[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 67 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18783-18784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7171]


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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: Recording Assignments.
    Form Number(s): PTO-1594, PTO-1595.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0027.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 181,695 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 363,388 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to prepare and submit a 
patent or

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trademark assignment recordation request.
    Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 
1060, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) records 
patent and trademark assignment documents that show the transfer of 
ownership of applications, patents, and trademark registrations from 
one entity to another. The USPTO provides cover sheets to ensure all 
the necessary assignment data is submitted for accurate recording. In 
order to file a request to record an assignment, the respondent must 
submit an appropriate cover sheet along with copies of the assignment 
documents to be recorded and payment of the appropriate fee. The 
recorded documents are available for public inspection, except for 
those documents that are sealed under secrecy orders or related to 
unpublished patent applications.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profits; 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 methods:
    E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0027 copy request'' 
in the subject line of the message.
    Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan Fawcett.
    Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public 
Information Services Division, United States 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 7, 2008 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 1, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services 
Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-7171 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]
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