99-17484. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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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: Supplemental Declaration for Reissue Patent Application 
(Proposed Addition to 0651-0033, Post Allowance.
    Form Number: PTO/SB/51S.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0033.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection 
(proposed addition of a new form to collection).
    Burden: 10.5 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 350 responses annually.
    Average Hours Per Response: Based on estimates and knowledge of the 
form, the PTO estimates the burden hours required by the public to 
gather, prepare, and submit Form PTO/SB/51S, Supplemental Declaration 
for a Reissue Patent Application under 37 CFR 1.175, to be 
approximately 1.8 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Supplemental Declaration for Reissue Patent 
Application, Form PTO/SB/51S, is used by the patentee to correct errors 
in the patent that occurred ``without any deceptive intention'' on the 
part of the patentee. It is also used by the patentee to obtain a 
reissue patent. The PTO uses this declaration to correct errors in the 
original patent that occurred ``without deceptive intent.'' It is also 
used by the PTO to reissue the patent.
    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: Peter Weiss, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[e-mail]).
    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, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 2, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-17484 Filed 7-8-99; 8:45 am]
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