[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45996-45997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23157]


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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 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
    Title: Patent Term Extension.
    Form Numbers: No Forms Associated.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0020.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,302 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 57.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates that it will take 
between one and 25 hours, depending on the complexity of the situation, 
to gather, prepare, and submit the applications, petitions, and 
requests associated with patent term extensions.
    Needs and Uses: The information supplied to the PTO by an applicant 
seeking a patent term extension is used by the Patent and Trademark 
Office, the Department of Health and Human

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Services, and the Department of Agriculture to determine the 
eligibility of a patent for extension and to determine the period of 
any such extension. The applicant can apply for patent term and interim 
extensions, petition the PTO to review final eligibility decisions, and 
withdraw patent term extensions. If there are multiple patents, the 
applicant can designate which patents should be extended. An applicant 
can also declare their eligibility to apply for a patent term 
extension.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, farms, federal government, and 
state, local, or tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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, NW, Washington, DC 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: August 24, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23157 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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