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[Federal Register: September 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 179)]
[Notices]
[Page 47778-47779]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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), in order to
extend the public comment period due to a delay in submission, is
republishing the Comment Request originally published on August 11,
2009 (74 FR 40165). This notice announces the intent to 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 (USPTO).
    Title: Customer Panel Quality Survey.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0057.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 406 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,386 responses.
    Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it takes the
public approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) to complete either the
paper or the online survey. This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, respond to the survey, and submit it to the
USPTO.
    Needs and Uses: Individuals who work at firms that file more than
six patent applications a year use the Customer Panel Quality Survey to
provide the USPTO with their perceptions of examination quality. The
USPTO uses the feedback gathered from the survey to assist them in
targeting key areas for examination quality improvement and to identify
important areas for examiner training.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for
profit; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Semi-annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, e-mail: Nicholas_A._
Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
    Once submitted, the request will be publically available in
electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at
http://www.reginfo.gov.
    Paper copies can be obtained by:
    * E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0057 Customer
Panel Quality Survey copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
    *  Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan K. Fawcett.

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    * Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Administrative Management Group, U.S. 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 October 19, 2009 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail at Nicholas_A._
Fraser@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention
of Nicholas A. Fraser.

    Dated: September 10, 2009.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Administrative Management Group.
[FR Doc. E9-22376 Filed 9-16-09; 8:45 am]

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