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Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total postage cost for this collection
is $46,004 per year.
In addition, the USPTO also strongly
advises applicants who file their
petitions to cancel, notices of
opposition, appeals, extensions of time
to file an opposition, and additional
papers for ex parte and inter partes
cases electronically to keep a copy of
the acknowledgment receipt as clear
evidence that the file was received by
the USPTO on the date noted. The
USPTO estimates that it will take 5
seconds (0.001 hours) to print the
acknowledgment receipt and that 56,634
petitions, notices, extensions, and other
papers will be submitted electronically.
Using the paraprofessional rate of $90
per hour, the USPTO estimates that the
total recordkeeping cost for this
collection will be $5,130 per year.
There is also annual nonhour cost
burden in the way of filing fees
associated with this collection. The
petitions to cancel and the notices of
opposition and appeal have filing fees.
There are no filing fees for the
extensions of time to file an opposition.
The additional papers that are filed in
ex parte and inter partes proceedings do
not have their own specific fees, so they
do not add new fees to the collection.
The filing fees for the petitions to cancel
and notices of opposition are per class
of goods and services in the subject
application or registration; therefore the
total filing fees can vary depending on
the number of classes. The total filing
fees of $2,864,500 shown here are the
minimum fees associated with this
information collection.
Responses (yr)
Filing fees
Total non-hour
cost burden (yr)
(a)
Item
(b)
(a) × (b)
Petition to Cancel ..................................................................................................................
Electronic Petition to Cancel .................................................................................................
Notice of Opposition ..............................................................................................................
Electronic Notice of Opposition .............................................................................................
Extension of Time to File an Opposition ...............................................................................
Electronic Request for Extension of Time to File an Opposition ..........................................
Papers in Inter Partes Cases (file answers, amendments to pleadings, amendment of application or registration during proceeding, motions (such as consent motions, motions
to extend, and motions to suspend), evidence, briefs, surrender of registration, abandonment of application, documents related to concurrent use applications, and appeals
to court and civil actions in opposition and cancellation proceedings) .............................
Electronic Papers in Inter Partes Cases (file answers, amendments to pleadings, amendment of application or registration during proceeding, motions (such as consent motions, motions to extend, and motions to suspend), evidence, briefs, surrender of registration, abandonment of application, documents related to concurrent use applications, and appeals to court and civil actions in opposition and cancellation proceedings)
Notice of Appeal ....................................................................................................................
Electronic Notice of Appeal ...................................................................................................
Miscellaneous Ex Parte Papers ............................................................................................
Electronic Miscellaneous Ex Parte Papers ...........................................................................
476
1,109
2,015
4,975
2,476
22,284
$300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
0.00
0.00
$142,800.00
332,700.00
604,500.00
1,492,500.00
0.00
0.00
11,500
0.00
0.00
25,000
1,168
1,752
4,320
1,514
0.00
100.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
116,800.00
175,200.00
0.00
0.00
Totals ..............................................................................................................................
78,589
..........................
2,864,500.00
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The USPTO estimates that the total
non-hour respondent cost burden for
this collection, in the form of postage
and recordkeeping costs, in addition to
the filing fees, is $2,915,634 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; (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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
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they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: May 18, 2007.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Customer Information
Services Group, Public Information Services
Division.
[FR Doc. E7–10041 Filed 5–23–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Public Advisory Strategic
Planning Survey
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Public Advisory
Committee, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this new
information collection, as required by
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the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
Written comments must be
submitted on or before July 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–00xx PPAC Strategic
Planning Survey’’ in the subject line of
the message.
• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the
attention of Susan K. Fawcett.
• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Customer Information Services
Group, Public Information Services
Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450.
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of
0651–00xx Patent Public Advisory
Strategic Planning Survey c/o Andrew I.
DATES:
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Faile, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450; by facsimile at 571–273–6950, or
by e-mail at Andrew.faile@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Patent Public Advisory
Committee (PPAC) was established
under 35 U.S.C. 5 as a nine member
committee appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce and serving at the pleasure of
the Secretary of Commerce, with the
duty to review the policies, goals,
performance, budget, and user fees of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office with respect to patents. In order
to obtain data for a review of the
policies, goals, and performance, the
PPAC will conduct a survey, gather and
analyze issues pertaining to potential
problems and improvements to the U.S.
Patent systems. Through this survey the
PPAC will assist the USPTO in meeting
its strategic goals, including efforts to
optimize the patent process, in a clearly
and concisely articulated and
documented format.
The outreach survey project will be
designed to query from a representative
diversity of business and industry
sectors, as well as academia and others
involved in developing innovation from
conception to commercialization.
The PPAC intends to use the data to
measure how well the agency is meeting
established programmatic expectations,
to identify any disjoints between
industry expectations and USPTO
performance, and to develop
improvement strategies that are inline
with the agency strategic plan.
To obtain data, the PPAC proposes to
use data gathering mechanisms to
include but not be limited to: Focus
groups, online surveys and one-on-one
interviews. Focus groups will include
individuals representing a cross section
of the external Intellectual Property
community and analysis of survey
results will obtain both quantitative and
qualitative responses.
This is a voluntary survey. The
collected data will not be linked to the
respondent and contact information that
is used for sampling purposes will be
maintained in a separate file from the
quantitative data. Respondents are not
required to provide any identifying
information such as their name, address,
or Social Security Number. In order to
access and complete the online survey,
respondents will need to use the
username and password provided by the
USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
In person, by mail, and/or
electronically over the Internet.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–00xx.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit;
not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government; and state, local, or tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,665 responses per year. It is estimated
that the PPAC will conduct 6 focus
groups of 20 respondents, 6 virtual
Estimated time
for
response
(in minutes)
Item
PPAC
PPAC
PPAC
PPAC
Focus Group Session .......................................................................................................
