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Written comments and
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Dated: June 1, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Review and Derivation
Proceedings
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 comment on proposed and/
or continuing information collections,
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 August 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
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• Email: InformationCollection@
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comment’’ in the subject line of the
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• 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Susan Mitchell,
Lead Administrative Patent Judge,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United
States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO), P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313– 1450; by telephone at 571–
272–8715; or by email at
susan.mitchell@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–
0069 comment’’ in the subject line.
Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C.
131 and 151 to examine applications
and, when appropriate, issue
applications as patents. The LeahySmith America Invents Act, which was
enacted into law on September 16, 2011,
provided for many changes to the
procedures of the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (‘‘PTAB’’ or ‘‘Board’’,
formerly the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interference) procedures. See Public
Law 112–29, 125 Stat. 284 (2011). These
changes included the introduction of
inter partes review, post-grant review,
derivation proceedings, and the
transitional program for covered
business method patents. In 2012, six
rulemaking actions were taken to
propose and implement new rules of
practice for the multiple reviews and
proceedings impacted by the items
contained within this information
collection.
This renewal seeks to enable the
continuation of the review and
proceeding processes outlined in the
information collection below. The
public will use this information
collection to petition the Board to
initiate inter partes reviews, post-grant
reviews, covered business method
patent reviews, and derivation
proceedings, as well as initiate other
actions, and to ensure that the
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associated fees and documentation are
submitted to the USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
Electronically if applicants submit the
information using the Patent Review
Processing System (PRPS). Applicants
may be able to submit the information
via email if PRPS is unavailable, or by
Priority Mail Express® if both PRPS and
the Board’s email address are
unavailable.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0069.
IC Instruments and Forms: The
individual instruments in this
collection, as well as their associated
forms, are listed in the table below.
Type of Review: Revision of a
Previously Existing Information
Collection
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations; individuals or
households; not-for-profit institutions;
Federal Government; and state, local, or
tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The USPTO estimates that this
collection will generate approximately
11,349 responses per year. Of this total,
the USPTO expects that 11,274
responses will be submitted through an
electronic portal such as PRPS and 75
will be submitted on paper.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public an average of 128.6 hours to
complete an individual form in this
collection, with estimated response
times for individual forms ranging
between approximately 6 minutes and
approximately 165 hours and 18
minutes (0.10 hours to 165.3 hours) to
complete, depending on the situation
and collection tool used.
The time per response, estimated
annual responses, and estimated annual
hour burden associated with each
instrument in this information
collection is shown in the table below.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 1,459,184 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $567,622,576.
The USPTO expects that attorneys will
complete the instruments associated
with this information collection. The
professional hourly rate for an attorney
is $389. Using this hourly rate, the
USPTO estimates $567,622,576 per year
for the total hourly costs associated with
respondents.
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Item
1 ...................
2 ...................
Estimated
Annual
Responses
Burden
(hrs/yr)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
Rate
($/hr)
Petition for Inter Partes Review ......................................
Petition for Post-Grant Review or Covered Business
Method Patent Review.
Petition for Derivation ......................................................
Patent Owner Preliminary Response to Petition for Initial Inter Partes Review.
Patent Owner Preliminary Response to Petition for Initial Post-Grant Review or Covered Business Method
Patent Review.
Request for Rehearing ....................................................
Motions, Replies and Oppositions After Institution in
Inter Partes Review.
Motions, Replies and Oppositions After Institution in
Post-Grant Review or Covered Business Method Review.
Motions, Replies and Oppositions in Derivation Proceeding.
Request for Oral Hearing ................................................
Request to Treat a Settlement as Business Confidential
Settlement .......................................................................
Arbitration Agreement and Award ...................................
Request to Make a Settlement Agreement Available .....
Notice of Judicial Review of a Board Decision (e.g., Notice of Appeal Under 35 U.S.C. § 142).
5 ...................
6 ...................
7 ...................
8 ...................
9 ...................
.................
.................
.................
.................
.................
.................
Totals ....
124.0
165.3
1,685
181
208,940
29,919.3
$389.00
389.00
165.3
91.6
3
1,109
495.9
101,584.4
389.00
389.00
91.6
134
12,274.4
389.00
80.0
158.0
272
5,901
21,760
932,358
389.00
389.00
148.0
665
98,420
389.00
120.0
7
840
389.00
18.3
2.0
100.0
4.0
1.0
0.1
392
397
446
2
1
154
7,173.6
794
44,600
8
1
15.4
389.00
389.00
389.00
389.00
389.00
389.00
..........................................................................................
