[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4036-4037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01610]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Public Search Facility User ID and Badging
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a
proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0041
(Public Search Facility User ID and Badging).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0041 comment in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance
Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Terry Howard, Manager, Public Search Facility,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-3258; or by email to
[email protected]. Additional information about this collection is
also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection
Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to maintain a Public Search Facility to make
publically accessible USPTO patent and trademark collections for search
and retrieval. The facility is located in a publicly accessible portion
of USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and offers access to the
collection's paper and electronic files.Trained staff are available to
assist users with searches. The USPTO also offers training courses to
assist users with the advanced electronic search systems available at
the facility.
This collection covers information that individuals submit in
application to establish a USPTO online access account. This
application allows users to obtain, renew, or replace online access
account cards which provide access to the electronic search system at
the Public Search Facility. The public may apply for an online access
account only at the Public Search Facility reference desk by providing
the completed application (including contact information) and proper
identification. The access account cards include a bar-coded user
number and an expiration date. Users may renew their account card in
person by validating and updating the required information and may
obtain a replacement for a lost account card by providing proper
identification. Users who wish to register for the voluntary training
courses by do so by completing the appropriate form.
This collection also covers information in applications to
establish, renew, or replace security identification badges issued,
under the authority provided in 41 CFR part 102-81, to members of the
public who wish to access the Public Search Facility. Users may apply
for a security badge in person at the USPTO Security Office by
providing the completed application (including applicant and contact
information) and presenting a valid form of identification with
photograph. The security badges include a color photograph of the user
and must be worn at all times while at the USPTO facilities.
II. Methods of Collection
The applications for online access accounts and security
identification badges are completed on site and handed to a USPTO staff
member for issuance. User training registration forms may be mailed,
faxed, emailed, or hand delivered to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0041.
IC Instruments and Forms: PTO-2030 and PTO-2224.
Type of Review: Extension of a Previously Existing Information
Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,250 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 10 minutes (0.17
hours) to complete the information in this collection, depending on the
application. This includes the time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate form, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 500 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $145,750. The USPTO
expects that both attorneys and paraprofessionals will complete the
submissions. The USPTO estimates that one third of the applicants will
be attorneys and the remaining two thirds will be paraprofessionals.
The professional hourly rate for attorneys is $438 and the professional
hourly rate for paraprofessionals is $145. The attorney rates is
established by estimates in the 2017 Report on the Economic Survey,
published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the
American Intellectual Property Law Association. The paraprofessional
rate is established by estimates in the 2016 National Utilization and
Compensation Survey, published by the National Association of Legal
Assistance (NALA). The estimated combined rate is $291.50. Using this
hourly rate, the USTPO estimates that the total respondent cost burden
for this collection is $145,750. per year.
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Annual cost
IC # Item Time for response (hours) Responses Burden hours Rate burden
........................ (a).............................. (b) (c) = (a) x (d) (e) = (c) x
(b) (d)
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1.......................... Application for Public 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 1,250 100 $291.50 $29,150.00
User ID (Access Card).
2.......................... Renew Online Access Card 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 500 40 291.50 11,600.00
3.......................... Replace Online Access 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 50 4 291.50 1,166.00
Card.
4.......................... User Training 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 150 12 291.50 3,498.00
Registration Forms.
5.......................... Security Identification 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 1,000 80 291.50 23,320.00
Badges for Public Users.
6.......................... Renew Security 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 3,200 256 291.50 74,624.00
Identification Badges
for Public Users.
7.......................... Replace Security 0.08 (5 minutes)................. 100 8 291.50 2,332.00
Identification Badges.
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Totals................. ........................ ................................. 6,250 500 .............. 145,750.00
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $1,501.96.
This collection has annual (non-hour) costs in the form of fees and
postage costs.
There are no application or renewal fees for online access cards or
security identification badges. However, there is a $15 fee for issuing
a replacement security identification badge. The USPTO estimates that
it will reissue approximately 100 security badges annually that have
been lost, stolen, or need to be replaced, for a total of $1,500.00 per
year in replacement fees.
Users may incur postage costs when submitting a user training
registration form to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO expects that
approximately 4 training forms received per year will be submitted by
mail. The USPTO estimates that the average first-class postage cost for
a mailed training form will be $0.49 for a total postage cost of $1.96
per year for this collection.
The total annual (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this
collection in the forms of fees and postage costs is estimated to be
$1,501.96 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, e.g., the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-01610 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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