[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48209-48211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15788]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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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
the extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0065 Global
Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys. The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of
the information collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before September 25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0065
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comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information
should be directed to J. David Binstead, Program Manager, Global
Intellectual Property Academy, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-
272-1500; or by email at [email protected] with ``0651-0065
comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this
information collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov
under ``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) was established in
2006 to offer training programs on enforcement of intellectual property
rights, patents, trademarks, and copyrights. GIPA's training programs
are designed to meet the specific needs of foreign government officials
concerning various intellectual property topics. By attending these
programs, foreign government officials learn about global intellectual
property rights protection and enforcement and discuss strategies to
handle the protection and enforcement issues in their respective
countries. The GIPA training programs are an important instrument that
USPTO uses to achieve its objectives of halting intellectual property
theft and advancing intellectual property right policies.
The surveys in this information collection are conducted in an
effort to provide additional details on ``who'' participants are, what
kind of positions they hold, length of time working in an intellectual
property area, type of organizations where respondents work, type of
intellectual property functions, and the effect of the GIPA program on
their professional work and their country's intellectual property
efforts. This information is being collected to improve the services
that the USPTO provides in its missions of serving the international IP
community. The data captured will also be used to help meet
organizational performance and accountability goals through the
following legislative mandates and performance guidance:
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA); \1\
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\1\ https://www.congress.gov/103/statute/STATUTE-107/STATUTE-107-Pg285.pdf.
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Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of
2010 (GPRMA); \2\
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\2\ https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ352/PLAW-111publ352.pdf.
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President's Management Agenda (PMA); \3\ and
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\3\ https://www.performance.gov/pma/.
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Foundations for Evidence Based Policy Making Act of
2018.\4\
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\4\ https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ435/PLAW-115publ435.pdf.
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Evaluation and measurement efforts provide methodologically
rigorous data activity and analyses in place of more subjective, ad
hoc, non-standardized anecdotal material.
These voluntary surveys support various business goals developed by
the USPTO to fulfill customer service and performance goals, to assist
the USPTO in strategic planning for future initiatives, to verify
existing service standards, and to establish new ones. The USPTO also
uses these surveys to implement Executive Order 12862 of September 11,
1993, Setting Customer Service Standards, published in the Federal
Register on September 14, 1993 (58 FR 48257).\5\ The USPTO does not
intend to collect any personally identifying data from the participants
and intends to maintain the contact information for the participants in
a separate file for the quantitative data.
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\5\ https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr058/fr058176/fr058176.pdf.
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II. Method of Collection
Items in this information collection may be submitted via online
electronic submissions, and occasional in-person surveys.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651-0065.
Forms: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 750 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 750 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately 15
minutes (0.25 hours) to complete. This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
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\6\ USPTO uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupation
Employment Statistics wage category 23-1021 (Administrative Law
Judges: Federal Executive Branch) to represent an estimated wage of
program attendees. USPTO estimates that the hourly wage will be in
the 90th percentile, as respondents will likely be senior officials
living in metropolitan areas; https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231021.htm.
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Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 188 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $13,690.
Table 1--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Individual or Household Respondents
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated Responses Estimated time for annual Rate \6\ ($/ Estimated
Item No. Item annual per annual response burden hour) annual
respondents respondent responses (hours) hours burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) = (f) (e) x (f) =
(c) (e) (g)
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1......................... Overseas-Program Survey (or 225 1 225 0.25 56 $72.82 $4,078
equivalent).
2......................... Post-Program Survey (or 150 1 150 0.25 38 72.82 2,767
equivalent).
3......................... Alumni Survey (or equivalent).... 375 1 375 0.25 94 72.82 6,845
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Totals........................... 750 ........... 750 ........... 188 ........... 13,690
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Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden: $0. There
are no capital start-up, maintenance costs, recordkeeping costs, filing
fees, or postage costs associated with this information collection.
IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of
the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
All comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the
request to OMB to approve this information collection. Before including
an address, phone number, email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment--including PII--may be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask in your comment to withhold PII from public view,
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-15788 Filed 7-25-23; 8:45 am]
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