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two 1–year Letters of Authorization
(LOAs) to take marine mammals by
harassment incidental to the U.S. Navy’s
operation of Surveillance Towed Array
Sensor System Low Frequency Active
(SURTASS LFA) sonar operations to the
Chief of Naval Operations, Department
of the Navy, 2000 Navy Pentagon,
Washington, DC, and persons operating
under his authority.
DATES: Effective from August 16, 2008,
through August 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Navy’s April
9, 2008, LOA application letter, the
LOAs, the Navy’s 2007 annual report
and the Navy’s 2007 5–Year
Comprehensive Report are available by
writing to Michael Payne, Chief,
Permits, Conservation, and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3225, by telephoning the contact
listed here (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm#applications.
Documents cited in this notice may be
viewed, by appointment, during regular
business hours, at the aforementioned
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Hollingshead, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS (301–713–
2289, ext 128).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the Secretary
of Commerce to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional taking of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a military readiness activity if
certain findings are made and
regulations are issued.
Authorization may be granted for
periods of 5 years or less if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), and
will not have an unmitigable adverse
impact on the availability of the species
or stock(s) for certain subsistence uses.
In addition, NMFS must prescribe
regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means
effecting the least practicable adverse
impact on the species and its habitat,
and on the availability of the species for
subsistence uses, paying particular
attention to rookeries, mating grounds,
and areas of similar significance. The
regulations also must include
requirements pertaining to the
monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Regulations governing the taking of
marine mammals incidental to the U.S.
Navy’s operation of SURTASS LFA
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sonar were published on August 21,
2007 (72 FR 46846), and remain in effect
through August 15, 2012. They are
codified at 50 CFR part 216 subpart Q.
These regulations include mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
for the incidental taking of marine
mammals by the SURTASS LFA sonar
system. For detailed information on this
action, please refer to the August 21,
2007 Federal Register Notice and 50
CFR part 216 subpart Q.
Summary of LOA Request
NMFS received an application from
the U.S. Navy for two LOAs, one
covering the USNS ABLE (T-AGOS 20)
and one covering the USNS
IMPECCABLE (T-AGOS 23), under the
regulations issued on August 21, 2007
(72 FR 46846). (The R/V Cory Chouest
has been retired and has been replaced
by the USNS ABLE.) The Navy
requested that these LOAs become
effective on August 16, 2008. The
application requested authorization, for
a period not to exceed 1 year, to take,
by harassment, marine mammals
incidental to employment of the
SURTASS LFA sonar system for
training, testing and routine military
operations on the aforementioned ships
in areas of the North Pacific Ocean.
Monitoring and Reporting
In compliance with NMFS’ SURTASS
LFA sonar regulations for the 2002–
2007 period, the Navy submitted an
annual report for SURTASS LFA sonar
operations during 2006–2007. The Navy
also submitted a comprehensive report
on SURTASS LFA sonar operations and
the mitigation and monitoring activities
conducted under the LOAs issued under
its previous rule. A copy of these reports
can be viewed and/or downloaded at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm#applications. In
accordance with the current SURTASS
LFA sonar regulations (50 CFR 216.186),
the Navy’s has submitted classified
quarterly mission reports, and its annual
report for the 2007–2008 LOA is due on
September 30, 2008. Upon receipt,
NMFS will post this annual report on
the same Internet address.
Authorization
NMFS has issued two LOAs to the
U.S. Navy, authorizing the incidental
harassment of marine mammals
incidental to operating the two
SURTASS LFA sonar systems for
training, testing and routine military
operations. Issuance of these two LOAs
is based on findings, described in the
preamble to the final rule (August 21,
2007, 72 FR 46846)) and supported by
information contained in the Navy’s
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required reports on SURTASS LFA
sonar, that the activities described
under these two LOAs will have no
more than a negligible impact on marine
mammal stocks and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the affected marine
mammal stocks for subsistence uses.
These LOAs remain valid through
August 15, 2009, provided the Navy
remains in conformance with the
conditions of the regulations and the
LOAs, and the mitigation, monitoring,
and reporting requirements described in
50 CFR 216.184–216.186 (August 21,
2007, 72 FR 46846) and in the LOAs are
undertaken.
