Legal Processes, 3893-3894 [2010-1276]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2010 / Notices
2010. This notice also outlines
suggested discussion topics for the
meetings and is intended to notify the
general public of their opportunity to
participate in the teleconference and/or
web conference meetings.
DATES: The dates and times for the
teleconference and/or web conference
meetings will be announced via e-mail
to parties registered as described below
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing to register
for the calls and obtain the call-in
number, access code, Web link and
other information for any of the public
teleconferences and or web conferences
may contact James F. Carey, Financial
and Loan Analyst, Multifamily Housing
Guaranteed Loan Division, Rural
Development, United States Department
of Agriculture, telephone: (202) 401–
2307, fax: (202) 205–5066, or e-mail:
james.carey@wdc.USDA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
objectives of this series of
teleconferences are as follows:
• Enhance the effectiveness of the
Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental
Housing Program.
• Establish a two way
communications forum to update
industry participants and Rural Housing
staff.
• Enhance RHS’ awareness of the
market and other forces that impact the
Section 538 Multifamily Guaranteed
Loan program.
Topics to be discussed could include
but will not be limited to the following:
• Updates on the USDA Section 538
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing
Program FY 2009–2010 activities.
• Perspectives on the current state of
debt financing and its impact on the
Section 538 program.
• Enhancing the use of Section 538
financing with the transfer and/or
preservation of Section 515
developments.
• The impact of Low Income Housing
Tax Credit program changes on Section
538 financings.
Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a planning meeting of the
Health Disparities Subcommittee of the
Illinois Advisory Committee to the
Commission will convene at 8 a.m. and
adjourn at 10 a.m. on February 22, 2010,
at 55 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60603.
The purpose of the meeting is to plan
for the Committee’s report on Health
Disparities in Chicago. The meeting will
consist of approximately five local
health disparities experts discussing
issues regarding the project.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments; the
comments must be received in the
regional office by March 22, 2010. The
address is 55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410,
Chicago, IL 60603. Persons wishing to email their comments, or to present their
comments verbally at the meeting, or
who desire additional information
should contact David Mussatt, Director,
312–353–8311, TDD/TTY 312–353–
8324, or by e-mail: dmussatt@usccr.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons who will
attend the meeting and require the
services of a sign language interpreter
should contact the Regional Office at
least ten (10) working days before the
scheduled date of the meeting.
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Midwestern Regional Office, as they
become available, both before and after
the meeting. Persons interested in the
work of this advisory committee are
advised to go to the Commission’s Web
site, https://www.usccr.gov, or to contact
the Midwestern Regional Office at the
above e-mail or street address.
The meeting will be conducted
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the Commission and
FACA.
Dated in Washington, DC, January 19,
2010.
Peter Minarik,
Acting Chief, Regional Programs
Coordination Unit.
[FR Doc. 2010–1345 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6335–01–P
Dated: January 14, 2010.
˜
Tammye Trevino,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[FR Doc. 2010–1329 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am]
Patent and Trademark Office
BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
Legal Processes
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment
request.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the Illinois Advisory Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Commission on
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:23 Jan 22, 2010
Jkt 220001
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
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
3893
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 March 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0046 comment’’ 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, 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 Shirley Hassan,
Office of General Law, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
15667, Arlington, VA 22215; by
telephone at 571–272–3000; or by e-mail
to Shirley.Hassan@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The purpose of this collection is to
cover information requirements related
to civil actions and claims involving
current and former employees of the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO). The rules for these
legal processes may be found under 37
CFR Part 104, which outlines
procedures for service of process,
demands for employee testimony and
production of documents in legal
proceedings, reports of unauthorized
testimony, employee indemnification,
and filing claims against the USPTO
under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28
U.S.C. 2672) and the corresponding
Department of Justice regulations (28
CFR Part 14). The public may also
petition the USPTO Office of General
Counsel under 37 CFR 104.3 to waive or
suspend these rules in extraordinary
cases.
