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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.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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of Patent Legal Administration, at 571–
272–7747; or Carolyn Kosowski, Senior
Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, at 571–272–7688.
The
USPTO published in the Federal
Register on November 17, 2023,
supplemental guidance to be used by
USPTO personnel in determining
whether a design claim including a
computer-generated electronic image is
directed to statutory subject matter. See
Supplemental Guidance for
Examination of Design Patent
Applications Related to ComputerGenerated Electronic Images, Including
Computer-Generated Icons and
Graphical User Interfaces, 88 FR 80277.
This notice provides the deadline for
submitting written comments through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. The deadline for
submitting comments is November 18,
2024. Please see the ADDRESSES section
in the November 17, 2023 notice for
instructions on how to submit
comments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
In the Federal Register of November
17, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–25473, on
page 80277, in the third column, correct
the DATES caption to read:
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO–P–2023–0047]
Supplemental Guidance for
Examination of Design Patent
Applications Related to ComputerGenerated Electronic Images,
Including Computer-Generated Icons
and Graphical User Interfaces
Patent and Trademark Office,
Commerce.
ACTION: Examination guidance;
correction.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) published in
the Federal Register on November 17,
2023, supplemental guidance to be used
by USPTO personnel in determining
whether a design claim including a
computer-generated electronic image is
directed to statutory subject matter. This
notice provides the deadline for written
comments. Additionally, the USPTO
has corrected Examples 2, 4, and 5 in
Section (V) of the supplemental
guidance published in the Federal
Register to reflect certain formatting
(i.e., underlining and strikethrough)
necessary to understand the examples.
The supplemental guidance, including
the examples, will be incorporated into
the Manual of Patent Examining
Procedure in due course.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Harriman, Senior Legal Advisor, Office
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This supplemental guidance is
applicable as of November 17, 2023.
Comments must be received by
November 18, 2024, to ensure
consideration.
In addition, the USPTO has corrected
Examples 2, 4, and 5 in Section (V) of
the supplemental guidance published in
the Federal Register to reproduce
certain formatting (i.e., underlining and
strikethrough) in the text necessary to
understand the examples. A PDF
version of the examples, which contains
the formatting, has been posted on the
Examination Guidance and Training
Materials page under 35 U.S.C. 171 at
www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/
examination-policy/examinationguidance-and-training-materials.
The supplemental guidance,
including the examples, will be
incorporated into the Manual of Patent
Examining Procedure in due course.
DATES:
Katherine Kelly Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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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 Examiner Employment
Application
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 comments 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 15, 2023 during
a 60-day comment period (88 FR 78332).
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comment.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Examiner Employment
Application.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0042.
Needs and Uses: In the current
employment environment, life science
and engineering graduates are in great
demand. The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is in direct
competition with the private industry
for the same caliber of candidates with
the requisite knowledge and skills to
perform patent examination work. This
information collection covers online
applications to the USPTO for entry
level patent examiner positions. More
specifically, the collection covers the
respondent data gathered from the
applications. The USPTO posts the
relevant positions online and collects
applicant information via the USA
Staffing System.
The USA Staffing online application
collects supplemental information to a
candidate’s USAJOBS application. This
information assists USPTO Human
Resource Specialists and Hiring
Managers in determining whether an
applicant possesses the basic
qualification requirements for a patent
examiner position. From the
information collected, the USA Staffing
system creates an electronic real-time
candidate inventory on applicants’
expertise and technical knowledge,
which allows USPTO to immediately
review applications from multiple
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applicants. The use of such automated
online systems during recruitment
allows USPTO to remain competitive,
meet hiring goals, and fulfill the
Agency’s Congressional commitment to
reduce the pendency rate for the
examination of patent applications.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or maintain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 7,226 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 7,226 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 30 minutes (0.5
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: 3,613 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0.
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, 0651–0042.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0042
information request’’ in the subject line
of the message.
• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
[Docket ID: USA–2023–HQ–0013]
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), Department of the Army,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: 30-Day information collection
notice.
AGENCY:
The DoD has submitted 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.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by February 28,
2024.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lane Purvis, (571) 372–0460, whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Silver Jackets Program
Nomination and Awards; ENG Form
6128; OMB Control Number 0710–0023.
Type of Request: Revision.
Number of Respondents: 54.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 54.
Average Burden per Response: 20
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 18.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection request is necessary to obtain
input and feedback from our state
government partners regarding the
performance and achievement of stateled Silver Jackets teams. Through the
National Flood Risk Management
Program, USACE supports the Silver
Jackets Program, which has teams in all
states and several territories, bringing
together multiple state, federal, local,
and tribal agencies to learn from one
another and work together to reduce risk
from floods and other natural hazards.
The ENG Form 6128, ‘‘Silver Jackets
State Team of the Year,’’ provides the
vehicle for Silver Jackets teams to
nominate their fellow teams for
consideration for the Silver Jackets
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Team of the Year Award. The responses
to this information collection are used
to recognize excellent work by teams,
thank the team partners for their efforts,
and provide incentives for future team
participation.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Matthew
Oreska.
You may also submit comments and
recommendations, identified by Docket
ID number and title, by the following
method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, Docket
ID number, and title for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
these submissions available for public
viewing on the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
received without change, including any
personal identifiers or contact
information.
DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Lane
Purvis.
Requests for copies of the information
collection proposal should be sent to
Mr. Purvis at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil.
Dated: January 23, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Board of Regents, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences;
Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting
Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)),
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The DoD is publishing this
notice to announce that the following
Federal Advisory Committee meeting of
the Board of Regents, Uniformed
Services University of the Health
Sciences (BoR USUHS) will take place.
DATES: Monday, February 5, 2024, open
to the public from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(EST).
SUMMARY:
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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 Examiner Employment Application
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 comments 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 15, 2023 during a 60-day comment period
(88 FR 78332). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comment.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Examiner Employment Application.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0042.
Needs and Uses: In the current employment environment, life science
and engineering graduates are in great demand. The United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO) is in direct competition with the private
industry for the same caliber of candidates with the requisite
knowledge and skills to perform patent examination work. This
information collection covers online applications to the USPTO for
entry level patent examiner positions. More specifically, the
collection covers the respondent data gathered from the applications.
The USPTO posts the relevant positions online and collects applicant
information via the USA Staffing System.
The USA Staffing online application collects supplemental
information to a candidate's USAJOBS application. This information
assists USPTO Human Resource Specialists and Hiring Managers in
determining whether an applicant possesses the basic qualification
requirements for a patent examiner position. From the information
collected, the USA Staffing system creates an electronic real-time
candidate inventory on applicants' expertise and technical knowledge,
which allows USPTO to immediately review applications from multiple
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applicants. The use of such automated online systems during recruitment
allows USPTO to remain competitive, meet hiring goals, and fulfill the
Agency's Congressional commitment to reduce the pendency rate for the
examination of patent applications.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 7,226 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 7,226 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 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: 3,613 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0.
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, 0651-0042.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0042 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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