[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36126-36127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12294]


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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: Patent Processing (Updating).
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/08a, PTO/SB/08b, PTO/SB/17i, PTO/SB/17P, 
PTO/SB/21-27, PTO/SB/30-37, PTO/SB/42-43, PTO/SB/61-64, PTO/SB/64a, 
PTO/SB/67-68, PTO/SB/91-92, PTO/SB/96-97, PTO-2053-A/B, PTO-2054-A/B, 
PTO-2055-A/B, PTOL/413A.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0031.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,732,441 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,284,439 responses.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 minute 48 seconds to 8 hours. The USPTO 
estimates that it will take 12 minutes (0.20) to complete the petition 
for express abandonment to obtain a refund. This includes time to 
gather the necessary information, create the documents, and submit the 
completed request.
    Needs and Uses: This proposed new petition for express abandonment 
to obtain a refund will benefit the applicant by allowing the applicant 
to receive a refund of the search fee if the applicant files a written 
express

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abandonment as prescribed by the Director before an examination has 
been made of the application. The USPTO is submitting this collection 
in support of a notice of proposed rulemaking, ``Changes to Implement 
the Patent Search Fee Refund Provisions of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005'' (RIN 0651-AB79). There is one form 
associated with this final rulemaking, PTO/SB 24b, Petition for Express 
Abandonment to Obtain a Refund.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; 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 ``0651-0031 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 July 22, 2005, to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 15, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 05-12294 Filed 6-21-05; 8:45 am]
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