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information currently collected by the
USPTO about inventors (i.e., name,
town, state) is not sufficient to allow
Census to meaningfully describe the
cumulative diversity characteristics of
inventors as a group within the meaning
of AIA Section 29.
In sum, the first step of USPTO’s
methodology under AIA Section 29 was
to cooperate with Census to analyze
currently available data. The aim was to
identify demographic information about
inventors of patents granted in 2005–
2006, as a collective group. Since step
one was only partially successful, the
Agency now proceeds to step two,
which is to seek public comments on
whether or how to collect further
information for completing the diversity
study under AIA Section 29.
Issues For Comment: The USPTO
seeks comments on how to study the
diversity of patent applicants before the
USPTO pursuant to AIA Section 29. The
questions below are intended to aid the
USPTO in assessing whether and how to
collect further information and in
considering potential next steps for a
diversity study. The questions should
not be taken as an indication that the
USPTO has taken a position or is
predisposed to any particular view. The
public is invited to answer any or all of
these questions. The public is also
invited to submit comments on any
related issues that they believe are
relevant.
(1) How and by which methods
should the USPTO effectively study
patent applicant diversity in accordance
with the expressed intent of Congress in
Section 29 of the AIA?
(2) Should the USPTO conduct
surveys of patent applicants to obtain
demographic data such as race, gender,
age, and geography, of inventors as a
group?
(3) Aside from surveys, how can the
USPTO effectively collect personal
identifying information about U.S. and
non-U.S. patent applicants in order to
study applicant diversity through
improved data matching, analytics, and
studies?
(a) Should the USPTO collect certain
personal identifying information about
U.S. and non-U.S. patent applicants on
a mandatory basis or on a voluntary
basis? How would each of these
approaches affect the accuracy of the
information being provided?
(b) Can USPTO effectively collect
personal identifying information from
other institutions or organizations about
U.S. and non-U.S. patent applicants?
(4) What particular personal
identifying information should the
USPTO seek (or not seek) in order to
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more effectively study applicant
diversity? Why?
Dated: November 25, 2013.
Margaret A. Focarino,
Commissioner for Patents.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0222]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Department of Defense
Education Activity, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department
of Defense Education Activity
announces a proposed public
information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof.
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 of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by January 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–3100.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
SUMMARY:
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Any associated form(s) for this
collection may be located within this
same electronic docket and downloaded
for review/testing. Follow the
instructions at https://
www.regulations.gov for submitting
comments. Please submit comments on
any given form identified by docket
number, form number, and title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to the Department of
Defense Education Activity, ATTN: Ms.
Kathy Facon, 4800 Mark Center Dr.,
Alexandria, VA 22350–1400 or call
(571) 372–5834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Application for DoD Impact
Aid for Children with Severe
Disabilities; SD Form 816 and SD Form
816c; OMB Number 0704–0425.
Needs and Uses: DoD funds are
authorized for local educational
agencies (LEAs) that educate military
dependent students with severe
disabilities and meet certain criteria.
This application will be requested of
military-impacted LEAs to determine if
they meet the DoD criteria to receive
compensation for the cost of educating
military dependents with severe
disabilities.
Affected Public: Local Education
Agencies (LEAs).
Annual Burden Hours: 400.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 8
hours.
Frequency: Annually.
The data collection consists of an
application and signature sheet that
must be submitted by fax with the
original signature clearly visible on the
document. The application is identified
as Secretary of Defense Form 816 (SD
816), with SD Form 816C to be used as
a continuation page if necessary. In
order for DoD to compute the maximum
payment amount, the LEA will need to
determine and provide the following
information in its application. First, the
LEA must provide the special education
costs of individual military dependent
children who have severe disabilities
and meet the threshold for payments (at
least two military dependents with
severe disabilities and the cost per
student must be at least five times the
national average or three times the state
average for students with disabilities,
whichever is lower). These averages are
provided to the LEAs by DoD in the
application guidelines and
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acknowledged by the LEA in the
application. Second, LEAs are required
to identify the number of eligible
children who were residing on-base or
off-base during the previous school year.
If any of the eligible children were
residing in base housing or in military
housing undergoing renovation or
rebuilding and deemed as eligible for
on-base housing, LEAs will need to
identify this number on the front page
of the application. Third, the LEA must
provide its banking information to
receive payment. A sample ‘‘Section II—
Payment Determination’’ is included as
part of the form to provide an example
for LEAs.
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0223]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense (Personnel and Readiness),
DoD.
AGENCY:
Notice.
