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a permit for marine resource users is 

one of the regulatory steps taken to carry 

out conservation and management 

objectives. Permit issuance is essential 

in fishery resources management for 

identification of the participants and 

expected activity levels and for 

regulatory compliance. 

II. Method of Collection 

The FFP and FPP application forms 

are available as fillable pdfs on the 

NMFS Alaska Region website and may 

be downloaded, completed, and printed 

prior to submission by mail, delivery, or 

fax. An FPP may be renewed online 

through eFISH on the NMFS Alaska 

Region website. There is no form to 

apply for an EFP. Applicants submit the 

required information by mail, delivery, 

email, or fax. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0206. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

531. 

Estimated Time per Response: FFP 

application, 21 minutes; FPP 

application, 25 minutes; EFP 

application, 100 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 590 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $440. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; International Design 

Applications (Hague Agreement) 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on September 29, 2020 during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: International Design 

Applications (Hague Agreement). 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0075. 

Form Number(s): WIPO DM = WIPO 

Dessins et Modeles (design 

representations); PTOL = Patent 

Trademark Office Legal 

• PTO–1595: (Assignment Cover Sheet) 

• PTOL–85 Part B (Hague): (Issue Fee to 

USPTO for an International Design 

Application) 

• WIPO DM/1 (Application for 

International Registration—entitled 

Hague Agreement Concerning The 

International Registration of Industrial 

Design) 

• WIPO DM/1/I Annex: (Declaration on 

Inventorship for Purposes of 

Designation of the United States) 

• WIPO DM/1/I Annex: (Substitute 

Statement in Lieu of a Declaration of 

Inventorship for the Purpose of 

Designating the United States) 

• WIPO DM/1/III Annex: (Information 

On Eligibility For Protection) 

• WIPO DM/1/IV Annex: (Reduction of 

United States Individual Designation 

Fee) 

• WIPO DM/1/V Annex: (Supporting 

Document(s) Concerning Priority 

Claim To The Korean Intellectual 

Property Office (KIPO)) 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 1,406 

respondents per year. 

Average Hour per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public between 15 minutes (0.25 hours) 

and 6 hours to complete a response, 

depending upon the complexity of the 

situation. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate documents, and 

submit the completed response to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 2,301 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $3,389,280. 

Needs and Uses: The Patent Law 

Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 

(PLTIA) amends the patent laws to 

implement the provisions of the Geneva 

Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning 

International Registration of Industrial 

Designs (hereinafter ‘‘Hague 

Agreement’’) in title 1, and the Patent 

Law Treaty (PLT) in title 2. The Hague 

Agreement is an international agreement 

that enables an applicant to file a single 

international design application which 

may have the effect of an application for 

protection for the design(s) in countries 

and/or intergovernmental organizations 

that are Parties to the Hague Agreement 

(the ‘‘Contracting Parties’’) designated in 

the applications. The United States is a 

Contracting Party to the Hague 

Agreement, which took effect with 

respect to the United States on May 13, 

2015. The Hague Agreeement is 

administered by the International 

Bureau (IB) of World Intellectual 

Property Organization (WIPO) located in 

Geneva, Switzerland. 

This information collection covers 

information filed by U.S. applicants for 

the prosecution of international design 

applications ‘‘indirectly’’ through the 

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Office (USPTO), which will forward the 

applications to the IB or ‘‘directly’’ with 

the IB. The IB ascertains whether the 

international design application 

complies with formal requirements, 

registers the international design in the 

International Register, and publishes the 

international registration in the 

International Designs Bulletin. The 

international registration contains all of 

the data of the international application, 

any reproduction of the industrial 

design, date of the international 

registration, number of the international 

registration, and relevant class of the 

International Classification. 

The IB will provide a copy of the 

publication of the international 

registration to each Contracting Party 

designated by the applicant. A 

designated Contracting Party may 

perform a substantive examination of 

the design application. The USPTO will 

perform a substantive examination for 

patentability of the international design 

application, as in the case of regular 

U.S. design applications. The industrial 

design or designs will be eligible for 

protection in all the Contracting Parties 

designated by applicants. 

In addition, this information 

collection covers the various fees related 

to the processing of International design 

applications, such as the: (1) basic fee; 

(2) standard designation fee(s); (3) 

individual designation fee(s); and (4) 

publication fee. Also, an additional fee 

is required where the applications 

contain a description that exceeds 100 

words, and a transmittal fee is required 

for international design applications 

filed through an office of indirect filing. 

The fees required by the IB may be paid 

either directly to the IB or through the 

USPTO as an office of indirect filing in 

the amounts specified on the WIPO 

website. If applicants want to pay the 

required fees through USPTO as an 

office of indirect filing, the fees must be 

paid no later than the date of payment 

of the transmittal fee. The fees will then 

be forwarded to the IB. 

The Hague Agreement enables 

applicants from Contracting Parties to 

obtain protection of their designs with 

minimal formalities and expenses in 

multiple countries and/or regions. The 

Hague Agreement is administered by the 

IB, which simplifies the management of 

an industrial design registration. For 

example, through the IB, applicants can 

record changes of their representatives 

or changes in ownership, and renew 

their international registration. 

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 0651–0075. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0075 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Initial Patent Applications 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on September 29, 2020 during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Initial Patent Applications. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0032. 

Form Number(s): (AIA = American 

Invents; SB = Specimen Book). 

• PTO/AIA/01 (Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63) for Utility or Design Patent 

Application using an Application 

Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01CN (Chinese Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01DE (German Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01ES (Spanish Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01FR (French Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01IT (Italian Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01JP (Japanese Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01KR (Korean Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using An 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTOAIA/01NL (Dutch Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01RU (Russian Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using An 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01SE (Swedish Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/02 (Substitute Statement in 

Lieu of an Oath or Declaration for 

Utility or Design Patent Application 

(35 U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02CN (Chinese (simplified) 

Language Substitute Statement in 

Lieu of an Oath or Declaration for 

Utility or Design Patent Application 

(35 U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02DE (German Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02ES (Spanish Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 


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