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The USPTO estimates that the total
non-hour respondent cost burden for
this collection in the form of postage
costs and filing fees amounts to
$3,875,424.
Dated: February 24, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No. PTO–T–2010–0090]
Coding of Design Marks in
Registrations
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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Background
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1)–(2), the
USPTO maintains a publicly available
searchable collection of all United
States trademark registrations in
electronic form.
On December 28, 2010, the USPTO
published a notice and request for
comments at 75 FR 81587, proposing to
discontinue a secondary system of
coding designs contained in registered
marks. The USPTO received only one
comment, from an organization
supporting the proposed
discontinuation and encouraging the
USPTO to use the cost savings to
develop and support electronic
initiatives. This comment is posted on
the Office’s Web site at https://
www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/
FR_Notices_2010.jsp and is addressed
below.
The proposed discontinuation of the
secondary system, the Trademark
Search Facility Classification Code
Index (‘‘TC Index’’), stems from its
inferiority to the primary system of
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The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (‘‘USPTO’’) is
discontinuing the practice of coding
newly registered trademarks that
include a design element with design
mark codes based on the old paper
search designations. The USPTO will
continue to code all pending
applications that contain a design
element using a numerical design code
system modeled after the International
Classification of the Figurative Elements
of Marks (‘‘USPTO Design
Classification’’).
DATES: Effective immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia C. Lynch, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Trademark
Examination Policy, by telephone at
(571) 272–8742.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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cost burden
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(c)
50
SUMMARY:
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 will also become a matter of public
record.
Filing Fee ($)
(b)
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3,864,150.00
design coding, which is much more
specific, precise and robust; the
infrequent use of the TC Index codes in
searches by the public; and its costliness
to maintain, especially in proportion to
the low usage of the system. The
assignment of TC Index codes to active
U.S. trademark registrations in the
searchable electronic database costs
approximately $531,000 per fiscal year
for staffing, systems maintenance, and
support costs.
Changes: USPTO Discontinuing TC
Index Coding
In view of the lack of any public
comments opposing the discontinuation
and the public comment supporting it,
the USPTO is discontinuing the practice
of design coding newly registered
trademarks with TC Index codes.
Terminating the dual design-coding
system will result in cost savings and
will free the USPTO staff to perform
more valuable services for the public.
All existing registrations coded with
paper search designations will remain
available in the Trademark Electronic
Search System (‘‘TESS’’) and on
microfilm. The USPTO has updated
TESS Help to reflect that searching by
the TC Index code will only retrieve
registrations coded from August 28,
2007, through January 31, 2011. The
USPTO strongly advises all users to rely
solely on the primary system, Design
Search Code (‘‘DC’’) field, in TESS when
performing searches for pending
applications and active registrations for
marks that include a design element.
The USPTO will continue to code all
pending applications that contain a
design element with the USPTO Design
Classification shown in the DC field.
Examining attorneys will continue to
rely solely on the USPTO Design
Classification for examining and
approving applications for marks with
design codes for Federal registration.
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Comment: The commenter supports
the USPTO’s decision to discontinue the
TC Index and encourages the USPTO to
redirect the resulting cost savings to
assist users in electronic environments
such as the Trademark Next Generation
program.
Response: Eliminating the TC Index
coding will allow the USPTO to devote
more of its limited resources to the
maintenance and improvement of the
USPTO Design Classification system,
which provides the public with more
precise search parameters than are
possible with the TC Index codes. It will
also allow the USPTO to devote more
resources to enhancing electronic
communications through the
Trademarks Next Generation
information technology initiative. In
connection with this initiative, the
USPTO is currently reviewing
suggestions for improvements to the
electronic systems and will begin
implementing many of them in the
coming months.
The USPTO invests heavily in its
publicly available electronic search
systems to ensure their maintenance,
and commits considerable resources to
enhancing and improving electronic
search capabilities. The USPTO is
dedicated to ensuring the quality and
accuracy of design coding under the
USPTO Design Classification system.
The USPTO Design Classification codes
will continue to be subject to internal
quality review and external review by
applicants, registrants and the public,
which further ensures correct design
coding.
Accordingly, the USPTO hereby gives
notice that the USPTO is discontinuing
coding design marks with paper search
designations.
Dated: February 24, 2011.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2011–4618 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[FAR–N–2011–01; Docket No. 2011–0083;
Sequence 1]
Federal Transition To Secure Hash
Algorithm (SHA)–256
Department of Defense (DoD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
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and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
The Civilian Agency
Acquisition Council, and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council
(Councils), are hosting the first of at
least two public meetings to start a
dialogue with industry and Government
agencies about ways for the acquisition
community to transition to Secure Hash
Algorithm SHA–256. SHA–256 is a
cryptographic hash function that is used
in digital signatures, and authentication
protocols.
DATES: Public Meeting: A public meeting
will be held on March 18, 2011, from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m. EST. Attendees should
register for the public meeting at least 1
week in advance to ensure adequate
room accommodations.
Registrants will be given priority if
room constraints require limits on
attendance. At the March 18th meeting,
two briefings will be provided on SHA–
256. One will be at the agency level, and
the other at the Federal level. Public
comments will be solicited after a
subsequent second public meeting.
Special Accommodations: The public
meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.
Edward Loeb, telephone (202) 501–
0650, at least 5 working days prior to
the meeting date.