3 ...................
4 ...................
10
11
12
13
14
15
Hours
(a)
IC No.
........................
11,349
1,459,184
........................
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden:
$60,404,425.50. There are no capital
start-up or maintenance costs associated
with this information collection.
However, this collection does have
annual (non-hour) costs in the form of
filing fees and postage costs. The total
annual (non-hour) costs for this
collection are calculated in the
accompanying tables.
Filing Fees
The IC items in this collection that
contain filing fees are listed in the table
below.
Responses
(yr)
Item
Filing fees
Total cost
(yr)
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
$52,909,000.00
60,404,000.00
1 ...................
Petition for Inter Partes Review ......................................................
1,685
2 ...................
181
3 ...................
14 .................
Petition for Post-Grant Review or Covered Business Method Patent Review.
Petition for Derivation .....................................................................
Request to Make a Settlement Agreement Available ....................
3
1
$31,400.00
(average)
41,400.00
(average)
400.00
400.00
Totals ....
.........................................................................................................
1,870
..............................
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Postage Costs
Customers may incur postage costs
when submitting two of the Information
Collection instruments covered by this
collection to the USPTO by mail. Only
the Petition for Inter Partes Review and
the Motions, Replies, and Oppositions
After Institution in Inter Partes Review
are eligible for paper filings, and only if
authorized by the PTAB. The USPTO
expects that approximately 99 percent
of the responses to those two items will
be submitted electronically. Of the
remaining 1 percent, the vast majority—
98 percent—will be submitted by mail,
for a total of 74 mailed submissions. The
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average first class USPS postage cost for
a one-pound mailed submission in a flat
rate envelope is $5.75. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the postage costs
for the mailed submissions in this
collection will total $425.50.
The USPTO estimates that the total
annual (non-hour) cost burden for this
collection, in the form of filing fees
($60,404,000.00) and postage costs
($425.50), is $60,404,425.50 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
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1,200.00
400.00
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, including the validity of
the methodology and 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
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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.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
Purpose of Meetings
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
National Commission on the Future of
the Army; Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting
Department of Defense (DoD),
Deputy Chief Management Officer.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
The DoD is publishing this
notice to announce two days of
meetings of the National Commission on
the Future of the Army (‘‘the
Commission’’). The meetings will be
partially closed to the public.
DATES: Date of the Closed Meetings:
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, from 1:00
p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Date of the Open
Meeting: Thursday, June 18, 2015, from
8:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Address of Closed Meeting,
June 17: Rm 5133, Zachary Taylor
Building, 2530 Crystal Dr., Arlington,
VA 22202.
Address of Open Meeting, June 18:
Polk Conference Room, Room 12158,
James Polk Building 2521 S. Clark St.,
Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Don Tison, Designated Federal Officer,
National Commission on the Future of
the Army, 700 Army Pentagon, Room
3E406, Washington, DC 20310–0700,
Email: dfo.public@ncfa.ncr.gov Desk
(703) 692–9099. Facsimile (703) 697–
8242.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to
circumstances beyond the control of the
Designated Federal Officer and the
Department of Defense, the National
Commission on the Future of the Army
was unable to provide public
notification of its meeting of June 17–18,
2015, as required by 41 CFR 102–
3.150(a). Accordingly, the Advisory
Committee Management Officer for the
Department of Defense, pursuant to 41
CFR 102–3.150(b), waives the 15calendar day notification requirement.
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This meeting will be held under the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150.
During the closed meeting on
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, the
Commission will hear classified
testimony from individual witnesses
and engage in discussion on Meeting
War Plans and Defense Scenario
Demands for Strategic Transport and
Mobility, Threats to the Homeland, and
Homeland Threat Responses.
During the open meeting on
Thursday, June 18, 2015, the
Commission will hear comments from
several organizations, the Public will
have the opportunity to provide verbal
comments, and immediately afterwards
the Commission will discuss topics
raised during the organizational and
public comment session.
Agendas
June 17, 2015—Closed Hearing: The
Commission will hear comments from
various Government organizations at the
closed hearing on June 17, 2015, and the
organizations have been asked to
address: Meeting force requirements
from the Defense Planning Guidance;
guidance for employment of the Force;
global force integration matrix;
combatant command integrated
priorities lists; operational plans and
contingency plans; studies, analysis,
assessments, and evaluations of plans,
programs, and strategies for strategic
mobility of Army forces from all three
components; current threats to the
homeland; regular and reserve
components of the Army support
current and anticipated homeland
defense and disaster assistance missions
in the United States; and Current and
projected readiness (training levels,
equipment status, and manning levels).
