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• California Groundfish Collective
EM EFP: In partnership with the Nature
Conservancy, eligible vessels
participating in the Collective would
further test the feasibility of using at-sea
EM for vessels using fixed gear or
bottom trawl gear types. Fixed gear will
operate under maximized retention and
bottom trawl gear will operate under
optimized retention. All fishing will be
conducted south of Cape Mendocino,
CA. Fishing may target all species
authorized by the Trawl Rationalization
Program. The applicants have not
requested any exemptions from quota
limits, or gear or area restrictions, and
all catch will be covered by the vessels’
IFQ, Individual Bycatch Quota (IBQ), or
cooperative allocation. According to the
applicants, the EFP renewal aims to
achieve five goals:
1. Identify individual and overall cost
components of implementing EM on
fixed gear and bottom trawl vessels.
2. Establish best practices for discard
control points on bottom trawl vessels
using optimized retention.
3. Establish best practices for discard
protocols, particularly for non-IFQ
species and flor low-attainment IFQ
species that are identifiable.
4. Identify improvements to EM
systems and protocols to inform
regulations that will allow for the use of
EM.
5. Inform determination of final steps
to implement EM for accountability in
a way that will provide economic relief
and operational flexibility to the
groundfish IFQ program while
maintaining individual accountability
and the integrity of the IFQ program.
• Fixed Gear EM EFP: Under this EFP
renewal, eligible fixed gear vessels with
a trawl-endorsed groundfish limited
entry permit assignment would
continue to test the economic and
operational feasibility of using EM in
lieu of human observers for 100 percent
at-sea monitoring of groundfish IFQ
trips. The applicants seek to lower
operating costs and identify more
flexible catch handling methods under
the renewed EFP. Applicants will target
species authorized by the Trawl
Rationalization Program, specifically
sablefish (North and South of 36
degrees) off the coasts of Washington,
Oregon, and California. The applicants
have not requested any exemptions from
quota limits, or gear or area restrictions,
and all catch will be covered by the
vessels’ IFQ, IBQ, or cooperative
allocation.
• Trawl Gear EM EFP: The Midwater
Trawlers Cooperative and United
Catcher Boats seek to continue testing
the cost-effectiveness and operational
efficiency of using EM in lieu of human
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observers while still providing the
required 100 percent monitoring of
catch and discards, for at-sea
mothership catcher vessels and vessels
delivering shoreside. Additionally, the
application incorporates the midwater
non-whiting and bottom trawl gears for
EM EFP trips. The use of EM for bottom
trawl gear was previously evaluated
under the Leipzig EM EFP, which first
began in 2015. Under the new
sponsorship, bottom trawl EM trips
would be tested under this overarching
EFP. Fishing may occur in all times and
locations, using all gear types, and
targeting species authorized by the
Trawl Rationalization Program. The
applicants have not requested any
exemptions from quota limits, or gear or
area restrictions, and all catch will be
covered by the vessels’ IFQ, IBQ, or
cooperative allocation.
The Regional Administrator has made
a preliminary determination that the
applications described above contain all
of the required information and
constitute an activity appropriate for
further consideration. Following the
conclusion of the public comment
period and review of public comment,
NMFS may approve and issue permits
for the EFP projects. If approved, NMFS
intends to issue the permits for two
years, 2022 and 2023, without issuing
another Federal Register notice. NMFS
would issue the permits for the EFP
project to the vessel owner or
designated representative as the ‘‘EFP
holder.’’ NMFS intends to use an
adaptive management approach in
which NMFS may revise requirements
and protocols to achieve the EM EFP
goals and improve the program without
issuing another Federal Register notice,
provided that the modifications fall
within the scope of the impacts of the
original EFP.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 8, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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; International Work Sharing
Program
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the
extension and revision of an existing
information collection: 0651–0079
(International Work Sharing Program).
