[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61247-61248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29457]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce (DoC) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
Title: Payment of Patent and Trademark Office Fees by Credit Card.
Form Numbers: PTO-2038.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 20,000 hours per year.
Number of Respondents: 100,000 responses per year.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 12 minutes (0.2 hours) to complete the
credit card form, PTO-2038 U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Credit Card
Payment Form.
Needs and Uses: The PTO is required to collect fees during the
patent process, during the trademark process, and for information
products through its laws and regulations. This fee collection is
required in 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 and in 37 CFR 1.16 through
1.26, 1.492, 2.6, and 2.7. The public uses the
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credit card form to submit their credit card information to the PTO so
that the PTO staff can charge the fees for the indicated services to a
specific credit card. The PTO uses the information collected from this
form to apply the fee(s) to the specific action or item and to
determine whether the appropriate fee(s) as required by law has been
submitted.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other
for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, farms, Federal government, and
state, local or tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Peter Weiss, (202) 395-3630.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 5027, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at LEngelme@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication to Peter Weiss,
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
Dated: November 4, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-29457 Filed 11-9-99; 8:45 am]
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