[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8535]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0095]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Commerce Patent 
Regulations

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an 
existing OMB clearance (9000-0095).

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently 
approved information collection requirement concerning Commerce Patent 
Regulations, Public Law 98-620. The clearance currently expires on July 
31, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack O'Neill, Federal Acquisition 
Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3856.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect 
of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing 
this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, 
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4037, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce 
Patent Regulations, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

    As a result of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishing a 
final rule in the Federal Register implementing Public Law 98-620 (52 
FR 8552, March 18, 1987), a revision to FAR Subpart 27.3 to implement 
the Commerce regulation was published in the Federal Register as an 
interim rule on June 12, 1989 (54 FR 25060).
    A Government contractor must report all subject inventions to the 
contracting officer, submit a disclosure of the invention, and identify 
any publication, or sale, or public use of the invention (52.227-11(c), 
52.228-12(c), and 52.227-13(e)(2)). Contractors are required to submit 
periodic or interim and final reports listing subject inventions 
(27.303(a); 27.304-1(e)(1)(i) and (ii); 27.304-1(e)(2)(i) and (ii); 
52.227-12(f)(7); 52.227-14(e)(3)). In order to ensure that subject 
inventions are reported, the contractor is required to establish and 
maintain effective procedures for identifying and disclosing subject 
inventions (52.227-11, Alternate IV; 52.227-12(f)(5); 52.227-13(e)(1)).
    In addition, the contractor must require his employees, by written 
agreements, to disclose subject inventions (52.227-11(f)(2); 52.227-
12(f)(2); 52.227-13(e)(4)). The contractor also has an obligation to 
utilize the subject invention, and agree to report, upon request, the 
utilization or efforts to utilize the subject invention (27.302(e); 
52.227-11(h); 52.227-12 (h)).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average 3.9 hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate 
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including 
suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services 
Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4037, 
Washington, DC 20405.
    The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows:
    Respondents, 1,200; responses per respondent, 9.75; total annual 
responses, 11,700; preparation hours per response, 3.9; and total 
response burden hours, 45,630.

    OBTAINING COPIES OR PROPOSALS: Requester may obtain a copy of the 
justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat 
(MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone 
(202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce Patent 
Regulations, in all correspondence.

    Dated: March 27, 1998.
Sharon A. Kiser,
FAR Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 98-8535 Filed 3-31-98; 8:45 am]
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