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1Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ‘‘Fall 

2011 Statement of Regulatory Priorities,’’ (available 

at http://www.consumerfinance.gov/regulations/

fall-2011-statement-of-regulatory-priorities/); 

Continued 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–P–2012–0039] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 5,454,779; 

ResQPump®/ResQPOD® ITD 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Interim Patent Term 

Extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued an order 

granting interim extension under 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one-year interim 

extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

5,454,779. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary C. Till by telephone at (571) 272– 

7755; by mail marked to her attention 

and addressed to the Commissioner for 

Patents, Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450; by fax marked to her attention at 

(571) 273–7755; or by email to Mary.

Till@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

156 of Title 35, United States Code, 

generally provides that the term of a 

patent may be extended for a period of 

up to five years if the patent claims a 

product, or a method of making or using 

a product, that has been subject to 

certain defined regulatory review, and 

that the patent may be extended for 

interim periods of up to one year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On September 6, 2012, the Regents of 

the University of California timely filed 

an application under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) 

for an interim extension of the term of 

U.S. Patent No. 5,454,779. The patent 

claims the medical device, ResQPump®

in connection with the ResQPOD® ITD. 

The application indicates that a 

Premarket Approval Application, PMA 

No. P110024, for the medical device has 

been filed, and is currently undergoing 

regulatory review before the Food and 

Drug Administration for permission to 

market or use the product commercially. 

Review of the application indicates 

that, except for permission to market or 

use the product commercially, the 

subject patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156, and that the patent should 

be extended for one year as required by 

35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5)(B). Because it is 

apparent that the regulatory review 

period will continue beyond the original 

expiration date of the patent, October 3, 

2012, interim extension of the patent 

term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is 

appropriate. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

5,454,779 is granted for a period of one 

year from the original expiration date of 

the patent. 

Dated: September 27, 2012. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination 

Policy, United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24856 Filed 10–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection (Bureau), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Bureau is soliciting comments 

concerning its proposed information 

collections titled, ‘‘Generic Clearance 

for Collection of Information on 

Compliance Costs and Other Effects of 

Regulations.’’ A proposed collection has 

been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. A copy of the 

submission, including copies of a 

proposed collection and supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting the agency contact listed 

below. 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before November 9, 2012 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by agency name and Generic 

Clearance for Collection of Information 

on Compliance Costs and Other Effects 

of Regulations, to: 

• Agency: Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20552; (202) 435–9011; and CFPB_

Public_PRA@cfpb.gov. 

• OMB: Shagufta Ahmed, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–7873. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau (Attention: 

PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20552, (202) 435–9011, 

or through the internet at CFPB_Public_

PRA@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for Collection 

of Information on Compliance Costs and 

Other Effects of Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 3170–XXXX. 

Type of Review: New generic 

collection. 

Abstract: Congress created the Bureau 

in July 2010 through the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act, Public Law 111–203, 

Title X (the Dodd-Frank Act), and the 

Bureau assumed certain rulemaking 

authorities in July 2011. The DoddFrank Act accords the Bureau 

responsibility for implementing, 

interpreting, and assuring compliance 

with various Federal consumer financial 

protection products and services. As 

outlined in the Dodd-Frank Act, among 

the Bureau’s objectives is to identify 

regulations that are ‘‘outdated, 

unnecessary, or unduly burdensome’’ in 

order to reduce unwarranted regulatory 

burdens. In order to help support this 

objective, the Bureau must fully 

understand the implications of its 

regulations. Therefore, the Bureau seeks 

to collect qualitative information on 

compliance costs and other impacts of 

existing consumer financial regulations 

and any new potential rules the Bureau 

may propose. 

The collections seek qualitative 

information on the impact of regulations 

on providers of consumer financial 

products and services (Providers). The 

Bureau seeks to better understand the 

compliance activities, burdens, and 

other economic costs and benefits 

associated with its potential rules and 

existing regulations. Additional input 

from Providers would give the Bureau a 

more nuanced understanding of costs, 

which it can use to provide solutions for 

reducing undue regulatory burden on 

Providers. To that end, the Bureau 

anticipates seeking to use the 

information from these collections to: 

• Inform the Bureau’s various 

rulemaking initiatives announced in the 

Bureau’s regulatory agenda, most of 

which concern the mortgage industry; 1


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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ‘‘Spring 

2012 Regulatory Agenda,’’ (available at http://files.

consumerfinance.gov/f/201204_cfpb_semiannualregulatory-agenda_2012-spring.pdf). 

