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PTRC staff who, in turn, provide
assistance and training to public
customers in the areas of patent and
trademarks. As the PTRCs continue to
move away from the physical
distribution of hard copy information,
the USPTO is interested in what types
of electronic services the PTRC of the
future should offer its customers.
Collection of this information enables
the USPTO to more effectively service
its current customers while planning for
the future.
The USPTO has developed a
worksheet to collect the metrics
concerning the use of the patent and
trademark services and the public
outreach efforts from the libraries. On
the USPTO’s behalf, the metrics are
collected on a quarterly basis through a
third-party vendor. The information is
only collected electronically. The
PTRCs are given a password to input
their information.
II. Method of Collection
The metrics are submitted
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0068.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Non-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 84
libraries, for 336 responses per year. The
USPTO estimates that there will be 84
libraries reporting their metrics once per
quarter, for a total of 336 responses per
year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
responding organizations approximately
30 minutes (0.50 hours) to gather the
necessary information, prepare the
worksheet, and submit it to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 168 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $5,008.08. The USPTO
expects that the information in this
collection will be prepared by
librarians, at an estimated hourly rate of
$29.81. This is the mean hourly wage
for librarians for colleges, universities,
and professional schools as reported in
the 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the
respondent cost burden for this
collection will be approximately
$5,008.08 per year.
Estimated
time for
response
(minutes)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
PTRC Metric Worksheet ..............................................................................................................
30
336
168
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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336
168
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IV. Request for Comments
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are
no fees or capital start-up, maintenance,
operation, or postage costs for this
collection.
ACTION:
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: November 7, 2014.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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Patent and Trademark Office
Public User ID Badging
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 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)).
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 16, 2015.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0041
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, 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.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
regarding online access cards or user
training should be directed to Terry
Howard, Manager, Public Search
Facility, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–3258; or by email
to Terry.Howard@uspto.gov.
Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to maintain a
Public Search Facility to provide patent
and trademark collections for searching
and retrieval of information. The Public
Search Facility is maintained for public
use with paper and electronic search
files and trained staff to assist searchers.
The USPTO also offers training courses
to assist the public with using the
advanced electronic search systems
available at the facility.
In order to manage the patent and
trademark collections that are available
to the public, the USPTO issues online
access accounts to customers who wish
to use the electronic search systems at
the Public Search Facility. Customers
may obtain an online access accounts by
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completing the application at the Public
Search Facility reference desk and
providing proper identification. The
paper online access accounts include a
bar-coded user number and an
expiration date. Users may renew their
accounts by validating and updating the
required information and may obtain a
replacement for a lost account by
providing proper identification.
Under the authority provided in 41
CFR Part 102–81, the USPTO issues
security identification badges to
members of the public who wish to use
the facilities at the USPTO. Public users
may apply for a security badge in person
at the USPTO Office of Security by
providing the necessary information and
presenting a valid form of identification
with photograph. The security badges
include a color photograph of the user
and must be worn at all times while at
the USPTO facilities.
II. Method of Collection
The applications for online access
accounts and security identification
badges are completed on site and
handed to a USPTO staff member for
issuance. User training registration
forms may be mailed, faxed, emailed or
hand delivered to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0041.
Form Number(s): PTO–2030 and
PTO–2224.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,058 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately five to ten
minutes (0.08 to 0.17 hours) to complete
the information in this collection,
including gathering the necessary
information, preparing the appropriate
form, and submitting the completed
request.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 791 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $168,483. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 1/3 of the
users responding to this collection are
attorneys and 2/3 are paraprofessionals.
Using 1/3 of the professional rate of
$389 per hour for attorneys in private
firms and 2/3 of the paraprofessional
rate of $125 per hour, the estimated rate
for respondents to this collection is
approximately $213 per hour. Using this
estimated rate of $213 per hour, the
USPTO estimates that the respondent
cost burden for submitting the
information in this collection will be
approximately $168,483 per year.
Estimated
time for
response
(minutes)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
5
10
5
5
5
5
5
5
1,500
1,438
700
50
70
1,000
3,200
100
125
240
58
4
6
83
267
8
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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Application for Public User ID (Online Access Card) (PTO–2030) .............................................
Issue Online Access Card ...........................................................................................................
Renew Online Access Card ........................................................................................................
Replace Online Access Card ......................................................................................................
User Training Registration Forms ...............................................................................................
Security Identification Badges for Public Users (PTO–2224) .....................................................
Renew Security Identification Badges for Public Users ..............................................................
