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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No. PTO–P–2012–0039]
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term
of U.S. Patent No. 5,454,779;
ResQPump®/ResQPOD® ITD
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Interim Patent Term
Extension.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office has issued an order
granting interim extension under 35
U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one-year interim
extension of the term of U.S. Patent No.
5,454,779.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary C. Till by telephone at (571) 272–
7755; by mail marked to her attention
and addressed to the Commissioner for
Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450; by fax marked to her attention at
(571) 273–7755; or by email to Mary.
Till@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
156 of Title 35, United States Code,
generally provides that the term of a
patent may be extended for a period of
up to five years if the patent claims a
product, or a method of making or using
a product, that has been subject to
certain defined regulatory review, and
that the patent may be extended for
interim periods of up to one year if the
regulatory review is anticipated to
extend beyond the expiration date of the
patent.
On September 6, 2012, the Regents of
the University of California timely filed
an application under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)
for an interim extension of the term of
U.S. Patent No. 5,454,779. The patent
claims the medical device, ResQPump®
in connection with the ResQPOD® ITD.
The application indicates that a
Premarket Approval Application, PMA
No. P110024, for the medical device has
been filed, and is currently undergoing
regulatory review before the Food and
Drug Administration for permission to
market or use the product commercially.
Review of the application indicates
that, except for permission to market or
use the product commercially, the
subject patent would be eligible for an
extension of the patent term under 35
U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should
be extended for one year as required by
35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). Because it is
apparent that the regulatory review
period will continue beyond the original
expiration date of the patent, October 3,
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2012, interim extension of the patent
term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is
appropriate.
An interim extension under 35 U.S.C.
156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No.
5,454,779 is granted for a period of one
year from the original expiration date of
the patent.
Dated: September 27, 2012.
Andrew Hirshfeld,
Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy, United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection (Bureau), 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 proposed
information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The Bureau is soliciting comments
concerning its proposed information
collections titled, ‘‘Generic Clearance
for Collection of Information on
Compliance Costs and Other Effects of
Regulations.’’ A proposed collection has
been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. A copy of the
submission, including copies of a
proposed collection and supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
contacting the agency contact listed
below.
SUMMARY:
Written comments are
encouraged and must be received on or
before November 9, 2012 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by agency name and Generic
Clearance for Collection of Information
on Compliance Costs and Other Effects
of Regulations, to:
• Agency: Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA
Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington,
DC 20552; (202) 435–9011; and CFPB_
Public_PRA@cfpb.gov.
• OMB: Shagufta Ahmed, Office of
Management and Budget, New
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Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–7873.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (Attention:
PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20552, (202) 435–9011,
or through the internet at CFPB_Public_
PRA@cfpb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for Collection
of Information on Compliance Costs and
Other Effects of Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 3170–XXXX.
Type of Review: New generic
collection.
Abstract: Congress created the Bureau
in July 2010 through the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, Public Law 111–203,
Title X (the Dodd-Frank Act), and the
Bureau assumed certain rulemaking
authorities in July 2011. The DoddFrank Act accords the Bureau
responsibility for implementing,
interpreting, and assuring compliance
with various Federal consumer financial
protection products and services. As
outlined in the Dodd-Frank Act, among
the Bureau’s objectives is to identify
regulations that are ‘‘outdated,
unnecessary, or unduly burdensome’’ in
order to reduce unwarranted regulatory
burdens. In order to help support this
objective, the Bureau must fully
understand the implications of its
regulations. Therefore, the Bureau seeks
to collect qualitative information on
compliance costs and other impacts of
existing consumer financial regulations
and any new potential rules the Bureau
may propose.
The collections seek qualitative
information on the impact of regulations
on providers of consumer financial
products and services (Providers). The
Bureau seeks to better understand the
compliance activities, burdens, and
other economic costs and benefits
associated with its potential rules and
existing regulations. Additional input
from Providers would give the Bureau a
more nuanced understanding of costs,
which it can use to provide solutions for
reducing undue regulatory burden on
Providers. To that end, the Bureau
anticipates seeking to use the
information from these collections to:
• Inform the Bureau’s various
rulemaking initiatives announced in the
Bureau’s regulatory agenda, most of
which concern the mortgage industry; 1
1 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ‘‘Fall
2011 Statement of Regulatory Priorities,’’ (available
at https://www.consumerfinance.gov/regulations/
fall-2011-statement-of-regulatory-priorities/);
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• Inform other rulemakings
specifically required or authorized by
the Dodd-Frank Act;
• Inform the Bureau’s perspective on
the appropriate approach to regulation
of various industries in its jurisdiction;
• Supplement available information
used for mandated analyses that the
Bureau is required to perform for
potential new rules, such as analyses
required under section 1022 of the Act,
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the
Paperwork Reduction Act;
• Review impacts of the rules the
Bureau inherited from other agencies;
• Perform reviews of significant new
rules the Bureau adopts, as the Bureau
is generally required to do within five
years; and
• Develop new tools and solutions
that can help Providers more easily
implement and maintain compliance
systems for consumer financial
regulations.
