[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41396-41398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10399]
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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; National Summer Teacher Institute (NSTI) and Master Teacher in
Intellectual Property Program (MTIP)
AGENCY: 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: 0651-0077
(National Summer Teacher Institute (NSTI) and Master Teacher in
Intellectual Property Program (MTIP)). 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 July 12, 2024.
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-
0077 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal eRulemaking 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 Joyce Ward, Education Director, Office of Public
Engagement, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-8424; or by email
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at [email protected] with ``0651-0077 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 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducts the
National Summer Teacher Institute (NSTI) on Innovation, STEM, and
Intellectual Property. This program, which focuses on innovation, STEM,
entrepreneurship, and intellectual property, is offered in support of
USPTO's ongoing education and outreach programming and Department of
Commerce Innovation initiatives. The Institute, launched in 2014, is
part of the USPTO's ongoing efforts to foster innovation,
competitiveness and economic growth, domestically and abroad, by
providing relevant intellectual property, innovation, and invention
education resources to school administrators, teachers, students, and
parents.
In 2023, USPTO introduced the Master Teacher in Intellectual
Property Program (MTIP) to align and support the USPTO's mission to
foster innovation, competitiveness, domestic and international economic
growth, and deliver invention IP training to educators across the
nation. The MTIP builds a network of qualified NSTI participants and
intellectual property educators and enable them to become teacher-
leaders. These teacher leaders in turn provide professional development
to U.S. educators who seek to learn more about invention and IP
education. MTIP teacher-leaders share USPTO resources and practical
classroom experience they learned through their implementation of
lessons learned at the NSTI.
USPTO facilitates the enhancement of internal and external
relations, including stakeholder partnerships and collaborations, and
support for Government-wide efforts to promote STEM education
initiatives. In order to obtain a broad range of participants for the
NSTI and MTIP, the USPTO must collect data related to courses taught,
teaching experience, and school district demographics.
Both NSTI and MTIP combine experiential training tools, practices,
and project-based learning models to support elementary, middle, and
high school teachers in incorporating concepts of making, inventing,
entrepreneurship, and innovation into classroom instruction. Recent
focuses include the creation and protection of intellectual property;
including inventions, knowledge discovery, creative ideas, and
expressions of the human mind that may have commercial value and are
protectable under patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret laws.
Intellectual property is modeled as both a teaching and learning
platform to help inspire and motivate student achievement in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
This information collection covers data gathered from applicants
and participants in the NSTI and MTIP programs. The USPTO gathers this
information from program applications, and participant surveys,
workshops, and webinars. The application collects data which the USPTO
uses to determine who will be accepted into the respective programs.
The participant survey is used to gather feedback from participants for
future program enhancements, while the webinar survey allows the USPTO
to understand the particular needs and interests of participants.
To account for the recent addition of the MTIP program, the name of
this information collection has been changed from ``National Summer
Teacher Institute'' to ``National Summer Teacher Institute (NSTI) and
Master Teacher in Intellectual Property Program (MTIP)''.
II. Method of Collection
Items in this information collection must be submitted
electronically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651-0077.
Forms:
PTO/NSTI/001 (NSTI Application)
PTO/NSTI/002 (NSTI Participant Survey)
PTO/NSTI/003 (NSTI Webinar Survey)
PTO/MTIP/001 (MTIP Application)
PTO/MTIP/002 (MTIP Participant Survey)
PTO/MTIP/003 (MTIP Webinar Survey)
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 14,000 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 27,400 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately
between 8 minutes (0.13 hours) and 30 minutes (0.5 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: 5,998 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $200,334.
Table 1--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Individual or Household Respondents
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Estimated
Estimated Responses Estimated Estimated time for response Estimated Rate \1\ annual
Item No. Item annual per annual (hour) annual burden ($/hour) respondent
respondents respondent responses (hour/year) cost burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (b).......................... (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) =
(c) (c) (e)
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1............. NSTI Application 2,100 1 2,100 0.50 (30 minutes)............ 1,050 $33.40 $35,070
(PTO/NSTI/001).
1............. NSTI Application * 900 1 900 0.50 (30 minutes)............ 450 33.40 15,030
(PTO/NSTI/001).
2............. NSTI Participant 1 900 0.25 (15 minutes)............ 225 33.40 7,515
Survey (PTO/NSTI/
002).
3............. NSTI Webinar Survey 2 1,800 0.13 (8 minutes)............. 234 33.40 7,816
(PTO/NSTI/003).
3............. NSTI Webinar Survey 4,000 2 8,000 0.13 (8 minutes)............. 1,040 33.40 34,736
(PTO/NSTI/003).
4............. MTIP Application 2,100 1 2,100 0.50 (30 minutes)............ 1,050 33.40 35,070
(PTO/MTIP/001).
4............. MTIP Application ** 900 1 900 0.50 (30 minutes)............ 450 33.40 15,030
(PTO/MTIP/001).
5............. MTIP Participant 1 900 0.25 (15 minutes)............ 225 33.40 7,515
Survey (PTO/MTIP/
002).
6............. MTIP Webinar/ 2 1,800 0.13 (8 minutes)............. 234 33.40 7,816
Workshop Survey
(PTO/MTIP/003).
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6............. MTIP Webinar/ 4,000 2 8,000 0.13 (8 minutes)............. 1,040 33.40 34,736
Workshop Survey
(PTO/MTIP/003).
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Totals.......................... 14,000 ........... 27,400 ............................. 5,998 ......... 200,334
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\1\ The USPTO expects that secondary schoolteachers will complete the applications and surveys. The professional hourly rate for secondary school
teachers is $33.40, as found in the May 2022 Occupational Labor Statistics Report for secondary school teachers (25-2031). The hourly rate is based on
the mean annual wage ($69,480), divided by 2,080 (the average annual work hours based on a 40-hour work week); https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252031.htm.
* Respondents for these three lines are individuals who are selected to participate in the NSTI Program or its equivalent. These respondents are
distinct from applicants who are not accepted into the program and those who may attend program webinars or workshops.
** Respondents for these three lines are individuals who are selected to participate in the MTIP Program. These respondents are distinct from applicants
who are not accepted into the program and those who may attend program webinars or workshops.
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. The 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, the
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. 2024-10399 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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