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within 120 days of publication of the
preliminary results. The assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by this review and
future deposits of estimated duties shall
be based on the final results of this
review.
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department will determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review. The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the publication date of the final
results of this review. In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we are
calculating importer- (or customer-)
specific assessment rates for the
merchandise subject to this review.
Where the respondent has reported
reliable entered values, we calculate
importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem rates by aggregating the
dumping margins calculated for all U.S.
sales to each importer (or customer) and
dividing this amount by the total
entered value of the sales to each
importer (or customer). Where an
importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem rate is greater than de minimis,
we will apply the assessment rate to the
entered value of the importers’/
customers’ entries during the POR,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Where we do not have entered values
for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer/customer, we calculate a perunit assessment rate by aggregating the
antidumping duties due for all U.S.
sales to that importer (or customer) and
dividing this amount by the total
quantity sold to that importer (or
customer).65 To determine whether the
duty assessment rates are de minimis, in
accordance with the requirement set
forth in 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we
calculated importer- (or customer-)
specific ad valorem ratios based on the
estimated entered value. Where an
importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.66
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
65 See
66 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the
exporters listed above the cash deposit
rate will be that established in the final
results of this review (except, if the rate
is zero or de minimis, the cash deposit
will be zero); (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Vietnam and
non-Vietnam exporters not listed above
that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
exporter-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) for all Vietnam
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the Vietnam-wide rate of $2.11 per
kilogram; and (4) for all non-Vietnam
exporters of subject merchandise which
have not received their own rate, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the Vietnam exporters that
supplied that non-Vietnam exporter.
These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in the Secretary’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing this
determination in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: August 31, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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No. 95, page 27708, on May 18, 2010.
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Facilities Management Officer, National
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Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Appointment
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Ellen Herbst (C), Senior Advisor for
Policy and Program Integration, Office
of the Deputy Secretary, Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230,
Appointment Expires: 12/31/2012.
Nancy Potok (NC), Deputy Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Economics and Statistics
Administration, Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230,
Appointment Expires: 12/31/2012.
Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder (C) (alternate),
Director, Engineering Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards &
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,
Appointment Expires: 12/31/12.
Dated: September 1, 2011.
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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Recording Assignments
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
National Institute of Standards and
Technology; Performance Review
Board Membership
The National Institute of Standards
and Technology Performance Review
Board (NIST PRB) reviews performance
appraisals, agreements, and
recommended actions pertaining to
employees in the Senior Executive
Service and ST–3104 employees. The
Board makes recommendations to the
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ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
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 November 8,
2011.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail:
InformationCollection@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0027 comment’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• 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 Joyce R. Johnson,
Manager, Assignment Division, Mail
Stop 1450, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 703–756–1265; or by e-mail
to Joyce.Johnson@uspto.gov. Additional
information about this collection is also
available at https://www.reginfo.gov
under ‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Abstract
This collection of information is
required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for
patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for
trademarks. These statutes authorize the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) to record patent and
trademark assignment documents,
including transfers of properties (i.e.
patents and trademarks), liens, licenses,
assignments of interest, security
interests, mergers, and explanations of
transactions or other documents that
record the transfer of ownership of a
particular patent or trademark property
from one party to another. Assignments
are recorded for applications, patents,
and trademark registrations.
The USPTO administers these statutes
through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37
CFR part 3. These rules permit the
public, corporations, other federal
agencies, and Government-owned or
Government-controlled corporations to
submit patent and trademark
assignment documents and other
documents related to title transfers to
the USPTO to be recorded. In
accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the
recording of an assignment document by
the USPTO is an administrative action
and not a determination of the validity
of the document or of the effect that the
document has on the title to an
application, patent, or trademark.
Once the assignment documents are
recorded, they are available for public
inspection. The only exceptions are
those documents that are sealed under
secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58
or related to unpublished patent
applications maintained in confidence
under 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14.
The public uses these records to
conduct ownership and chain-of-title
searches. The public may view these
records either at the USPTO Public
Search Facilities or at the National
Archives and Records Administration,
depending on the date they were
recorded. The public may also search
patent and trademark assignment
information online through the USPTO
Web site.
In order to file a request to record an
assignment, the respondent must submit
an appropriate cover sheet along with
copies of the assignment documents to
be recorded. The USPTO provides two
paper forms for this purpose, the Patent
Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–
1595) and the Trademark Recordation
Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1594), which
capture all of the necessary data for
accurately recording various assignment
documents. These forms may be
downloaded in PDF format from the
USPTO Web site.
Customers may also submit
assignments online by using the
Electronic Patent Assignment System
(EPAS) and the Electronic Trademark
Assignment System (ETAS), which are
available through the USPTO Web site.
These systems allow customers to fill
out the required cover sheet information
online using web-based forms and then
attach the electronic assignment
documents to be submitted for
recordation.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0027.
