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communications to the USPTO
regarding the appointment of attorneys
to represent applicants or registrants in
the application and post-registration
processes or, in the case of applicants or
registrants who are not domiciled in the
United States, the appointment of
domestic representatives on whom may
be served notices of process in
proceedings affecting the mark, the
revocation of an attorney’s or domestic
representative’s appointment, and
requests for permission to withdraw
from representation.
Affected Public: Private sector;
individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce, USPTO
information collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
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 and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 0651–0056.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0056
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.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Patent Processing
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
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the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s reporting
burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on September 29, 2020 during
a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Processing.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0031.
Form Number(s): (AIA = American
Invents Act; SB = Specimen Book; PTOL
= Patent and Trademark Office Legal)
• PTO/AIA/22 (Petition for Extension of
Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a))
• PTO/AIA/24 (Express Abandonment
under 37 CFR 1.138)
• PTO/AIA/24B (Petition for Express
Abandonment to Obtain a Refund)
• PTO/AIA/33 (Pre-appeal Brief
Request for Review)
• PTO/AIA/96 (Statement under 37 CFR
3.73(c))
• PTO/SB/08a and b (Information
Disclosure Statement)
• PTO/SB/17i (Processing Fee under 37
CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal)
• PTO/SB/21 (Transmittal Form)
• PTO/SB/22 (Petition for Extension of
Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a))
• PTO/SB/24 (Express Abandonment
under 37 CFR 1.138)
• PTO/SB/24B (Petition for Express
Abandonment to Obtain a Refund–
applications filed on or before
September 16, 2012)
• PTO/SB/25 (Terminal Disclaimer to
Obviate a Provisional Double
Patenting Rejection Over a Pending
‘‘Reference’’ Application)
• PTO/SB/26 (Terminal Disclaimer to
Obviate a Double Patenting Rejection
over a ‘‘Prior’’ Patent)
• PTO/SB/27 (Request for Expedited
Examination of a Design Application)
• PTO/SB/30 (Request for Continued
Examination (RCE) Transmittal)
• PTO/SB/33 (Pre-appeal Brief Request
for Review—applications filed on or
before September 16, 2012)
• PTO/SB/35 (Nonpublication Request
under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i))
• PTO/SB/36 (Rescission of Previous
Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C.
122(b)(2)(B)(ii) and, if applicable,
Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C.
122(b)(2)(B)(iii))
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• PTO/SB/37 (Request for Suspension
of Action or Deferral of Examination
under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)—
applications filed on or before
September 16, 2012)
• PTO/SB/38 (Request to Retrieve
Electronic Priority Application(s))
• PTO/SB/39 (Authorization or
Rescission of Authorization to Permit
Access to Application-as-filed by
Participating Offices)
• PTO/SB/43 (Disclaimer in Patent
Under 37 CFR 1.321(a))
• PTO/SB/63 (Terminal Disclaimer to
Accompany Petition)
• PTO/SB/64 (Petition for Revival of an
Application for Patent Abandoned
Unintentionally)
• PTO/SB/64a (Petition for Revival of
an Application for Patent Abandoned
for Failure to Notify the Office of a
Foreign or International Filing)
• PTO/SB/64PCT (Petition for Revival
of an International Application for
Patent Abandoned Unintentionally)
• PTO/SB/67 (Power to Access, Inspect,
and Copy)
• PTO/SB/68 (Request for Access to an
Abandoned Application Under 37
CFR 1.14)
• PTO/SB/91 (Deposit Account Order
Form)
• PTO/SB/92 (Certificate of Mailing or
Transmission)
• PTO/SB/96 (Statement under 37 CFR
3.73(c))
• PTO/SB/130 (Petition to Make Special
Based on Age for Advancement of
Examination under 37 CFR
1.102(c)(1))
• PTO/SB/413C (Request for FirstAction Interview (Full Pilot Program))
• PTO–2053–A/B; PTO–2054–A/B; and
PTO–2055–A/B (Copy of the
Applicant or Patentee’s Record of the
Application)
• PTOL/413A (Applicant-Initiated
Interview Request Form)
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,669,397
respondents per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 2 minutes (0.08 hours) to
8 hours to complete a single response.
This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, prepare the
appropriate documents, and submit the
completed response to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 3,187,341 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Cost Burden: $408,845,999.
Needs and Uses: The United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
required by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an
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application for patent and, when
appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO
is also required to publish patent
applications, with certain exceptions,
promptly after the expiration of a period
of 18 months from the earliest filing
date for which a benefit is sought under
Title 35, U.S.C. (‘‘eighteen-month
publication’’). Certain situations may
arise which require that additional
information be supplied in order for the
USPTO to further process the patent or
application. The USPTO administers the
statutes through various sections of the
rules of practice in 37 CFR part 1. The
information in this collection can be
used by the USPTO to continue the
processing of the patent or application
to ensure that applicants are complying
with the patent regulations and to aid in
the prosecution of the application.
