National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee Charter Renewal, 23329-23330 [2020-08896]
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respondents will be completed by
applicants to the Pro Bono regional
programs.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it takes the
regional hub administrators
approximately 120 minutes (2 hours) to
complete the pro bono survey, including
time needed to gather the necessary
information, enter it into the
information collection instrument, and
submit it. The USPTO estimates that it
will take approximately 1 minute for
applicants to complete the Client Intake
Form.
Burden Hours: 193 hours.
Hourly Cost Burden: $13,676.
Annual (non-hour) Cost: $0.
Needs and Uses: The Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act (AIA), Public Law
112–29 § 32 (2011) directs the USPTO to
work with and support intellectual
property law associations across the
country in the establishment of pro
bono programs (also referred to as
‘‘hubs’’) designed to assist financially
under-resourced independent inventors
and small businesses. To support this,
the USPTO has worked with and
supported various non-profit
organizations to establish a series of
autonomous regional hubs that
endeavor to match low-income
inventors with volunteer patent
practitioners across the United States.
The regional hubs comprise law school
intellectual property clinics, bar
associations, innovation/entrepreneurial
organizations, and arts-focused lawyer
referral services that are strategically
located to provide access to patent pro
bono services across all fifty states and
the District of Columbia. Additionally,
the Study of Underrepresented Classes
Chasing Engineering and Science
Success Act (SUCCESS Act), Public Law
115–273 (2018) directs the agency to
provide recommendations on how to
increase the number of women,
minorities, and veterans who apply for
and obtain patents.
To support the purposes described
above, the Pro Bono Survey will
continue to collect information
regarding the activity of the regional
hubs. The USPTO has worked with the
Pro Bono Advisory Council (PBAC) to
determine what information is
necessary to determine the effectiveness
of each regional pro bono hub’s
operations. The PBAC is a wellestablished group of patent practitioners
and thought leaders in intellectual
property who have committed to
provide support and guidance to patent
pro bono hubs across the country. The
data previously gathered, and which
continues to be gathered, provides the
USPTO with valuable information,
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including the number of inventor
inquiries, referral sources, number of
pro bono applicants successfully
matched with patent practitioners, and
types of patent filings. The USPTO,
PBAC, and the regional hubs, are
responsible for the quarterly collection
of this information. The information, at
its highest level, will allow the PBAC
and the USPTO to determine whether
the regional hubs are matching qualified
low-income inventors with volunteer
patent practitioners and help estimate
the total economic benefit derived by
low-income inventors in the form of
donated legal services. This information
also helps the USPTO determine which
regional hubs are effectively serving
low-income inventors and which hubs
need additional support.
The USPTO is proposing to revise the
existing information collection to gather
additional information regarding
gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran
status. Each regional hub will be
voluntarily requesting demographic
information from those seeking
assistance that will be self-identified by
the applicant. This requested
standardized demographic information
will be a voluntary part of the overall
application materials that each
independent inventor fills out when
seeking pro bono assistance. This
voluntary information will be kept
confidential by the regional hubs and
only aggregate information is shared
with the USPTO. This aggregate
information will also be used to help
determine the extent to which women,
minorities, and veterans engage the
Patent Pro Bono Program.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; individuals and
households.
Frequency: The Pro Bono Survey is
completed quarterly; the Client Intake
Form is completed on occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Once submitted, the request will be
publically available in electronic format
through reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view the Department of
Commerce information collections
currently under review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0082
information request’’ in the subject line
of the message.
• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
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information collection should be sent on
or before May 27, 2020 to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function to view Department of
Commerce information collections
currently under review by OMB.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–C–2020–0017]
National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Charter Renewal
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Chief Financial Officer/
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the General Services Administration,
renewed the Charter for the National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Nomination Evaluation Committee on
February 12, 2020.
