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information currently collected by the 

USPTO about inventors (i.e., name, 

town, state) is not sufficient to allow 

Census to meaningfully describe the 

cumulative diversity characteristics of 

inventors as a group within the meaning 

of AIA Section 29. 

In sum, the first step of USPTO’s 

methodology under AIA Section 29 was 

to cooperate with Census to analyze 

currently available data. The aim was to 

identify demographic information about 

inventors of patents granted in 2005– 

2006, as a collective group. Since step 

one was only partially successful, the 

Agency now proceeds to step two, 

which is to seek public comments on 

whether or how to collect further 

information for completing the diversity 

study under AIA Section 29. 

Issues For Comment: The USPTO 

seeks comments on how to study the 

diversity of patent applicants before the 

USPTO pursuant to AIA Section 29. The 

questions below are intended to aid the 

USPTO in assessing whether and how to 

collect further information and in 

considering potential next steps for a 

diversity study. The questions should 

not be taken as an indication that the 

USPTO has taken a position or is 

predisposed to any particular view. The 

public is invited to answer any or all of 

these questions. The public is also 

invited to submit comments on any 

related issues that they believe are 

relevant. 

(1) How and by which methods 

should the USPTO effectively study 

patent applicant diversity in accordance 

with the expressed intent of Congress in 

Section 29 of the AIA? 

(2) Should the USPTO conduct 

surveys of patent applicants to obtain 

demographic data such as race, gender, 

age, and geography, of inventors as a 

group? 

(3) Aside from surveys, how can the 

USPTO effectively collect personal 

identifying information about U.S. and 

non-U.S. patent applicants in order to 

study applicant diversity through 

improved data matching, analytics, and 

studies? 

(a) Should the USPTO collect certain 

personal identifying information about 

U.S. and non-U.S. patent applicants on 

a mandatory basis or on a voluntary 

basis? How would each of these 

approaches affect the accuracy of the 

information being provided? 

(b) Can USPTO effectively collect 

personal identifying information from 

other institutions or organizations about 

U.S. and non-U.S. patent applicants? 

(4) What particular personal 

identifying information should the 

USPTO seek (or not seek) in order to 

more effectively study applicant 

diversity? Why? 

Dated: November 25, 2013. 

Margaret A. Focarino, 

Commissioner for Patents. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0222] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Department of Defense 

Education Activity, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Defense Education Activity 

announces a proposed public 

information collection and seeks public 

comment on the provisions thereof. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed 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 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

Any associated form(s) for this 

collection may be located within this 

same electronic docket and downloaded 

for review/testing. Follow the 

instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Department of 

Defense Education Activity, ATTN: Ms. 

Kathy Facon, 4800 Mark Center Dr., 

Alexandria, VA 22350–1400 or call 

(571) 372–5834. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Application for DoD Impact 

Aid for Children with Severe 

Disabilities; SD Form 816 and SD Form 

816c; OMB Number 0704–0425. 

Needs and Uses: DoD funds are 

authorized for local educational 

agencies (LEAs) that educate military 

dependent students with severe 

disabilities and meet certain criteria. 

This application will be requested of 

military-impacted LEAs to determine if 

they meet the DoD criteria to receive 

compensation for the cost of educating 

military dependents with severe 

disabilities. 

Affected Public: Local Education 

Agencies (LEAs). 

Annual Burden Hours: 400. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 8 

hours. 

Frequency: Annually. 

The data collection consists of an 

application and signature sheet that 

must be submitted by fax with the 

original signature clearly visible on the 

document. The application is identified 

as Secretary of Defense Form 816 (SD 

816), with SD Form 816C to be used as 

a continuation page if necessary. In 

order for DoD to compute the maximum 

payment amount, the LEA will need to 

determine and provide the following 

information in its application. First, the 

LEA must provide the special education 

costs of individual military dependent 

children who have severe disabilities 

and meet the threshold for payments (at 

least two military dependents with 

severe disabilities and the cost per 

student must be at least five times the 

national average or three times the state 

average for students with disabilities, 

whichever is lower). These averages are 

provided to the LEAs by DoD in the 

application guidelines and 


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acknowledged by the LEA in the 

application. Second, LEAs are required 

to identify the number of eligible 

children who were residing on-base or 

off-base during the previous school year. 

If any of the eligible children were 

residing in base housing or in military 

housing undergoing renovation or 

rebuilding and deemed as eligible for 

on-base housing, LEAs will need to 

identify this number on the front page 

of the application. Third, the LEA must 

provide its banking information to 

receive payment. A sample ‘‘Section II— 

Payment Determination’’ is included as 

part of the form to provide an example 

for LEAs. 

Dated: November 26, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2013–OS–0223] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 

and Readiness) announces a proposed 

public information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed 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 proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

Systems Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, 

VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Department of 

Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), 

Office of the Director, ATTN: Martha 

Brown, Alexandria, VA 22350, or call 

DoDEA, Office of the Director, at 571– 

432–9069. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Control Number: Assessing Options for 

CONUS Domestic Dependents 

Elementary and Secondary Schools 

(DDESS); OMB Control Number 0704– 

TBD. 

Needs and Uses: The objective of this 

project is to recommend options that 

most effectively balance cost and quality 

considerations for primary and 

secondary schooling of military 

dependents on each of the 15 

continental United States (CONUS) 

installations where the Department of 

Defense currently operates Domestic 

Dependents Elementary and Secondary 

Schools (DDESS) or contracts with local 

educational agencies (LEAs) to operate 

schools on the installation. As part of 

the study, we will interview 

superintendents of LEAs that are in 

close proximity to installations that 

have DDESS schools (excluding those 

installations that only have special 

arrangement schools). The interviews 

will capture information on the 

approach the LEAs will adopt if they 

were given the responsibility to educate 

DDESS students, as well as identify 

factors that might facilitate or hinder 

LEAs taking the responsibility of 

educating DDESS students. This 

information is critical as it will identify 

whether transferring DDESS schools to 

LEAs is even a feasible option that 

could be plausibly considered for the 

governance of the current CONUS 

DDESS schools. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 56. 

Number of Respondents: 28. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 120 

minutes. 

Frequency: Once. 

Superintendents of local education 

agencies (LEAs) that are in the vicinity 

of the installations where the 

Department of Defense (DoD) currently 

operates Domestic Dependents 

Elementary and Secondary Schools 

(DDESS), as well as superintendents of 

LEAs that have contracts with DoD to 

operate schools at the installations will 

be interviewed. The interviews will 

address the type and quality of 

programs and services they provide to 

their students, their capacity to expand 

their student enrollment to include 

DDESS students, challenges they would 

face, and considerations they need to 

take into account. Participation in these 

interviews is completely voluntary. 

Information from the interviews will be 

used by policymakers at the Department 

of Defense to determine ways to best 

operate DDESS and contracted schools. 

Dated: November 26, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal Nos. 13–44] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601– 

3740. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittals 13–44 

with attached transmittal, policy 

justification, and Sensitivity of 

Technology. 


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