[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58351-58352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15870]
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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; Public Search Facility User ID and Badging
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 May 13 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR
41395). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comment.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Public Search Facility User ID and Badging.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0041.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to maintain a Public Search
Facility to make publicly accessible USPTO patent and trademark
collections for search and retrieval. The Public Search Facility is
located in a publicly accessible portion of USPTO headquarters in
Alexandria, Virginia, and offers the public access to the collection's
paper, microfilm, and electronic files and trained staff to assist
users with searches.
This information collection covers the application used to
establish, renew, or replace security identification badges issued to
members of the public who wish to access the Public Search Facility.
Users can apply for a security badge in-person at the USPTO Security
Office by providing the necessary information and presenting a valid
form of photo identification. The issued security badges include a
color photograph of the user and must be worn at all times while within
the USPTO facility. Issued badges are valid for one year and can be
renewed at no cost. Lost badges can be replaced at a cost of $15.
Public users are not required to obtain a security identification badge
to access the Public Search Facility. Alternatively, public users can
fill out a visitor badge request upon visiting the library. The process
for obtaining a visitor badge is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA). The visitor badge must be turned in each time the user
leaves the library. Re-entry requires obtaining a new visitor badge.
However, using a security identification badge issued to a public user
allows that individual to leave and re-enter the library without
needing to obtain a visitor badge. Public users only need to obtain
either the visitor badge or a security identification badge to enter
the Public Search Facility; they do not need both simultaneously.
Previously, the Public Search Facility collected information from
the public to establish and maintain accounts for online access to
USPTO resources and to register the public for user trainings. Instead
of using unique accounts for the Public Search Facility, access is now
automatically provided through MyUSPTO accounts. Registrations for
training are no longer required as trainings are now provided on demand
via self-service online platforms. As a result, the USPTO is removing
the information collection lines for online access accounts and user
training registrations from this information collection as a part of
this renewal.
Previously in the 60-Day Federal Register Notice, the USPTO listed
the estimated total annual respondent burden as 6 hours. The USPTO now
corrects this estimate to 5 hours of annual burden.
Forms:
PTO Form 2030 (Application for Public User ID)
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Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 60 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 60 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately 5
minutes (0.08 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 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $75.
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 or the OMB Control Number, 0651-0041.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0041 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.
Lisa Lawn,
Director, Records and Information Compliance Program Office, Office of
the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-15870 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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