3426 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 14 / Friday, January 21, 2000 / Notices

Examination of Patent Applications

Under the 35 U.S.C. 112, ¶1 ‘‘Written

Description’’ Requirement; Extension of

Comment Period and Notice of Hearing.

63 Fed. Reg. 50887 (September 23,

1998). These Revised Interim Utility

Guidelines will be used by PTO

personnel in their review of patent

applications for compliance with the

‘‘utility’’ requirement of 35 U.S.C. 101.

This revision supersedes the Utility

Examination Guidelines that were

published at 60 Fed. Reg. 36263 (1995)

and at 1177 O.G. 146 (1995).

On page 71440, in the third column,

correct the ‘‘Dates’’ caption to read:

DATES: Written comments on the

Revised Interim Utility Examination

Guidelines will be accepted by the PTO

until March 22, 2000.

On page 71440, in the third column,

correct the first sentence of the

‘‘Supplementary Information’’ caption

to read:

The PTO requests comments from any

interested member of the public on the

following Revised Interim Utility

Examination Guidelines.

Dated: January 18, 2000.

Albin F. Drost,

Acting Solicitor.

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requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

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proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

Dated: January 14, 2000.

Joseph Schubart,

Acting Leader, Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Title: Reference and Reporting Guide

for Preparing State and Institutional

Report on Teacher Quality and

Preparation (JS).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1.

Burden Hours: 123305.

Abstract: The Higher Education Act of

1998 calls for annual reports from states

and institutions of higher education on

the quality of teacher education and

related matters (P.L. 105–244, Section

207; 20 USC 1027). The purpose of the

reports is to provide greater

accountability in the preparation of

America’s teaching force and to provide

information and incentives for its

improvement. Most institutions of

higher education that have teacher

preparation programs must report

annually to their states on the

performance of their program

completers on teacher certification tests.

States, in turn, must report test

performance information, institution by

institution, to the Secretary of

Education, along with institutional

rankings. They must also report on their

requirements for licensing teachers,

state standards, alternative routes to

certification, waivers, and related items.

A planning report from the states to the

Secretary of Education is due by

October 7, 2000. Annual reports from

institutions are due to the states,

beginning April 7, 2000; reports from

the states are due annually to the

Secretary, beginning October 7, 2001;

the Secretary’s report is due annually to

Congress, beginning April 7, 2002.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, D.C.

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346.

Questions regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Schubart at (202)

708–9266. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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submit comments on or before February

20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information