[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 41172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17000]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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. 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Patents for Humanity Program (formerly Humanitarian
Program).
Form Number(s): None.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0066.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 4,010 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 1,010 responses per year, with an estimated
333 (33%) submitted by small entities.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately four hours to complete the humanitarian program
application and one hour to complete the petition to extend the
redemption period, depending on the nature of the information. These
estimated times include gathering the necessary information, preparing
the application or petition and any supplemental supporting materials,
and submitting the completed request.
Needs and Uses: The information is used by the public to apply for
participation in the Patents for Humanity Program and to provide the
USPTO with their contact information, which the USPTO uses to notify
applicants that they have been selected for an award. Certificate
holders also use the information to petition the USPTO to extend the
redemption period of the certificate after it expires.
External judges and the selection committee use the information
collected from the humanitarian applications to make recommendations
for award recipients, while the USPTO uses the information to award
certificates to the selected recipients. The USPTO also uses the
information collected from the petitions to grant extensions of the
redemption period for the certificate in question.
After the humanitarian program applications are screened for
inappropriate material, they will be made publicly available.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, non-profit
institutions, and individuals.
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 the Information Collection Review page at
www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0066 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, 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 13, 2012 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected], or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention
of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: July 9, 2012.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-17000 Filed 7-11-12; 8:45 am]
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