Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; USPTO Websites Customer Satisfaction Surveys, 54319 [2018-23553]
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; USPTO Websites
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USTPO) 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.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: USPTO Websites Customer
Satisfaction Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0651-New.
Form Number(s):
• None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 100,000
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: 8
minutes per response.
Burden Hours: 13,333.33 hours
annually.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
wishes to conduct customer satisfaction
surveys on its websites. This collection
will allow for continued use of a datadriven and a statistically valid approach
to understanding customer satisfaction
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with Agency websites. The objective is
to help the USPTO become more
citizen-centric and achieve higher levels
of public trust and confidence. The
USPTO will use the ForeSee surveys in
order to collaborate effectively with the
public and meet Administration
mandates. These surveys will assist the
Agency in its efforts to be open and
collaborative.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
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 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-New’’ 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 November 28, 2018 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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Request for Comments on Motion To
Amend Practice and Procedures in
Trial Proceedings Under the America
Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
This Request for Comments
seeks public input on certain practices
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and procedures that the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (‘‘PTAB’’ or ‘‘Board’’) of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (‘‘Office’’ or ‘‘USPTO’’) proposes
regarding motions to amend filed in
inter partes reviews (‘‘IPR’’), post-grant
reviews (‘‘PGR’’), and covered business
method patent reviews (‘‘CBM’’)
pursuant to the provisions of the LeahySmith America Invents Act (‘‘AIA’’)
providing for trial proceedings before
the Office. Specifically, the Office seeks
input on a proposed amendment
process that would involve a
preliminary non-binding decision by the
Board that provides information to the
parties regarding the merits of a motion
to amend, and an opportunity for a
patent owner to revise its motion to
amend thereafter. In addition, the Office
seeks input on a proposed pilot program
implementing the new amendment
process. The Office also seeks input
regarding whether the Office should
continue to allocate the burden of
persuasion regarding patentability of
substitute claims as set forth in a recent
informative Board decision, as well as
any suggestions the public may have as
to motion to amend practice before the
Board generally.
DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written
comments must be received on or before
December 14, 2018, to ensure
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent
by electronic mail message over the
internet addressed to:
TrialRFC2018Amendments@uspto.gov.
Comments may also be submitted by
postal mail addressed to: Mail Stop
Patent Board, Director of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450, marked to the attention of ‘‘Acting
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent
Judge Jacqueline Wright Bonilla or Vice
Chief Administrative Patent Judge
Michael Tierney, PTAB Request for
Comments 2018.’’
Although comments may be
submitted by postal mail, the Office
prefers to receive comments by
electronic mail message to more easily
share all comments with the public. The
Office prefers the comments to be
submitted in plain text, but also accepts
comments submitted in portable
document format or DOC format.
Comments not submitted electronically
should be submitted on paper in a
format that facilitates convenient digital
scanning into portable document
format.
The comments will be available for
public inspection at the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board, located in Madison East,
Ninth Floor, 600 Dulany Street,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; USPTO Websites
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) 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.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: USPTO Websites Customer Satisfaction Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0651-New.
Form Number(s):
None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 100,000 responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: 8 minutes per response.
Burden Hours: 13,333.33 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) wishes to conduct customer satisfaction surveys on its
websites. This collection will allow for continued use of a data-driven
and a statistically valid approach to understanding customer
satisfaction with Agency websites. The objective is to help the USPTO
become more citizen-centric and achieve higher levels of public trust
and confidence. The USPTO will use the ForeSee surveys in order to
collaborate effectively with the public and meet Administration
mandates. These surveys will assist the Agency in its efforts to be
open and collaborative.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email:
[email protected].
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
New'' 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 November 28, 2018 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected],
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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