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Fisheries Service, Office of Protected
Resources, Marine Mammal and Sea
Turtle Conservation Division, 1315 East
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
Instructions: NMFS, may not consider
comments if they are sent by any other
method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and NMFS will generally post for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender is
publicly accessible. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis Gutierrez, Office of Protected
Resources, phone, 301–427–8441, email:
Alexis.Gutierrez@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta
caretta) were globally listed as
threatened under the ESA (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) in 1978. A Recovery Plan
for the U.S. Pacific population of
Loggerhead Sea Turtles was published
in 1998. In 2007, the 5-year review of
the loggerhead sea turtle recommended
the application of the DPS policy (61 FR
4722; February 7, 1996). On July 16,
2007, NMFS and USFWS received a
petition from the Center for Biological
Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration
Network requesting that loggerhead
turtles in the North Pacific Ocean be
reclassified as a DPS with endangered
status and that critical habitat be
designated. On November 16, 2007,
NMFS and USFWS received a petition
from the Center for Biological Diversity
and Oceana requesting that loggerhead
turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
be reclassified as a DPS with
endangered status and that critical
habitat be designated. NMFS and
USFWS determined that the July 16,
2007, North Pacific petition and the
November 16, 2007, Northwest Atlantic
petition both presented substantial
information that the petitioned actions
may be warranted. The 2009 Status
Review identified nine DPSs. In 2011,
we published a final rule (76 FR 58868;
September 22, 2011) determining nine
DPSs for loggerhead sea turtles.
Upon listing a species, section 4(f)(1)
of the ESA requires the preparation and
implementation of a recovery plan and
revision to those plans as necessary. The
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plan must contain: (1) Objective,
measurable criteria which, when met,
would result in a determination that the
species is no longer threatened or
endangered; (2) site-specific
management actions necessary to
achieve the plan’s goals; and (3)
estimates of the time required and costs
to implement recovery actions.
Recovery plans describe actions
beneficial to the conservation and
recovery of species listed under the
ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). The ESA requires the
development of recovery plans for each
listed species unless such a plan would
not promote the conservation of the
species. This new recovery plan will
focus solely on the North Pacific
loggerhead DPS.
In addition, the ESA requires that we
conduct a review of listed species at
least once every five years. This will be
the first 5-year review for the North
Pacific loggerhead since the 2011 listing
as endangered. On the basis of such
reviews under section 4(c)(2)(B), we
determine whether any species should
be removed from the list (i.e., delisted)
or reclassified from endangered to
threatened or from threatened to
endangered (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(B)).
Delisting a species must be supported
by the best scientific and commercial
data available and only considered if
such data substantiate that the species is
neither endangered nor threatened for
one or more of the following reasons: (1)
The species is considered extinct; (2)
the species is considered to be
recovered; and/or (3) the original data
available when the species was listed, or
the interpretation of such data, were in
error. Any change in Federal
classification would require a separate
rulemaking process. The regulations in
50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish
a notice in the Federal Register
announcing those species currently
under active review. This notice
announces our active review of the
North Pacific loggerhead currently listed
as endangered (76 FR 58868; September
22, 2011), as well as our intent to
prepare a recovery plan.
Background information on the North
Pacific loggerhead including the
endangered listing is available on the
NMFS Office of Protected Species Web
site at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
species/turtles/loggerhead.html.
Public Solicitation of New Information
To ensure that the 5-year review and
recovery plan are complete and based
on the best available scientific and
commercial information, we are
soliciting new information from the
public, governmental agencies, Tribes,
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the scientific community, industry,
environmental entities, and any other
interested parties concerning the status
of the North Pacific loggerhead. The 5year review and recovery plan will
consider the best scientific and
commercial data and all new
information that has become available
since the listing determination.
Categories of requested information
include: (1) Species biology including,
but not limited to, population trends,
distribution, abundance, demographics,
and genetics; (2) habitat conditions
including, but not limited to, amount,
distribution, and important features for
conservation; (3) status and trends of
threats to the species and its habitats; (4)
conservation measures that have been
implemented that benefit the species,
including monitoring data
demonstrating effectiveness of such
measures; (5) need for additional
conservation measures; and (6) other
new information, data, or corrections
including, but not limited to, taxonomic
or nomenclature changes, identification
of erroneous information contained in
the list of endangered and threatened
species, and improved analytical
methods for evaluating extinction risk.
If you wish to provide information for
this 5-year review and/or the recovery
plan, you may submit your information
and materials electronically or via mail
(see ADDRESSES section). We request that
all information be accompanied by
supporting documentation such as
maps, bibliographic references, or
reprints of pertinent publications. We
also would appreciate the submitter’s
name, address, and any association,
institution, or business that the person
represents; however, anonymous
submissions will also be accepted.