These information collections will ask
Providers of various sizes and mixes of
business activity about their compliance
systems and processes and how
regulations and regulatory changes
impact different aspects of their
business operations. Collection methods
may include structured interviews,
focus groups, conference calls, and
written questionnaires—delivered via
email or administered through an online
survey. In some cases, the Bureau may
also conduct case studies to gather more
in-depth and granular information from
a targeted sample of institutions.
The information and data collected
would aid the Bureau in determining
what rules prove to be unduly
burdensome on Providers and to
identify the causes of such burden. In
doing so, the Bureau would be better
positioned to develop potential policy
solutions that will reduce burden on
Providers, without sacrificing the
benefits of regulations on both
consumers and Providers.
Affected Public: U.S. depository and
non-depository financial institutions.
Estimated Number of Responses: Up
to 2,750 respondents. This estimate
includes 600 structured interview
respondents, 75 focus group
respondents, 2,000 written
questionnaire respondents, and 75 case
study respondents.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
Structured interviews and focus groups
may take up to 1.5 hours per session,
with up to an additional 1.5 hours of
preparation. Written questionnaires may
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ‘‘Spring
2012 Regulatory Agenda,’’ (available at https://files.
consumerfinance.gov/f/201204_cfpb_semiannualregulatory-agenda_2012-spring.pdf).
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take up to 1 hour per collection, with up
to 1 hour of preparation. Case studies
may take up to 16 hours for collections,
with up to an additional 16 hours of
preparation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Up to 9,008 hours.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless the information
collection displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
The Bureau published a 60-day
Federal Register notice on June 14, 2012
(77 FR 35658). Comments were solicited
and continue to be invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Bureau, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Bureau’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and the
assumptions used; (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.
Dated: October 1, 2012.
Chris Willey,
Chief Information Officer, Bureau of
Consumer Financial Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0045]
Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Information Collection; Bid
Guarantees, Performance and Payment
Bonds, and Alternative Payment
Protections
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of reinstatement request
for an information collection
requirement regarding an existing OMB
clearance.
AGENCY:
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat will be
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submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and approve an extension of a
previously approved information
collection requirement concerning bid
guarantees, performance and payment
bonds, and alternative payment
protections.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the Federal
Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and
whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public
burden of this collection of information
is accurate, and based on valid
assumptions and methodology; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
9000–0045, Bid Guarantees,
Performance, and Payment Bonds, and
Alternative Payment Protections by any
of the following methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://www.
regulations.gov. Submit comments via
the Federal eRulemaking portal by
searching the OMB control number.
Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’
that corresponds with ‘‘Information
Collection 9000–0045, Bid,
Performance, and Payment Bonds’’.
Follow the instructions provided at the
‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please
include your name, company name (if
any), and ‘‘Information Collection 9000–
0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and
Payment Bonds, and Alternative
Payment Protections’’ on your attached
document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada
Flowers/IC 9000–0045, Bid Guarantees,
Performance, and Payment Bonds, and
Alternative Payment Protections.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
9000–0045, Bid Guarantees,
Performance, and Payment Bonds, and
Alternative Payment Protections, in all
correspondence related to this
collection. All comments received will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), 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 proposed information collections, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Bureau is soliciting
comments concerning its proposed information collections titled,
``Generic Clearance for Collection of Information on Compliance Costs
and Other Effects of Regulations.'' A proposed collection has been
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. A copy of the submission, including copies of a proposed
collection and supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting
the agency contact listed below.
