[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24565-24566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8456]


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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: Secrecy and License to Export.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0034.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,310 hours annually.

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    Number of Respondents: 1,669 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours per Response: It is estimated to take between 30 minutes 
(0.5 hours) and 4.0 hours for the public to gather, prepare and submit 
the various petitions in this collection.
    Needs and Uses: In the interest of national security, patent laws 
and rules place certain limitations on the disclosure of information 
contained in patents and patent applications and on the filing of 
applications for patents in foreign countries. When an invention is 
determined to be detrimental to national security, the Director of the 
USPTO must issue a secrecy order and withhold the grant of a patent for 
such period as the national interest requires. The USPTO collects 
information to determine whether the patent laws and rules have been 
complied with, and to grant or revoke licenses to file abroad when 
appropriate. This collection is required by 35 U.S.C. 181-188 and 
administered through 37 CFR 5.1-5.33. There are no forms associated 
with this collection of information.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; and not-for-profit institutions.
    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:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0034 copy 
request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan K. 
Fawcett.
     Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public 
Information 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 June 4, 2007 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 26, 2007.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services 
Division.

[FR Doc. E7-8456 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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