83 FR 4039 - Recording Assignments
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 19 (January 29, 2018)
Patent and Trademark Office
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 19 (January 29, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-01608 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 4039-4041] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-01608] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office Recording Assignments ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2018. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651- 0027 Recording Assignments'' 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. Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Joyce R. Johnson, Manager, Assignment Division, Mail Stop 1450, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 703-756-1265; or by email to [email protected] with ``Paperwork'' 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 This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for trademarks. These statutes authorize the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to record patent and trademark assignment documents, including transfers of properties (i.e., patents and trademarks), liens, licenses, assignments of interest, security interests, mergers, and explanations of transactions or other documents that record the transfer of ownership of a particular patent or trademark property from one party to another. Assignments are recorded for applications, patents, and trademark registrations. The USPTO administers these statutes through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37 CFR part 3. These rules permit the public, corporations, other federal agencies, and Government-owned or Government-controlled corporations to submit patent and trademark assignment documents and other documents related to title transfers to the USPTO to be recorded. In accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the recording of an assignment document by the USPTO is an administrative action and not a determination of the validity of the document or of the effect that the document has on the title to an application, patent, or trademark. Once the assignment documents are recorded, they are available for public inspection. The only exceptions are those documents that are sealed under secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58 or related to unpublished patent applications maintained in confidence under 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. The public uses these records to conduct ownership and chain-of-title searches. The public may view these records either at the USPTO Public Search Facility or at the National Archives and Records Administration, depending on the date they were recorded. The public may also search patent and trademark assignment information online through the USPTO website. In order to record an assignment document, the respondent must submit an appropriate cover sheet along with copies of the assignment document to be recorded. The USPTO provides two paper forms for this purpose, the Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1595) and the Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1594), which capture all of the necessary data for accurately recording various assignment documents. These forms may be downloaded in PDF format from the USPTO website (https://www.uspto.gov/forms/pto1595.pdf and https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/pto1594.pdf, respectively). Customers may also submit assignments online by using the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and the Electronic Trademark [[Page 4040]] Assignment System (ETAS), which are available through the USPTO website. These systems allow customers to fill out the required cover sheet information online using web-based forms and then attach the electronic assignment documents to be submitted for recordation. II. Method of Collection By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO. III. Data OMB Number: 0651-0027. IC Instruments: PTO-1594 and 1595, Trademark and Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheets. Type of Review: Extension of a Previously Existing Information Collection. Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit institutions; the Federal Government; and state, local or tribal governments. Estimated Number of Respondents: 596,527 responses per year. Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the response time for activities related to the recording assignment process will take approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed request to the USPTO. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 298,263.50 hours. Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden (Hourly): $86,943,810.25 per year. The USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared by both attorneys and paralegals. The professional hourly rate for attorneys is $438 and the professional hourly rate for paraprofessionals is $145. These rates are established by estimates in the 2017 Report on the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the 2017 National Utilization and Compensation Survey published by the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA). The USPTO estimates that the combined rate for respondents will be approximately $291.50 per hour. Therefore, the estimated total respondent cost burden for this collection will be approximately $86,943,810.25 per year. Table 1-- Respondent Costs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Estimated time Estimated Estimated total annual IC No. Information collection instrument for response annual annual burden Rate ($/hr) hourly cost (minutes) responses hours burden (a) (b) (c) = (a) x (d) (e) = (c) x (b) (d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.................................... Patent Recordation Form Cover 30 2,498 1,249 $291.50 $364,083.50 Sheet (PTO-1595). 2.................................... Trademark Recordation Form Cover 30 816 408 291.50 118,932.00 Sheet (PTO-1594). 3.................................... Electronic Patent Assignment 30 546,884 273,442 291.50 79,708,343.00 System (EPAS) (PTO-1595). 4.................................... Electronic Trademark Assignment 30 46,329 23,164.50 291.50 6,752,451.75 System (ETAS) (PTO-1594). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total............................ ................................. .............. 596,527 262,150 .............. 86,943,810.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden (Non-Hourly): $3,267,181.32. This information collection has annual (non-hour) costs in the form of filing fees and postage costs. This collection has filing fees associated with submitting patent and trademark assignment documents to be recorded. The filing fees for recording patent and trademark assignments are the same for both paper and electronic submissions. However, the filing cost for recording patent or trademark assignments varies according to the number of properties involved in each submission. Filing Fees The filing fee for submitting a patent assignment as indicated by 37 CFR 1.21(h) is $40 per property for recording each document, while the filing fee for submitting a trademark assignment as indicated by 37 CFR 2.6(b)(6) is $40 for recording the first property in a document and $25 for each additional property in the same document. The USPTO estimates that the average fee for a patent assignment recordation request is approximately $80 and that the average fee for a trademark assignment recordation request is approximately $65. Therefore, this collection has an estimated total of $2,950,395 in filing fees per year. Table 2--Filing Costs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Estimated IC No. Information collection annual Filing fee total non-hour instrument responses ($) cost burden (a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1................................ Patent Recordation Form Cover 2,498 $80.00 $199,840.00 Sheet (PTO-1595). 2................................ Trademark Recordation Form 816 65.00 53,040.00 Cover Sheet (PTO-1594). 4................................ Electronic Trademark 46,329 65.00 3,011,385.00 Assignment System (ETAS) (PTO-1594). ----------------------------------------------- Total........................ ............................. 49,643 .............. 3,264,265.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 4041]] Postage Costs Customers may incur postage costs when submitting a patent or trademark assignment request to the USPTO by mail. The Patent and Trademark Recordation Cover Sheets will be submitted by mail, for a total of 3,314 mailed submissions. The average postage cost for a mailed Patent or Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet submission is 88 cents, resulting in a total postage cost of $2,916.32 per year for this collection. The total (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this collection in the form of filing fees and postage costs is estimated to be $3,267,181.32 per year. IV. Request for Comments 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, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they will also become a matter of public record. Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-01608 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-P
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Agency: United States Patent and by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the Office (USPTO) to record patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce. attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. trademark assignment documents,
Title: Financial Transactions. including transfers of properties (i.e.,
Marcie Lovett,
OMB Control Number: 0651–0043. patents and trademarks), liens, licenses,
Form Number(s): Records and Information Governance assignments of interest, security
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
• PTO–2038 and Trademark Office.
