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methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
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Farm Service Agency
Title: Certified Mediation Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0165.
Summary of Collection: The Farm
Service Agency (FSA) amended its
agricultural loan mediation regulations
to implement the requirements of the
Federal Crop Insurance Reform and
Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (the 1994
Act) and the United States Grain
Standards Act of 2000 (the Grain
Standards Act). The regulation
continues to provide a mechanism to
States to apply for and obtain matching
funds grants from USDA to supplement
the expenses involved with the
administration of an agricultural
mediation program. FSA will collect
information by mail, phone, fax, and in
person.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA
will collect information to determine
whether the State meets the eligibility
criteria to be recipients of grant funds,
and secondly, to determine if the grant
is being administered as provided by the
Act.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 35.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,190.
Farm Service Agency
Title: Power of Attorney.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0190.
Summary of Collection: Individuals or
authorized representatives of entities
wanting to appoint another to act as
their attorney-in-fact in connection with
certain Farm Service Agency (FSA),
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC),
and Risk Management Agency (RMA)
programs, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation (FCIC), Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) and
related actions must complete a Power
of Attorney form and Extension Sheet to
accommodate additional signatures
(FSA–211/211A). The FSA–211/211A
serves as evidence that the grantor has
appointed another to act on their behalf
for certain FSA, CCC, FCIC, RMA, and
NRCS programs and related actions
giving the appointee legal authority to
enter into binding agreements on the
grantor’s behalf.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA
will collect information to verify an
individual’s authority to sign and act for
another in the event of errors or fraud
that requires legal remedies. The
information collected on the FSA–211/
211A is limited to the grantor’s name,
signature, and identification number,
the grantee’s name, address, and the
applicable FSA, CCC, FCIC, NRCS, and
RMA programs. Failure to collect and
maintain the data collected on the form
will limit or eliminate USDA’s ability to
accept an individual’s signature on
behalf of another individual or entity.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 11,250.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 5,861.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Practitioner Records Maintenance,
Disclosure, and Discipline Before the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
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 revision of a 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 May 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include A0651–0017 Practitioner
Records Maintenance, Disclosure and
Discipline Before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office 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 the attention of
Christine Nucker, Enrollment and
Discipline Administrator, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop
OED, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450; by telephone at 571–272–
6071; or by e-mail to
Christine.Nucker@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
has the authority to establish regulations
governing the conduct and discipline of
agents, attorneys, or other persons
representing applicants and other
parties before the USPTO (35 U.S.C. 2,
32 and 33). The USPTO Code of
Professional Responsibility (37 CFR
10.20 to 10.112) describes how attorneys
or practitioners should conduct
themselves professionally and outlines
their responsibilities for recordkeeping
and reporting violations or complaints
of misconduct to the USPTO, while the
Investigations and Disciplinary
Proceedings rules (37 CFR 11.19 to
11.61) dictate how the USPTO can
discipline attorneys and practitioners.
The USPTO Code of Professional
Responsibility requires an attorney or
agent to maintain complete records of
all funds, securities, and other
properties of clients coming into his or
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her possession, and to render
appropriate accounts to the client
regarding the funds, securities, and
other properties. These recordkeeping
requirements are necessary to maintain
the integrity of client property. Each
State Bar requires its attorneys to
perform similar record keeping.
The Code also requires an attorney or
agent to report knowledge of certain
violations of the Code to the USPTO. If
the complaint is found to have merit,
the USPTO will investigate and possibly
prosecute violations of the Code. The
Director of the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline (OED) may, after notice and
opportunity for a hearing, suspend,
exclude, or disqualify any practitioner
from further practice before the USPTO
based on noncompliance with the
regulations.
Practitioners who have been excluded
or suspended from practice before the
USPTO must keep and maintain records
of their steps to comply with the
suspension or exclusion order. These
records serve as the practitioner’s proof
of compliance with the order.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to
the USPTO when an individual is
required to participate in the
information collection.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0017.
Form Number(s): There are no forms
associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other for
profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
635 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 2 to 40 hours,
depending upon the complexity of the
situation, to gather the necessary
information, maintain the required
records, prepare the complaint, and
submit the various documents in this
information collection to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 12,330 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $1,275,120. At $100 per
hour for a para-professional/clerical
worker, the USPTO estimates
$1,197,000 per year for salary costs
associated with respondents for the
recordkeeping requirements in this
collection. For complaint/violation
reporting, the USPTO predicts that half
of the complaints will be filed by
practitioners and that the remaining
complaints will be split evenly between
non-legal professionals and semiprofessionals or skilled trades persons.
The USPTO estimates that it will cost
practitioners $325 per hour, non-legal
professionals $156 per hour, and semiprofessionals or skilled trades persons
$60 per hour to submit a complaint, for
a weighted average rate of $217 per
hour. Considering these factors, the
USPTO estimates $78,120 per year for
salary costs associated with filing a
complaint, for a total annual respondent
cost burden of $1,275,120 per year.
Estimated time
for response
(in hours)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden
hours
26
40
2
445
10
180
11,570
400
360
Total .............................................................................................................................................
