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should be eligible, but a statutory 

change is necessary, please explain the 

basis for that view. 

2. If the projection, holographic 

imagery, or virtual/augmented reality is 

not displayed on a computer screen, 

monitor, or other display panel but is 

integral to the operation of a device 

(e.g., a virtual keyboard that provides 

input to a computer), is this sufficient 

to render the design eligible under 

section 171 in view of the current 

jurisprudence? If so, please explain how 

the article of manufacture requirement 

is satisfied and how these designs differ 

from a mere picture or abstract design. 

If you believe that these designs do not 

meet the requirements of section 171, 

please explain the basis for that view. 

3. If the projection, holographic 

imagery, or virtual/augmented reality is 

not displayed on a computer screen, 

monitor, or other display panel but is 

interactive with a user or device (e.g., a 

hologram moves according to a person’s 

movement), is this sufficient to render a 

design eligible under section 171 in 

view of the current jurisprudence? If so, 

please explain how the article of 

manufacture requirement is satisfied 

and how these designs differ from a 

mere picture or abstract design. If you 

believe that these designs do not meet 

the requirements of section 171, please 

explain the basis for that view. 

4. If the projection, holographic 

imagery, or image appearing through 

virtual/augmented reality is not 

displayed on a computer screen, 

monitor, or other display panel but is 

projected onto a surface or into a 

medium (including air) and is not 

otherwise integral to the operation of a 

device or interactive with a user or 

device (e.g., is a static image), is this 

sufficient to render a design eligible 

under section 171 in view of the current 

jurisprudence? If so, please explain how 

the article of manufacture requirement 

is satisfied and how these designs differ 

from a mere picture or abstract design. 

If you believe that these designs do not 

meet the requirements of section 171, 

please explain the basis for that view. 

5. Do you support a change in 

interpretation of the article of 

manufacture requirement in 35 U.S.C. 

171? If so, please explain the changes 

you propose and your reasons for those 

proposed changes. If not, please explain 

why you do not support a change in 

interpretation. 

6. Please provide any additional 

comments you may have in relation to 

section 171, interpretation or 

application of section 171, or industrial 

design rights in digital and new and 

emerging technologies. 

Andrei Iancu, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28110 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2020–0027] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Warning Label 

Comprehension and Interpretation by 

Consumers for Children’s Sleep 

Environments 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (CPSC) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on a 

new proposed collection of information 

by the agency. Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal 

agencies are required to publish notice 

in the Federal Register for each 

proposed collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. This notice 

solicits comments on a proposed survey 

to evaluate consumer awareness of 

infant sleep product warning labels. The 

Commission will consider all comments 

received in response to this notice 

before submitting this collection of 

information to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by February 19, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2020– 

0027, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

CPSC does not accept comments 

submitted by electronic mail (email), 

except through https://

www.regulations.gov. CPSC encourages 

you to submit electronic comments by 

using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, 

as described above. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier Written 

Submissions: Submit comments by 

mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division 

of the Secretariat, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone: (301) 504–7479; 

email: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. CPSC may post 

all comments received without change, 

including any personal identifiers, 

contact information, or other personal 

information provided, to: https://

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 

electronically: Confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public. If you wish to submit such 

information, please submit it according 

to the instructions for mail/hand 

delivery/courier written submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https:// 

www.regulations.gov, insert Docket No. 

CPSC–2020–0027 into the ‘‘Search’’ box, 

and follow the prompts. A copy of the 

proposed survey is available at http://

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

CPSC–2020–0027, Supporting and 

Related Material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 

504–7991, or by email to: cgillham@

cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency proposed 

surveys. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires 

federal agencies to provide a 60-day 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. 

Accordingly, CPSC is publishing notice 

of the proposed collection of 

information set forth in this document. 

A. Warning Label Comprehension 

Survey 

CPSC is authorized under section 5(a) 

of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(CPSA), 15 U.S.C. 2054(a), to conduct 

studies and investigations relating to the 

causes and prevention of deaths, 

accidents, injuries, illnesses, other 

health impairments, and economic 

losses associated with consumer 

products. Section 5(b) of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2054(b), further provides that 

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1https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Nursery%20

Products%20Annual%20Report%20Dec2019_

2.pdf? TkU_cVyVv69sq6Lpx0aSRjoLomqXWxRq. 

2https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201909-3041- 

002&icID=234760. 

CPSC may conduct research, studies, 

and investigations on the safety of 

consumer products, or test consumer 

products and develop product safety 

test methods and testing devices. 