The procedures under 37 CFR Part
104 ensure that service of process
intended for current and former
employees of the USPTO is handled
properly. The USPTO will only accept
service of process for an employee
acting in an official capacity. This
collection is necessary so that
respondents or their representatives can
serve a summons or complaint on the
USPTO, demand employee testimony
and documents related to a legal
proceeding, or file a claim under the
Federal Tort Claims Act. Respondents
E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM
25JAN1
3894
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2010 / Notices
may also petition the USPTO to waive
or suspend these rules for legal
processes. This collection is also
necessary so that current and former
USPTO employees may properly
forward service and demands to the
Office of General Counsel, report
unauthorized testimony, and request
indemnification. The USPTO covers
current employees as respondents under
this information collection even though
their responses do not require approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. In
those instances where both current and
former employees may respond to the
USPTO, the agency estimates that the
number of respondents will be small.
There are no forms provided by the
USPTO for this collection. For filing
claims under the Federal Tort Claims
Act, the public may use Standard Form
95 ‘‘Claim for Damage, Injury, or Death,’’
which is provided by the Department of
Justice and approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
OMB Control Number 1105–0008.
II. Method of Collection
By mail or hand delivery to the
USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0046.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions; and
the Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
291 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public from 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 1
hour to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate
documents, and submit the information
required for this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 52 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $16,652 per year. The
USPTO expects that the information in
this collection will be prepared by
attorneys and former employees, except
for the requests for employee
indemnification, which generally come
from professional and supervisory staff.
Since many of the former employees
affected by this collection are attorneys,
the attorney rate will be used for former
employees as well. Using the
professional rate of $325 per hour for
attorneys in private firms, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost
burden for attorneys and former
employees submitting the information
in this collection will be $16,575 per
year. Using the estimate of $77 per hour
for professional and supervisory staff,
the USPTO expects that the respondent
cost burden for submitting requests for
employee indemnification will be $77
per year. Therefore, the respondent cost
burden for this collection will be
$16,652 per year.
Estimated annual
responses
Estimated annual
burden hours
30 minutes ...................................
5 minutes .....................................
10 minutes ...................................
1 hour ..........................................
5
243
7
22
3
19
1
22
10 minutes ...................................
30 minutes ...................................
30 minutes ...................................
30 minutes ...................................
1 hour ..........................................
7
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
......................................................
291
52
Estimated time for response
Petition to Waive Rules .....................................................................
Service of Process ............................................................................
Forwarding Service ............................................................................
Employee Testimony and Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings.
Forwarding Demands ........................................................................
Report of Unauthorized Testimony ...................................................
Report of Possible Indemnification Cases ........................................
Employee Indemnification .................................................................
Tort Claims ........................................................................................
Totals ..........................................................................................
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
Item
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $3,122 per
year. There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in
the form of filing fees and postage costs.
This collection has filing fees
associated with the petition to waive or
suspend the legal process rules under 37
CFR 104.3. The filing fee for this
petition is $130, and the USPTO
estimates that approximately 5 petitions
will be filed per year for a total filing
cost of $650. There are no other filing
fees associated with this information
collection.
Customers may incur postage costs
when submitting the information in this
collection to the USPTO by mail. The
USPTO estimates that the average firstclass postage for a mailed submission,
other than a Service of Process, will be
88 cents and that up to 48 of these
submissions will be mailed to the
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:23 Jan 22, 2010
Jkt 220001
USPTO per year, for a postage cost of
$42. The USPTO estimates that the
average postage for a Service of Process
will be $10.00 and that up to 243 of
these submissions will be mailed to the
USPTO per year, for a postage cost of
$2,430. The total estimated postage cost
for this collection is approximately
$2,472 per year.