interests, mergers, and explanations of
Type of Request: Regular. transactions or other documents that
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Number of Respondents: 4,885,505 record the transfer of ownership of a
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responses per year. particular patent or trademark property
Average Hours per Response: The from one party to another. Assignments
USPTO estimates that it will take the are recorded for applications, patents,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
public approximately 1 to 8 minutes and trademark registrations.
Patent and Trademark Office The USPTO administers these statutes
(0.03 to 0.13 hours) to prepare the
through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37
appropriate form or documents and
Recording Assignments CFR part 3. These rules permit the
submit to the USPTO.
public, corporations, other federal
Burden Hours: 242,402.84 hours
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment agencies, and Government-owned or
annually.
request. Government-controlled corporations to
Cost Burden: $111,419.97.
submit patent and trademark
Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 SUMMARY: The United States Patent and assignment documents and other
and 15 U.S.C. 1113, the United States Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its documents related to title transfers to
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) continuing effort to reduce paperwork the USPTO to be recorded. In
charges fees for processing and other and respondent burden, invites the accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the
services related to patents, trademarks, general public and other Federal recording of an assignment document by
and information products. Customers agencies to comment on proposed and/ the USPTO is an administrative action
may submit payments to the USPTO by or continuing information collections, and not a determination of the validity
several methods, including credit card, as required by the Paperwork Reduction of the document or of the effect that the
deposit account, electronic funds Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 document has on the title to an
transfer (EFT), and paper check U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). application, patent, or trademark.
transactions. The provisions of 35 DATES: Written comments must be Once the assignment documents are
U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are submitted on or before March 30, 2018. recorded, they are available for public
implemented in 37 CFR 1.16–1.28, 2.6– inspection. The only exceptions are
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
2.7, and 2.206–2.209. This information those documents that are sealed under
collection includes associated payment submitted by any of the following
methods: secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58
and account forms for the or related to unpublished patent
• Email: InformationCollection@
aforementioned financial transactions applications maintained in confidence
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027
and methods. under 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14.
Recording Assignments’’ in the subject
Affected Public: Businesses or other The public uses these records to
line of the message.
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. conduct ownership and chain-of-title
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Frequency: On occasion. searches. The public may view these
Management Division Director, Office of
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to records either at the USPTO Public
the Chief Information Officer, United
Obtain or Retain Benefits. Search Facility or at the National
States Patent and Trademark Office,
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, Archives and Records Administration,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@ depending on the date they were
1450.
omb.eop.gov. recorded. The public may also search
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
Once submitted, the request will be patent and trademark assignment
www.regulations.gov.
publicly available in electronic format information online through the USPTO
through reginfo.gov. Follow the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: website.
instructions to view Department of Requests for additional information In order to record an assignment
Commerce collections currently under should be directed to Joyce R. Johnson, document, the respondent must submit
review by OMB. Manager, Assignment Division, Mail an appropriate cover sheet along with
Further information can be obtained Stop 1450, United States Patent and copies of the assignment document to be
by: Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, recorded. The USPTO provides two
• Email: InformationCollection@ Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by paper forms for this purpose, the Patent
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0043 copy telephone at 703–756–1265; or by email Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–
request’’ in the subject line of the to Joyce.Johnson@uspto.gov with 1595) and the Trademark Recordation
message. ‘‘Paperwork’’ in the subject line. Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1594), which
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Additional information about this capture all of the necessary data for
Information Governance Division collection is also available at http:// accurately recording various assignment
Director, Office of the Chief Technology www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information documents. These forms may be
Officer, United States Patent and Collection Review.’’ downloaded in PDF format from the
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USPTO website (https://www.uspto.gov/
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. forms/pto1595.pdf and https://
Written comments and I. Abstract
www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/
recommendations for the proposed This collection of information is pto1594.pdf, respectively).
