[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 7463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02342]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[13-006]


Information Collection

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of 
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this 
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: All comments should be submitted within 60 calendar days from 
the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Fran Teel, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Fran Teel, NASA PRA Officer, NASA Headquarters, 
300 E Street SW., JF000, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2225.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This clearance request pertains to the collection of information 
from NASA grantees and cooperative agreement partners who are required 
to submit new technology reports indicating new inventions and patents.

II. Method of Collection

    Grant recipients are encouraged to use information technology to 
prepare patent reports through a hyperlink to the electronic New 
Technology Reporting Web (eNTRe) site http://invention.nasa.gov. This 
Web site has been created to help NASA employees and parties under NASA 
funding agreements (i.e., contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, 
and subcontracts) to report new technology and patent notification 
directly, via a secure Internet connection, to NASA.

III. Data

    Title: Patents--Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
    OMB Number: 2700-0048.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5487.
    Estimated Time per Response: (a) 80% of respondents, or 4,390, will 
submit negative responses at .25 hours, and (b) 20% of respondents, or 
1,097 will report inventions or patents at 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Public Burden Hours: 9,874.
    Estimated Total Annual Public Cost: $335,716.
    Estimated Government Review and Analysis Time per Response: (a) 
4,390 at .15 hours, and (b) 1,097 at 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Government Burden Hours: 2,853.
    Estimated Total Government Cost: $97,002.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including 
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques 
or the use of other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.

Frances C. Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-02342 Filed 1-31-13; 8:45 am]
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