In 2019, the CPSC published the 2019 

Nursery Product Annual Report, which 

reported injuries and deaths associated 

with nursery products among children 

younger than age 5.1 That report 

identified 320 deaths related to nursery 

products from 2014 through 2016. Infant 

sleep products were associated with the 

most deaths: cribs/mattresses (33%), 

cradles/bassinets (18%), and playpens/ 

play yards (20%). Also, in 2019, CPSC 

conducted a focus group of 48 

participants to gather feedback from 

parents and grandparents (caregivers) on 

their beliefs, experience, and 

perceptions about infant sleeping 

practices and caregivers’ compliance 

with safety messaging on nursery 

products. Caregiver responses in the 

focus group study indicated limited 

adherence to infant sleep safety warning 

messaging.2 Some of the reasons for lack 

of adherence to safety warnings include 

caregiver perceptions that warning 

labels contain repetitive, non-specific 

information that fails to target the safety 

hazard. Additionally, caregivers are 

inundated with safety messaging that 

changes constantly, resulting in 

ambiguity about what messages are most 

relevant and current. Product marketing 

and the proliferation of new products 

may confuse caregivers as well. 

Caregivers often end up listening to 

friends and family, or relying on past 

experience, to decide what behaviors 

are safe for their child, rather than 

following the current guidelines 

recommended by experts. If caregivers 

are not attuned to the safety messaging 

on new products, they are more likely 

to use the products incorrectly. 

Accordingly, CPSC seeks to learn 

more about consumers’ understanding 

of specific warning labels related to 

products that may be used as a sleeping 

environment for infants and how those 

labels influence caregivers’ behavior. In 

the proposed information collection, 

CPSC seeks to survey 650 caregivers to 

obtain information regarding the gap in 

consumer knowledge about product 

warning labels and consumer adherence 

to, and behaviors associated with, 

warning labels. The online survey will 

be conducted with caregivers age 18 and 

above, who are a parent or grandparent 

with a child/grandchild between 2 

months to 11 months old. 

CPSC has contracted with Fors Marsh 

Group, LLC, to develop and execute this 

project for CPSC. If CPSC can obtain 

information about caregiver perceptions 

and comprehension of warning label 

language through the survey, CPSC will 

be able to identify better which types of 

safety warning labels and safety 

messaging are unclear to the target 

audience, and that potentially serve as 

a barrier to safe sleep. Information 

obtained through this survey is not 

intended to be considered nationally 

representative. CPSC intends to use 

findings from this survey, in 

conjunction with findings from other 

research and activities, to assist with 

providing recommendations for refining 

and enhancing warning labels in the 

future. 

B. Burden Hours 

We estimate the number of 

respondents to the survey to be 650. The 

online survey for the proposed study 

will take approximately 15 minutes 

(0.25 hours) to complete. We estimate 

the total annual burden hours for 

respondents to be 162.50 hours. The 

monetized hourly cost is $36.22, as 

defined by total compensation for all 

civilian workers, U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee 

Compensation, as of March 2020. 

Accordingly, we estimate the total cost 

burden to be $5,885.75 (162.50 hours 

multi; $36.22). The total cost to the 

federal government for the contract to 

design and conduct the proposed survey 

is $150,987. 

C. Request for Comments 

CPSC invites comments on these 

topics: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of CPSC’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of CPSC’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28078 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

U.S. Army Science Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting of the U.S. Army 

Science Board (ASB). This meeting is 

open to the public. 

DATES: Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Time: 

9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. This meeting will 

be open but with required COVID–19 

precautions. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Bell Textron, 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 

1010. Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Heather J. Gerard, (703) 545–8652, 

heather.j.gerardi.civ@mail.mil or Ms. 

Gloria Mudge at gloria.l.mudge.civ@

mail.mil. Mailing address is Army 

Science Board, 2530 Crystal Drive, Suite 

7098, Arlington, VA 22202. Website: 

https://asb.army.mil/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of the meeting is for ASB members to 

review, deliberate, and vote on the 

findings and recommendations 

presented for a Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) 

ASB studies. 

Agenda: The board will present 

findings and recommendations for 

deliberation and vote on the following 

FY20 study: ‘‘An Independent 

Assessment of the 2040 Battlefield and 

its Implications for 5th Generation 

Combat Vehicle Technologies’’. This 

study will be discussed from 10:00 a.m. 

to 11:30 a.m. 

Public Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, 

and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102– 

3.165, and subject to the availability of