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type of bycatch reduction device, and
turtle excluder device used for each trip.
The ELB unit automatically collects
fishing effort data and transmits those
data via a cellular phone connection
activated when the vessel is within nonroaming cellular range. Compliance
with the ELB reporting requirements is
required to renew the Gulf shrimp
permit.
Monitoring shrimp vessels is
challenging for NMFS when they
operate together with many other
fishing vessels of differing sizes, gears
types, and fishing capabilities.
Monitoring is made even more
challenging by seasonal variability in
shrimp abundance and price and the
broad geographic distribution of the
fleet. ELBs provide a precise means of
estimating the amount of shrimp fishing
effort. Using ELBs to estimate fishing
effort serves an important role to help
estimate bycatch in the Gulf shrimp
fleet.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion when fishing.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of this notice publication
by email to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 395–
5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Administration
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Green Sturgeon ESA 4(d) rule
take exceptions and exemptions.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0613.
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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 45.
Average Hours per Response:
Scientific research or monitoring
exception, Habitat restoration exception,
State research program report, and
Research applications: 40 hours each;
Scientific research or monitoring
exception report, Habitat restoration
exception report, and Research reports:
5 hours each; Emergency fish rescue
report, and Fishery Management and
Evaluation Plan report: 20 hours each;
Fishery Management and Evaluation
Plan and Tribal Plan: 160 hours each.
Burden Hours: 1,510.
Needs and Uses: The Southern
Distinct Population Segment of North
American green sturgeon (Acipenser
medirostris; hereafter, ‘‘Southern DPS’’)
was listed as a threatened species in
April 2006. Protective regulations under
section 4(d) of the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) were promulgated for the
species on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30714)
(the final ESA 4(d) Rule). To comply
with the ESA and the protective
regulations, entities must obtain take
authorization before they engage in
activities that involve take of Southern
DPS fish, unless the activity is covered
by an exception or exemption. ‘‘Take’’ is
defined as to harass, harm, pursue,
hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any
such conduct. Certain activities
described in the ‘‘exceptions’’ provision
of 50 CFR 223.210(b) are not subject to
the take prohibitions if they adhere to
specific criteria and reporting
requirements. Under the ‘‘exemption’’
provision of 50 CFR 223.210(c), the take
prohibitions do not apply to scientific
research, scientific monitoring, and
fisheries activities conducted under an
approved 4(d) program or plan.
Similarly, take prohibitions do not
apply to tribal resource management
activities conducted under a Tribal Plan
for which the requisite determinations
described in 50 CFR 223.102(c)(3) have
been made.
To ensure that activities qualify under
exceptions to or exemptions from the
take prohibitions, local, state, and
federal agencies, non-governmental
organizations, academic researchers,
and private organizations are asked to
submit detailed information regarding
their activity on a schedule to be
determined by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff. This
information is used by NMFS to (1)
track the number of Southern DPS fish
taken as a result of each action; (2)
understand and evaluate the cumulative
effects of each action on the Southern
DPS; and (3) determine whether
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additional protections are needed for
the species, or whether additional
exceptions may be warranted. NMFS
designed the criteria to ensure that
actions meeting the criteria would
adequately limit impacts on threatened
Southern DPS fish, such that additional
protections in the form of a federal take
prohibition would not be necessary and
advisable.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; Federal government;
business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Written notification
describing research, monitoring, habitat
restoration, or emergency fish rescue
and salvage activities, on occasion;
development of fisheries management
and evaluation plans, state 4(d) research
programs, or tribal fishery management
plans, on occasion; fisheries
management and evaluation plan
reports, biannually; all other reports,
annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Law School Clinic Certification
Program
Notice of renewal of information
collection; request for comment.
ACTION:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the
extension of an existing information
collection: 0651–0081 (Law School
Clinic Program).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 24,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0081
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the
Chief Administrative 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 Dahlia George,
Office of Enrollment and Discipline,
United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450; by telephone at 571–272–
4097; or by email to Dahlia.George@
uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–0020 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
Public Law 113–227 (Dec. 16, 2014)
requires the United States Patent and
Trademark Office to establish
regulations and procedures for
application to, and participation in, the
USPTO Law School Clinic Certification
Program. The Program allows students
enrolled in a participating law school’s
clinic to practice patent or trademark
law before the USPTO under the direct
supervision of a faculty clinic
supervisor. Each clinic provides legal
services on a pro bono basis for clients
who qualify for assistance from the law
school’s clinic. By drafting, filing, and
prosecuting patent and trademark
applications, students gain valuable
experience that would otherwise be
unavailable to them while in law
school. The program also facilitates the
provision of pro bono services to
trademark and patent applicants who
lack the financial resources necessary
for traditional legal representation. In
2019, there were over 60 law schools
participating in the program.
