[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22253]


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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: Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/2048.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0044.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 38 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 100 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to gather the necessary 
information, complete the form, and submit the complaint to the USPTO. 
The USPTO estimates that it will take an invention promoter or 
promotion firm approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to prepare and 
submit a response to a complaint.
    Needs and Uses: The Inventors' Rights Act of 1999 requires the 
USPTO to provide a forum for publishing complaints concerning invention 
promoters and responses by the invention promoters to these complaints. 
An individual may submit a complaint to the USPTO, which is then 
forwarded to the identified invention promoter for response. Complaints 
and responses are published on the USPTO web site. The public uses this 
collection to submit a complaint to the USPTO regarding an invention 
promoter or to respond to a complaint. The USPTO uses this information 
to comply with its statutory duty to publish the complaint along with 
any response from the invention promoter.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profits, and not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 the 
Chief Information Officer, Office of Data Architecture and Services, 
Data Administration Division, 703-308-7400, U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office, PO Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313, Attn: CPK 3 Suite 310; or by 
e-mail at [email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before October 2, 2003 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 26, 2003.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office 
of Data Architecture and Services, Data Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22253 Filed 8-29-03; 8:45 am]
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