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Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Patents for Humanity
Program
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection
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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 November 30, 2021 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: Patents for Humanity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0066.
Needs and Uses: Since 2012, the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) has conducted the
Patents for Humanity Program, an
annual award program to incentivize the
distribution of patented technologies or
products for the purpose of addressing
humanitarian needs. The program is
open to any patent owners or patent
licensees, including inventors who have
not assigned their ownership rights to
others, assignees, and exclusive or nonexclusive licenses. USPTO collects
information from applicants that
describe what actions they have taken
with their patented technology to
address the welfare of impoverished
populations, or how they furthered
research by others on technologies for
humanitarian purposes. There are
numerous categories of awards
including: Medicine, Nutrition,
Sanitation, Household Energy, and
Living Standards. Sometimes the
program includes additional categories
specific for that year, for example
COVID–19. This information collection
covers two application forms for the
Patents for Humanity Program. The first
application covers the humanitarian
uses of technologies or products, and
the second application covers
humanitarian research. In both,
applicants are required to describe how
their technology or product satisfies the
program criteria to address
humanitarian issues. Additionally,
applicants must provide non-public
contact information in order for USPTO
to notify them about their award status.
Applicants may optionally provide
contact information for the public to
reach them with any inquiries.
Applications must be submitted via
email and will be posted on USPTO’s
website. Qualified judges from outside
USPTO will review and score the
applications. USPTO will then forward
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the top-scoring applications to
reviewers from participating Federal
agencies to recommend award
recipients. Winners are invited to
participate in an awards ceremony at
USPTO. Those applications that are
chosen for an award will receive a
certificate redeemable to accelerate
select matters before USPTO. The
certificates can be redeemed to
accelerate one of the following matters:
An ex parte reexamination proceeding,
including one appeal to the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board (PTAB) from that
proceeding; a patent application,
including one appeal to the PTAB from
that application; or an appeal to the
PTAB of a claim twice rejected in a
patent application or reissue application
or finally rejected in an ex parte
reexamination, without accelerating the
underlying matter which generated the
appeal. This information collection also
covers the information gathered in
petitions to extend an acceleration
certificate redemption beyond 12
months. Finally, winners are now able
to transfer their certificates to third
parties, including by sale, due to the
January 2021 passage of the Patents for
Humanity Program Improvement Act.
Form Numbers:
• PTO/PFH/001 (Patents for Humanity
Competition: Humanitarian Use
Application)
• PTO/PFH/002 (Patents for Humanity
Competition: Research Use
Application)
• PTO/SB/431 (Patents for Humanity
Competition: Petition to Extend
Redemption)
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector;
individuals or households; state, local,
and tribal governments; and Federal
government.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 115 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 115 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public 30 minutes to 4 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: 428 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
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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 0651–0066.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0066
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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Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed additions to the
procurement list.
AGENCY:
The Committee is proposing
to add service(s) to the Procurement List
that will be furnished by nonprofit
agencies employing persons who are
blind or have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before: March 20, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or to submit
comments contact: Michael R.
Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 785–6404,
or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published pursuant to 41
U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its
purpose is to provide interested persons
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Service(s)
Service Type: Base Supply Center
Mandatory for: Hanscom Air Force Base
Designated Source of Supply: Industries for
the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc.,
West Allis, WI
Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE AIR
FORCE, FA2835 AFLCMC HANSCOM
PZI
Michael R. Jurkowski,
Acting Director, Business Operations.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to and deletions from
the procurement list.
AGENCY:
Procurement List; Proposed Additions
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Additions
If the Committee approves the
proposed additions, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice will be required to procure the
product(s) and service(s) listed below
from nonprofit agencies employing
persons who are blind or have other
severe disabilities.
The following service(s) are proposed
for addition to the Procurement List for
production by the nonprofit agencies
listed:
Procurement List; Additions and
Deletions
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
SUMMARY:
an opportunity to submit comments on
the proposed actions.
This action adds product(s) to
the Procurement List that will be
furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities, and
deletes product(s) and service(s) from
the Procurement List previously
furnished by such agencies.
