[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35173-35174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16503]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Information Collection Under Review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB)

    DOC has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
    Title: Initial Patent Application.
    Form Number: Agency--PTO xxxx.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0032.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,387,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 221,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10.8 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this information collection is to 
permit the PTO to determine whether an application meets the criteria 
set forth in the patent statutes and regulations. The standard Fee 
Transmittal form, New Utility Patent Application Transmittal form, New 
Design Patent Application Transmittal form, New Plant Patent 
Application Transmittal form, Plant Color Coding Sheet, Declaration, 
and Plant Patent Application Declaration will assist applicants in 
complying with the requirements of the patent statutes and regulations, 
and will further assist the PTO in processing and examination of the 
application.
    Affected Public: Any individual filing a patent application.
    Frequency: When filing a patent application.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein (202) 395-3785.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing DOC Clearing Officer, Gerald Tache, Department of 
Commerce, room 5310.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maya A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: June 29, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-16503 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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