[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 16092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8098]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
    Title: Public User ID Badging (formerly Public Search Room 
Badging).
    Form Number(s): PTO-2030.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0041.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,076 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 9,360 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately five minutes to gather the necessary information, 
prepare the form, and submit the completed application for a Public 
User ID or to renew or replace a Public User ID badge, and 
approximately ten minutes to supply any optional information to the 
USPTO staff, have the photograph taken, and be issued a Public User ID 
badge.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection supports the Public 
User ID system used to manage the public's access to the Public Search 
Facilities and other office areas of the USPTO. In order to maintain 
the patent and trademark search facilities so that the information is 
available to the public, the USPTO uses an electronic badging system to 
issue plastic ID badges with a color photograph of the user, a user 
number, and an expiration date. The public uses this collection to 
request, renew, or replace a Public User ID badge in order to access 
the search facilities, its services, and other office areas of the 
USPTO. The USPTO uses this collection to identify the status of any 
existing badges for the user, update user information, and track the 
use of USPTO facilities and services.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profits, not-for-profit institutions, farms, the federal 
government, and state, local, or tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion and annually for renewals.
    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, USPTO, Suite 310, 2231 
Crystal Drive, Washington, DC 20231, by phone at (703) 308-7400, or by 
e-mail at [email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before May 6, 2002, to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 27, 2002.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Management, Data Administration 
Division.
[FR Doc. 02-8098 Filed 4-3-02; 8:45 am]
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