[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4038-4039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01611]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Financial 
Transactions

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) 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).

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    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
    Title: Financial Transactions.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0043.
    Form Number(s):

 PTO-2038

    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 4,885,505 responses per year.
    Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the public approximately 1 to 8 minutes (0.03 to 0.13 hours) to prepare 
the appropriate form or documents and submit to the USPTO.
    Burden Hours: 242,402.84 hours annually.
    Cost Burden: $111,419.97.
    Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113, the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) charges fees for processing 
and other services related to patents, trademarks, and information 
products. Customers may submit payments to the USPTO by several 
methods, including credit card, deposit account, electronic funds 
transfer (EFT), and paper check transactions. The provisions of 35 
U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are implemented in 37 CFR 1.16-1.28, 2.6-
2.7, and 2.206-2.209. This information collection includes associated 
payment and account forms for the aforementioned financial transactions 
and methods.
    Affected Public: 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, email: 
[email protected].
    Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in 
electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0043 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
     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.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before February 28, 2018 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.

Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United 
States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-01611 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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