Speakers include, but are not limited
to, representatives from these
Government organizations: United
States Transportation Command, Office
of the Secretary of Defense’s Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation
Office (CAPE), the Federal Bureau of
Investigation’s National
Counterterrorism Center, US Northern
Command, Fifth U.S. Army, the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Homeland
Defense Integration and Defense
Support to Civil Authorities, and the
Director, Army National Guard. All
presentations and resulting discussion
are classified.
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June 18, 2015—Open Hearing: The
Commission will hear verbal comments
from Military Associations, not to
exceed thirty minutes, and Public, not
to exceed five minutes and immediately
afterwards the Commission will discuss
topics raised during the Organizational
and public comments session.
Meeting Accessibility
In accordance with applicable law, 5
U.S.C. 552b(c), and 41 CFR 102–3.155,
the DoD has determined that the portion
of the meeting scheduled for
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, from 1:00
p.m. to 6:45 p.m. will be closed to the
public. Specifically, the Assistant
Deputy Chief Management Officer, with
the coordination of the DoD FACA
Attorney, has determined in writing that
this portion of the meeting will be
closed to the public because it will
discuss matters covered by 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(1).
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140
through 102–3.165 and the availability
of space, the meeting scheduled for June
18, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.at
the James Polk Building is open to the
public. Seating is limited and preregistration is strongly encouraged.
Media representatives are also
encouraged to register. Members of the
media must comply with the rules of
photography and video filming in the
James Polk Building. The closest public
parking facility is located in the
basement and along the streets. Visitors
will be required to present one form of
photograph identification. Visitors to
the James Polk Office Building will be
screened by a magnetometer, and all
items that are permitted inside the
building will be screened by an x-ray
device. Visitors should keep their
belongings with them at all times. The
following items are strictly prohibited in
the James Polk Office Building: Any
pointed object, e.g., knitting needles and
letter openers (pens and pencils are
permitted.); any bag larger than 18″
wide x 14″ high x 8.5″ deep; electric
stun guns, martial arts weapons or
devices; guns, replica guns, ammunition
and fireworks; knives of any size; mace
and pepper spray; razors and box
cutters.
Written Comments
Pursuant to section 10(a)(3) of the
FACA and 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140, the public or interested
organizations may submit written
comments to the Commission in
response to the stated agenda of the
open and/or closed meeting or the
Commission’s mission. The Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) will review all
submitted written statements. Written
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Review and Derivation Proceedings
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 comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, 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 August 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0069 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Susan Mitchell, Lead Administrative Patent Judge,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO), P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313- 1450; by telephone
at 571-272-8715; or by email at susan.mitchell@uspto.gov with ``0651-
0069 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://www.reginfo.gov under
``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to examine
applications and, when appropriate, issue applications as patents. The
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, which was enacted into law on
September 16, 2011, provided for many changes to the procedures of the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (``PTAB'' or ``Board'', formerly the
Board of Patent Appeals and Interference) procedures. See Public Law
112-29, 125 Stat. 284 (2011). These changes included the introduction
of inter partes review, post-grant review, derivation proceedings, and
the transitional program for covered business method patents. In 2012,
six rulemaking actions were taken to propose and implement new rules of
practice for the multiple reviews and proceedings impacted by the items
contained within this information collection.
This renewal seeks to enable the continuation of the review and
proceeding processes outlined in the information collection below. The
public will use this information collection to petition the Board to
initiate inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, covered business
method patent reviews, and derivation proceedings, as well as initiate
other actions, and to ensure that the associated fees and documentation
are submitted to the USPTO.
II. Method of Collection
Electronically if applicants submit the information using the
Patent Review Processing System (PRPS). Applicants may be able to
submit the information via email if PRPS is unavailable, or by Priority
Mail Express[supreg] if both PRPS and the Board's email address are
unavailable.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0069.
IC Instruments and Forms: The individual instruments in this
collection, as well as their associated forms, are listed in the table
below.
