[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 110 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28856-28857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14215]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection

    DOC 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 (44 USC 35).
    Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
    Title: Post Allowance and Refiling.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0033.
    Form Numbers: PTO/SB13, 14, 44, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 
PTO-85B.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 63,400 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 165,900 submissions.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Varies for each form from .2 to 5 hours.
    Needs and uses: This collection of information is required to 
administer the patent laws pursuant to Title 35 of the U.S. Code 
concerning the issuance of patents and related actions. The affected 
public includes any individual or institution whose application for a 
patent has been allowed or who takes action as covered by the 
applicable rules. The information is collected when an application for 
a patent is allowed by PTO or if the grantee or others request 
reexamination or wishes to correct information contained in the patent.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses or other 
for-profit institutions, Farms, State, Local or Tribal Government, 
Federal Government and Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: When an application for patent is allowed or at 
discretion of the individual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain Benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein, (202) 395-3785.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting Departmental Forms 
Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendation for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maya Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10236, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 30, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-14215 Filed 6-5-96; 8:45 am]
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