Dated: August 15, 2008.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent and Trademark Financial
Transactions
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the continuing 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 October 20,
2008.
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0043 comment’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the
attention of Susan Fawcett.
• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Customer Information Services
Group, Public Information Services
Division, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tamara McClure,
Office of Finance, United States Patent
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and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–6345; or by e-mail
to Tamara.McClure@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C.
1113, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) charges fees
for processing and other services related
to patents, trademarks, and information
products. Customers may submit
payments to the USPTO by several
methods, including credit card, deposit
account, electronic funds transfer (EFT),
and paper check transactions. The
provisions of 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C.
1113 are implemented in 37 CFR 1.16–
1.28, 2.6–2.7, and 2.206–2.209.
This information collection includes
the Credit Card Payment Form (PTO–
2038), which provides the public with
a convenient way to submit a credit card
payment for fees related to a patent,
trademark, or information product.
Customers may also submit credit card
payments via the Electronic Credit Card
Payment Form (PTO–2231) when using
online systems through the USPTO Web
site for paying fees related to patents,
trademarks, or information products.
The USPTO will not include credit
card information submitted using the
credit card payment forms among the
patent or trademark records open to
public inspection.
Customers may establish a deposit
account for making fee payments by
completing a Deposit Account
Application Form (PTO–2232) and
sending the required information, initial
deposit, and service fee to the USPTO.
Deposit accounts eliminate the need to
submit a check, credit card information,
or other form of payment for each
transaction with the USPTO.
Additionally, in the event that a fee
amount due is miscalculated, customers
may authorize the USPTO to charge any
remaining balance to the deposit
account and therefore avoid the
potential consequences of
underpayment. As customers use their
deposit accounts to make payments,
they may deposit funds to replenish
their accounts by mailing a check to the
USPTO or making a deposit online via
EFT using the Electronic Deposit
Account Replenishment Form (PTO–
2233) available at the USPTO Web site.
Replenishments may not be made by
credit card. Customers may also close
their deposit accounts by submitting a
written request or by using the Deposit
Account Closure Request Form (PTO–
2234).
In addition to credit cards and deposit
accounts, customers may also use EFT
to make online fee payments to the
USPTO. Customers must first establish
a user profile with their banking
information by submitting the EFT User
Profile Form (PTO–2236) through the
USPTO Web site. Once their profile is
created, customers may use their User
ID and password to perform EFT
transactions.
Under 37 CFR 1.26 and 2.209, the
USPTO may refund fees paid by mistake
or in excess of the required amount. For
refund amounts of $25 or less,
customers must submit a written request
to the Refund Branch of the USPTO
Office of Finance.
In order to access and manage their
financial activity records online,
customers may create a Financial Profile
through the USPTO web site. Customers
create a profile by registering a
username and password, providing
contact information, and specifying the
types of notifications and alerts they
would like to receive. After establishing
a Financial Profile, customers may then
add the relevant account information to
the profile in order to track their credit
card, deposit account, and EFT
transactions with the USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0043.
Form Number(s): PTO–2038, PTO–
2231, PTO–2232, PTO–2233, PTO–2234,
PTO–2236.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,929,205 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately two to six minutes
(0.03 to 0.10 hours) to gather the
necessary information, prepare, and
submit the items in this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 58,166 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $2,617,470 per year. The
USPTO expects that 75% of the
submissions for this information
collection will be prepared by fee
administrators/coordinators and that
25% of the submissions will be
prepared by paraprofessionals. Using
those proportions and the estimated
rates of $30 per hour for fee
administrators/coordinators and $90 per
hour for paraprofessionals, the USPTO
estimates that the average hourly rate for
all respondents will be approximately
$45 per hour. Using this estimated rate
of $45 per hour, the USPTO estimates
that the respondent cost burden for
submitting the information in this
collection will be approximately
$2,617,470 per year.
Estimated time
for response
(minutes)
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Credit Card Payment Form (PTO–2038) ....................................................................................
Electronic Credit Card Payment Form (PTO–2231) ...................................................................
Deposit Account Application Form (PTO–2232) .........................................................................
Deposit Account Replenishment .................................................................................................
Electronic Deposit Account Replenishment Form (PTO–2233) ..................................................
