[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1968-1969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-951]


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PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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).

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    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
    Title: Disclosure Document Program.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/95.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0030.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,050 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 20,250 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 12 
minutes to submit a Disclosure Document Deposit Request. This includes 
time to gather the necessary information, create the documents, and 
submit the completed request.
    Needs and Uses: An applicant files a disclosure document to 
establish a date of conception for an invention. When the USPTO 
receives a request for disclosure document deposit, an identifying 
number is assigned and stamped on the document. The document is then 
filed. The information is used by the USPTO to establish the date of 
conception for an invention. The USPTO keeps a disclosure document for 
only two years, unless it is referred to in a related provisional or 
nonprovisional patent application filed within the two-year period. The 
disclosure document is not a patent application, and the date of its 
receipt in the USPTO will not become the effective filing date of any 
patent application subsequently filed.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; and the Federal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of Data 
Management, Data Administration Division, (703) 308-7400, USPTO, Suite 
310, 2231 Crystal Drive, Washington, DC 20231, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before February 14, 2002 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 2, 2002.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Management, Data Administration 
Division.
[FR Doc. 02-951 Filed 1-14-02; 8:45 am]
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