• Inform other rulemakings 

specifically required or authorized by 

the Dodd-Frank Act; 

• Inform the Bureau’s perspective on 

the appropriate approach to regulation 

of various industries in its jurisdiction; 

• Supplement available information 

used for mandated analyses that the 

Bureau is required to perform for 

potential new rules, such as analyses 

required under section 1022 of the Act, 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the 

Paperwork Reduction Act; 

• Review impacts of the rules the 

Bureau inherited from other agencies; 

• Perform reviews of significant new 

rules the Bureau adopts, as the Bureau 

is generally required to do within five 

years; and 

• Develop new tools and solutions 

that can help Providers more easily 

implement and maintain compliance 

systems for consumer financial 

regulations. 

These information collections will ask 

Providers of various sizes and mixes of 

business activity about their compliance 

systems and processes and how 

regulations and regulatory changes 

impact different aspects of their 

business operations. Collection methods 

may include structured interviews, 

focus groups, conference calls, and 

written questionnaires—delivered via 

email or administered through an online 

survey. In some cases, the Bureau may 

also conduct case studies to gather more 

in-depth and granular information from 

a targeted sample of institutions. 

The information and data collected 

would aid the Bureau in determining 

what rules prove to be unduly 

burdensome on Providers and to 

identify the causes of such burden. In 

doing so, the Bureau would be better 

positioned to develop potential policy 

solutions that will reduce burden on 

Providers, without sacrificing the 

benefits of regulations on both 

consumers and Providers. 

Affected Public: U.S. depository and 

non-depository financial institutions. 

Estimated Number of Responses: Up 

to 2,750 respondents. This estimate 

includes 600 structured interview 

respondents, 75 focus group 

respondents, 2,000 written 

questionnaire respondents, and 75 case 

study respondents. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

Structured interviews and focus groups 

may take up to 1.5 hours per session, 

with up to an additional 1.5 hours of 

preparation. Written questionnaires may 

take up to 1 hour per collection, with up 

to 1 hour of preparation. Case studies 

may take up to 16 hours for collections, 

with up to an additional 16 hours of 

preparation. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Up to 9,008 hours. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

The Bureau published a 60-day 

Federal Register notice on June 14, 2012 

(77 FR 35658). Comments were solicited 

and continue to be invited on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Bureau, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Bureau’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and the 

assumptions used; (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, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: October 1, 2012. 

Chris Willey, 

Chief Information Officer, Bureau of 

Consumer Financial Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24635 Filed 10–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0045] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Information Collection; Bid 

Guarantees, Performance and Payment 

Bonds, and Alternative Payment 

Protections 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of reinstatement request 

for an information collection 

requirement regarding an existing OMB 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to review 

and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement concerning bid 

guarantees, performance and payment 

bonds, and alternative payment 

protections. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the Federal 

Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and 

whether it will have practical utility; 

whether our estimate of the public 

burden of this collection of information 

is accurate, and based on valid 

assumptions and methodology; ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

ways in which we can minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by Information Collection 

9000–0045, Bid Guarantees, 

Performance, and Payment Bonds, and 

Alternative Payment Protections by any 

of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://www.

regulations.gov. Submit comments via 

the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number. 

Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

that corresponds with ‘‘Information 

Collection 9000–0045, Bid, 

Performance, and Payment Bonds’’. 

Follow the instructions provided at the 

‘‘Submit a Comment’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 

any), and ‘‘Information Collection 9000– 

0045, Bid Guarantees, Performance, and 

Payment Bonds, and Alternative 

Payment Protections’’ on your attached 

document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada 

Flowers/IC 9000–0045, Bid Guarantees, 

Performance, and Payment Bonds, and 

Alternative Payment Protections. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0045, Bid Guarantees, 

Performance, and Payment Bonds, and 

Alternative Payment Protections, in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 


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