[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24511]


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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: Disclosure Document Program.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/95.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0030.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,445 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 22,225 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 12 
minutes (0.20 hours) 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 deposit 
request 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 non-provisional 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 any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0030 copy 
request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 703-308-7407, marked to the attention of Susan Brown.
     Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 
1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before December 3, 2004 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 28, 2004.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 04-24511 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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