The purpose of this notice is to allow 60
days for public comment preceding
submission of the information collection
to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before
February 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0079
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:
Request for additional information
should be directed to Michael Arguello,
International Worksharing Planning and
Implementation, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–270–7876; or by email
at Michael.Arguello@uspto.gov with
‘‘0651–0079 comment’’ in the subject
line. Additional information about this
information collection is also available
at https://www.reginfo.gov under
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) established a
Work Sharing Pilot Program in
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conjunction with the Japan Patent Office
(JPO) and the Korean Intellectual
Property Office (KIPO) to study how the
exchange of search results between
offices for corresponding counterpart
applications improves patent quality
and facilitates the examination of patent
applications in both offices. Under this
Work Sharing Pilot Program, two
Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP)
programs—USPTO–JPO and USPTO–
KIPO—have been implemented.
Through their respective CSP(s), each
office concurrently conducts searches
on corresponding counterpart
applications. Each office’s search results
are exchanged following these
concurrent searches, which provides
examiners with a comprehensive set of
art before them at the commencement of
examination.
Work sharing between Intellectual
Property (IP) offices is critical for
increasing the efficiency and quality of
patent examination worldwide. The
exchange of information and documents
between IP offices also benefits
applicants by promoting compact
prosecution, reducing pendency, and
supporting patent quality by reducing
the likelihood of inconsistencies in
patentability determinations among IP
offices when considering corresponding
counterpart applications. The gains in
efficiency and quality are achieved
through a collaborative work sharing
approach to the evaluation of patent
claims. As a result of this exchange of
search reports, the examiners in both
offices may have a more comprehensive
set of references before them when
making an initial patentability
determination.
This information collection is
necessary so that applicants that file
applications in the USPTO, JPO, and
KIPO may participate in the Work
Sharing Pilot Program. The Program
enables its participants to engage in the
exchange of IP documents between the
said countries to facilitate efficient
worldwide patent examinations. This
information collection is comprised of
three items: The Petition for
Participation in the CSP Program
Between the JPO and the USPTO; the
Petition for Participation in the CSP
Program Between the KIPO and the
USPTO; and the CSP Survey. The
Petitions for Participation are used by
patent applicants to request
participation in the CSP Program. The
CSP Survey is used to collect feedback
on the program’s value, monitor usage
of the program, and to measure the
benefits the program provides to
participants.
II. Method of Collection
The forms associated with this
information collection may be
downloaded from the USPTO website in
Portable Document Format (PDF) and
filled out electronically. Requests to
participate in the International Work
Sharing Program must be submitted
online using EFS-Web, the USPTO’s
web-based electronic filing system.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651–0079.
Forms: (SB = Specimen Book).
• PTO/SB/437 (Petition to Make
Special Under the Expanded
Collaborative Search Pilot Program).
• PTO/SB/438 (Collaborative Search
Pilot Program Survey).
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector;
individuals or households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 300 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 300 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public approximately between 5
minutes (0.08 hours) and 3 hours to
complete. This includes the time to
gather the necessary information, create
the document, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 462 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Hourly Cost Burden: $200,970.
TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS
Item
No.
1 .........
2 .........
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3 .........
Item
Petition for Participation in the Collaborative Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the
Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the
USPTO.
Petition for Participation in the Collaborative Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the Korean Intellectual
Property Office
(KPO) and the
USPTO.
CSP Survey .............
Totals ................
Estimated
annual
respondents
Estimated
responses per
respondent
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated time
for response
(hour)
Estimated
burden
(hour/year)
Rate1
($/hour)
Estimated
annual
respondent
cost burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(f)
(e) × (f) = (g)
37
1
37
3 .............................
111
$435
$48,285
75
1
75
3 .............................
225
435
97,875
112
1
112
0.08 ........................
(5 minutes) .............
9
435
3,915
224
........................
224
.................................
345
..................
150,075
1 2021
Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);
pg. F–27. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual property attorneys in private firms which is $435 per hour.
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TABLE 2—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS
Item
No.
1 .........
2 .........
3 .........