In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness) announces a proposed
public information collection and seeks
public comment on the provisions
thereof. 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 of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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SUMMARY:
Consideration will be given to all
comments received by January 31, 2014.
DATES:
You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
ADDRESSES:
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To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments,
please write to the Department of
Defense Education Activity (DoDEA),
Office of the Director, ATTN: Martha
Brown, Alexandria, VA 22350, or call
DoDEA, Office of the Director, at 571–
432–9069.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Control Number: Assessing Options for
CONUS Domestic Dependents
Elementary and Secondary Schools
(DDESS); OMB Control Number 0704–
TBD.
Needs and Uses: The objective of this
project is to recommend options that
most effectively balance cost and quality
considerations for primary and
secondary schooling of military
dependents on each of the 15
continental United States (CONUS)
installations where the Department of
Defense currently operates Domestic
Dependents Elementary and Secondary
Schools (DDESS) or contracts with local
educational agencies (LEAs) to operate
schools on the installation. As part of
the study, we will interview
superintendents of LEAs that are in
close proximity to installations that
have DDESS schools (excluding those
installations that only have special
arrangement schools). The interviews
will capture information on the
approach the LEAs will adopt if they
were given the responsibility to educate
DDESS students, as well as identify
factors that might facilitate or hinder
LEAs taking the responsibility of
educating DDESS students. This
information is critical as it will identify
whether transferring DDESS schools to
LEAs is even a feasible option that
could be plausibly considered for the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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ACTION:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Federal Docket Management
Systems Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–3100.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, docket
number and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
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governance of the current CONUS
DDESS schools.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Annual Burden Hours: 56.
Number of Respondents: 28.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 120
minutes.
Frequency: Once.
Superintendents of local education
agencies (LEAs) that are in the vicinity
of the installations where the
Department of Defense (DoD) currently
operates Domestic Dependents
Elementary and Secondary Schools
(DDESS), as well as superintendents of
LEAs that have contracts with DoD to
operate schools at the installations will
be interviewed. The interviews will
address the type and quality of
programs and services they provide to
their students, their capacity to expand
their student enrollment to include
DDESS students, challenges they would
face, and considerations they need to
take into account. Participation in these
interviews is completely voluntary.
Information from the interviews will be
used by policymakers at the Department
of Defense to determine ways to best
operate DDESS and contracted schools.
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal Nos. 13–44]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Department of Defense, Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601–
3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 13–44
with attached transmittal, policy
justification, and Sensitivity of
Technology.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID: DoD-2013-OS-0222]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Defense Education Activity, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Defense Education Activity
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public
comment on the provisions thereof. 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 of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January
31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and
title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow
the instructions at https://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments.
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number,
form number, and title.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instruments, please write to the Department of
Defense Education Activity, ATTN: Ms. Kathy Facon, 4800 Mark Center
Dr., Alexandria, VA 22350-1400 or call (571) 372-5834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Application for DoD Impact
Aid for Children with Severe Disabilities; SD Form 816 and SD Form
816c; OMB Number 0704-0425.
Needs and Uses: DoD funds are authorized for local educational
agencies (LEAs) that educate military dependent students with severe
disabilities and meet certain criteria. This application will be
requested of military-impacted LEAs to determine if they meet the DoD
criteria to receive compensation for the cost of educating military
dependents with severe disabilities.
Affected Public: Local Education Agencies (LEAs).
Annual Burden Hours: 400.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 8 hours.
Frequency: Annually.
The data collection consists of an application and signature sheet
that must be submitted by fax with the original signature clearly
visible on the document. The application is identified as Secretary of
Defense Form 816 (SD 816), with SD Form 816C to be used as a
continuation page if necessary. In order for DoD to compute the maximum
payment amount, the LEA will need to determine and provide the
following information in its application. First, the LEA must provide
the special education costs of individual military dependent children
who have severe disabilities and meet the threshold for payments (at
least two military dependents with severe disabilities and the cost per
student must be at least five times the national average or three times
the state average for students with disabilities, whichever is lower).
These averages are provided to the LEAs by DoD in the application
guidelines and
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acknowledged by the LEA in the application. Second, LEAs are required
to identify the number of eligible children who were residing on-base
or off-base during the previous school year. If any of the eligible
children were residing in base housing or in military housing
undergoing renovation or rebuilding and deemed as eligible for on-base
housing, LEAs will need to identify this number on the front page of
the application. Third, the LEA must provide its banking information to
receive payment. A sample ``Section II--Payment Determination'' is
included as part of the form to provide an example for LEAs.
Dated: November 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-28780 Filed 11-29-13; 8:45 am]
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