet 0.50 (30 minutes) 352 176 $31.46 $5,53611.96 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total......................... ..................... ................. 352 176 ................. 5,536.96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are no filing fees, capital start-up, maintenance, operation, or postage costs associated with this collection. IV. Request for Comments Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection. They also will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and; (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, e.g., the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. 2017-20369 Filed 9-22-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-P
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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to comment’’ in the subject line of the PTRCs. To facilitate this requirement,
Obtain or Retain Benefits. message. the USPTO has developed a worksheet
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, • Federal Register Portal: https:// to collect the metrics. A third-party
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ www.regulations.gov. vendor will collect the metrics on a
omb.eop.gov. Once submitted, the • Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and quarterly basis. The information will
request will be publicly available in Information Governance Division only be collected electronically. The
electronic format through Director, Office of the Chief Technology PTRCs will be given a password to input
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the Officer, United States Patent and their information.
instructions to view Department of Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, This information collection will
Commerce collections currently under Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. enable the USPTO to ascertain what
review by OMB. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: types of services the PTRCs should offer
Further information can be obtained Requests for additional information and to train PTRC staff more effectively,
by: should be directed to Robert Berry, as the PTRCs continue to move away
• Email: InformationCollection@ Manager, Patent and Trademark from the physical distribution of hard
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0056 copy
Resource Center Program, Office of the copy information. Collection of this
request’’ in the subject line of the
Chief Information Officer, United States information will enable the USPTO to
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box service its current customers while more
Information Governance Division 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by effectively planning for the future.
Director, Office of the Chief Technology telephone at (571) 272–7152; or by
II. Method of Collection
Officer, United States Patent and email at Robert.Berry@uspto.gov with
Trademark Officer, P.O. Box 1450, ‘‘0651–0068 comment’’ in the subject The metrics will be submitted
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. line. Additional information about this electronically to the USPTO.
Written comments and collection is also available at http://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information III. Data
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on Collection Review.’’ OMB Number: 0651–0068.
or before October 25, 2017 to Nicholas SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IC Instruments and Forms: No forms
A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email are associated with this collection of
I. Abstract
to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or information.
by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the The USPTO seeks to collect from Type of Review: Revision of an
attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. Patent Trademark Resource Centers existing information collection.
(PTRC) information about the public’s Affected Public: Businesses or other
Marcie Lovett, use of and training on the tools
Records and Information Governance
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
provided through the centers.
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent Specifically, the USTPO seeks metrics Estimated Number of Respondents:
and Trademark Office. concerning the public’s use of patent 344 responses per year. The USPTO
[FR Doc. 2017–20368 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] and trademark services and the public estimates that there will be up to 88
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P outreach efforts provided by the PTRCs. libraries reporting their metrics once per
The PTRC Program is authorized quarter, resulting in a total of 352
under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 2(a)(2), responses per year. This estimate
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE which provides that the USPTO shall be includes possible growth in the PTRC
responsible for disseminating program above the 86 libraries that are
United States Patent and Trademark currently reporting.
information with respect to patents and
Office Estimated Time per Response: The
trademarks to the public. The PTRC
Program is made up public, state, and USPTO estimates that it will take the
Patent and Trademark Resource
academic libraries. Once a library has public approximately 30 minutes (0.50
Centers Metrics
been designated as a PTRC, each hours) to gather the necessary
ACTION: Proposed information participating library must fulfill the information, prepare the worksheet, and
collection; comment request. following requirements: assist the submit it to the USPTO.
public in the efficient use of patent and Estimated Total Annual Respondent
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and trademark information resources; Burden Hours: 176 hours.
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required provide free access to patent and Estimated Total Annual Respondent
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of trademark resources provided by the Cost Burden: $5,536.96 The USPTO
1996, invites comments on a proposed USPTO; and send representatives to expects that the information in this
extension of an existing information attend the USPTO-hosted PTRC training collection will be prepared by library
collection: 0651–0068 (Patent and seminars. At present, there are 86 staff, at an estimated hourly rate of
Trademark Resource Center Metrics). libraries that are a part of the growing $31.46. This is the mean hourly wage
DATES: Written comments must be PTRC Program. for college librarians according to the
submitted on or before November 24, The PTRC Program requirements Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
2017. stipulate that all participating libraries Employment Statistics (OES 25–4021).
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments must submit periodic metrics on the Using this hourly rate, the USPTO
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by any of the following methods: public’s use of the patent and trademark estimates that the respondent cost
• Email: InformationCollection@ services through the PTRCs and the burden for this collection will be
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0068 public outreach efforts provided by the approximately $5,536.96 per year.
