[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5634-5635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patent Law Treaty

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 
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 of 1995.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Patent Law Treaty.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0073.

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    Form Number(s): There are no forms in this information collection.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 650 respondents per year.
    Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the public 1 hour to gather the necessary information, prepare the 
appropriate document, and submit the information to the USPTO. 
Approximately 99% of the total responses for this information 
collection will be submitted electronically.
    Burden Hours: 650 hours.
    Hourly Cost Burden: $284,700.
    Annual (non-hourly) Cost: $1,130,054.
    Needs and Uses: The public uses this information collection to seek 
restoration of the right of priority to a prior-filed foreign 
application or of the right to the benefit of a prior-filed provisional 
application.
    The information in this information collection can be submitted 
electronically through EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System), the USPTO's 
Web-based electronic filing system, as well as on paper. The USPTO is 
therefore accounting for both electronic and paper submissions in this 
information collection.
    The information collected, maintained, and used in this information 
collection is based on OMB and USPTO guidelines. This includes the 
basic information quality standards established in the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, in OMB Circular A-130, and in the OMB 
information quality guidelines.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for 
profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: 
[email protected]. Once submitted, the request will be 
publicly available in electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the 
instructions to view Department of Commerce information collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0073 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Information Collections Officer, 
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 information 
collection should be sent on or before March 2, 2020 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected], 
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. 
Fraser.

Marcie Lovett,
Chief, Records and Information Governance Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Office of Administrative Services, Strategic 
and Data Transport Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-01850 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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