Item
Estimated
annual
respondents
Estimated
responses per
respondent
Estimated annual
responses
Estimated time for
response (hour)
Estimated burden
(hour/year)
Rate 2
($/hour)
Estimated annual
respondent cost
burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(f)
(e) × (f) = (g)
Petition for Participation in the Collaborative Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the
Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the
USPTO.
Petition for Participation in the Collaborative Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the Korean Intellectual
Property Office
(KPO) and the
USPTO.
CSP Survey .............
Totals ................
13
1
13
3 .............................
39
$435
$16,965
25
1
25
3 .............................
75
435
32,625
38
1
38
0.08 ........................
(5 minutes) .............
3
435
1,305
76
........................
76
.................................
117
..................
$50,895
2 Ibid.
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Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-hourly Cost Burden: $0. There are
no capital start-up, maintenance costs,
recordkeeping costs, filing fees, or
postage costs associated with this
information collection.
IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the 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
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.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice are a matter of public
record. USPTO will include or
summarize each comment in the request
to OMB to approve this information
collection. Before including an address,
phone number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information (PII)
in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment—including PII—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
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you may ask in your comment to
withhold PII from public view, USPTO
cannot guarantee that it will be able to
do so.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Adminstrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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Supervisory Highlights, Issue 25, Fall
2021
Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
ACTION: Supervisory highlights.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) is
issuing its twenty fifth edition of
Supervisory Highlights.
DATES: The Bureau released this edition
of the Supervisory Highlights on its
website on December 8, 2021. The
findings included in this report cover
examinations completed between
January 2021 and June 2021 in the areas
of credit card account management, debt
collection, deposits, fair lending,
mortgage servicing, payday lending,
prepaid accounts, and remittance
transfers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaclyn Sellers, Counsel, at (202) 435–
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alternative electronic format, please
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1. Introduction
A key function of the CFPB is to
supervise the institutions subject to its
supervisory authority.1 The CFPB helps
consumers take control over their
economic lives through its supervision
program by making consumer financial
markets more transparent and
competitive. To accomplish this, the
CFPB examines institutions to assess
compliance with Federal consumer
financial law, obtain information about
compliance management systems
(CMS), and detect and assess risks to
consumers and markets for consumer
financial products and services.2 The
CFPB’s supervision program is focused
on preventing violations of law and
consumer harm before they occur.
The findings included in this report
cover examinations completed between
January 2021 and June 2021 in the areas
of credit card account management, debt
collection, deposits, fair lending,
mortgage servicing, payday lending,
prepaid accounts, and remittance
transfers. To maintain the anonymity of
the supervised institutions discussed in
Supervisory Highlights, references to
institutions generally are in the plural
and the related findings may pertain to
one or more institutions. This edition of
Supervisory Highlights also summarizes
recent developments in the Bureau’s
supervision program and remedial
actions.
The CFPB publishes Supervisory
Highlights to help institutions and the
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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; International Work Sharing Program
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice 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 and revision of an existing information collection: 0651-
0079 (International Work Sharing Program). The purpose of this notice
is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the
information collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before February 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0079 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: Request for additional information
should be directed to Michael Arguello, International Worksharing
Planning and Implementation, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-270-7876;
or by email at [email protected] with ``0651-0079 comment'' in
the subject line. Additional information about this information
collection is also available at https://www.reginfo.gov under
``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) established a
Work Sharing Pilot Program in
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conjunction with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean
Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to study how the exchange of search
results between offices for corresponding counterpart applications
improves patent quality and facilitates the examination of patent
applications in both offices. Under this Work Sharing Pilot Program,
two Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) programs--USPTO-JPO and USPTO-
KIPO--have been implemented. Through their respective CSP(s), each
office concurrently conducts searches on corresponding counterpart
applications. Each office's search results are exchanged following
these concurrent searches, which provides examiners with a
comprehensive set of art before them at the commencement of
examination.