Deposit Account Closure Request Form (PTO–2234) ................................................................
EFT User Profile Form (PTO–2236) ...........................................................................................
Refund Request ...........................................................................................................................
Financial Profiles .........................................................................................................................
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
4
6
863,389
1,017,322
298
20,837
17,664
132
2,850
6,213
500
25,902
30,520
9
625
530
9
86
435
50
Total ......................................................................................................................................
........................
1,929,205
58,166
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $248,603.
There are no capital start-up costs or
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maintenance costs associated with this
information collection. However, this
collection does have associated service
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fees for deposit accounts and returned
payments, postage costs for mailing
submissions to the USPTO, and
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recordkeeping costs related to electronic
credit card payments and electronic
deposit account replenishments.
There are service fees for setting up a
deposit account at the USPTO, for not
maintaining the minimum balance
required for the deposit account, and for
returned payments. The service charge
to establish a deposit account is $10,
and the USPTO estimates that it
processes 298 Deposit Account
Application Forms annually, for a total
of $2,980 per year. There is also a $25
service charge for deposit accounts that
are below the minimum balance ($1,000
minimum balance for an unrestricted
deposit account or $300 minimum
balance for a restricted deposit account)
at the end of the month. The USPTO
estimates that it assesses 4,000 of these
low balance charges annually, for a total
of $100,000 per year. There is a $50
service charge for processing a payment
refused (including a check returned
‘‘unpaid’’) or charged back by a
financial institution. The USPTO
estimates that it assesses 456 of these
returned payment charges annually, for
a total of $22,800 per year. The total
estimated service fees for this collection
are $125,780 per year.
Customers may incur postage costs
when submitting the Credit Card
Payment Form and other paper forms or
requests to the USPTO by mail.
Customers generally send the Credit
Card Payment Form to the USPTO along
with other documents related to the fee
or service being paid for by credit card,
but some customers may submit just the
Credit Card Payment Form without
additional supporting documents. The
USPTO estimates that roughly 5 percent
of the 863,389 paper Credit Card
Payment Forms submitted annually may
be mailed in by themselves,
approximately 43,169 per year. The
USPTO estimates that it will receive an
additional 27,480 submissions per year
that may be mailed, including Deposit
Account Application Forms, Deposit
Account Replenishments, Deposit
Account Closure Requests, and Refund
Requests, for a total of 70,649 mailed
submissions per year. The USPTO
estimates that the first-class postage cost
for a mailed submission will be 42
cents, for a total postage cost of
approximately $29,673 per year.
Customers using the Electronic Credit
Card Payment Form or the Electronic
Deposit Account Replenishment Form
may incur recordkeeping costs from
printing a copy of the electronic receipt
confirming their successful online
transaction. The USPTO estimates that
it will take 5 seconds (0.001 hours) to
print a copy of the confirmation receipt
and that approximately 1,034,986
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submissions per year will use the
Electronic Credit Card Payment Form or
the Electronic Deposit Account
Replenishment Form, for a total
recordkeeping burden of 1,035 hours
per year. Using the paraprofessional rate
of $90 per hour, the USPTO estimates
that the recordkeeping cost associated
with this collection will be
approximately $93,150 per year.
The total non-hour respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of
service fees, postage costs, and
recordkeeping costs is estimated to be
$248,603 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, e.g., 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.
Dated: August 14, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Customer Information
Services Group, Public Information Services
Division.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[CPSC Docket No. 08–C0018]
Cobmex, Inc., Provisional Acceptance
of a Settlement Agreement and Order
Correction
In notice document Z8–18395
beginning on page 46877 in the issue of
Tuesday, August 12, 2008, make the
following correction:
On page 46877, in the third column,
under the DATES heading, in the fifth
line, ‘‘(insert date that is 15 calendar
days from publication date)’’ should
read ‘‘August 27, 2008’’.
[FR Doc. Z8–18395 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am]
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COMMISSION
[CPSC Docket No. 08–C0017]
Siegfried & Parzifal, Inc., Provisional
Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement
and Order
Correction
In notice document Z8–18399
beginning on page 46885 in the issue of
Tuesday, August 12, 2008, make the
following correction:
On page 46885, in the first column,
under the DATES heading, in the fifth
line, ‘‘(insert date that is 15 calendar
days from publication date)’’ should
read ‘‘August 27, 2008’’.
