99-6644. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 99-6644]


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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: Public Search Room.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-new.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 141 hours for the first year and 188 hours for the 
following years.
    Number of Respondents: 1,142 responses for the first year and 1,713 
responses for the following years.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates that it will take 
approximately 10 minutes for the user to verbally supply optional 
information to PTO staff that is not included on the Application for 
the Public User ID and to have a photograph taken. The PTO estimates 
that it will take approximately 5 minutes to gather, prepare, and 
submit the Application for Public User ID and to renew the Public User 
ID.
    Needs and Uses: The Application for a Public User ID is used by the 
public to request a User ID. It is also used by the public to renew the 
Public User ID. The PTO uses the Application for Public User ID to 
identify status of any existing passes for users. The PTO also uses the 
form to update the user records in the system. The public uses the 
Public User ID to access the trademark and patent collections. The PTO 
uses the Public User ID to track the public's use of the facilities and 
the services.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, farms, federal government, and 
state, local, or tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
[phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication to Maya A. 
Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 12, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-6644 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45 am]
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