[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9213-9214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3617]
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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. 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Public User ID Badging.
Form Number(s): PTO-2030, PTO-2224.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0041.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 989 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 10,003 responses per year.
Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO expects that it will take the
public approximately 5 to 10 minutes (0.08 to 0.17 hours) to gather the
necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed
request.
Needs and Uses: The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to
maintain a Public Search Facility to provide patent and trademark
collections for searching and retrieval of information. The USPTO
issues online access cards to customers who wish to use the electronic
search systems at the Public Search Facility. Under the authority
provided in 41 CFR part 102-81, the USPTO also issues security
identification badges to members of the public who wish to use the
facilities at the USPTO. The public uses this information collection to
request an online access card or a security identification badge and to
register for the free user training classes.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: [email protected].
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at
www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0041 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information
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Officer, 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 March 19, 2012 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected], or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention
of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: February 13, 2012.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-3617 Filed 2-15-12; 8:45 am]
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