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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 ‘‘0651–0056 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 Officer, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before October 25, 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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Patent and Trademark Resource
Centers Metrics
Proposed information
collection; comment request.
ACTION:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1996, invites comments on a proposed
extension of an existing information
collection: 0651–0068 (Patent and
Trademark Resource Center Metrics).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 24,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0068
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comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Register Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Robert Berry,
Manager, Patent and Trademark
Resource Center Program, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at (571) 272–7152; or by
email at Robert.Berry@uspto.gov with
‘‘0651–0068 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 seeks to collect from
Patent Trademark Resource Centers
(PTRC) information about the public’s
use of and training on the tools
provided through the centers.
Specifically, the USTPO seeks metrics
concerning the public’s use of patent
and trademark services and the public
outreach efforts provided by the PTRCs.
The PTRC Program is authorized
under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 2(a)(2),
which provides that the USPTO shall be
responsible for disseminating
information with respect to patents and
trademarks to the public. The PTRC
Program is made up public, state, and
academic libraries. Once a library has
been designated as a PTRC, each
participating library must fulfill the
following requirements: assist the
public in the efficient use of patent and
trademark information resources;
provide free access to patent and
trademark resources provided by the
USPTO; and send representatives to
attend the USPTO-hosted PTRC training
seminars. At present, there are 86
libraries that are a part of the growing
PTRC Program.
The PTRC Program requirements
stipulate that all participating libraries
must submit periodic metrics on the
public’s use of the patent and trademark
services through the PTRCs and the
public outreach efforts provided by the
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PTRCs. To facilitate this requirement,
the USPTO has developed a worksheet
to collect the metrics. A third-party
vendor will collect the metrics on a
quarterly basis. The information will
only be collected electronically. The
PTRCs will be given a password to input
their information.
This information collection will
enable the USPTO to ascertain what
types of services the PTRCs should offer
and to train PTRC staff more effectively,
as the PTRCs continue to move away
from the physical distribution of hard
copy information. Collection of this
information will enable the USPTO to
service its current customers while more
effectively planning for the future.
II. Method of Collection
The metrics will be submitted
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0068.
IC Instruments and Forms: No forms
are associated with this collection of
information.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
344 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that there will be up to 88
libraries reporting their metrics once per
quarter, resulting in a total of 352
responses per year. This estimate
includes possible growth in the PTRC
program above the 86 libraries that are
currently reporting.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public 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: 176 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $5,536.96 The USPTO
expects that the information in this
collection will be prepared by library
staff, at an estimated hourly rate of
$31.46. This is the mean hourly wage
for college librarians according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
Employment Statistics (OES 25–4021).
Using this hourly rate, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost
burden for this collection will be
approximately $5,536.96 per year.
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TABLE 1—HOURLY BURDEN
Estimated time
for response
(hour)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated annual
burden
Rate
($/hr)
Estimated
annual
respondent
cost burden
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c) = (a) × (b)
(d)
(e) = (c) × (d)
1 .................
PTRC Metric Worksheet
0.50 (30 minutes)
352
176
$31.46
$5,53611.96
Total ....
........................................
..............................
352
176
..............................
5,536.96
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are
no filing fees, capital start-up,
maintenance, operation, or postage costs
associated with this collection.
IV. Request for Comments
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.
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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION
[Docket No. CFPB–2017–0025]
Disclosure of Loan-Level HMDA Data
Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
ACTION: Notice of proposed policy
guidance with request for public
comment.
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AGENCY:
The Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection (Bureau) is
proposing policy guidance that would
describe modifications that the Bureau
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intends to apply to the loan-level
HMDA data that financial institutions
will report under the Home Mortgage
Disclosure (Regulation C) before the
data is disclosed to the public. The
proposed policy guidance applies to
HMDA data to be reported under
Regulation C effective January 1, 2018.
The Bureau will make this data
available to the public beginning in
2019.
Comments must be received on
or before November 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CFPB–2017–
0025, by any of the following methods:
• Email: FederalRegisterComments@
cfpb.gov. Include Docket No. CFPB–
2017–0025 in the subject line of the
email.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Monica Jackson, Office of the
Executive Secretary, Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G
Street NW., Washington, DC 20552.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Monica
Jackson, Office of the Executive
Secretary, Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20552.
Instructions: All submissions should
include the agency name and docket
number or Regulatory Information
Number (RIN). Because paper mail in
the Washington, DC area and at the
Bureau is subject to delay, commenters
are encouraged to submit comments
electronically. In general, all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov. In
addition, comments will be available for
public inspection and copying at 1700
G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552,
on official business days between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time. You can make an appointment to
inspect the documents by telephoning
202–435–7275.