DATES: Date added to and deleted from
the Procurement List: March 20, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703)
785–6404 or email CMTEFedReg@
AbilityOne.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additions
On 11/26/2021, 12/3/2021, the
Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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published notice of proposed additions
to the Procurement List. This notice is
published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503
(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3.
After consideration of the material
presented to it concerning capability of
qualified nonprofit agencies to provide
the product(s) and impact of the
additions on the current or most recent
contractors, the Committee has
determined that the product(s) listed
below are suitable for procurement by
the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C.
8501–8506 and 41 CFR 51–2.4.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. The action will not result in any
additional reporting, recordkeeping or
other compliance requirements for small
entities other than the small
organizations that will furnish the
product(s) to the Government.
2. The action will result in
authorizing small entities to furnish the
product(s) to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in
connection with the product(s)
proposed for addition to the
Procurement List.
End of Certification
Accordingly, the following product(s)
are added to the Procurement List:
Product(s)
NSN(s)—Product Name(s):
MR 10815—Meat Baller, Includes Shipper
20815
MR 10814—Ice Ball Tray, Includes Shipper
20814
Designated Source of Supply: Winston-Salem
Industries for the Blind, Inc, WinstonSalem, NC
Contracting Activity: Military Resale-Defense
Commissary Agency
Distribution: C-List
Deletions
On 8/27/2021, the Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind
or Severely Disabled published notice of
proposed deletions from the
Procurement List. This notice is
published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503
(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3.
After consideration of the relevant
matter presented, the Committee has
determined that the product(s) and
service(s) listed below are no longer
suitable for procurement by the Federal
Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506
and 41 CFR 51–2.4.
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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; Patents for Humanity Program
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 November 30, 2021 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: Patents for Humanity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0066.
Needs and Uses: Since 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) has conducted the Patents for Humanity Program, an
annual award program to incentivize the distribution of patented
technologies or products for the purpose of addressing humanitarian
needs. The program is open to any patent owners or patent licensees,
including inventors who have not assigned their ownership rights to
others, assignees, and exclusive or non-exclusive licenses. USPTO
collects information from applicants that describe what actions they
have taken with their patented technology to address the welfare of
impoverished populations, or how they furthered research by others on
technologies for humanitarian purposes. There are numerous categories
of awards including: Medicine, Nutrition, Sanitation, Household Energy,
and Living Standards. Sometimes the program includes additional
categories specific for that year, for example COVID-19. This
information collection covers two application forms for the Patents for
Humanity Program. The first application covers the humanitarian uses of
technologies or products, and the second application covers
humanitarian research. In both, applicants are required to describe how
their technology or product satisfies the program criteria to address
humanitarian issues. Additionally, applicants must provide non-public
contact information in order for USPTO to notify them about their award
status. Applicants may optionally provide contact information for the
public to reach them with any inquiries. Applications must be submitted
via email and will be posted on USPTO's website. Qualified judges from
outside USPTO will review and score the applications. USPTO will then
forward the top-scoring applications to reviewers from participating
Federal agencies to recommend award recipients. Winners are invited to
participate in an awards ceremony at USPTO. Those applications that are
chosen for an award will receive a certificate redeemable to accelerate
select matters before USPTO. The certificates can be redeemed to
accelerate one of the following matters: An ex parte reexamination
proceeding, including one appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
(PTAB) from that proceeding; a patent application, including one appeal
to the PTAB from that application; or an appeal to the PTAB of a claim
twice rejected in a patent application or reissue application or
finally rejected in an ex parte reexamination, without accelerating the
underlying matter which generated the appeal. This information
collection also covers the information gathered in petitions to extend
an acceleration certificate redemption beyond 12 months. Finally,
winners are now able to transfer their certificates to third parties,
including by sale, due to the January 2021 passage of the Patents for
Humanity Program Improvement Act.
Form Numbers:
PTO/PFH/001 (Patents for Humanity Competition: Humanitarian
Use Application)
PTO/PFH/002 (Patents for Humanity Competition: Research Use
Application)
PTO/SB/431 (Patents for Humanity Competition: Petition to
Extend Redemption)
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households; state,
local, and tribal governments; and Federal government.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 115 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 115 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public 30 minutes to 4
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: 428 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov.
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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 0651-0066.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0066 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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