DATES: The Charter for the National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Nomination Evaluation Committee was
renewed on February 12, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Palafoutas, Program Manager, National
Medal of Technology and Innovation
Program, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314; telephone (571)
272–9821 or by electronic mail at nmti@
uspto.gov. Information is also available
at https://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/
index.jsp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chief
Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Administration, with the
concurrence of the General Services
Administration, renewed the Charter for
the National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee (NMTI Committee) on
February 12, 2020. The NMTI
Committee was established in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and provides advice to
the Secretary of Commerce regarding
recommendations of nominees for the
National Medal of Technology and
SUMMARY:
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Innovation (Medal). The duties of the
NMTI Committee are solely advisory in
nature. Nominations for this Medal are
solicited through an open, competitive,
and nationwide call for nominations,
and the NMTI Committee members are
responsible for reviewing the
nominations received. The NMTI
Committee members are distinguished
experts from the private and public
sectors with experience in and an
understanding of technology and
technological innovation, and/or the
development of technological
manpower. The NMTI Committee
evaluates the nominees and forwards its
recommendations through the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office to
the Secretary of Commerce who, in turn,
forwards his recommendations for the
Medal to the President.
Dated: April 22, 2020.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(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 May 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of this
notice’s publication to OIRA, at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Please find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the website’s
search function. Comments can be
entered electronically by clicking on the
‘‘comment’’ button next to the
information collection on the ‘‘OIRA
Information Collections Under Review’’
page, or the ‘‘View ICR—Agency
Submission’’ page. A copy of the
supporting statement for the collection
of information discussed herein may be
obtained by visiting https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
In addition to the submission of
comments to https://Reginfo.gov as
indicated above, a copy of all comments
submitted to OIRA may also be
submitted to the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) by clicking
on the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ box next to
the descriptive entry for OMB Control
No. 3038–0101, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/
PublicInfo.aspx.
Or by either of the following methods:
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Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
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Mail above.
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have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove
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be inappropriate for publication, such as
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ICR will be retained in the public
comment file and will be considered as
required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable
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Duane C. Andresen, Associate Director,
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dandresen@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB
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This is a request for extension of a
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Abstract: Section 738 of the DoddFrank Act amended section 4(b) of the
Commodity Exchange Act to provide
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and regulations requiring foreign boards
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their members or other participants
located in the United States with direct
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and order matching system to register
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authorization, the CFTC adopted a final
rule requiring FBOTs that wish to
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provide certain information to the
Commission in applications for
registration and, once registered, to
provide certain information to meet
quarterly and annual reporting
requirements. Currently, Part 48 of the
Commission’s regulations sets forth
reporting and/or recordkeeping
requirements to ensure registered
FBOTs providing for trading by direct
access meet statutory and regulatory
requirements on an initial and ongoing
basis.
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respond to, a collection of information
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control number. On February 14, 2020,
the Commission published in the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0017]
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation
Committee Charter Renewal
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Chief Financial Officer/Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Services
Administration, renewed the Charter for the National Medal of
Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee on February
12, 2020.
DATES: The Charter for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Nomination Evaluation Committee was renewed on February 12, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Palafoutas, Program Manager,
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Program, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314;
telephone (571) 272-9821 or by electronic mail at [email protected].
Information is also available at https://www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chief Financial Officer/Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Administration, with the concurrence of the
General Services Administration, renewed the Charter for the National
Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee
(NMTI Committee) on February 12, 2020. The NMTI Committee was
established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and
provides advice to the Secretary of Commerce regarding recommendations
of nominees for the National Medal of Technology and
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Innovation (Medal). The duties of the NMTI Committee are solely
advisory in nature. Nominations for this Medal are solicited through an
open, competitive, and nationwide call for nominations, and the NMTI
Committee members are responsible for reviewing the nominations
received. The NMTI Committee members are distinguished experts from the
private and public sectors with experience in and an understanding of
technology and technological innovation, and/or the development of
technological manpower. The NMTI Committee evaluates the nominees and
forwards its recommendations through the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office to the Secretary of Commerce who, in turn, forwards
his recommendations for the Medal to the President.
Dated: April 22, 2020.
Andrei Iancu,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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