Replace Security Identification Badge .........................................................................................
........................
8,058
791
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $1,502. This
collection has annual (non-hour) costs
in the form of fees and postage costs.
There are no application or renewal
fees for online access cards or security
identification badges. However, there is
a $15 fee for issuing a replacement
security identification badge. The
USPTO estimates that it will reissue
approximately 100 security badges
annually that have been lost, stolen, or
need to be replaced, for a total of $1,500
per year in replacement fees.
Users may incur postage costs when
submitting a user training registration
form to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO
expects that approximately 4 training
forms received per year will be
submitted by mail. The USPTO
estimates that the average first-class
postage cost for a mailed training form
will be 49 cents, for a total postage cost
of approximately $2 per year for this
collection.
The total annual (non-hour)
respondent cost burden for this
collection in the form of fees and
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postage costs is estimated to be $1,502
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.
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Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO Office of the Chief Information
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Public User ID Badging
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 January 16,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0041 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director,
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
regarding online access cards or user training should be directed to
Terry Howard, Manager, Public Search Facility, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by
telephone at 571-272-3258; or by email to Terry.Howard@uspto.gov.
Additional information about this collection is also available at
https://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to maintain a Public Search Facility to provide
patent and trademark collections for searching and retrieval of
information. The Public Search Facility is maintained for public use
with paper and electronic search files and trained staff to assist
searchers. The USPTO also offers training courses to assist the public
with using the advanced electronic search systems available at the
facility.
In order to manage the patent and trademark collections that are
available to the public, the USPTO issues online access accounts to
customers who wish to use the electronic search systems at the Public
Search Facility. Customers may obtain an online access accounts by
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completing the application at the Public Search Facility reference desk
and providing proper identification. The paper online access accounts
include a bar-coded user number and an expiration date. Users may renew
their accounts by validating and updating the required information and
may obtain a replacement for a lost account by providing proper
identification.
Under the authority provided in 41 CFR Part 102-81, the USPTO
issues security identification badges to members of the public who wish
to use the facilities at the USPTO. Public users may apply for a
security badge in person at the USPTO Office of Security by providing
the necessary information and presenting a valid form of identification
with photograph. The security badges include a color photograph of the
user and must be worn at all times while at the USPTO facilities.
II. Method of Collection
The applications for online access accounts and security
identification badges are completed on site and handed to a USPTO staff
member for issuance. User training registration forms may be mailed,
faxed, emailed or hand delivered to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0041.
Form Number(s): PTO-2030 and PTO-2224.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,058 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately five to ten minutes (0.08 to 0.17 hours) to
complete the information in this collection, including gathering the
necessary information, preparing the appropriate form, and submitting
the completed request.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 791 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $168,483. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 1/3 of the users responding to this
collection are attorneys and 2/3 are paraprofessionals. Using 1/3 of
the professional rate of $389 per hour for attorneys in private firms
and 2/3 of the paraprofessional rate of $125 per hour, the estimated
rate for respondents to this collection is approximately $213 per hour.
Using this estimated rate of $213 per hour, the USPTO estimates that
the respondent cost burden for submitting the information in this
collection will be approximately $168,483 per year.
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Estimated
time for Estimated Estimated
Item response annual annual burden
(minutes) responses hours
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Application for Public User ID (Online Access Card) (PTO-2030).. 5 1,500 125
Issue Online Access Card........................................ 10 1,438 240
Renew Online Access Card........................................ 5 700 58
Replace Online Access Card...................................... 5 50 4
User Training Registration Forms................................ 5 70 6
Security Identification Badges for Public Users (PTO-2224)...... 5 1,000 83
Renew Security Identification Badges for Public Users........... 5 3,200 267
Replace Security Identification Badge........................... 5 100 8
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Totals...................................................... .............. 8,058 791
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $1,502.
This collection has annual (non-hour) costs in the form of fees and
postage costs.
There are no application or renewal fees for online access cards or
security identification badges. However, there is a $15 fee for issuing
a replacement security identification badge. The USPTO estimates that
it will reissue approximately 100 security badges annually that have
been lost, stolen, or need to be replaced, for a total of $1,500 per
year in replacement fees.
Users may incur postage costs when submitting a user training
registration form to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO expects that
approximately 4 training forms received per year will be submitted by
mail. The USPTO estimates that the average first-class postage cost for
a mailed training form will be 49 cents, for a total postage cost of
approximately $2 per year for this collection.
The total annual (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this
collection in the form of fees and postage costs is estimated to be
$1,502 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: November 7, 2014.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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