This information collection covers the
applications from law schools that wish
to enter the program, faculty advisors
who seek to become a faculty clinic
supervisor, and students who seek to
participate in this program. The
collection also includes the required
biannual reports from participating law
school clinics and biennial renewals
required by the program as well as the
request to make special under the Law
School Clinic Certification Program,
which allows a limited number of
applications per semester to be
advanced out of turn (accorded special
status) for examination if the applicant
makes the appropriate showing, to
provide law students with practical
experience as they will be more likely
to receive substantive examination of
applications within the school year that
the application is filed.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0081.
IC Instruments and Forms: There are
two forms associated with this
collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
903 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 75% of the
annual responses for this collection will
be submitted electronically.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public from 0.5 and 40 hours,
depending on the complexity of the
situation, to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate
documents, and submit the information
to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 690 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $145,575.
The USPTO expects that intellectual
property attorneys will complete most
of the items in this collection at an
estimated rate of $438 per hour. The
attorney rates are found in the 2017
Report of the Economic Survey
published by the American Intellectual
Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Faculty members serving as Clinic
Supervisors must be practicing
attorneys and registered with the Patent
Bar (for those schools handling patent
matters before the USPTO on behalf of
applicants). The cost for law students
applying to participate in the Program is
estimated to be at the 10% hourly rate
for legal occupations (BLS 23–000 Legal
Occupations) which is $18.04 per hour.
This accounts for law students’ possible
employment in various entry level legal
positions. Using this hourly rate, the
USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost burden for this
collection is $145,575 per year.
TABLE 3—BURDEN HOUR/BURDEN COST TO RESPONDENTS
IC No.
1 .............
2 .............
3 .............
4 .............
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5 .............
6 .............
Item
Estimated
response time
(hours)
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
Rate
($/hr)
Total hourly
cost burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
Application by Law School to Enter the Program.
Application by Law School Faculty Member to
Become a faculty Clinic Supervisor.
Application by Student to Become a Participant in the Program (PTO–158LS).
Biannual Report Required of Law School
Clinics.
Biennial Renewal Application by Law School
Request to Make Special Under the Law
School Clinic Certification Program.
Total ..........................................................
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $1,721. There
are no capital startup, maintenance, or
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1
40
$438.00
$17,520
1
5
5
438.00
2,190
0.5
745
373
18.04
6,728
1
120
120
438.00
52,560
5
1
30
2
150
2
438.00
438.00
65,700
876
........................
903
690
........................
145,575
operating fees associated with this
collection. There are, however, annual
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(non-hour) costs in the form of postage
costs.
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Filing Fees
There are no filing fees associated
with this collection.
this collection of information, but
submissions are accepted electronically
through email. Submissions are also
accepted via postal mail and hand
delivery. The USPTO expects that 75
percent of the items in this collection
will be submitted electronically. Of the
remaining 25 percent, the USPTO
Postage Costs
Currently, the USPTO does not use
automated or other technological
collection techniques for the items in
estimates that 99 percent will be
submitted by mail—with the remainder
submitted by hand delivery—for a total
of 225 mailed submissions. The average
USPS Priority Mail postage cost for a
legal flat rate envelope is estimated to be
$7.65. Table 4 calculates the postage
costs associated with this collection.
TABLE 4—ANNUAL (Non-Hour) RESPONDENT COST BURDEN
IC No.
1 .............
2 .............
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3
4
5
6
.............
.............
.............
.............
Item
Estimated
mailed
responses
Estimated
postage rate
Total annual
(non-hour)
cost burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
Application by Law School to Enter the Program ...................................................
Application by Law School Faculty Member to Become a Faculty Clinic Supervisor.
Application by Student to Become a Participant in the Program (PTO–158LS) ....
Biannual Report Required of Law School Clinics ...................................................
Biennial Renewal Application by Law School .........................................................
Request to Make Special Under the Law School Clinic Program ..........................
1
1
$7.65
7.65
$7.65
7.65
185
30
7
1
7.65
7.65
7.65
7.65
1,415.25
229.50
53.55
$7.65
Total .................................................................................................................
225
........................
1,721
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection, in the form of postage
costs is $1,721 per year.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
10:00 a.m., Wednesday,
January 8, 2020.
PLACE: Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
Street NW, Washington, DC, 9th Floor
Commission Conference Room.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Examinations and enforcement matters.
In the event that the time, date, or
location of this meeting changes, an
announcement of the change, along with
the new time, date, and/or place of the
meeting will be posted on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.cftc.gov/.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202–418–5964.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collection Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
AGENCY:
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TIME AND DATE:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.
Dated: December 20, 2019.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities Under OMB Review
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
costs and burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the
burden estimate or any other aspect of
the information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden,
may be submitted directly to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA) in OMB within 30 days of this
notice’s publication by either of the
following methods. Please identify the
comments by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–
0096.’’
• By email addressed to:
OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov or
• By mail addressed to: the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Attention Desk Officer for the
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington DC 20503.
A copy of all comments submitted to
OIRA should be sent to the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) by either of the
following methods. The copies should
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–0096.’’