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TABLE 1—HOURLY BURDEN
Estimated
Estimated time Estimated Estimated annual Rate annual
IC No. Item for response annual burden ($/hr) respondent
(hour) responses cost burden
(a) (b) (c) = (a) × (b) (d) (e) = (c) × (d)
1 ................. PTRC Metric Worksheet 0.50 (30 minutes) 352 176 $31.46 $5,53611.96
Total .... ........................................ .............................. 352 176 .............................. 5,536.96
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour intends to apply to the loan-level numbers or Social Security numbers,
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are HMDA data that financial institutions should not be included. Comments will
no filing fees, capital start-up, will report under the Home Mortgage not be edited to remove any identifying
maintenance, operation, or postage costs Disclosure (Regulation C) before the or contact information.
associated with this collection. data is disclosed to the public. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
proposed policy guidance applies to David Jacobs, Counsel, or Laura Stack,
IV. Request for Comments
HMDA data to be reported under Senior Counsel, Office of Regulations, at
Comments submitted in response to Regulation C effective January 1, 2018. 202–435–7700 or https://
this notice will be summarized or The Bureau will make this data reginquiries.consumerfinance.gov/.
included in the request for OMB available to the public beginning in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
approval of this information collection. 2019.
They also will become a matter of I. Summary
DATES: Comments must be received on
public record. The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
or before November 24, 2017.
Comments are invited on: (HMDA) requires certain financial
(a) Whether the proposed collection of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
institutions to collect, report, and
information is necessary for the proper identified by Docket No. CFPB–2017– disclose data about their mortgage
performance of the functions of the 0025, by any of the following methods: lending activity on an ongoing basis to
agency, including whether the • Email: FederalRegisterComments@ both Federal regulators and the general
information shall have practical utility; cfpb.gov. Include Docket No. CFPB– public. The home mortgage market is
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 2017–0025 in the subject line of the the country’s single largest market for
estimate of the burden (including hours email. consumer financial products and
and cost) of the proposed collection of • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// services, with $10 trillion outstanding.1
information; www.regulations.gov. Follow the It is a critical source of wealth-building
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, instructions for submitting comments. for both individual families and
utility, and clarity of the information to • Mail: Monica Jackson, Office of the communities, and has a substantial
be collected, and; Executive Secretary, Consumer impact on the nation’s economy as
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G evidenced by its role in triggering in
the collection of information on Street NW., Washington, DC 20552. 2008, the worst financial crisis since the
respondents, e.g., the use of automated • Hand Delivery/Courier: Monica Great Depression. As of 2015, 48 million
collection techniques or other forms of Jackson, Office of the Executive consumers had a mortgage, representing
information technology. Secretary, Consumer Financial 65 percent of all owner-occupied
Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW., homes.2
Marcie Lovett, Washington, DC 20552. HMDA is implemented by Regulation
Records and Information Governance Instructions: All submissions should C, which describes its purposes as
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent include the agency name and docket helping to determine whether financial
and Trademark Office. number or Regulatory Information institutions are serving the housing
[FR Doc. 2017–20369 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] Number (RIN). Because paper mail in needs of their communities; assisting
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P the Washington, DC area and at the public officials in distributing public-
Bureau is subject to delay, commenters sector investment so as to attract private
are encouraged to submit comments investment to areas where it is needed;
BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL electronically. In general, all comments and assisting in identifying possible
PROTECTION received will be posted without change discriminatory lending patterns and
to http://www.regulations.gov. In enforcing antidiscrimination statutes.
[Docket No. CFPB–2017–0025] addition, comments will be available for As described further below, public
public inspection and copying at 1700 disclosure of HMDA data is central to
Disclosure of Loan-Level HMDA Data
G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552,
AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial on official business days between the 1 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Board of
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Protection. hours of 10 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US),
Time. You can make an appointment to ‘‘Mortgage Debt Outstanding by Type of Property:
ACTION: Notice of proposed policy One- to Four-Family Residences (MDOTP1T4FR),’’
guidance with request for public inspect the documents by telephoning https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MDOTP1T4FR (last
comment. 202–435–7275. updated June 9, 2017).
All comments, including attachments 2 U.S. Census Bureau, ‘‘Selected Housing
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer and other supporting materials, will Characteristics: 2011–2015 American Community
Survey 5-Year Characteristics,’’ https://
Financial Protection (Bureau) is become part of the public record and factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/
proposing policy guidance that would subject to public disclosure. Sensitive productview.xhtml?src=bkmk (last visited Aug. 31,
describe modifications that the Bureau personal information, such as account 2017).
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Proposed information collection; comment request. | |
| Dates | Written comments must be submitted on or before November 24, 2017. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information should be directed to Robert Berry, Manager, Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at (571) 272-7152; or by email at [email protected] with ``0651-0068 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'' | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 44585 |
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