[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6302-6303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3076]


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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: Recording Assignments (formerly Changes in Patent and 
Trademark Practices).
    Form Numbers: PTO-1594 and PTO-1595.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0027.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 104,520 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 209,040 responses.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates that it will take 30 
minutes to gather, prepare, and submit the patent and trademark 
recordation form cover sheets.
    Needs and Uses: The patent and trademark recordation form cover 
sheets are used by the public to transfer the rights, title, and 
interest in patents or trademarks from one party to another. The public 
can also use these forms to submit patents and trademarks, patent and 
trademark assignments, other associated documents, and corrections to 
such items to the PTO for recording. The PTO uses these forms to 
process and record trademarks, patents, patent and trademark 
assignments, or other associated documents. The patent and trademark 
recordation form cover sheets also enable the PTO to ensure that all of 
the relevant bibliographic data related to these various documents is 
entered into the Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS).
    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)

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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, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 2, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 99-3076 Filed 2-8-99; 8:45 am]
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