Upon completion, the draft recovery
plan will be available for public review
and comment through the publication of
Federal Register notice.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: October 6, 2016.
Daniel Bess,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Secrecy and License To Export
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its
SUMMARY:
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continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity 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 December 12,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0034
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Raul Tamayo,
Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–7728; or by email
to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov with
‘‘Paperwork’’ 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
In the interest of national security,
patent laws and rules place certain
limitations on the disclosure of
information contained in patents and
patent applications and on the filing of
applications for patents in foreign
countries.
In particular, whenever the
publication or disclosure of an
invention by the publication of an
application or by the granting of a
patent is, in the opinion of the head of
an interested Government agency,
determined to be detrimental to national
security, the Commissioner for Patents
at the USPTO must issue a secrecy order
and withhold the publication of a patent
application and the grant of a patent for
such period as the national interest
requires. A patent will not be issued on
the application, nor will the application
be published, as long as the secrecy
order is in force. If a secrecy order is
applied to an international application,
the application will not be forwarded to
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the International Bureau as long as the
secrecy order is in force.
Three types of secrecy orders, each of
a different scope, can be issued. The
first type, Secrecy Order and Permit for
Foreign Filing in Certain Countries, is
intended to permit the widest
utilization of the technical data in the
patent application while still controlling
any publication or disclosure that
would result in an unlawful
exportation. The second type, the
Secrecy Order and Permit for Disclosing
Classified Information, is to treat
classified technical data presented in a
patent application in the same manner
as any other classified material. The
third type of secrecy order is used
where the other types of orders do not
apply, including orders issued by
direction of agencies other than the
Department of Defense.
Under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 181,
a secrecy order remains in effect for a
period of one year from its date of
issuance. A secrecy order may be
renewed for additional periods of not
more than one year upon notice by a
government agency that the national
interest continues to so require. The
applicant is notified of such renewal.
When the USPTO places a secrecy
order on a patent application, the rules
authorize the applicant to petition the
USPTO for permits to allow disclosure,
modification, or rescission of the
secrecy order, or to obtain a general or
group permit. In each of these
circumstances, the petition is forwarded
to the appropriate defense agency for
decision. Also, the Commissioner for
Patents at the USPTO may rescind any
order upon notification by the heads of
the departments and the chief officers of
the agencies who caused the order to be
issued that the disclosure of the
invention is no longer deemed
detrimental to the national security.
Unless expressly ordered otherwise,
action on the application and
prosecution by the applicant will
proceed during the time the application
is under secrecy order to a specific point
as indicated under 37 CFR 5.3.
Applications under secrecy order that
come to a final rejection must be
appealed or otherwise prosecuted to
avoid abandonment. Appeals in such
cases must be completed by the
applicant, but unless specifically
indicated by the Commissioner for
Patents at the USPTO, will not be set for
hearing until the secrecy order is
removed.
In addition to the issuance of secrecy
orders, the USPTO is required to grant
foreign filing licenses to applicants. The
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filing of a patent application is
considered a request for a foreign filing
license. However, in some instances an
applicant may need a license for filing
patent application in foreign countries
prior to a filing in the USPTO or sooner
than the anticipated licensing of a
pending patent application.
To file a patent application in a
foreign country, the applicant can
petition the USPTO for a foreign filing
license either with or without a
corresponding United States
application. In addition, the applicant
can petition to change the scope of a
license and, when a patent application
is filed through error in a foreign
country without the appropriate filing
license, an applicant can petition the
USPTO for a retroactive license.
This collection includes the
information needed by the USPTO to
review the various types of petitions
regarding secrecy orders and foreign
filing licenses. This collection of
information is required by 35 U.S.C.
181–188 and administered through 37
CFR 5.1–5.33.
There are no forms associated with
this collection of information.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile or hand carried to
the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0034.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,559 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 20% (507)
of these responses will be from small
entities.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public from 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to 4
hours to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate
documents, and submit the information
required for this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 1,607.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $659,075.00. The USPTO
expects that the information in this
collection will be prepared by attorneys
at an estimated rate of $410 per hour.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the
respondent cost burden for this
collection will be approximately
$659,075.00 per year.
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Estimated time
for response
(hours)
Estimated annual
burden hours
(b)
(a) × (b)/60 = (c)
Petition for Rescission of Secrecy Order ..............................................
Petition to Disclose or Modification of Secrecy Order ..........................
Petition for General and Group Permits ................................................
Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding application) ........................................................................................................
5. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding U.S. application) .....................................................................................................
6. Petition for Changing Scope of License ................................................
7. Petition for Retroactive License ............................................................
Totals ..................................................................................................
Estimated
annual
responses
(a)
Item
1.
2.
3.
4.