DATES: Written comments are encouraged and must be received on or
before November 9, 2012 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by agency name and
Generic Clearance for Collection of Information on Compliance Costs and
Other Effects of Regulations, to:
Agency: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Attention:
PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552; (202) 435-9011;
and CFPB_Public_PRA@cfpb.gov.
OMB: Shagufta Ahmed, Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395-
7873.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Attention:
PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552, (202) 435-9011,
or through the internet at CFPB_Public_PRA@cfpb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for Collection of Information on
Compliance Costs and Other Effects of Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 3170-XXXX.
Type of Review: New generic collection.
Abstract: Congress created the Bureau in July 2010 through the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Public Law
111-203, Title X (the Dodd-Frank Act), and the Bureau assumed certain
rulemaking authorities in July 2011. The Dodd-Frank Act accords the
Bureau responsibility for implementing, interpreting, and assuring
compliance with various Federal consumer financial protection products
and services. As outlined in the Dodd-Frank Act, among the Bureau's
objectives is to identify regulations that are ``outdated, unnecessary,
or unduly burdensome'' in order to reduce unwarranted regulatory
burdens. In order to help support this objective, the Bureau must fully
understand the implications of its regulations. Therefore, the Bureau
seeks to collect qualitative information on compliance costs and other
impacts of existing consumer financial regulations and any new
potential rules the Bureau may propose.
The collections seek qualitative information on the impact of
regulations on providers of consumer financial products and services
(Providers). The Bureau seeks to better understand the compliance
activities, burdens, and other economic costs and benefits associated
with its potential rules and existing regulations. Additional input
from Providers would give the Bureau a more nuanced understanding of
costs, which it can use to provide solutions for reducing undue
regulatory burden on Providers. To that end, the Bureau anticipates
seeking to use the information from these collections to:
Inform the Bureau's various rulemaking initiatives
announced in the Bureau's regulatory agenda, most of which concern the
mortgage industry; \1\
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of Regulatory Priorities,'' (available at https://www.consumerfinance.gov/regulations/fall-2011-statement-of-regulatory-priorities/); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
``Spring 2012 Regulatory Agenda,'' (available at https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201204_cfpb_semiannual-regulatory-agenda_2012-spring.pdf).
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Inform other rulemakings specifically required or
authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act;
Inform the Bureau's perspective on the appropriate
approach to regulation of various industries in its jurisdiction;
Supplement available information used for mandated
analyses that the Bureau is required to perform for potential new
rules, such as analyses required under section 1022 of the Act, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the Paperwork Reduction Act;
Review impacts of the rules the Bureau inherited from
other agencies;
Perform reviews of significant new rules the Bureau
adopts, as the Bureau is generally required to do within five years;
and
Develop new tools and solutions that can help Providers
more easily implement and maintain compliance systems for consumer
financial regulations.
These information collections will ask Providers of various sizes
and mixes of business activity about their compliance systems and
processes and how regulations and regulatory changes impact different
aspects of their business operations. Collection methods may include
structured interviews, focus groups, conference calls, and written
questionnaires--delivered via email or administered through an online
survey. In some cases, the Bureau may also conduct case studies to
gather more in-depth and granular information from a targeted sample of
institutions.
The information and data collected would aid the Bureau in
determining what rules prove to be unduly burdensome on Providers and
to identify the causes of such burden. In doing so, the Bureau would be
better positioned to develop potential policy solutions that will
reduce burden on Providers, without sacrificing the benefits of
regulations on both consumers and Providers.
Affected Public: U.S. depository and non-depository financial
institutions.
Estimated Number of Responses: Up to 2,750 respondents. This
estimate includes 600 structured interview respondents, 75 focus group
respondents, 2,000 written questionnaire respondents, and 75 case study
respondents.
Estimated Time per Respondent: Structured interviews and focus
groups may take up to 1.5 hours per session, with up to an additional
1.5 hours of preparation. Written questionnaires may take up to 1 hour
per collection, with up to 1 hour of preparation. Case studies may take
up to 16 hours for collections, with up to an additional 16 hours of
preparation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Up to 9,008 hours.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not
required to respond to, an information collection unless the
information collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The Bureau published a 60-day Federal Register notice on June 14,
2012 (77 FR 35658). Comments were solicited and continue to be invited
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Bureau, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Bureau's estimate of the burden of the collection of information,
including the validity of the methodology and the assumptions used; (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.
Dated: October 1, 2012.
Chris Willey,
Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
[FR Doc. 2012-24635 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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