ADDRESSES: Public Meeting: The public
meeting will be held in the General
Services Administration (GSA)
Multipurpose Room, 2nd floor, One
Constitution Square, 1275 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20417. Interested
parties may register by faxing the
following information to the GSA at
(202) 501–4067, or e-mail
edward.loeb@gsa.gov by March 11,
2011:
(1) Company or Organization Name;
(2) Names of persons attending; and
(3) Last four digits of the social
security number of persons attending.
Please cite ‘‘Federal Transition to Secure
Hash Algorithm SHA–256’’ in all
correspondence related to this public
meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
clarification of content, contact Mr.
Edward Loeb, Procurement Analyst, at
(202) 501–0650. For information
pertaining to status or publication
schedules, contact the Regulatory
Secretariat at (202) 501–4755. Please
cite ‘‘Federal Transition to Secure Hash
Algorithm SHA–256.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal environment uses SHA–1 for
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generating digital signatures. Current
information systems, Web servers,
applications and workstation operating
systems were designed to process, and
use SHA–1 generated signatures.
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) SP (Special
Publication) 800–57, Recommendation
for Key Management—Part 1, (the first
document); and NIST SP 800–78–3,
Cryptographic Algorithms and Key
Sizes for Personal Identification
Verification (PIV), at https://
csrc.nist.gov/publications/
PubsSPs.html, provide for the use of
SHA–256 in all digital signatures
generated. NIST has issued guidance for
transition to stronger cryptographic
keys, and more robust algorithms by
December 2013.
Government systems may begin to
encounter certificates signed with SHA–
256, and in most cases it is unclear
whether the Government systems will
continue to function correctly.
Dated: February 24, 2011.
Millisa Gary,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011–4662 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
Comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Education
(the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)),
provides the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 2,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
SUMMARY:
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[FR Doc No: 2011-4618]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-T-2010-0090]
Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``USPTO'') is
discontinuing the practice of coding newly registered trademarks that
include a design element with design mark codes based on the old paper
search designations. The USPTO will continue to code all pending
applications that contain a design element using a numerical design
code system modeled after the International Classification of the
Figurative Elements of Marks (``USPTO Design Classification'').
DATES: Effective immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia C. Lynch, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, by telephone at (571)
272-8742.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1)-(2), the USPTO maintains a publicly
available searchable collection of all United States trademark
registrations in electronic form.
On December 28, 2010, the USPTO published a notice and request for
comments at 75 FR 81587, proposing to discontinue a secondary system of
coding designs contained in registered marks. The USPTO received only
one comment, from an organization supporting the proposed
discontinuation and encouraging the USPTO to use the cost savings to
develop and support electronic initiatives. This comment is posted on
the Office's Web site at https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/FR_Notices_2010.jsp and is addressed below.
The proposed discontinuation of the secondary system, the Trademark
Search Facility Classification Code Index (``TC Index''), stems from
its inferiority to the primary system of design coding, which is much
more specific, precise and robust; the infrequent use of the TC Index
codes in searches by the public; and its costliness to maintain,
especially in proportion to the low usage of the system. The assignment
of TC Index codes to active U.S. trademark registrations in the
searchable electronic database costs approximately $531,000 per fiscal
year for staffing, systems maintenance, and support costs.
Changes: USPTO Discontinuing TC Index Coding
In view of the lack of any public comments opposing the
discontinuation and the public comment supporting it, the USPTO is
discontinuing the practice of design coding newly registered trademarks
with TC Index codes. Terminating the dual design-coding system will
result in cost savings and will free the USPTO staff to perform more
valuable services for the public.
All existing registrations coded with paper search designations
will remain available in the Trademark Electronic Search System
(``TESS'') and on microfilm. The USPTO has updated TESS Help to reflect
that searching by the TC Index code will only retrieve registrations
coded from August 28, 2007, through January 31, 2011. The USPTO
strongly advises all users to rely solely on the primary system, Design
Search Code (``DC'') field, in TESS when performing searches for
pending applications and active registrations for marks that include a
design element. The USPTO will continue to code all pending
applications that contain a design element with the USPTO Design
Classification shown in the DC field. Examining attorneys will continue
to rely solely on the USPTO Design Classification for examining and
approving applications for marks with design codes for Federal
registration.
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Comment: The commenter supports the USPTO's decision to discontinue
the TC Index and encourages the USPTO to redirect the resulting cost
savings to assist users in electronic environments such as the
Trademark Next Generation program.
Response: Eliminating the TC Index coding will allow the USPTO to
devote more of its limited resources to the maintenance and improvement
of the USPTO Design Classification system, which provides the public
with more precise search parameters than are possible with the TC Index
codes. It will also allow the USPTO to devote more resources to
enhancing electronic communications through the Trademarks Next
Generation information technology initiative. In connection with this
initiative, the USPTO is currently reviewing suggestions for
improvements to the electronic systems and will begin implementing many
of them in the coming months.
The USPTO invests heavily in its publicly available electronic
search systems to ensure their maintenance, and commits considerable
resources to enhancing and improving electronic search capabilities.
The USPTO is dedicated to ensuring the quality and accuracy of design
coding under the USPTO Design Classification system. The USPTO Design
Classification codes will continue to be subject to internal quality
review and external review by applicants, registrants and the public,
which further ensures correct design coding.
Accordingly, the USPTO hereby gives notice that the USPTO is
discontinuing coding design marks with paper search designations.
Dated: February 24, 2011.
David J. Kappos,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-4618 Filed 3-1-11; 8:45 am]
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