[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12130]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Docket 2013-0077; Sequence 10; OMB Control No. 9000-0096]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Patents
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a
previously approved information collection requirement concerning
patents.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0096, Patents, by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the OMB
control number. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that corresponds
with ``Information Collection 9000-0096, Patents''. Follow the
instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection
9000-0096, Patents'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN:
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0096, Patents.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0096, Patents, in all correspondence related to this
collection. Submit cooments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB,
Washington, DC 20503. All comments received will be posted without
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or
business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marissa Petrusek, Procurement
Analyst, Governmentwide Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-0136
or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The patent coverage in FAR subpart 27.2 requires the contractor to
report each notice of a claim of patent or copyright infringement that
came to the contractor's attention in connection with performing a
Government contract (sections 27.202-1 and 52.227-2).
The contractor is also required to report all royalties anticipated
or paid in excess of $250 for the use of patented inventions by
furnishing the name and address of licensor, date of license agreement,
patent number, brief description of item or component, percentage or
dollar rate of royalty per unit, unit price of contract item, and
number of units (sections 27.202-5, 52.227-6, and 52.227-9).
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and whether it
will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden
of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid
assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
The information collection requirement in the FAR remains unchanged
for the estimated number of respondents and responses received
annually. There is no centralized database in the Federal Government
that maintains information regarding notice or claim of patent or
copyright infringement, when a response to a solicitation contains
costs or charges to royalties or when a contractor submits a statement
of royalties paid or required to be paid. Subject matter experts in
intellectual property law were consulted to obtain additional
information that could result in revised estimates for the public
burden. These inquiries yielded no additional information in regards to
the respondents or responses on a yearly basis. No public comments were
received in prior years that have challenged the validity of the
Government's estimates.
Number of Respondents: 30.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Total Responses: 30.
Average Burden Hours per Response: .5.
Total Burden Hours: 15.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control
No. 9000-0096, Patents, in all correspondence.
Dated: May 16, 2013.
William Clark,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of
Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office
of Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2013-12130 Filed 5-21-13; 8:45 am]
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