48808 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2011 / Notices 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0045. 

Form Number(s): PTO–2042. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,857 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 

hours) to read the instructions and 

subscriber agreement, gather the 

necessary information, prepare the 

Certificate Action Form, and submit the 

completed request. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 929 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $129,131. The USPTO 

expects that 70% of the submissions for 

this collection will be prepared by 

paraprofessionals, 15% by attorneys, 

and 15% by independent inventors. 

Using those proportions and the 

estimated rates of $122 per hour for 

paraprofessionals, $325 per hour for 

attorneys in private firms, and $30 per 

hour for independent inventors, the 

USPTO estimates that the average rate 

for those respondents will be 

approximately $139 per hour. Therefore, 

the estimated total respondent cost 

burden for this collection will be 

approximately $129,131 per year. 

Item Estimated time for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated annual burden 

hours 

Certificate Action Form (including Subscriber Agreement) (PTO–2042) .................... 30 minutes 1,857 929 

Totals .................................................................................................................... ........................................ 1,857 929 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $4,531. There 

are no capital start-up costs, 

maintenance costs, or fees associated 

with this information collection. 

However, this collection does have 

annual (non-hour) cost burden 

associated with the Certificate Action 

Form. 

This collection has costs due to the 

notarization requirement for 

authenticating the signatures on the 

Certificate Action Form. The USPTO 

estimates that the average fee for having 

a signature notarized is $2 and that 

1,857 responses for these forms will be 

submitted annually, for a total cost of 

$3,714 per year. 

This collection also has postage costs 

for submitting the Certificate Action 

Form to the USPTO by mail. The form 

cannot be faxed or submitted 

electronically because it requires an 

original notarized signature. The 

USPTO estimates that the first class 

postage cost for these forms will be 44 

cents and that it will receive 1,857 

mailed responses annually, for a total 

postage cost of approximately $817 per 

year. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20097 Filed 8–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The following notice of scheduled 

meetings is published pursuant to the 

provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, 5 

U.S.C. 552b. 

Agency Holding the Meetings 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

Times and Dates 

The Commission has scheduled 

meetings for the following dates: 

October 4, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

October 18, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

November 1, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

November 17, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

Place 

Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st St., 

NW., Washington, DC. Lobby Level 

Hearing Room (Room 1000). 

STATUS: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered 

The Commission has scheduled these 

meetings to consider various rulemaking 

matters, including the issuance of 

proposed rules and the approval of final 

rules. The Commission may also 

consider and vote on dates and times for 

future meetings. Agendas for each of the 

scheduled meetings will be made 

available to the public and posted on 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.cftc.gov at least seven (7) days 

prior to the meeting. In the event that 

the times or dates of the meetings 

change, an announcement of the change, 

along with the new time and place of 

the meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

David A. Stawick, Secretary of the 

Commission, 202–418–5071. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20351 Filed 8–5–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 11–C0008] 

Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 


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