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Recordkeeping Maintenance (including financial books and records such as trust accounts,
fiduciary accounts, operating accounts, and advertisements) .................................................
Recordkeeping Maintenance Under Suspension or Exclusion from the USPTO .......................
Complaint/Violation Reporting .....................................................................................................
........................
635
12,330
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $487. There
are no capital start-up costs,
maintenance costs or filing fees
associated with this information
collection. There are, however, postage
costs.
The public may submit the
complaints in this collection to the
USPTO by mail through the United
States Postal Service. If these documents
are sent by first-class mail, a certificate
of mailing for each piece of
correspondence, stating the date of
deposit or transmission to the USPTO,
may also be included. The USPTO
expects that 180 complaints will be
mailed to the USPTO with first-class
postage, with 50% or 90 complaints
weighing 2 ounces at an average cost of
61 cents for a total of $55; and 50% or
90 complaints weighing 1 pound at an
average cost of $4.80 for a total of $432.
Therefore, this information collection
has a total of $487 in annual (non-hour)
respondent cost burden.
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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;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
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Dated: March 16, 2010.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Practitioner Records Maintenance, Disclosure, and Discipline
Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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 revision of a 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 May 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include A0651-0017
Practitioner Records Maintenance, Disclosure and Discipline Before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office 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 the attention of Christine Nucker, Enrollment and
Discipline Administrator, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
Mail Stop OED, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone
at 571-272-6071; or by e-mail to Christine.Nucker@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) has the authority to establish regulations governing the
conduct and discipline of agents, attorneys, or other persons
representing applicants and other parties before the USPTO (35 U.S.C.
2, 32 and 33). The USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility (37 CFR
10.20 to 10.112) describes how attorneys or practitioners should
conduct themselves professionally and outlines their responsibilities
for recordkeeping and reporting violations or complaints of misconduct
to the USPTO, while the Investigations and Disciplinary Proceedings
rules (37 CFR 11.19 to 11.61) dictate how the USPTO can discipline
attorneys and practitioners.
The USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility requires an attorney
or agent to maintain complete records of all funds, securities, and
other properties of clients coming into his or
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her possession, and to render appropriate accounts to the client
regarding the funds, securities, and other properties. These
recordkeeping requirements are necessary to maintain the integrity of
client property. Each State Bar requires its attorneys to perform
similar record keeping.
The Code also requires an attorney or agent to report knowledge of
certain violations of the Code to the USPTO. If the complaint is found
to have merit, the USPTO will investigate and possibly prosecute
violations of the Code. The Director of the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline (OED) may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing,
suspend, exclude, or disqualify any practitioner from further practice
before the USPTO based on noncompliance with the regulations.
Practitioners who have been excluded or suspended from practice
before the USPTO must keep and maintain records of their steps to
comply with the suspension or exclusion order. These records serve as
the practitioner's proof of compliance with the order.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to the USPTO when an
individual is required to participate in the information collection.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0017.
Form Number(s): There are no forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for
profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 635 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 2 to 40 hours, depending upon the complexity
of the situation, to gather the necessary information, maintain the
required records, prepare the complaint, and submit the various
documents in this information collection to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 12,330 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $1,275,120. At $100
per hour for a para-professional/clerical worker, the USPTO estimates
$1,197,000 per year for salary costs associated with respondents for
the recordkeeping requirements in this collection. For complaint/
violation reporting, the USPTO predicts that half of the complaints
will be filed by practitioners and that the remaining complaints will
be split evenly between non-legal professionals and semi-professionals
or skilled trades persons. The USPTO estimates that it will cost
practitioners $325 per hour, non-legal professionals $156 per hour, and
semi-professionals or skilled trades persons $60 per hour to submit a
complaint, for a weighted average rate of $217 per hour. Considering
these factors, the USPTO estimates $78,120 per year for salary costs
associated with filing a complaint, for a total annual respondent cost
burden of $1,275,120 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item for response annual annual burden
(in hours) responses hours
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Recordkeeping Maintenance (including financial books and records 26 445 11,570
such as trust accounts, fiduciary accounts, operating accounts,
and advertisements)............................................
Recordkeeping Maintenance Under Suspension or Exclusion from the 40 10 400
USPTO..........................................................
Complaint/Violation Reporting................................... 2 180 360
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Total........................................................... .............. 635 12,330
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $487.
There are no capital start-up costs, maintenance costs or filing fees
associated with this information collection. There are, however,
postage costs.
The public may submit the complaints in this collection to the
USPTO by mail through the United States Postal Service. If these
documents are sent by first-class mail, a certificate of mailing for
each piece of correspondence, stating the date of deposit or
transmission to the USPTO, may also be included. The USPTO expects that
180 complaints will be mailed to the USPTO with first-class postage,
with 50% or 90 complaints weighing 2 ounces at an average cost of 61
cents for a total of $55; and 50% or 90 complaints weighing 1 pound at
an average cost of $4.80 for a total of $432. Therefore, this
information collection has a total of $487 in annual (non-hour)
respondent cost burden.
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; they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 16, 2010.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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