• By mail addressed to: Christopher
Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,
Washington, DC 20581;
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Law School Clinic Certification Program
ACTION: Notice of renewal of information collection; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on
the extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0081 (Law
School Clinic Program).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 24,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
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Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0081 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative
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 Dahlia George, Office of Enrollment and
Discipline, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-4097; or by email to
[email protected] with ``0651-0020 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
Public Law 113-227 (Dec. 16, 2014) requires the United States
Patent and Trademark Office to establish regulations and procedures for
application to, and participation in, the USPTO Law School Clinic
Certification Program. The Program allows students enrolled in a
participating law school's clinic to practice patent or trademark law
before the USPTO under the direct supervision of a faculty clinic
supervisor. Each clinic provides legal services on a pro bono basis for
clients who qualify for assistance from the law school's clinic. By
drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent and trademark applications,
students gain valuable experience that would otherwise be unavailable
to them while in law school. The program also facilitates the provision
of pro bono services to trademark and patent applicants who lack the
financial resources necessary for traditional legal representation. In
2019, there were over 60 law schools participating in the program.
This information collection covers the applications from law
schools that wish to enter the program, faculty advisors who seek to
become a faculty clinic supervisor, and students who seek to
participate in this program. The collection also includes the required
biannual reports from participating law school clinics and biennial
renewals required by the program as well as the request to make special
under the Law School Clinic Certification Program, which allows a
limited number of applications per semester to be advanced out of turn
(accorded special status) for examination if the applicant makes the
appropriate showing, to provide law students with practical experience
as they will be more likely to receive substantive examination of
applications within the school year that the application is filed.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0081.
IC Instruments and Forms: There are two forms associated with this
collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 903 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 75% of the annual responses for this
collection will be submitted electronically.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 0.5 and 40 hours, depending on the complexity of the
situation, to gather the necessary information, prepare the appropriate
documents, and submit the information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 690 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent (Hourly) Cost Burden: $145,575.
The USPTO expects that intellectual property attorneys will
complete most of the items in this collection at an estimated rate of
$438 per hour. The attorney rates are found in the 2017 Report of the
Economic Survey published by the American Intellectual Property Law
Association (AIPLA). Faculty members serving as Clinic Supervisors must
be practicing attorneys and registered with the Patent Bar (for those
schools handling patent matters before the USPTO on behalf of
applicants). The cost for law students applying to participate in the
Program is estimated to be at the 10% hourly rate for legal occupations
(BLS 23-000 Legal Occupations) which is $18.04 per hour. This accounts
for law students' possible employment in various entry level legal
positions. Using this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost burden for this collection is $145,575 per year.
Table 3--Burden Hour/Burden Cost to Respondents
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Estimated Estimated Estimated
IC No. Item response time annual annual burden Rate ($/hr) Total hourly
(hours) responses hours cost burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) =
(c) (e)
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1............. Application by 40 1 40 $438.00 $17,520
Law School to
Enter the
Program.
2............. Application by 1 5 5 438.00 2,190
Law School
Faculty Member
to Become a
faculty Clinic
Supervisor.
3............. Application by 0.5 745 373 18.04 6,728
Student to
Become a
Participant in
the Program
(PTO-158LS).
4............. Biannual Report 1 120 120 438.00 52,560
Required of Law
School Clinics.
5............. Biennial Renewal 5 30 150 438.00 65,700
Application by
Law School.
6............. Request to Make 1 2 2 438.00 876
Special Under
the Law School
Clinic
Certification
Program.
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Total........ .............. 903 690 .............. 145,575
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $1,721.
There are no capital startup, maintenance, or operating fees associated
with this collection. There are, however, annual (non-hour) costs in
the form of postage costs.
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Filing Fees
There are no filing fees associated with this collection.
Postage Costs
Currently, the USPTO does not use automated or other technological
collection techniques for the items in this collection of information,
but submissions are accepted electronically through email. Submissions
are also accepted via postal mail and hand delivery. The USPTO expects
that 75 percent of the items in this collection will be submitted
electronically. Of the remaining 25 percent, the USPTO estimates that
99 percent will be submitted by mail--with the remainder submitted by
hand delivery--for a total of 225 mailed submissions. The average USPS
Priority Mail postage cost for a legal flat rate envelope is estimated
to be $7.65. Table 4 calculates the postage costs associated with this
collection.
Table 4--Annual (Non-Hour) Respondent Cost Burden
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Estimated Total annual
IC No. Item mailed Estimated (non-hour)
responses postage rate cost burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) =
(c)
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1............................. Application by Law School to 1 $7.65 $7.65
Enter the Program.
2............................. Application by Law School 1 7.65 7.65
Faculty Member to Become a
Faculty Clinic Supervisor.
3............................. Application by Student to Become 185 7.65 1,415.25
a Participant in the Program
(PTO-158LS).
4............................. Biannual Report Required of Law 30 7.65 229.50
School Clinics.
5............................. Biennial Renewal Application by 7 7.65 53.55
Law School.
6............................. Request to Make Special Under 1 7.65 $7.65
the Law School Clinic Program.
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Total........................ 225 .............. 1,721
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Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour)
cost burden for this collection, in the form of postage costs is $1,721
per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collection Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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