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application for patent and, when 

appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO 

is also required to publish patent 

applications, with certain exceptions, 

promptly after the expiration of a period 

of 18 months from the earliest filing 

date for which a benefit is sought under 

Title 35, U.S.C. (‘‘eighteen-month 

publication’’). Certain situations may 

arise which require that additional 

information be supplied in order for the 

USPTO to further process the patent or 

application. The USPTO administers the 

statutes through various sections of the 

rules of practice in 37 CFR part 1. The 

information in this collection can be 

used by the USPTO to continue the 

processing of the patent or application 

to ensure that applicants are complying 

with the patent regulations and to aid in 

the prosecution of the application. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 0651–0031. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0031 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26359 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Package for AmeriCorps 

VISTA Application and Reporting 

Forms 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service (CNCS). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

CNCS is proposing a revised 

information collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

January 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Attention Kelly Daly, 250 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at the mail address 

given in paragraph (1) above, between 

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public, 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Daly, 202–606–6849, or by email 

at kdaly@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of 

Collection: AmeriCorps VISTA 

Application and Reporting Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0038. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Organizations and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 850. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 20,450. 

Abstract: AmeriCorps VISTA is 

revising its application and reporting 

forms to remove duplicative questions, 

improve readability, and reflect changes 

in reporting requirements. The VISTA 

Progress Report and Progress Report 

Supplement allow sponsors to report on 

their programmatic and performance 

progress. CNCS also seeks to continue 

using the currently approved 

information collection until the new 

information collection is approved by 

OMB. The currently approved 

information collection is due to expire 

on March 31, 2021. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the 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 of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (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; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 


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Dated: November 20, 2020. 

Desiree Tucker-Sorini, 

Director, AmeriCorps VISTA. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26252 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Application Package for Renewal of 

Generic Information Collection for Pilot 

and Test Data 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service (operating as 

AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

January 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service; 

Attention Amy Borgstrom; 250 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the AmeriCorps mailroom at Room 8100 

at the mail address given in paragraph 

(1) above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except federal holidays. 

(3) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Borgstrom, 202–606–6930, or by 

email at aborgstrom@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Generic Clearance 

for the Testing/Piloting of Survey 

Instruments. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0163. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households; Businesses 

and Organizations; State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 350. 

Total Estimated Annual Frequency: 

Annual. 

Total Estimated Average Response 

Time per Response: 7,500 minutes for 

50 respondents to respond to test or 

pilot surveys. 300 minutes for 50 

participants to participate in five focus 

groups. 3,000 minutes for 50 

participants to participate in individual 

interviews. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 10,800. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Abstract: AmeriCorps seeks to renew 

this generic information collection in 

order to conduct focus groups and pilot 

test planned surveys. The information 

collection activity will enable pilot 

testing of survey instruments in an 

efficient, timely manner, in accordance 

with the Administration’s commitment 

to improving service delivery. By pilot 

testing we mean information that 

provides useful insights on how 

respondents interact with the 

instrument but are not statistical 

surveys that yield quantitative results 

that can be generalized to the 

population of study. This feedback will 

provide insights into customer or 

stakeholder perceptions, experiences, 

and expectations regarding prospective 

studies. It will also allow feedback to 

contribute directly to the improvement 

of research program management. 

AmeriCorps will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the federal 

government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

or other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the 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 


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