Form Number(s): PTO–1594 and
PTO–1595.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions; the
Federal Government; and State, local or
tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
481,826 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 30 minutes (0.5
hours) to prepare and submit a patent or
trademark assignment recordation
request.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 240,914 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $55,651,134 per year. The
USPTO expects that the information in
this collection will be prepared by both
attorneys and paralegals. Using the
estimated rates of $340 per hour for
attorneys in private firms and $122 per
hour for paraprofessionals, the USPTO
estimates that the average rate for
respondents will be approximately $231
per hour. Therefore, the estimated total
respondent cost burden for this
collection will be approximately
$55,651,134 per year.
Estimated time
for response
(minutes)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
30
30
30
30
100,115
18,443
330,390
32,878
50,058
9,222
165,195
16,439
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1595) ..................................................................
Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1594) ...........................................................
Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (PTO–1595) ......................................................
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) (PTO–1594) ...............................................
........................
481,826
240,914
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $37,829,474.
This information collection has annual
(non-hour) costs in the form of filing
fees and postage costs.
This collection has filing fees
associated with submitting patent and
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trademark assignment documents to be
recorded. The filing fees for recording
patent and trademark assignments are
the same for both paper and electronic
submissions. However, the filing cost
for recording patent or trademark
assignments varies according to the
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number of properties involved in each
submission.
The filing fee for submitting a patent
assignment as indicated by 37 CFR
1.21(h) is $40 per property for recording
each document, while the filing fee for
submitting a trademark assignment as
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indicated by 37 CFR 2.6(b)(6) is $40 for
recording the first property in a
document and $25 for each additional
property in the same document. The
USPTO estimates that the average fee for
a patent assignment recordation request
is approximately $80 and that the
average fee for a trademark assignment
recordation request is approximately
$65. Therefore, this collection has an
estimated total of $37,776,265 in filing
fees per year.
Estimated
annual
responses
Item
Average fee
amount
Estimated
annual filing
costs
Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1595) ..................................................................
Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1594) ...........................................................
Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (PTO–1595) ......................................................
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) (PTO–1594) ...............................................
100,115
18,443
330,390
32,878
$80.00
65.00
80.00
65.00
$8,009,200
1,198,795
26,431,200
2,137,070
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
481,826
........................
37,776,265
Customers may incur postage costs
when submitting a patent or trademark
assignment request to the USPTO by
mail. The USPTO expects that some
assignment requests will be submitted
by fax but that approximately 60,465
(51%) of the 118,558 paper assignment
requests per year will be submitted by
mail. The USPTO estimates that the
average first-class postage cost for a
mailed Patent or Trademark Recordation
Form Cover Sheet submission is 88
cents, resulting in a total postage cost of
$53,209 per year for this collection.
The total (non-hour) respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of
filing fees and postage costs is estimated
to be $37,829,474 per year.
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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, 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: September 6, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Addition
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Addition to the Procurement
List.
AGENCY:
This action adds a product to
the Procurement List that will be
furnished by the nonprofit agency
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: 10/10/2011.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Briscoe, Telephone: (703) 603–
7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or e-mail
CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
On 6/17/2011 (76 FR 35415–35417),
the Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled published notice of proposed
addition to the Procurement List.
The Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled (Committee) operates pursuant
to statutory and regulatory
requirements. The Committee regulation
at 41 CFR 51–2–4 states that for a
commodity or service to be suitable for
addition to the Procurement List each of
the following criteria must be reviewed
and determined satisfactory under
Committee practice and procedure:
Employment potential; nonprofit agency
qualifications, capability, and level of
impact on the current contractor for the
commodity or service. The JavitsWagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act requires that
projects added to the Procurement List
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must be provided by qualified nonprofit
agencies that employ people who are
blind or severely disabled for not less
than 75% of the direct hours required
for the production or provision of
products or services during each fiscal
year.
Comments were received from the
incumbent contractor that currently
provides powder laundry detergent to
the Government. The incumbent
contractor indicated that it has a long
established policy of employing people
with disabilities. He indicated that two
of the eight individuals employed in
fulfillment of this product are people
with disabilities. The contractor advises
that loss of this project could jeopardize
the continued employment of the two
employees with disabilities. Comments
were also received from two other
sources. Both sources voiced support for
the contractor’s practice of hiring people
with disabilities and asserted that the
contractor should retain the opportunity
to supply the product to the
Government.
