[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 70423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24537]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0096; Docket No. 2016-0053; Sequence No. 31]
Submission for OMB Review; 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 Division 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. A notice was published in the Federal Register at
81 FR 43607 on July 5, 2016. No comments were received.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 14, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington,
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following
methods:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching for ``9000-
0096; Patents''. 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.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), IC 9000-0096, 1800 F Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20405.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0096, Patents, in all correspondence related to this
collection. Comments received generally will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided. To confirm receipt of your
comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, approximately two to
three days after submission to verify posting (except allow 30 days for
posting of comments submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles Gray, Procurement Analyst,
Federal Acquisition Policy Division, at 703-795-6328 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
The patent coverage in Federal Acquisition Regulation (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 (FAR 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 (FAR 27.202-5, 52.227-6, and 52.227-9).
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Number of Respondents: 107.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 107.
Hours per Response: 1.17.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 126.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Businesses or other-for-profit entities and not-
for-profit institutions.
C. Public Comments
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
functions of the 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.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0096, Patents, in all
correspondence.
Dated: October 5, 2016.
Lorin S. Curit,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-24537 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
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