information collection should be sent on required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for Customers may also submit
or before February 28, 2018 to Nicholas patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for assignments online by using the
A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email trademarks. These statutes authorize the Electronic Patent Assignment System
to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or United States Patent and Trademark (EPAS) and the Electronic Trademark
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Postage Costs SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be
Customers may incur postage costs Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is considered public records.
proposing an extension of an existing Title of Collection: Charter School
when submitting a patent or trademark
information collection. Facilities Survey.
assignment request to the USPTO by
DATES: Interested persons are invited to OMB Control Number: 1855–0024.
mail. The Patent and Trademark Type of Review: An extension of an
Recordation Cover Sheets will be submit comments on or before February
28, 2018. existing information collection.
submitted by mail, for a total of 3,314 Respondents/Affected Public: State,
mailed submissions. The average ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information Local, and Tribal Governments.
postage cost for a mailed Patent or Total Estimated Number of Annual
Trademark Recordation Form Cover collection listed in this notice, please
Responses: 200.
Sheet submission is 88 cents, resulting use http://www.regulations.gov by
Total Estimated Number of Annual
in a total postage cost of $2,916.32 per searching the Docket ID number ED–
Burden Hours: 300.
year for this collection. 2017–ICCD–0144. Comments submitted
Abstract: Charter schools across the
The total (non-hour) respondent cost in response to this notice should be
county are spending a significant
burden for this collection in the form of submitted electronically through the
amount of operating dollars to cover
filing fees and postage costs is estimated Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
facilities costs that could otherwise be
to be $3,267,181.32 per year. www.regulations.gov by selecting the
spent on the students. The data from
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
IV. Request for Comments participating schools will be used to
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
build a database of charter school
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Please note that comments submitted by
facilities data; providing concrete
the proposed collection of information fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be evidence to all stakeholders and
is necessary for the proper performance allowing researchers to study the
of the functions of the agency, including accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by potential impact that charter school
whether the information shall have facilities have on student outcomes.
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the postal mail or delivery should be
agency’s estimate of the burden addressed to the Director of the Dated: January 24, 2018.
(including hours and cost) of the Information Collection Clearance Tomakie Washington,
proposed collection of information, Division, U.S. Department of Education, Acting Director, Information Collection
including the validity of the 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
methodology and assumptions used; (c) 216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537. Officer, Office of Management.
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For [FR Doc. 2018–01607 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]
clarity of the information to be specific questions related to collection BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the activities, please contact Clifton Jones,
burden of the collection of information 202–205–2204.
on respondents, including through the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
use of automated collection techniques Department of Education (ED), in
or other forms of information accordance with the Paperwork Federal Energy Regulatory
technology, e.g., permitting electronic Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Commission
submission of responses. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an Combined Notice of Filings #1
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or opportunity to comment on proposed, Take notice that the Commission
included in the request for OMB revised, and continuing collections of received the following electric corporate
approval of this information collection; information. This helps the Department filings:
they will also become a matter of public assess the impact of its information Docket Numbers: EC18–47–000.
record. collection requirements and minimize Applicants: SR South Loving LLC,
the public’s reporting burden. It also Hattiesburg Farm, LLC, Shell New
Marcie Lovett, helps the public understand the Energies US LLC.
Records Management Division Director, Department’s information collection
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Description: Application under FPA
requirements and provide the requested Section 203 of Hattiesburg Farm, LLC,
Officer.
data in the desired format. ED is et. al.
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soliciting comments on the proposed Filed Date: 1/19/18.
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P information collection request (ICR) that Accession Number: 20180119–5200.
is described below. The Department of Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/9/18.
Education is especially interested in Docket Numbers: EC18–48–000.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION public comment addressing the Applicants: Horse Butte Wind I LLC.
following issues: (1) Is this collection Description: Application of Horse
[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0144] necessary to the proper functions of the Butte Wind I LLC for Authorization
Department; (2) will this information be Under Section 203 of the Federal Power
Agency Information Collection processed and used in a timely manner; Act for Disposition of Jurisdictional
Activities; Submission to the Office of (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Facilities.
Management and Budget for Review (4) how might the Department enhance
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Filed Date: 1/19/18.
and Approval; Comment Request; the quality, utility, and clarity of the Accession Number: 20180119–5219.
Charter School Facilities Survey information to be collected; and (5) how Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/9/18.
AGENCY: Office of Innovation and might the Department minimize the Docket Numbers: EC18–49–000.
Improvement (OII), Department of burden of this collection on the Applicants: Northern Indiana Public
Education (ED). respondents, including through the use Service Company.
of information technology. Please note Description: Application for Approval
ACTION: Notice.
that written comments received in of Acquisition of Transmission
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| Dates | Written comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2018. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information should be directed to Joyce R. Johnson, Manager, Assignment Division, Mail Stop 1450, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 703-756-1265; or by email to [email protected] with ``Paperwork'' in the subject line. Additional information about this collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'' | |
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