Virtual Focus Groups ........................................................................................................
Online Strategic Planning Survey .....................................................................................
One-On-One Interview Survey .........................................................................................
Total ......................................................................................................................................
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are
no capital start-up, maintenance,
operation, or recordkeeping costs, nor
are there any filing fees associated with
this information collection.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper planning of
strategic initiatives, including whether
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focus groups of 20 attendees, 4 online
surveys of up to 600 participants, and
up to 25 one-on-one interviews.
The respondent group will include
industry leadership throughout the
United States. Due to the nature of the
survey, which is being conducted as an
outreach support project, the
respondent group is expected to be
higher than a random sampling survey
audience. The PPAC expects to conduct
these surveys once. The PPAC estimates
that 70% of online surveys will be
completed, 60% of all focus group
invitees will attend, 60% of online
surveys will be submitted, and 50% of
the one-on-one interviews will be
attended.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours)
to complete the online version of this
survey. This includes the time to gather
the necessary information, complete the
request, and submit it to the USPTO.
The expectation is that it will take
approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to
complete a focus group session; and 20
minutes (0.33 hours) to complete a oneon-one interview.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 536 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $162,944. The USPTO
believes that a variety of professionals
and industry leaders will be responding
to these surveys, and as such the basis
used for cost burden is that of the
professional hourly rate of $304 for
associate attorneys in private firms.
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; (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.
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Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
30
30
10
20
120
120
2,400
25
60
60
408
8
........................
2,665
536
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
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Dated: May 18, 2007.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Customer Information Services Group, Public
Information Services Division.
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extension of the term of U.S. Patent No.
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year from the expiration date of the
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Property and Director of the United States
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Public Advisory Strategic Planning Survey
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Public Advisory
Committee, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on this new information collection, 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 July 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-00xx PPAC
Strategic Planning Survey'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan K.
Fawcett.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public
Information Services Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of 0651-00xx Patent Public Advisory
Strategic Planning Survey c/o Andrew I.
[[Page 29136]]
Faile, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450; by facsimile at 571-273-6950, or by e-mail at
Andrew.faile@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) was established under
35 U.S.C. 5 as a nine member committee appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce and serving at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce, with
the duty to review the policies, goals, performance, budget, and user
fees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to
patents. In order to obtain data for a review of the policies, goals,
and performance, the PPAC will conduct a survey, gather and analyze
issues pertaining to potential problems and improvements to the U.S.
Patent systems. Through this survey the PPAC will assist the USPTO in
meeting its strategic goals, including efforts to optimize the patent
process, in a clearly and concisely articulated and documented format.
The outreach survey project will be designed to query from a
representative diversity of business and industry sectors, as well as
academia and others involved in developing innovation from conception
to commercialization.
The PPAC intends to use the data to measure how well the agency is
meeting established programmatic expectations, to identify any
disjoints between industry expectations and USPTO performance, and to
develop improvement strategies that are inline with the agency
strategic plan.
To obtain data, the PPAC proposes to use data gathering mechanisms
to include but not be limited to: Focus groups, online surveys and one-
on-one interviews. Focus groups will include individuals representing a
cross section of the external Intellectual Property community and
analysis of survey results will obtain both quantitative and
qualitative responses.
This is a voluntary survey. The collected data will not be linked
to the respondent and contact information that is used for sampling
purposes will be maintained in a separate file from the quantitative
data. Respondents are not required to provide any identifying
information such as their name, address, or Social Security Number. In
order to access and complete the online survey, respondents will need
to use the username and password provided by the USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
In person, by mail, and/or electronically over the Internet.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-00xx.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: New information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; and state,
local, or tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,665 responses per year. It is
estimated that the PPAC will conduct 6 focus groups of 20 respondents,
6 virtual focus groups of 20 attendees, 4 online surveys of up to 600
participants, and up to 25 one-on-one interviews.
The respondent group will include industry leadership throughout
the United States. Due to the nature of the survey, which is being
conducted as an outreach support project, the respondent group is
expected to be higher than a random sampling survey audience. The PPAC
expects to conduct these surveys once. The PPAC estimates that 70% of
online surveys will be completed, 60% of all focus group invitees will
attend, 60% of online surveys will be submitted, and 50% of the one-on-
one interviews will be attended.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) to complete the online version of
this survey. This includes the time to gather the necessary
information, complete the request, and submit it to the USPTO. The
expectation is that it will take approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours)
to complete a focus group session; and 20 minutes (0.33 hours) to
complete a one-on-one interview.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 536 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $162,944. The USPTO
believes that a variety of professionals and industry leaders will be
responding to these surveys, and as such the basis used for cost burden
is that of the professional hourly rate of $304 for associate attorneys
in private firms.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item for response annual annual burden
(in minutes) responses hours
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PPAC Focus Group Session..................................... 30 120 60
PPAC Virtual Focus Groups.................................... 30 120 60
PPAC Online Strategic Planning Survey........................ 10 2,400 408
PPAC One-On-One Interview Survey............................. 20 25 8
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Total.................................................... ............... 2,665 536
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There
are no capital start-up, maintenance, operation, or recordkeeping
costs, nor are there any filing fees associated with this information
collection.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper planning of strategic
initiatives, 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;
(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.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
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Dated: May 18, 2007.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public
Information Services Division.
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