[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71947-71948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28163]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0095; Docket No. 2019-0003; Sequence No. 31]


Submission for OMB Review; Commerce Patent Regulations

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration 
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision 
and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement 
regarding commerce patent regulations.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, 
DC 20503 or at [email protected]. Additionally submit a copy 
to GSA by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or 
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov 
and follow the instructions on the site.
     Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory 
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405. 
ATTN: Lois Mandell/IC 9000-0095, Commerce Patent Regulations.
    Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection 
9000-0095, Commerce Patent Regulations. Comments received generally 
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal and/or business confidential information provided. To 
confirm receipt of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov, 
approximately two to three days after submission to verify posting 
(except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)

    9000-0095, Commerce Patent Regulations.

B. Needs and Uses

    The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 27.3, Patents 
Rights under Government Contracts, implements the Department of 
Commerce regulation (37 CFR 401) based on chapter 18 of title 35 
U.S.C., Presidential Memorandum on Government Patent Policy to the 
Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, dated February 18, 1983, 
and Executive Order 12591, Facilitating Access to Science and 
Technology, dated April

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10, 1987. Under the subpart, a contracting officer may insert the 
clause at FAR 52.227-11, Patent Rights-Ownership by the Contractor, or 
52.227-13, Patent Rights-Ownership by the Government, in solicitations 
and contracts pertaining to inventions made in the performance of 
experimental, developmental, or research work.
    In accordance with the clauses, a Government contractor must report 
all subject inventions to the contracting officer, submit a disclosure 
of the invention, and identify any publication, sale, or public use of 
the invention (FAR 52.227-11(c), 52.227-13(e)(1)). The contracting 
officer may modify FAR 52.227-11(e) or otherwise supplement the clause 
to require contractors to submit periodic or interim and final reports 
listing subject inventions (FAR 27.303(b)(2)(i) and (ii)). In order to 
ensure that subject inventions are reported, the contractor is required 
to establish and maintain effective procedures for identifying and 
disclosing subject inventions (FAR 52.227-11, Alternate IV; 52.227-
13(e)(1)). In addition, the contractor must require its employees, by 
written agreements, to disclose subject inventions (FAR 52.227-
11(e)(2); 52.227-13(e)(4)). The contractor also has an obligation to 
utilize the subject invention, and agree to report, upon request, the 
utilization or efforts to utilize the subject invention (FAR 52.227-
11(f); 52.227-13(c)(1)(iii)).

C. Annual Burden

    Respondents: 3,379.
    Total Annual Responses: 13,200.
    Total Burden Hours: 52,800.

D. Public Comment

    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 84 FR 
56192, on October 21, 2019. No comments were received.
    Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information 
collection documents from the General Services Administration, 
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0095, Commerce Patent Regulations, in all correspondence.

    Dated: December 23, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide 
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-28163 Filed 12-27-19; 8:45 am]
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