Work sharing between Intellectual Property (IP) offices is critical
for increasing the efficiency and quality of patent examination
worldwide. The exchange of information and documents between IP offices
also benefits applicants by promoting compact prosecution, reducing
pendency, and supporting patent quality by reducing the likelihood of
inconsistencies in patentability determinations among IP offices when
considering corresponding counterpart applications. The gains in
efficiency and quality are achieved through a collaborative work
sharing approach to the evaluation of patent claims. As a result of
this exchange of search reports, the examiners in both offices may have
a more comprehensive set of references before them when making an
initial patentability determination.
This information collection is necessary so that applicants that
file applications in the USPTO, JPO, and KIPO may participate in the
Work Sharing Pilot Program. The Program enables its participants to
engage in the exchange of IP documents between the said countries to
facilitate efficient worldwide patent examinations. This information
collection is comprised of three items: The Petition for Participation
in the CSP Program Between the JPO and the USPTO; the Petition for
Participation in the CSP Program Between the KIPO and the USPTO; and
the CSP Survey. The Petitions for Participation are used by patent
applicants to request participation in the CSP Program. The CSP Survey
is used to collect feedback on the program's value, monitor usage of
the program, and to measure the benefits the program provides to
participants.
II. Method of Collection
The forms associated with this information collection may be
downloaded from the USPTO website in Portable Document Format (PDF) and
filled out electronically. Requests to participate in the International
Work Sharing Program must be submitted online using EFS-Web, the
USPTO's web-based electronic filing system.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651-0079.
Forms: (SB = Specimen Book).
PTO/SB/437 (Petition to Make Special Under the Expanded
Collaborative Search Pilot Program).
PTO/SB/438 (Collaborative Search Pilot Program Survey).
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 300 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 300 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately
between 5 minutes (0.08 hours) and 3 hours to complete. This includes
the time to gather the necessary information, create the document, and
submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 462 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $200,970.
Table 1--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Private Sector Respondents
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Estimated Estimated Estimated annual
Item No. Item annual responses per Estimated annual Estimated time for Estimated burden Rate\1\ ($/ respondent cost
respondents respondent responses response (hour) (hour/year) hour) burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) (d)................... (c) x (d) = (e) (f) (e) x (f) = (g)
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1........ Petition for 37 1 37 3..................... 111 $435 $48,285
Participation
in the
Collaborative
Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the
Japan Patent
Office (JPO)
and the USPTO.
2........ Petition for 75 1 75 3..................... 225 435 97,875
Participation
in the
Collaborative
Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the
Korean
Intellectual
Property Office
(KPO) and the
USPTO.
3........ CSP Survey...... 112 1 112 0.08.................. 9 435 3,915
(5 minutes)...........
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Totals....... 224 .............. 224 ...................... 345 .......... 150,075
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\1\ 2021 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA); pg. F-27. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual property attorneys in private firms which is $435 per hour.
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Table 2--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Private Sector Respondents
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Estimated Estimated Estimated annual
Item No. Item annual responses per Estimated annual Estimated time for Estimated burden Rate \2\ respondent cost
respondents respondent responses response (hour) (hour/year) ($/hour) burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) (d)................... (c) x (d) = (e) (f) (e) x (f) = (g)
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1........ Petition for 13 1 13 3..................... 39 $435 $16,965
Participation
in the
Collaborative
Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the
Japan Patent
Office (JPO)
and the USPTO.
2........ Petition for 25 1 25 3..................... 75 435 32,625
Participation
in the
Collaborative
Search Pilot
(CSP) Program
Between the
Korean
Intellectual
Property Office
(KPO) and the
USPTO.
3........ CSP Survey...... 38 1 38 0.08.................. 3 435 1,305
(5 minutes)...........
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Totals....... 76 .............. 76 ...................... 117 .......... $50,895
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\2\ Ibid.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden: $0. There
are no capital start-up, maintenance costs, recordkeeping costs, filing
fees, or postage costs associated with this information collection.
IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the 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 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.
All comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the
request to OMB to approve this information collection. Before including
an address, phone number, email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment--including PII--may be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask in your comment to withhold PII from public view,
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Adminstrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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