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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘International
Design Applications (Hague
Agreement)’’
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) 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: International Design
Applications (Hague Agreement).
OMB Control Number: 0651–0075.
Form Number(s): WIPO DM/1.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 556
responses per year.
Average Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the response time
for activities related to International
Design Applications (Hague Agreement)
will take the public between
approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours)
to 6 hours to complete. This includes
the time to gather the necessary
information, create the document, and
submit the completed request to the
USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on
balance, it takes the same amount of
time to do this, regardless of whether to
the public is submitting the information
in paper form or electronically.
Burden Hours: 1,898 hours per year.
Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $424,246.00
per year.
Needs and Uses: The information
requested in this collection is necessary
for the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), Contracting
Parties, and the USPTO to process
information design applications and
related correspondences under the
Hague Agreement. The Hague
Agreement is an international agreement
that enables an applicant to file a single
international design application and
have it function as an application for
protection for the designs in countries
and or organizations that are Parties to
the Treaty and designated in the
application.
As an initial matter, the International
Bureau (IB) of WIPO uses this
information to perform its review under
the treaty. Pursuant to Article 8 of the
treaty, if the International Bureau (IB)
finds that the applicant has not fulfilled
the requirements of the Hague
Agreements and the Common
Regulations, the IB will invite the
applicant to make the required
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connections within a prescribed time
period. Once this review of the
formalities of the application has been
completed, the IB then issues an
international registration, which
includes the information collected from
the international design application.
The designated Contracting Parties then
perform their review of the international
design application. The Hague
Agreement enables applicants from a
Contracting Party to obtain protection of
their designs with minimal formality
and expense. Additionally, under the
Hague Agreement, the international
registration can be centrally maintained
by the IB. Through the IB, applicants
can record changes of their
representatives, change ownership, and
renew international registrations.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be
publicly available in electronic format
through www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0075 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before October 11, 2017 to Nicholas
A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email
to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or
by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the
attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
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collection listed in this notice, please
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``International
Design Applications (Hague Agreement)''
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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: International Design Applications (Hague Agreement).
OMB Control Number: 0651-0075.
Form Number(s): WIPO DM/1.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 556 responses per year.
Average Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the response
time for activities related to International Design Applications (Hague
Agreement) will take the public between approximately 15 minutes (0.25
hours) to 6 hours to complete. This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on balance, it takes
the same amount of time to do this, regardless of whether to the public
is submitting the information in paper form or electronically.
Burden Hours: 1,898 hours per year.
Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $424,246.00 per year.
Needs and Uses: The information requested in this collection is
necessary for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
Contracting Parties, and the USPTO to process information design
applications and related correspondences under the Hague Agreement. The
Hague Agreement is an international agreement that enables an applicant
to file a single international design application and have it function
as an application for protection for the designs in countries and or
organizations that are Parties to the Treaty and designated in the
application.
As an initial matter, the International Bureau (IB) of WIPO uses
this information to perform its review under the treaty. Pursuant to
Article 8 of the treaty, if the International Bureau (IB) finds that
the applicant has not fulfilled the requirements of the Hague
Agreements and the Common Regulations, the IB will invite the applicant
to make the required connections within a prescribed time period. Once
this review of the formalities of the application has been completed,
the IB then issues an international registration, which includes the
information collected from the international design application. The
designated Contracting Parties then perform their review of the
international design application. The Hague Agreement enables
applicants from a Contracting Party to obtain protection of their
designs with minimal formality and expense. Additionally, under the
Hague Agreement, the international registration can be centrally
maintained by the IB. Through the IB, applicants can record changes of
their representatives, change ownership, and renew international
registrations.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email:
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to
view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0075 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance
Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent on or before October 11, 2017 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov,
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
Fraser.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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