3.0
2.0
1.0
10
15
1
30.0
30.0
1.0
410
410
410
0.5
2,200
1,100.0
410
0.5
0.5
4.0
250
3
80
125.0
1.5
320
410
410
410
........................
2,559
1,607.5
........................
the form of filing fees for the foreign
filing petitions and postage costs. No
fees are associated with the secrecy
order petitions.
The license petitions all charge the 37
CFR 1.17(g) fee, for which small and
micro entity discounts recently have
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $448,267.70.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or record keeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in
Rate
($/hr)
been introduced. The USPTO estimates
that 20% of the responses in this
collection will come from small entities
and approximately 10% of the small
entity respondents will qualify as micro
entities.
Responses
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Petition
Total non-hour
cost burden
($)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
for Rescission of Secrecy Order ................................................................................
to Disclose or Modification of Secrecy Order ............................................................
for General and Group Permits ..................................................................................
for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding application) ...........................
for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding application) (small entity) .....
for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding application) (micro entity) .....
for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding U.S. application) ........................
for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding U.S. application) (small entity) ..
for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding U.S. application) (micro entity) ..
for Changing Scope of License ..................................................................................
for Changing Scope of License (small entity) ............................................................
for Changing Scope of License (micro entity) ...........................................................
for Retroactive License ..............................................................................................
for Retroactive License (small entity) .........................................................................
for Retroactive License (micro entity) ........................................................................
10
15
1
1,716
440
44
195
50
5
1
1
1
62
16
2
0.00
0.00
0.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
343,200.00
44,000.00
2,200.00
39,000.00
5,000.00
250.00
200.00
100.00
50.00
12,400.00
1,600.00
100.00
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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1.
2.
3.
4.
4.
4.
5.
5.
5.
6.
6.
6.
7.
7.
7.
Filing fee
($)
(a)
Item
2,559
........................
448,100.00
The USPTO estimates that 99% of the
petitions in this collection are submitted
by facsimile or hand carried because of
the quick turnaround required. For the
1% of the public that chooses to submit
the petitions to the USPTO by mail
through the United States Postal
Service, the USPTO estimates that the
average postage cost for a USPS Priority
Mail, flat-rate envelope submission is
$6.45, and that 26 submissions will be
mailed to the USPTO per year for a total
estimated postage cost of $167.70.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total (non-hour) cost burden for this
collection in the form of filing fees and
postage costs is estimated to be
approximately $448,267.70.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on:
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(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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Dated: October 3, 2016.
Rhonda Foltz,
Director, Office of Information Management
Services, OCIO, United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part
of its
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continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity
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 December 12,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0034 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of
Patent Legal Administration, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-7728;
or by email to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov with ``Paperwork'' 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
In the interest of national security, patent laws and rules place
certain limitations on the disclosure of information contained in
patents and patent applications and on the filing of applications for
patents in foreign countries.
In particular, whenever the publication or disclosure of an
invention by the publication of an application or by the granting of a
patent is, in the opinion of the head of an interested Government
agency, determined to be detrimental to national security, the
Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO must issue a secrecy order and
withhold the publication of a patent application and the grant of a
patent for such period as the national interest requires. A patent will
not be issued on the application, nor will the application be
published, as long as the secrecy order is in force. If a secrecy order
is applied to an international application, the application will not be
forwarded to the International Bureau as long as the secrecy order is
in force.
Three types of secrecy orders, each of a different scope, can be
issued. The first type, Secrecy Order and Permit for Foreign Filing in
Certain Countries, is intended to permit the widest utilization of the
technical data in the patent application while still controlling any
publication or disclosure that would result in an unlawful exportation.
The second type, the Secrecy Order and Permit for Disclosing Classified
Information, is to treat classified technical data presented in a
patent application in the same manner as any other classified material.
The third type of secrecy order is used where the other types of orders
do not apply, including orders issued by direction of agencies other
than the Department of Defense.
Under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 181, a secrecy order remains in
effect for a period of one year from its date of issuance. A secrecy
order may be renewed for additional periods of not more than one year
upon notice by a government agency that the national interest continues
to so require. The applicant is notified of such renewal.
When the USPTO places a secrecy order on a patent application, the
rules authorize the applicant to petition the USPTO for permits to
allow disclosure, modification, or rescission of the secrecy order, or
to obtain a general or group permit. In each of these circumstances,
the petition is forwarded to the appropriate defense agency for
decision. Also, the Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO may rescind
any order upon notification by the heads of the departments and the
chief officers of the agencies who caused the order to be issued that
the disclosure of the invention is no longer deemed detrimental to the
national security.
