[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32284]


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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: Provisional Applications.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/16.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0037.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 200,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 25,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates that it takes 8 hours 
for the public to gather, prepare, complete, and submit the provisional 
application to the PTO.
    Needs and Uses: Certain provisions in the Paris Convention and the 
Uruguay Round Agreements give a 12-month filing date advantage to 
international applications. To prevent this from happening, Congress 
passed a law calling for a ``provisional application'' that establishes 
a filing date comparable to international ones. PTO collects 
information to review and process provisional applications submitted to 
them.
    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 3, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-32284 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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