[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3268-3269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1526]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
    Title: Patent Cooperation Treaty.
    Agency Form Number: PCT/RO/101 and Annex 134/144; PCT/IPEA/401 and 
Annex PCT/1B/328; PCT/Model Power of Attorney; Model of General Power 
of Attorney.
    OMB Approval Number: 0651-0021.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection 
for which approval has expired.
    Burden: 98,195 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 15,800 (102,950 submissions per year).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Varies between .25 and 4 hours depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected is required by the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty. The general purpose of the Treaty is to simplify 
the filing of patent applications on the same invention in different 
countries. It provides for a centralized filing procedure and a 
standardized application format.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations, not-for profit institutions, farms, federal, state, 
local or tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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

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calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    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. 20503.

    Dated: January 13, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-1526 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]
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