Unless expressly ordered otherwise, action on the application and
prosecution by the applicant will proceed during the time the
application is under secrecy order to a specific point as indicated
under 37 CFR 5.3. Applications under secrecy order that come to a final
rejection must be appealed or otherwise prosecuted to avoid
abandonment. Appeals in such cases must be completed by the applicant,
but unless specifically indicated by the Commissioner for Patents at
the USPTO, will not be set for hearing until the secrecy order is
removed.
In addition to the issuance of secrecy orders, the USPTO is
required to grant foreign filing licenses to applicants. The filing of
a patent application is considered a request for a foreign filing
license. However, in some instances an applicant may need a license for
filing patent application in foreign countries prior to a filing in the
USPTO or sooner than the anticipated licensing of a pending patent
application.
To file a patent application in a foreign country, the applicant
can petition the USPTO for a foreign filing license either with or
without a corresponding United States application. In addition, the
applicant can petition to change the scope of a license and, when a
patent application is filed through error in a foreign country without
the appropriate filing license, an applicant can petition the USPTO for
a retroactive license.
This collection includes the information needed by the USPTO to
review the various types of petitions regarding secrecy orders and
foreign filing licenses. This collection of information is required by
35 U.S.C. 181-188 and administered through 37 CFR 5.1-5.33.
There are no forms associated with this collection of information.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile or hand carried to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0034.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,559 responses per year. The
USPTO estimates that approximately 20% (507) of these responses will be
from small entities.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to 4 hours to gather the
necessary information, prepare the appropriate documents, and submit
the information required for this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 1,607.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $659,075.00. The
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared
by attorneys at an estimated rate of $410 per hour. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection
will be approximately $659,075.00 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated
Item for response annual Estimated annual Rate ($/hr)
(hours) responses burden hours
(a) (b) (a) x (b)/60 =
(c)
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1. Petition for Rescission of Secrecy Order.. 3.0 10 30.0 410
2. Petition to Disclose or Modification of 2.0 15 30.0 410
Secrecy Order...............................
3. Petition for General and Group Permits.... 1.0 1 1.0 410
4. Petition for Expedited Handling of License 0.5 2,200 1,100.0 410
(no corresponding application)..............
5. Petition for Expedited Handling of License 0.5 250 125.0 410
(corresponding U.S. application)............
6. Petition for Changing Scope of License.... 0.5 3 1.5 410
7. Petition for Retroactive License.......... 4.0 80 320 410
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Totals................................... .............. 2,559 1,607.5 ..............
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden:
$448,267.70.
There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or record keeping costs
associated with this information collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form of filing fees for the
foreign filing petitions and postage costs. No fees are associated with
the secrecy order petitions.
The license petitions all charge the 37 CFR 1.17(g) fee, for which
small and micro entity discounts recently have been introduced. The
USPTO estimates that 20% of the responses in this collection will come
from small entities and approximately 10% of the small entity
respondents will qualify as micro entities.
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Total non-hour
Item Responses Filing fee ($) cost burden
($)
(a) (b) (a) x (b) =
(c)
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1. Petition for Rescission of Secrecy Order..................... 10 0.00 0.00
2. Petition to Disclose or Modification of Secrecy Order........ 15 0.00 0.00
3. Petition for General and Group Permits....................... 1 0.00 0.00
4. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding 1,716 200.00 343,200.00
application)...................................................
4. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding 440 100.00 44,000.00
application) (small entity)....................................
4. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding 44 50.00 2,200.00
application) (micro entity)....................................
5. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding 195 200.00 39,000.00
U.S. application)..............................................
5. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding 50 100.00 5,000.00
U.S. application) (small entity)...............................
5. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding 5 50.00 250.00
U.S. application) (micro entity)...............................
6. Petition for Changing Scope of License....................... 1 200.00 200.00
6. Petition for Changing Scope of License (small entity)........ 1 100.00 100.00
6. Petition for Changing Scope of License (micro entity)........ 1 50.00 50.00
7. Petition for Retroactive License............................. 62 200.00 12,400.00
7. Petition for Retroactive License (small entity).............. 16 100.00 1,600.00
7. Petition for Retroactive License (micro entity).............. 2 50.00 100.00
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Totals...................................................... 2,559 .............. 448,100.00
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The USPTO estimates that 99% of the petitions in this collection
are submitted by facsimile or hand carried because of the quick
turnaround required. For the 1% of the public that chooses to submit
the petitions to the USPTO by mail through the United States Postal
Service, the USPTO estimates that the average postage cost for a USPS
Priority Mail, flat-rate envelope submission is $6.45, and that 26
submissions will be mailed to the USPTO per year for a total estimated
postage cost of $167.70.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total (non-hour) cost
burden for this collection in the form of filing fees and postage costs
is estimated to be approximately $448,267.70.
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: October 3, 2016.
Rhonda Foltz,
Director, Office of Information Management Services, OCIO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-24592 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
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