[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17266-17267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07143]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: 0990-0419-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

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Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted 
an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for 
renewal of the approved information collection assigned OMB control 
number 0990-0419, scheduled to expire on June 30, 2017. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on this ICR 
during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before May 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 795-7714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0419 and 
document identifier 0990-0419-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Acquisition Regulation Clause 
Patent Rights and Rights and Data.
    Abstract: The Department of Health and Human Services; Office of 
the Assistant.Secretary for Financial Resources and Office of Grants 
and Acquisition Policy and Accountability, Division of Acquisition. is 
requesting an approval by OMB for an extension of a previously approved 
information collection request, 0990-0419--Acquisition Regulation 
Clause Patent rights and Rights in Data. HHS found that systematically, 
over a period of several years, when Determination of Exceptional 
Circumstances (DEC) were executed, additional legal protection for the 
patent and data rights of third parties beyond those covered by FAR 
27.306 were necessary A DEC is executed consistent with the policy and 
objectives of the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. 200, et. seq., to ensure 
that subject inventions made under contracts and subcontracts (at all 
tiers) are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise 
without unduly encumbering future research and discovery; to encourage 
maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported 
research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between 
commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations including universities; 
to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally 
supported inventions to meet its needs; to protect the public against 
nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and in the case of fulfilling 
the mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to 
ultimately to benefit the public health.
    Likely Respondents: Administrative, technical, legal and management 
personnel.
    The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized 
in the table below.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
  Information collection     Type of respondent      Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                             and hours for each     respondents     respondent        (hours)          hours
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(a).......................  Technical (4), Legal              63               1               8             504
                             (2), Management (2).
(b).......................  Technical (8), Legal              63               1              12             756
                             (2), Management (2).
(c).......................  Technical (8), Legal              63               3         12 (36)            2268
                             (3), Management (1).
(d).......................  Technical (8), Legal              63               3         14 (42)            2646
                             (4), Management (2).
(e).......................  Technical (6), Legal              63               1              10             630
                             (2), Management (2).
(f).......................  Technical (4), Legal              63               1               8             504
                             (2), Management (2).
(g).......................  Administrative (8)..              63               3          8 (24)            1512
(h).......................  Administrative (2),               63               3           3 (9)             567
                             Management (1).
(i).......................  Technical (4), Legal              63               3          8 (24)            1512
                             (2), Management (2).
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    Total.................  ....................              63              19        83 (173)          10,899
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Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-07143 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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