[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65373-65374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25747]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Legal Processes

    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 of 1995.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, (USPTO).
    Title: Legal Processes.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0046.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of an existing information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 309 responses per year. The USPTO estimates 
that approximately 10% of these responses will be from small entities.
    Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the public from 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 6 hours to prepare a single 
item in this collection, including gathering the necessary information, 
preparing the appropriate documents, and submitting the information 
required for this collection.
    Burden Hours: 132 hours.
    Cost Burden (non-hourly): $7,621. This cost burden includes filing 
fees associated with the petition to waive or suspend the legal process 
rules under 37 CFR 104.3 and postage costs associated with the items in 
the collection.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this collection is to cover 
information requirements related to civil actions and claims involving 
current and former employees of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office (USPTO). The rules for these legal processes may be found under 
37 CFR part 104, which outlines procedures for service of process, 
demands for employee testimony and production of documents in legal 
proceedings, reports of unauthorized testimony, employee 
indemnification, and filing claims against the USPTO under the Federal 
Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2672) and the corresponding Department of 
Justice regulations (28 CFR part 14). The public may also petition the 
USPTO Office of General Counsel under 37 CFR 104.3 to waive or suspend 
these rules in extraordinary cases.
    There are no forms provided by the USPTO for this collection. For 
filing claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the public may use 
Standard Form 95 ``Claim for Damage, Injury, or Death,'' which is 
provided by the Department of Justice and approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number 1105-0008.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions; and the Federal Government.
    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-
0046 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance 
Branch, Office of the Chief Administration 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 December 27, 2019 to Nicholas A. 
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected], 
or

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by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.

Marcie Lovett,
Director, Records and Information Governance Branch, OAS, Office of the 
Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark 
Office.
[FR Doc. 2019-25747 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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