The total non-hour respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of
filing fees and postage costs is
approximately $3,122 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
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 9990
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: January 14, 2010.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010–1276 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
E:\FR\FM\25JAN1.SGM
25JAN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3893-3894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1276]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Legal Processes
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 March 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0046
comment'' 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, 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 Shirley Hassan, Office of General Law, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington, VA
22215; by telephone at 571-272-3000; or by e-mail to
Shirley.Hassan@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The purpose of this collection is to cover information requirements
related to civil actions and claims involving current and former
employees of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The
rules for these legal processes may be found under 37 CFR Part 104,
which outlines procedures for service of process, demands for employee
testimony and production of documents in legal proceedings, reports of
unauthorized testimony, employee indemnification, and filing claims
against the USPTO under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2672)
and the corresponding Department of Justice regulations (28 CFR Part
14). The public may also petition the USPTO Office of General Counsel
under 37 CFR 104.3 to waive or suspend these rules in extraordinary
cases.
The procedures under 37 CFR Part 104 ensure that service of process
intended for current and former employees of the USPTO is handled
properly. The USPTO will only accept service of process for an employee
acting in an official capacity. This collection is necessary so that
respondents or their representatives can serve a summons or complaint
on the USPTO, demand employee testimony and documents related to a
legal proceeding, or file a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Respondents
[[Page 3894]]
may also petition the USPTO to waive or suspend these rules for legal
processes. This collection is also necessary so that current and former
USPTO employees may properly forward service and demands to the Office
of General Counsel, report unauthorized testimony, and request
indemnification. The USPTO covers current employees as respondents
under this information collection even though their responses do not
require approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. In those instances
where both current and former employees may respond to the USPTO, the
agency estimates that the number of respondents will be small.
There are no forms provided by the USPTO for this collection. For
filing claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the public may use
Standard Form 95 ``Claim for Damage, Injury, or Death,'' which is
provided by the Department of Justice and approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number 1105-0008.
II. Method of Collection
By mail or hand delivery to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0046.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions; and the Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 291 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 1 hour to gather the
necessary information, prepare the appropriate documents, and submit
the information required for this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 52 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $16,652 per year.
The USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be
prepared by attorneys and former employees, except for the requests for
employee indemnification, which generally come from professional and
supervisory staff. Since many of the former employees affected by this
collection are attorneys, the attorney rate will be used for former
employees as well. Using the professional rate of $325 per hour for
attorneys in private firms, the USPTO estimates that the respondent
cost burden for attorneys and former employees submitting the
information in this collection will be $16,575 per year. Using the
estimate of $77 per hour for professional and supervisory staff, the
USPTO expects that the respondent cost burden for submitting requests
for employee indemnification will be $77 per year. Therefore, the
respondent cost burden for this collection will be $16,652 per year.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated annual Estimated annual
Item Estimated time for response responses burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Petition to Waive Rules.................... 30 minutes................... 5 3
Service of Process......................... 5 minutes.................... 243 19
Forwarding Service......................... 10 minutes................... 7 1
Employee Testimony and Production of 1 hour....................... 22 22
Documents in Legal Proceedings.
Forwarding Demands......................... 10 minutes................... 7 1
Report of Unauthorized Testimony........... 30 minutes................... 1 1
Report of Possible Indemnification Cases... 30 minutes................... 3 2
Employee Indemnification................... 30 minutes................... 1 1
Tort Claims................................ 1 hour....................... 2 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals................................. ............................. 291 52
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $3,122 per
year. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or recordkeeping
costs associated with this information collection. However, this
collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form of filing fees
and postage costs.
This collection has filing fees associated with the petition to
waive or suspend the legal process rules under 37 CFR 104.3. The filing
fee for this petition is $130, and the USPTO estimates that
approximately 5 petitions will be filed per year for a total filing
cost of $650. There are no other filing fees associated with this
information collection.
Customers may incur postage costs when submitting the information
in this collection to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO estimates that the
average first-class postage for a mailed submission, other than a
Service of Process, will be 88 cents and that up to 48 of these
submissions will be mailed to the USPTO per year, for a postage cost of
$42. The USPTO estimates that the average postage for a Service of
Process will be $10.00 and that up to 243 of these submissions will be
mailed to the USPTO per year, for a postage cost of $2,430. The total
estimated postage cost for this collection is approximately $2,472 per
year.
The total non-hour respondent cost burden for this collection in
the form of filing fees and postage costs is approximately $3,122 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: January 14, 2010.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-1276 Filed 1-22-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-16-P
