[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 43131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20517]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0095]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review; 
Commerce Patent Regulations

AGENCIES:  Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding the reinstatement of a 
previously existing OMB clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request to review and approve a reinstatement of a previously 
approved information collection requirement concerning Commerce Patent 
Regulations.
    Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 
collection of information is necessary; whether it will have practical 
utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection 
of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden, to: General Services Administration (GSA), 
Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, 
Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce 
Patent Regulations, in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Woodson, Procurement 
Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501-3775 or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose

    As a result of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishing a 
final rule in the Federal Register implementing Pub. L. 98-620 (52 FR 
8552, March 18, 1987), a revision to FAR Subpart 27.3 to implement the 
Commerce regulation was published in the Federal Register as an interim 
rule on June 12, 1989 (54 FR 25060). The final rule was published 
without change on June 21, 1990.
    A Government contractor must report all subject inventions to the 
contracting officer, submit a disclosure of the invention, and identify 
any publication, or sale, or public use of the invention (52.227-11(c), 
52.227-13(e)(1). The contracting officer may modify 52.227-11(e) or 
otherwise supplement the clause to require contractors to submit 
periodic or interim and final reports listing subject inventions 
(27.303(b)(2)(i) and (ii)). In order to ensure that subject inventions 
are reported, the contractor is required to establish and maintain 
effective procedures for identifying and disclosing subject inventions 
(52.227-11, Alternate IV; 52.227-13(e)(1)). In addition, the contractor 
must require his employees, by written agreements, to disclose subject 
inventions (52.227-11(e)(2); 52.227-13(e)(4)). The contractor also has 
an obligation to utilize the subject invention, and agree to report, 
upon request, the utilization or efforts to utilize the subject 
invention (27.302(e); 52.227-11(f).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

    Respondents: 1,200.
    Responses per Respondent: 9.75.
    Total Responses: 11,700.
    Hours per Response: 3.9.
    Total Burden Hours: 45,630.
    Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the 
information collection documents from the General Services 
Administration (GSA), Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., 
Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite 
OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce Patent Regulations, in all 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 20, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-20517 Filed 8-25-09; 8:45 am]
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