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communications to the USPTO 

regarding the appointment of attorneys 

to represent applicants or registrants in 

the application and post-registration 

processes or, in the case of applicants or 

registrants who are not domiciled in the 

United States, the appointment of 

domestic representatives on whom may 

be served notices of process in 

proceedings affecting the mark, the 

revocation of an attorney’s or domestic 

representative’s appointment, and 

requests for permission to withdraw 

from representation. 

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 0651–0056. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0056 

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. 2020–26349 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

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; Patent Processing 

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: Patent Processing. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0031. 

Form Number(s): (AIA = American 

Invents Act; SB = Specimen Book; PTOL 

= Patent and Trademark Office Legal) 

• PTO/AIA/22 (Petition for Extension of 

Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a)) 

• PTO/AIA/24 (Express Abandonment 

under 37 CFR 1.138) 

• PTO/AIA/24B (Petition for Express 

Abandonment to Obtain a Refund) 

• PTO/AIA/33 (Pre-appeal Brief 

Request for Review) 

• PTO/AIA/96 (Statement under 37 CFR 

3.73(c)) 

• PTO/SB/08a and b (Information 

Disclosure Statement) 

• PTO/SB/17i (Processing Fee under 37 

CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal) 

• PTO/SB/21 (Transmittal Form) 

• PTO/SB/22 (Petition for Extension of 

Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a)) 

• PTO/SB/24 (Express Abandonment 

under 37 CFR 1.138) 

• PTO/SB/24B (Petition for Express 

Abandonment to Obtain a Refund– 

applications filed on or before 

September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/25 (Terminal Disclaimer to 

Obviate a Provisional Double 

Patenting Rejection Over a Pending 

‘‘Reference’’ Application) 

• PTO/SB/26 (Terminal Disclaimer to 

Obviate a Double Patenting Rejection 

over a ‘‘Prior’’ Patent) 

• PTO/SB/27 (Request for Expedited 

Examination of a Design Application) 

• PTO/SB/30 (Request for Continued 

Examination (RCE) Transmittal) 

• PTO/SB/33 (Pre-appeal Brief Request 

for Review—applications filed on or 

before September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/35 (Nonpublication Request 

under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i)) 

• PTO/SB/36 (Rescission of Previous 

Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C. 

122(b)(2)(B)(ii) and, if applicable, 

Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. 

122(b)(2)(B)(iii)) 

• PTO/SB/37 (Request for Suspension 

of Action or Deferral of Examination 

under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)— 

applications filed on or before 

September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/38 (Request to Retrieve 

Electronic Priority Application(s)) 

• PTO/SB/39 (Authorization or 

Rescission of Authorization to Permit 

Access to Application-as-filed by 

Participating Offices) 

• PTO/SB/43 (Disclaimer in Patent 

Under 37 CFR 1.321(a)) 

• PTO/SB/63 (Terminal Disclaimer to 

Accompany Petition) 

• PTO/SB/64 (Petition for Revival of an 

Application for Patent Abandoned 

Unintentionally) 

• PTO/SB/64a (Petition for Revival of 

an Application for Patent Abandoned 

for Failure to Notify the Office of a 

Foreign or International Filing) 

• PTO/SB/64PCT (Petition for Revival 

of an International Application for 

Patent Abandoned Unintentionally) 

• PTO/SB/67 (Power to Access, Inspect, 

and Copy) 

• PTO/SB/68 (Request for Access to an 

Abandoned Application Under 37 

CFR 1.14) 

• PTO/SB/91 (Deposit Account Order 

Form) 

• PTO/SB/92 (Certificate of Mailing or 

Transmission) 

• PTO/SB/96 (Statement under 37 CFR 

3.73(c)) 

• PTO/SB/130 (Petition to Make Special 

Based on Age for Advancement of 

Examination under 37 CFR 

1.102(c)(1)) 

• PTO/SB/413C (Request for FirstAction Interview (Full Pilot Program)) 

• PTO–2053–A/B; PTO–2054–A/B; and 

PTO–2055–A/B (Copy of the 

Applicant or Patentee’s Record of the 

Application) 

• PTOL/413A (Applicant-Initiated 

Interview Request Form) 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 3,669,397 

respondents per year. 

Average Hours per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 

approximately 2 minutes (0.08 hours) to 

8 hours to complete a single response. 

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: 3,187,341 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $408,845,999. 

Needs and Uses: The United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an 


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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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