[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 72 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19931-19932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7560]


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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

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Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
    Title: Public User ID Badging.
    Form Number(s): PTO-2030, PTO-2224.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0041.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,260 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 13,138 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to submit an application 
for an online access card (PTO-2030) and approximately 10 minutes (0.17 
hours) to verify the information with the USPTO staff and be issued the 
card. The USPTO also estimates that it will take the public 
approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to renew or replace an online 
access card, to submit an application for a security identification 
badge (PTO-2224), or to replace a security identification badge; and 
approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) to submit a user training 
application form. These estimates include the time to gather the 
necessary information, prepare the form, and submit the completed 
request.
    Needs and Uses: The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to 
maintain a Public Search Facility with patent and trademark collections 
available for searching and retrieval of information by the public. In 
order to manage the patent and trademark collections, the USPTO issues 
online access cards to customers who wish to use the search facilities 
and access their online systems. Under the authority provided in 41 CFR 
part 102-81, the USPTO is also upgrading the security procedures at its 
facilities and will issue a separate security identification badge with 
photograph for public search users. The public uses this collection to 
request an online access card, a security identification badge, or to 
register for training classes for the online search systems. The USPTO 
is adding three new forms to this information collection, one form for 
public users to apply for a security identification badge (PTO-2224) 
and two forms for public users to register for training classes.
    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.
    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 ``0651-0041 copy 
request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 571-273-0112, 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, VA 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before May 16, 2005 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 8, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office 
of Data Architecture and Services, Data Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7560 Filed 4-14-05; 8:45 am]
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