[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28549-28550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12214]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States 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: Admittance to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent 
Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
    Form Number(s): PTO-158, PTO-158A, 158T, 158LS, PTO-275, PTO-107A, 
PTO-1209, PTO-2126, PTO-2149, PTO-2150.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0012.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 98,028 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 93,340 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public between 1 minute (0.02 hours) and 40 hours, depending upon the 
complexity of the situation, to gather the necessary information, 
prepare, and submit the forms and requirements in this collection.
    Needs and Uses: This information is required by 35 U.S.C. 
2(b)(2)(D) and administered by the USPTO through 37 CFR 1.21, 10.14, 
10.170, 11.2, 11.5-11.14 and 11.28. The information is used by the 
Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) to determine 
whether the applicant for registration is of good moral character and 
repute; has the necessary legal, scientific, and technical 
qualifications; and is otherwise competent to advise and assist 
applicants in the presentation and prosecution of patent applications.
    Note that the USPTO is approved to collect a fee under 37 CFR 11.8 
and is seeking continued approval to collect that fee. The USPTO has 
not implemented the changes from that final rule or the new information 
collection activities associated with that rulemaking; however, we 
continue to include the estimates of that burden in this request. The 
USPTO at this time is not collecting that fee but is retaining an 
estimated burden for the fee collection. If the agency chooses to begin 
collecting the fee, it will inform the public.
    Please Note ALSO that the USPTO is requesting continued approval 
for items currently approved but not collected that are associated with 
37 CFR 11.13 and were introduced as collection items on June 24, 2004 
by the final rule 0651-AB55, Changes to Representation of Others Before 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office (60 Fed. Reg. 35428). OMB 
has previously approved the collection of these items. The USPTO has 
not implemented the changes from that proposed rule or the new 
information collection activities associated with that rulemaking; 
however, we continue to include the estimates of that burden in this 
request.
    If the agency determines that it will not implement the Rule and/or 
determines that the fee under 37 CFR 11.8 will never be collected, the 
agency will request a removal of the burden estimates from this 
collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, e-mail: [email protected].
    Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in 
electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at 
http://www.reginfo.gov.
    Paper copies can be obtained by:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0012 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, United States Patent and

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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 21, 2010 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail at [email protected] 
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. 
Fraser.

    Dated: May 17, 2010.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-12214 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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