Affected Public: Private sector;
individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce, USPTO
information collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
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 and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 0651–0031.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0031
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.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Application Package for AmeriCorps
VISTA Application and Reporting
Forms
Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
CNCS is proposing a revised
information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by
January 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
National and Community Service,
Attention Kelly Daly, 250 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom at the mail address
given in paragraph (1) above, between
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
(3) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through regulations.gov. For this
reason, please do not include in your
comments information of a confidential
nature, such as sensitive personal
information or proprietary information.
If you send an email comment, your
email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comment that
may be made available to the public,
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Daly, 202–606–6849, or by email
at kdaly@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of
Collection: AmeriCorps VISTA
Application and Reporting Forms.
OMB Control Number: 3045–0038.
Type of Review: Revision.
SUMMARY:
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Respondents/Affected Public:
Organizations and State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 850.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 20,450.
Abstract: AmeriCorps VISTA is
revising its application and reporting
forms to remove duplicative questions,
improve readability, and reflect changes
in reporting requirements. The VISTA
Progress Report and Progress Report
Supplement allow sponsors to report on
their programmatic and performance
progress. CNCS also seeks to continue
using the currently approved
information collection until the new
information collection is approved by
OMB. The currently approved
information collection is due to expire
on March 31, 2021.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the 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 of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. All written comments will
be available for public inspection on
regulations.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Patent Processing
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on September 29, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Processing.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0031.
Form Number(s): (AIA = American Invents Act; SB = Specimen Book;
PTOL = Patent and Trademark Office Legal)
PTO/AIA/22 (Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR
1.136(a))
PTO/AIA/24 (Express Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138)
PTO/AIA/24B (Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a
Refund)
PTO/AIA/33 (Pre-appeal Brief Request for Review)
PTO/AIA/96 (Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(c))
PTO/SB/08a and b (Information Disclosure Statement)
PTO/SB/17i (Processing Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal)
PTO/SB/21 (Transmittal Form)
PTO/SB/22 (Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR
1.136(a))
PTO/SB/24 (Express Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138)
PTO/SB/24B (Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a
Refund- applications filed on or before September 16, 2012)
PTO/SB/25 (Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double
Patenting Rejection Over a Pending ``Reference'' Application)
PTO/SB/26 (Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting
Rejection over a ``Prior'' Patent)
PTO/SB/27 (Request for Expedited Examination of a Design
Application)
PTO/SB/30 (Request for Continued Examination (RCE)
Transmittal)
PTO/SB/33 (Pre-appeal Brief Request for Review--applications
filed on or before September 16, 2012)
PTO/SB/35 (Nonpublication Request under 35 U.S.C.
122(b)(2)(B)(i))
PTO/SB/36 (Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request (35
U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii) and, if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing
(35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii))
PTO/SB/37 (Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of
Examination under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)--applications filed on
or before September 16, 2012)
PTO/SB/38 (Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority
Application(s))
PTO/SB/39 (Authorization or Rescission of Authorization to
Permit Access to Application-as-filed by Participating Offices)
PTO/SB/43 (Disclaimer in Patent Under 37 CFR 1.321(a))
PTO/SB/63 (Terminal Disclaimer to Accompany Petition)
PTO/SB/64 (Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent
Abandoned Unintentionally)
PTO/SB/64a (Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent
Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or
International Filing)
PTO/SB/64PCT (Petition for Revival of an International
Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally)
PTO/SB/67 (Power to Access, Inspect, and Copy)
PTO/SB/68 (Request for Access to an Abandoned Application
Under 37 CFR 1.14)
PTO/SB/91 (Deposit Account Order Form)
PTO/SB/92 (Certificate of Mailing or Transmission)
PTO/SB/96 (Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(c))
PTO/SB/130 (Petition to Make Special Based on Age for
Advancement of Examination under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1))
PTO/SB/413C (Request for First-Action Interview (Full Pilot
Program))
PTO-2053-A/B; PTO-2054-A/B; and PTO-2055-A/B (Copy of the
Applicant or Patentee's Record of the Application)
PTOL/413A (Applicant-Initiated Interview Request Form)
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,669,397 respondents per year.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 2 minutes (0.08 hours) to 8 hours to complete a single
response. This includes the time to gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate documents, and submit the completed response to
the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 3,187,341 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $408,845,999.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an
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application for patent and, when appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO
is also required to publish patent applications, with certain
exceptions, promptly after the expiration of a period of 18 months from
the earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under Title 35,
U.S.C. (``eighteen-month publication''). Certain situations may arise
which require that additional information be supplied in order for the
USPTO to further process the patent or application. The USPTO
administers the statutes through various sections of the rules of
practice in 37 CFR part 1. The information in this collection can be
used by the USPTO to continue the processing of the patent or
application to ensure that applicants are complying with the patent
regulations and to aid in the prosecution of the application.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0031.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0031 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.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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