Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints, 49214-49215 [2015-20192]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms
Complaints
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 the extension 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 October 16,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0044
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 Cathie Kirik, Mail
Stop 24, Commissioner for Patents,
United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450; by telephone at 571–272–
8040; or by email at Cathie.Kirik@
uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–0044 comment’’
in the subject line. Additional
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information about this collection is also
available at https://www.reginfo.gov
under ‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rights Act. There is no associated form
for submitting responses to the
complaints.
I. Abstract
Under the Inventors’ Rights Act of
1999, as found in 35 U.S.C. 297 and
implemented by 37 CFR part 4, the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) is required to provide a
forum for the publication of complaints
concerning invention promoters and
responses from the invention promoters
to these complaints. An individual may
submit a complaint concerning an
invention promoter to the USPTO,
which will forward the complaint to the
invention promoter for response. The
complaints and responses will be
published and made available to the
public on the USPTO Web site. The
USPTO does not investigate these
complaints or participate in any legal
proceedings against invention
promoters or promotion firms.
Complaints submitted to the USPTO
must (1) identify the name and address
of the complainant and the invention
promoter or promotion firm; (2) explain
the basis for the complaint; and (3)
include the signature of the
complainant. The identifying
information is necessary so that the
USPTO can both forward the complaint
to the invention promoter or promotion
firm as well as notify the complainant
that the complaint has been forwarded.
Complainants should understand that
the complaints will be forwarded to the
invention promoter for response and
that the complaint and response will be
made available to the public as required
by the Inventors’ Rights Act. If the
USPTO does not receive a response
from the invention promoter, the
complaint will still be published
without the response. The USPTO does
not accept complaints under this
program if the complainant requests
confidentiality.
This information collection includes
one form, Complaint Regarding
Invention Promoter (PTO/SB/2048A),
which is used by the public to submit
a complaint under this program. This
form is available for download from the
USPTO Web site. Use of this form is not
mandatory, and the complainant may
submit their complaint without the form
via any of the approved methods of
collection as long as the complainant
includes the necessary information and
the submission is clearly marked as a
complaint filed under the Inventors’
By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to
the USPTO.
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II. Method of Collection
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0044.
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: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50
responses per year. Of this total, the
USPTO expects that 100% will be
submitted on paper.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 15 minutes (0.25
hours) to gather the necessary
information, prepare the form, and
submit a complaint to the USPTO and
approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours)
for an invention promoter or promotion
firm to prepare and submit a response
to a complaint.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
17.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden
(Hourly): $3,026.25. The USPTO expects
that complaints will be prepared by
paraprofessionals or independent
inventors. Using the average of the
paraprofessional rate of $125 per hour
and the estimated rate of $30 per hour
for independent inventors, the USPTO
estimates that the average rate for
preparing the complaints will be
approximately $77.50 per hour.
The USPTO expects that the
responses to the complaints will be
prepared by attorneys or invention
promoters. Using the average of the
professional rate of $389 per hour for
attorneys in private firms and the
estimated rate of $100 per hour for
invention promoters, the USPTO
estimates that the average rate for
preparing the responses to the
complaints will be approximately
$244.50 per hour. The time per
response, estimated annual responses,
and estimated annual hour burden
associated with each instrument in this
information collection is shown in the
table below.
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Hours
Item
1 ........................
Responses
(yr)
Burden
(hrs/yr)
Rate
($/hr)
Total cost
($/yr)
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c) = (a) × (b)
(d)
(e) = (c) × (d)
0.25
30
7.5
$77.50
$581.25
2 ........................
Complaint Regarding Invention
Promoter (PTO/SB/2048).
Responses to the Complaints ....
0.50
20
10
224.50
2,445.00
Totals .........
................................................
..........................
50
17.5
..........................
3,026.25
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden
(Non-Hourly): $493.70. There are no
capital startup, maintenance, or
operating fees associated with this
collection, nor are there filing or
processing fees. There is, however, a
non-hourly cost burden associated with
this collection in the form of postage
costs.
For this collection, it is estimated that
30 complaints will be received by mail.
The USPTO estimates that the first-class
postage cost for a mailed complaint will
be $0.49. Promotion firms may choose
to send responses to complaints using
overnight mail service at an estimated
cost of $23.95 per response. The USPTO
estimates that it will receive 20
responses to complaints. Therefore, the
total postage cost associated with this
collection will be approximately
$493.70. As there are no other annual
(non-hourly) costs associated with this
collection, the USPTO therefore
estimates that the total annual (nonhourly) cost burden for this collection,
in the form of postage costs, is $493.70
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, 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.
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.
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Dated: August 6, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘Patents for
Humanity Program’’
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Patents for Humanity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0066.
Form Number(s):
• PTO/PFH/001
• PTO/PFH/002
• PTO/SB/431
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 110
responses per year.
Average Minutes per Response: 60
minutes (attorney) or 180 minutes
(paralegal) for the Humanitarian
Program Application, and 60 minutes
for the Petition to Extend the
Redemption Period of the Humanitarian
Awards Certificate.
Burden Hours: 410.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses
The Patents for Humanity Program is
designed to incentivize the distribution
of patented technologies or products to
address humanitarian needs, and is
open to any patent owners or patent
licensees, including inventors who have
not assigned their ownership rights to
others, assignees, and exclusive or nonexclusive licensees. Applications are
considered in five categories: Medicine,
Nutrition, Sanitation, Household
Energy, and Living Standards.