[FR Doc. Z8–18399 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Logistics Agency
Membership of the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA) Senior Executive
Service (SES) Performance Review
Board (PRB)
Defense Logistics Agency,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of membership—2008
DLA PRB.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
appointment of members to the Defense
Logistics Agency Senior Executive
Service (SES) Performance Review
Board (PRB). The publication of PRB
composition is required by 5 U.S.C.
4314(c)(4). The PRB provides fair and
impartial review of Senior Executive
Service performance appraisals and
makes recommendations to the Director,
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), with
respect to pay level adjustments and
performance awards and other actions
related to management of the SES cadre.
DATES: Effective Date: September 26,
2008.
Defense Logistics Agency,
8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2533,
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060–6221.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Julie Brown, SES Program Manager,
Human Resources (J–1), Defense
Logistics Agency, Department of
Defense, (703) 767–5041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the
following are the names and titles of
DLA career executives appointed to
serve as members of the SES PRB.
Members will serve a 12-month term,
which begins on September 26, 2008.
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent and Trademark Financial Transactions
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the continuing 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 October 20,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0043
comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan
Fawcett.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public
Information Services Division, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tamara McClure, Office of Finance, United States
Patent
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and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by
telephone at 571-272-6345; or by e-mail to Tamara.McClure@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) charges fees for processing and other services
related to patents, trademarks, and information products. Customers may
submit payments to the USPTO by several methods, including credit card,
deposit account, electronic funds transfer (EFT), and paper check
transactions. The provisions of 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are
implemented in 37 CFR 1.16-1.28, 2.6-2.7, and 2.206-2.209.
This information collection includes the Credit Card Payment Form
(PTO-2038), which provides the public with a convenient way to submit a
credit card payment for fees related to a patent, trademark, or
information product. Customers may also submit credit card payments via
the Electronic Credit Card Payment Form (PTO-2231) when using online
systems through the USPTO Web site for paying fees related to patents,
trademarks, or information products.
The USPTO will not include credit card information submitted using
the credit card payment forms among the patent or trademark records
open to public inspection.
Customers may establish a deposit account for making fee payments
by completing a Deposit Account Application Form (PTO-2232) and sending
the required information, initial deposit, and service fee to the
USPTO. Deposit accounts eliminate the need to submit a check, credit
card information, or other form of payment for each transaction with
the USPTO. Additionally, in the event that a fee amount due is
miscalculated, customers may authorize the USPTO to charge any
remaining balance to the deposit account and therefore avoid the
potential consequences of underpayment. As customers use their deposit
accounts to make payments, they may deposit funds to replenish their
accounts by mailing a check to the USPTO or making a deposit online via
EFT using the Electronic Deposit Account Replenishment Form (PTO-2233)
available at the USPTO Web site. Replenishments may not be made by
credit card. Customers may also close their deposit accounts by
submitting a written request or by using the Deposit Account Closure
Request Form (PTO-2234).
In addition to credit cards and deposit accounts, customers may
also use EFT to make online fee payments to the USPTO. Customers must
first establish a user profile with their banking information by
submitting the EFT User Profile Form (PTO-2236) through the USPTO Web
site. Once their profile is created, customers may use their User ID
and password to perform EFT transactions.
Under 37 CFR 1.26 and 2.209, the USPTO may refund fees paid by
mistake or in excess of the required amount. For refund amounts of $25
or less, customers must submit a written request to the Refund Branch
of the USPTO Office of Finance.
In order to access and manage their financial activity records
online, customers may create a Financial Profile through the USPTO web
site. Customers create a profile by registering a username and
password, providing contact information, and specifying the types of
notifications and alerts they would like to receive. After establishing
a Financial Profile, customers may then add the relevant account
information to the profile in order to track their credit card, deposit
account, and EFT transactions with the USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0043.
Form Number(s): PTO-2038, PTO-2231, PTO-2232, PTO-2233, PTO-2234,
PTO-2236.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,929,205 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately two to six minutes (0.03 to 0.10 hours) to
gather the necessary information, prepare, and submit the items in this
collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 58,166 hours per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $2,617,470 per year.
