[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67257-67258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21538]


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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

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comments on this 
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on July 26, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comment.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0065.
    Needs and Uses: 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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    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 750 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 750 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it 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.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 188 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of 
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website, www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function and entering either the title of the information 
collection of the OMB Control Number, 0651-0065.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0065 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-21538 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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