[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 234 (Friday, December 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 64352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31880]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (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 Chapter 35).
    Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
    Title: Secrecy/License to Export.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0034.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,476 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,187.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates the burden hours 
required by the public to gather, prepare, and submit the various 
petitions will range anywhere from 30 minutes (.5) to four hours, 
depending on the situation.
    Needs and Uses: Existing patent laws and rules place limitations on 
the disclosure of inventions when such disclosure is determined by 
appropriate officials not to be in the national interest. A patent 
application must also be granted a license by the office to file an 
application for a patent from a foreign country. Regulations permit 
applicants to petition to have secrecy orders rescinded or modified or 
to reconsider a request for a license to submit a patent application 
abroad. This collection includes that information needed by PTO to 
review and decide such requests.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations, non-profit institutions, farms, Federal agencies or 
employees, and state, local, or tribal agencies or employees.
    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 calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, 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 within 30 days of publication to Maya A. 
Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20503.

    Dated: December 1, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-31880 Filed 12-4-97; 8:45 am]
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