[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 218 (Monday, November 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69143-69144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22529]


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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: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form.
    Form Number(s): PTO-2042.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0045.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,383 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 4,126 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to read the instructions 
and subscriber agreement, gather the necessary information, prepare the 
Certificate Action Form, and submit the completed request. The USPTO 
estimates that it will take the public approximately 10 minutes (0.17 
hours) to complete and electronically submit the information required 
for certificate self-recovery.
    Needs and Uses: In support of the Government Paperwork Elimination 
Act and its own electronic filing initiatives, the USPTO uses Public 
Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology to support electronic commerce 
between the USPTO and its customers. In order to access secure online 
systems offered by the USPTO for transactions such as electronic filing 
of patent applications and retrieving confidential patent application 
information, customers must first obtain a digital certificate. The 
public uses this collection to request a new digital certificate, the 
revocation of a current certificate, or the recovery of a lost 
certificate. This collection includes the existing Certificate Action 
Form (PTO-2042), which is provided by the USPTO to ensure that 
customers submit the necessary information for processing certificate 
requests. The USPTO is adding a new electronic Certificate Self-
Recovery Form to this collection to enable customers to recover their 
own lost certificates online.
    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:

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     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0045 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, PO Box 1450, 
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before December 14, 2005 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 7, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,Office 
of Data Architecture and Services, Data Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 05-22529 Filed 11-10-05; 8:45 am]
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