Type of Review: Revision of a Previously Existing Information
Collection
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations;
individuals or households; not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government; and state, local, or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The USPTO estimates that this
collection will generate approximately 11,349 responses per year. Of
this total, the USPTO expects that 11,274 responses will be submitted
through an electronic portal such as PRPS and 75 will be submitted on
paper.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public an average of 128.6 hours to complete an individual form in
this collection, with estimated response times for individual forms
ranging between approximately 6 minutes and approximately 165 hours and
18 minutes (0.10 hours to 165.3 hours) to complete, depending on the
situation and collection tool used.
The time per response, estimated annual responses, and estimated
annual hour burden associated with each instrument in this information
collection is shown in the table below.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 1,459,184 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent (Hourly) Cost Burden:
$567,622,576. The USPTO expects that attorneys will complete the
instruments associated with this information collection. The
professional hourly rate for an attorney is $389. Using this hourly
rate, the USPTO estimates $567,622,576 per year for the total hourly
costs associated with respondents.
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Estimated
IC No. Item Hours Annual Burden (hrs/yr) Rate ($/hr)
Responses
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) ..............
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1..................... Petition for Inter 124.0 1,685 208,940 $389.00
Partes Review.
2..................... Petition for Post- 165.3 181 29,919.3 389.00
Grant Review or
Covered Business
Method Patent Review.
3..................... Petition for 165.3 3 495.9 389.00
Derivation.
4..................... Patent Owner 91.6 1,109 101,584.4 389.00
Preliminary Response
to Petition for
Initial Inter Partes
Review.
5..................... Patent Owner 91.6 134 12,274.4 389.00
Preliminary Response
to Petition for
Initial Post-Grant
Review or Covered
Business Method
Patent Review.
6..................... Request for Rehearing 80.0 272 21,760 389.00
7..................... Motions, Replies and 158.0 5,901 932,358 389.00
Oppositions After
Institution in Inter
Partes Review.
8..................... Motions, Replies and 148.0 665 98,420 389.00
Oppositions After
Institution in Post-
Grant Review or
Covered Business
Method Review.
9..................... Motions, Replies and 120.0 7 840 389.00
Oppositions in
Derivation
Proceeding.
10.................... Request for Oral 18.3 392 7,173.6 389.00
Hearing.
11.................... Request to Treat a 2.0 397 794 389.00
Settlement as
Business
Confidential.
12.................... Settlement........... 100.0 446 44,600 389.00
13.................... Arbitration Agreement 4.0 2 8 389.00
and Award.
14.................... Request to Make a 1.0 1 1 389.00
Settlement Agreement
Available.
15.................... Notice of Judicial 0.1 154 15.4 389.00
Review of a Board
Decision (e.g.,
Notice of Appeal
Under 35 U.S.C. Sec.
142).
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Totals............ ..................... .............. 11,349 1,459,184 ..............
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden:
$60,404,425.50. There are no capital start-up or maintenance costs
associated with this information collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form of filing fees and
postage costs. The total annual (non-hour) costs for this collection
are calculated in the accompanying tables.
Filing Fees
The IC items in this collection that contain filing fees are listed
in the table below.
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IC No. Item Responses (yr) Filing fees Total cost (yr)
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c)
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1.......................... Petition for Inter Partes 1,685 $31,400.00 $52,909,000.00
Review. (average)
2.......................... Petition for Post-Grant 181 41,400.00 7,493,400.00
Review or Covered (average)
Business Method Patent
Review.
3.......................... Petition for Derivation... 3 400.00 1,200.00
14......................... Request to Make a 1 400.00 400.00
Settlement Agreement
Available.
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Totals................. .......................... 1,870 ................. 60,404,000.00
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Postage Costs
Customers may incur postage costs when submitting two of the
Information Collection instruments covered by this collection to the
USPTO by mail. Only the Petition for Inter Partes Review and the
Motions, Replies, and Oppositions After Institution in Inter Partes
Review are eligible for paper filings, and only if authorized by the
PTAB. The USPTO expects that approximately 99 percent of the responses
to those two items will be submitted electronically. Of the remaining 1
percent, the vast majority--98 percent--will be submitted by mail, for
a total of 74 mailed submissions. The average first class USPS postage
cost for a one-pound mailed submission in a flat rate envelope is
$5.75. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the postage costs for the
mailed submissions in this collection will total $425.50.
The USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection, in the form of filing fees ($60,404,000.00) and
postage costs ($425.50), is $60,404,425.50 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, including
the validity of the methodology and 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, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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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.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-14094 Filed 6-8-15; 8:45 am]
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