All comments, including attachments
and other supporting materials, will
become part of the public record and
subject to public disclosure. Sensitive
personal information, such as account
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numbers or Social Security numbers,
should not be included. Comments will
not be edited to remove any identifying
or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Jacobs, Counsel, or Laura Stack,
Senior Counsel, Office of Regulations, at
202–435–7700 or https://
reginquiries.consumerfinance.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
(HMDA) requires certain financial
institutions to collect, report, and
disclose data about their mortgage
lending activity on an ongoing basis to
both Federal regulators and the general
public. The home mortgage market is
the country’s single largest market for
consumer financial products and
services, with $10 trillion outstanding.1
It is a critical source of wealth-building
for both individual families and
communities, and has a substantial
impact on the nation’s economy as
evidenced by its role in triggering in
2008, the worst financial crisis since the
Great Depression. As of 2015, 48 million
consumers had a mortgage, representing
65 percent of all owner-occupied
homes.2
HMDA is implemented by Regulation
C, which describes its purposes as
helping to determine whether financial
institutions are serving the housing
needs of their communities; assisting
public officials in distributing publicsector investment so as to attract private
investment to areas where it is needed;
and assisting in identifying possible
discriminatory lending patterns and
enforcing antidiscrimination statutes.
As described further below, public
disclosure of HMDA data is central to
1 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US),
‘‘Mortgage Debt Outstanding by Type of Property:
One- to Four-Family Residences (MDOTP1T4FR),’’
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MDOTP1T4FR (last
updated June 9, 2017).
2 U.S. Census Bureau, ‘‘Selected Housing
Characteristics: 2011–2015 American Community
Survey 5-Year Characteristics,’’ https://
factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/
productview.xhtml?src=bkmk (last visited Aug. 31,
2017).
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[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20369]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patent and Trademark Resource Centers Metrics
ACTION: Proposed information collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996, invites comments on a
proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0068
(Patent and Trademark Resource Center Metrics).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 24,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0068 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Register Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Robert Berry, Manager, Patent and Trademark
Resource Center Program, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450; by telephone at (571) 272-7152; or by email at
Robert.Berry@uspto.gov with ``0651-0068 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 seeks to collect from Patent Trademark Resource Centers
(PTRC) information about the public's use of and training on the tools
provided through the centers. Specifically, the USTPO seeks metrics
concerning the public's use of patent and trademark services and the
public outreach efforts provided by the PTRCs.
The PTRC Program is authorized under the provision of 35 U.S.C.
2(a)(2), which provides that the USPTO shall be responsible for
disseminating information with respect to patents and trademarks to the
public. The PTRC Program is made up public, state, and academic
libraries. Once a library has been designated as a PTRC, each
participating library must fulfill the following requirements: assist
the public in the efficient use of patent and trademark information
resources; provide free access to patent and trademark resources
provided by the USPTO; and send representatives to attend the USPTO-
hosted PTRC training seminars. At present, there are 86 libraries that
are a part of the growing PTRC Program.
The PTRC Program requirements stipulate that all participating
libraries must submit periodic metrics on the public's use of the
patent and trademark services through the PTRCs and the public outreach
efforts provided by the PTRCs. To facilitate this requirement, the
USPTO has developed a worksheet to collect the metrics. A third-party
vendor will collect the metrics on a quarterly basis. The information
will only be collected electronically. The PTRCs will be given a
password to input their information.
This information collection will enable the USPTO to ascertain what
types of services the PTRCs should offer and to train PTRC staff more
effectively, as the PTRCs continue to move away from the physical
distribution of hard copy information. Collection of this information
will enable the USPTO to service its current customers while more
effectively planning for the future.
II. Method of Collection
The metrics will be submitted electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0068.
IC Instruments and Forms: No forms are associated with this
collection of information.
Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 344 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that there will be up to 88 libraries reporting their metrics
once per quarter, resulting in a total of 352 responses per year. This
estimate includes possible growth in the PTRC program above the 86
libraries that are currently reporting.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public 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: 176 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $5,536.96 The USPTO
expects that the information in this collection will be prepared by
library staff, at an estimated hourly rate of $31.46. This is the mean
hourly wage for college librarians according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES 25-4021). Using this
hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for
this collection will be approximately $5,536.96 per year.
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Table 1--Hourly Burden
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Estimated time Estimated annual
IC No. Item for response Estimated annual Estimated annual Rate ($/hr) respondent cost
(hour) responses burden burden
..................... (a) (b) (c) = (a) x (b) (d) (e) = (c) x (d)
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1................................. PTRC Metric Worksheet 0.50 (30 minutes) 352 176 $31.46 $5,53611.96
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Total......................... ..................... ................. 352 176 ................. 5,536.96
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Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There
are no filing fees, capital start-up, maintenance, operation, or
postage costs associated with this collection.
IV. Request for Comments
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.
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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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