[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17484]
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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: Supplemental Declaration for Reissue Patent Application
(Proposed Addition to 0651-0033, Post Allowance.
Form Number: PTO/SB/51S.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0033.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection
(proposed addition of a new form to collection).
Burden: 10.5 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 350 responses annually.
Average Hours Per Response: Based on estimates and knowledge of the
form, the PTO estimates the burden hours required by the public to
gather, prepare, and submit Form PTO/SB/51S, Supplemental Declaration
for a Reissue Patent Application under 37 CFR 1.175, to be
approximately 1.8 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Supplemental Declaration for Reissue Patent
Application, Form PTO/SB/51S, is used by the patentee to correct errors
in the patent that occurred ``without any deceptive intention'' on the
part of the patentee. It is also used by the patentee to obtain a
reissue patent. The PTO uses this declaration to correct errors in the
original patent that occurred ``without deceptive intent.'' It is also
used by the PTO to reissue the patent.
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: Peter Weiss, (202) 395-3630.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5033, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
LE[email protected]).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication to Peter Weiss,
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: July 2, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17484 Filed 7-8-99; 8:45 am]
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