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The USPTO has developed two
application forms that applicants can
use to apply for participation in the
Patents for Humanity Program—one
application covers the humanitarian
uses of technologies or products and the
other application covers humanitarian
research. Applicants may optionally
provide contact information for the
public to reach them with any inquiries.
Additionally, applicants may provide
non-public contact information by email
to the USPTO in order to be notified
about their award status. Applications
must be submitted electronically as
described at https://www.uspto.gov/
patentsforhumanity. Complete
submitted applications will be available
on the public Web site after being
screened for inappropriate material.
The applications are reviewed by
external judges working independently.
A selection committee composed of
representatives from other federal
agencies and laboratories will make
recommendations for the awards based
on the judges’ reviews. Those applicants
who are selected for an award will
receive a certificate redeemable to
accelerate select matters before the
USPTO and public recognition of their
efforts, including an awards ceremony
at the USPTO. The certificates can be
redeemed to accelerate one of the
following matters: an ex parte
reexamination proceeding, including
one appeal to the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (PTAB) from that
proceeding; a patent application,
including one appeal to the PTAB from
that application; or an appeal to the
PTAB of a claim twice rejected in a
patent application or reissue application
or finally rejected in an ex parte
reexamination, without accelerating the
underlying matter which generated the
appeal. The certificates cannot be
transferred to other parties.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints
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 the
extension 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 October 16,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0044 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 Cathie Kirik, Mail Stop 24, Commissioner for
Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-8040; or by email at
Cathie.Kirik@uspto.gov with ``0651-0044 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
Under the Inventors' Rights Act of 1999, as found in 35 U.S.C. 297
and implemented by 37 CFR part 4, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is required to provide a forum for the
publication of complaints concerning invention promoters and responses
from the invention promoters to these complaints. An individual may
submit a complaint concerning an invention promoter to the USPTO, which
will forward the complaint to the invention promoter for response. The
complaints and responses will be published and made available to the
public on the USPTO Web site. The USPTO does not investigate these
complaints or participate in any legal proceedings against invention
promoters or promotion firms.
Complaints submitted to the USPTO must (1) identify the name and
address of the complainant and the invention promoter or promotion
firm; (2) explain the basis for the complaint; and (3) include the
signature of the complainant. The identifying information is necessary
so that the USPTO can both forward the complaint to the invention
promoter or promotion firm as well as notify the complainant that the
complaint has been forwarded. Complainants should understand that the
complaints will be forwarded to the invention promoter for response and
that the complaint and response will be made available to the public as
required by the Inventors' Rights Act. If the USPTO does not receive a
response from the invention promoter, the complaint will still be
published without the response. The USPTO does not accept complaints
under this program if the complainant requests confidentiality.
This information collection includes one form, Complaint Regarding
Invention Promoter (PTO/SB/2048A), which is used by the public to
submit a complaint under this program. This form is available for
download from the USPTO Web site. Use of this form is not mandatory,
and the complainant may submit their complaint without the form via any
of the approved methods of collection as long as the complainant
includes the necessary information and the submission is clearly marked
as a complaint filed under the Inventors' Rights Act. There is no
associated form for submitting responses to the complaints.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0044.
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: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50 responses per year. Of this
total, the USPTO expects that 100% will be submitted on paper.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to gather the
necessary information, prepare the form, and submit a complaint to the
USPTO and approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for an invention
promoter or promotion firm to prepare and submit a response to a
complaint.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden (Hourly): $3,026.25. The USPTO
expects that complaints will be prepared by paraprofessionals or
independent inventors. Using the average of the paraprofessional rate
of $125 per hour and the estimated rate of $30 per hour for independent
inventors, the USPTO estimates that the average rate for preparing the
complaints will be approximately $77.50 per hour.
The USPTO expects that the responses to the complaints will be
prepared by attorneys or invention promoters. Using the average of the
professional rate of $389 per hour for attorneys in private firms and
the estimated rate of $100 per hour for invention promoters, the USPTO
estimates that the average rate for preparing the responses to the
complaints will be approximately $244.50 per hour. The time per
response, estimated annual responses, and estimated annual hour burden
associated with each instrument in this information collection is shown
in the table below.
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Total cost ($/
IC No. Item Hours Responses (yr) Burden (hrs/yr) Rate ($/hr) yr)
.............................. (a) (b) (c) = (a) x (b) (d) (e) = (c) x (d)
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1.................................. Complaint Regarding Invention 0.25 30 7.5 $77.50 $581.25
Promoter (PTO/SB/2048).
2.................................. Responses to the Complaints... 0.50 20 10 224.50 2,445.00
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Totals......................... .............................. ............... 50 17.5 ............... 3,026.25
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Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden (Non-Hourly): $493.70. There are
no capital startup, maintenance, or operating fees associated with this
collection, nor are there filing or processing fees. There is, however,
a non-hourly cost burden associated with this collection in the form of
postage costs.
For this collection, it is estimated that 30 complaints will be
received by mail. The USPTO estimates that the first-class postage cost
for a mailed complaint will be $0.49. Promotion firms may choose to
send responses to complaints using overnight mail service at an
estimated cost of $23.95 per response. The USPTO estimates that it will
receive 20 responses to complaints. Therefore, the total postage cost
associated with this collection will be approximately $493.70. As there
are no other annual (non-hourly) costs associated with this collection,
the USPTO therefore estimates that the total annual (non-hourly) cost
burden for this collection, in the form of postage costs, is $493.70
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.
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: August 6, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-20192 Filed 8-14-15; 8:45 am]
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