[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53141-53142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22878]


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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: Statutory Invention Registration.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/94.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0036.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 29 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 73 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
approximately 24 minutes (0.4 hours) to submit a Statutory Invention 
Registration request or petition. This includes time to gather the 
necessary information, prepare the documents, and submit the completed 
request.
    Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 157 and 37 CFR 1.293-1.297, the 
USPTO is authorized to publish a statutory invention registration 
containing the specifications and drawings of a regularly filed 
application for a patent without examination, provided the applicant 
meets all the requirements for printing, waives the right to receive a 
patent on the invention within a certain period of time prescribed by 
the USPTO, and pays all application, publication, and other processing 
fees. This collection includes information needed by the USPTO to 
review and approve or deny such requests. The applicant may also 
petition the USPTO to review final refusal to publish or to withdraw a 
request to publish a statutory invention registration. The USPTO is 
submitting this collection in support of a proposed rulemaking 
``Changes to Support Implementation of the USPTO 21st Century Strategic 
Plan'' (RIN 0651-AB64), which would support the use of electronic 
signatures on documents and increase the filing fees for the petitions 
that are included in this collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profits, not-for-profit institutions, farms, the Federal Government, 
and state, local or tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.

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    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 the 
Chief Information Officer, Office of Data Architecture and Services, 
Data Administration Division, 703-308-7400, U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office, P.O. 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 9, 2003 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 2, 2003.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office 
of Data Architecture and Services, Data Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22878 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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