83 FR 18281 - Submission of OMB Review; Comment Request; “Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program”

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 81 (April 26, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18281-18282]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08739]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Submission of OMB Review; Comment Request; ``Patent Prosecution 
Highway (PPH) Program''

    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 Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0058.
    Form Number(s):

 PTO/SB/20GLBL
 PTO/SB/20AR
 PTO/SB/20BR
 PTO/SB/20CZ
 PTO/SB/20EA
 PTO/SB/20MX
 PTO/SB/20NL
 PTO/SB/20PH
 PTO/SB/20RO
 PTO/SB/20TW

    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 8,110 responses per year.
    Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the public approximately two hours to gather the necessary information, 
prepare the appropriate form, and submit a completed request to the 
USPTO.
    Burden Hours: 16,200 hours.
    Cost Burden: $0.
    Needs and Uses: The information gathered in this collection is 
integral to the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs that the 
USPTO participates in by identifying patent applications being filed at 
multiple intellectual property offices across the globe, including at 
the USPTO. This includes declaring the Office of Earlier Examination 
(OEE) with whom the application at the OEE, and providing the necessary 
supporting documentation for the application. The forms also identify 
the correspondence between the claims being made at the USPTO with 
claims filed at the OEE and an explanation for that correspondence.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: 
[email protected].
    Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in 
electronic format through www.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 ``0651-0068 
copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
 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.

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    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before May 29, 2018 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected] or 
by fax to 202-395-5197, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.

Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, Office of the 
Chief Technology Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-08739 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am]
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