The Committee applauds and
encourages the actions of this contractor
to hire people with disabilities who
deserve the same opportunity as all
Americans to work, earn income and be
productive members of society. The
AbilityOne Program, which the
Committee administers, exists to
provide employment for people who are
blind or whose significant disabilities
make them unable to obtain or maintain
employment on their own. In the case
of the specific project under
consideration, people who are blind
will provide the labor associated with
filling the detergent containers, as well
as packaging the product for sale and
delivery. This will maximize
employment for individuals with the
most barriers to competitive
employment. As the product offered
under the AbilityOne Program exceeds
recent biobased standards, it is also
more likely to be purchased by Federal
agencies in compliance with the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Recording Assignments
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 November 8,
2011.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0027 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
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 Joyce R. Johnson, Manager, Assignment Division,
Mail Stop 1450, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 703-756-1265; or by e-
mail to Joyce.Johnson@uspto.gov. Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://www.reginfo.gov under
``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Abstract
This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262
for patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for trademarks. These statutes
authorize the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to
record patent and trademark assignment documents, including transfers
of properties (i.e. patents and trademarks), liens, licenses,
assignments of interest, security interests, mergers, and explanations
of transactions or other documents that record the transfer of
ownership of a particular patent or trademark property from one party
to another. Assignments are recorded for applications, patents, and
trademark registrations.
The USPTO administers these statutes through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171,
and 37 CFR part 3. These rules permit the public, corporations, other
federal agencies, and Government-owned or Government-controlled
corporations to submit patent and trademark assignment documents and
other documents related to title transfers to the USPTO to be recorded.
In accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the recording of an assignment document
by the USPTO is an administrative action and not a determination of the
validity of the document or of the effect that the document has on the
title to an application, patent, or trademark.
Once the assignment documents are recorded, they are available for
public inspection. The only exceptions are those documents that are
sealed under secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58 or related to
unpublished patent applications maintained in confidence under 35
U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. The public uses these records to conduct
ownership and chain-of-title searches. The public may view these
records either at the USPTO Public Search Facilities or at the National
Archives and Records Administration, depending on the date they were
recorded. The public may also search patent and trademark assignment
information online through the USPTO Web site.
In order to file a request to record an assignment, the respondent
must submit an appropriate cover sheet along with copies of the
assignment documents to be recorded. The USPTO provides two paper forms
for this purpose, the Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1595)
and the Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1594), which
capture all of the necessary data for accurately recording various
assignment documents. These forms may be downloaded in PDF format from
the USPTO Web site.
Customers may also submit assignments online by using the
Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) and the Electronic Trademark
Assignment System (ETAS), which are available through the USPTO Web
site. These systems allow customers to fill out the required cover
sheet information online using web-based forms and then attach the
electronic assignment documents to be submitted for recordation.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0027.
Form Number(s): PTO-1594 and PTO-1595.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions; the Federal Government; and
State, local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 481,826 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to prepare and submit a
patent or trademark assignment recordation request.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 240,914 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $55,651,134 per
year. The USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be
prepared by both attorneys and paralegals. Using the estimated rates of
$340 per hour for attorneys in private firms and $122 per hour for
paraprofessionals, the USPTO estimates that the average rate for
respondents will be approximately $231 per hour. Therefore, the
estimated total respondent cost burden for this collection will be
approximately $55,651,134 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item for response annual annual burden
(minutes) responses hours
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Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1595).................. 30 100,115 50,058
Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1594)............... 30 18,443 9,222
Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (PTO-1595)........... 30 330,390 165,195
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) (PTO-1594)........ 30 32,878 16,439
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Totals...................................................... .............. 481,826 240,914
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden:
$37,829,474. This information collection has annual (non-hour) costs in
the form of filing fees and postage costs.
This collection has filing fees associated with submitting patent
and trademark assignment documents to be recorded. The filing fees for
recording patent and trademark assignments are the same for both paper
and electronic submissions. However, the filing cost for recording
patent or trademark assignments varies according to the number of
properties involved in each submission.
The filing fee for submitting a patent assignment as indicated by
37 CFR 1.21(h) is $40 per property for recording each document, while
the filing fee for submitting a trademark assignment as
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indicated by 37 CFR 2.6(b)(6) is $40 for recording the first property
in a document and $25 for each additional property in the same
document. The USPTO estimates that the average fee for a patent
assignment recordation request is approximately $80 and that the
average fee for a trademark assignment recordation request is
approximately $65. Therefore, this collection has an estimated total of
$37,776,265 in filing fees per year.
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Estimated Estimated
Item annual Average fee annual filing
responses amount costs
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Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1595).................. 100,115 $80.00 $8,009,200
Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1594)............... 18,443 65.00 1,198,795
Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (PTO-1595)........... 330,390 80.00 26,431,200
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) (PTO-1594)........ 32,878 65.00 2,137,070
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Totals...................................................... 481,826 .............. 37,776,265
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Customers may incur postage costs when submitting a patent or
trademark assignment request to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO expects
that some assignment requests will be submitted by fax but that
approximately 60,465 (51%) of the 118,558 paper assignment requests per
year will be submitted by mail. The USPTO estimates that the average
first-class postage cost for a mailed Patent or Trademark Recordation
Form Cover Sheet submission is 88 cents, resulting in a total postage
cost of $53,209 per year for this collection.
The total (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this collection in
the form of filing fees and postage costs is estimated to be
$37,829,474 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: September 6, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-23078 Filed 9-8-11; 8:45 am]
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