[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16466]


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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) will submit 
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: Invention Promoters/Promotion Firms Complaints.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/2048.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0044.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 38 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 100 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to gather the necessary 
information, prepare the form, and submit a complaint to the USPTO and 
approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for an invention promoter or 
promotion firm to prepare and submit a response to a complaint.
    Needs and Uses: The Inventors' Rights Act of 1999 requires the 
USPTO to provide a forum for the publication of complaints concerning 
invention promoters and responses from the invention promoters to these 
complaints. An individual may submit a complaint to the USPTO, which 
will then forward the complaint to the identified invention promoter 
for response. The complaints and responses are published on the USPTO 
Web site. The public uses this information collection to submit a 
complaint to the USPTO regarding an invention promoter or to respond to 
a complaint. The USPTO uses this information to comply with its 
statutory duty to publish the complaint along with any response from 
the invention promoter. The USPTO does not investigate these complaints 
or participate in any legal proceedings against invention promoters or 
promotion firms.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profits, and not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 ``0651-0044 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, Architecture, Engineering and Technical Services, 
Data Architecture and Services 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 November 6, 2006 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 28, 2006.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Architecture, Engineering and Technical Services, Data Architecture and 
Services Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-16466 Filed 10-4-06; 8:45 am]
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