The USPTO expects that 75% of the submissions for this information
collection will be prepared by fee administrators/coordinators and that
25% of the submissions will be prepared by paraprofessionals. Using
those proportions and the estimated rates of $30 per hour for fee
administrators/coordinators and $90 per hour for paraprofessionals, the
USPTO estimates that the average hourly rate for all respondents will
be approximately $45 per hour. Using this estimated rate of $45 per
hour, the USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for
submitting the information in this collection will be approximately
$2,617,470 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item for response annual annual burden
(minutes) responses hours
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Credit Card Payment Form (PTO-2038)............................. 2 863,389 25,902
Electronic Credit Card Payment Form (PTO-2231).................. 2 1,017,322 30,520
Deposit Account Application Form (PTO-2232)..................... 2 298 9
Deposit Account Replenishment................................... 2 20,837 625
Electronic Deposit Account Replenishment Form (PTO-2233)........ 2 17,664 530
Deposit Account Closure Request Form (PTO-2234)................. 4 132 9
EFT User Profile Form (PTO-2236)................................ 2 2,850 86
Refund Request.................................................. 4 6,213 435
Financial Profiles.............................................. 6 500 50
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Total....................................................... .............. 1,929,205 58,166
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Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Respondent Cost Burden: $248,603.
There are no capital start-up costs or maintenance costs associated
with this information collection. However, this collection does have
associated service fees for deposit accounts and returned payments,
postage costs for mailing submissions to the USPTO, and
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recordkeeping costs related to electronic credit card payments and
electronic deposit account replenishments.
There are service fees for setting up a deposit account at the
USPTO, for not maintaining the minimum balance required for the deposit
account, and for returned payments. The service charge to establish a
deposit account is $10, and the USPTO estimates that it processes 298
Deposit Account Application Forms annually, for a total of $2,980 per
year. There is also a $25 service charge for deposit accounts that are
below the minimum balance ($1,000 minimum balance for an unrestricted
deposit account or $300 minimum balance for a restricted deposit
account) at the end of the month. The USPTO estimates that it assesses
4,000 of these low balance charges annually, for a total of $100,000
per year. There is a $50 service charge for processing a payment
refused (including a check returned ``unpaid'') or charged back by a
financial institution. The USPTO estimates that it assesses 456 of
these returned payment charges annually, for a total of $22,800 per
year. The total estimated service fees for this collection are $125,780
per year.
Customers may incur postage costs when submitting the Credit Card
Payment Form and other paper forms or requests to the USPTO by mail.
Customers generally send the Credit Card Payment Form to the USPTO
along with other documents related to the fee or service being paid for
by credit card, but some customers may submit just the Credit Card
Payment Form without additional supporting documents. The USPTO
estimates that roughly 5 percent of the 863,389 paper Credit Card
Payment Forms submitted annually may be mailed in by themselves,
approximately 43,169 per year. The USPTO estimates that it will receive
an additional 27,480 submissions per year that may be mailed, including
Deposit Account Application Forms, Deposit Account Replenishments,
Deposit Account Closure Requests, and Refund Requests, for a total of
70,649 mailed submissions per year. The USPTO estimates that the first-
class postage cost for a mailed submission will be 42 cents, for a
total postage cost of approximately $29,673 per year.
Customers using the Electronic Credit Card Payment Form or the
Electronic Deposit Account Replenishment Form may incur recordkeeping
costs from printing a copy of the electronic receipt confirming their
successful online transaction. The USPTO estimates that it will take 5
seconds (0.001 hours) to print a copy of the confirmation receipt and
that approximately 1,034,986 submissions per year will use the
Electronic Credit Card Payment Form or the Electronic Deposit Account
Replenishment Form, for a total recordkeeping burden of 1,035 hours per
year. Using the paraprofessional rate of $90 per hour, the USPTO
estimates that the recordkeeping cost associated with this collection
will be approximately $93,150 per year.
The total non-hour respondent cost burden for this collection in
the form of service fees, postage costs, and recordkeeping costs is
estimated to be $248,603 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, e.g., 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.
Dated: August 14, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services
Division.
[FR Doc. E8-19375 Filed 8-20-08; 8:45 am]
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