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in a timely manner with either the

correspondence or copies of the

correspondence, the USPTO will

abandon the patent application.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, farms,

Federal Government, and State, local or

tribal governments.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Thao Nguyen,

Manager, Data Administration Division

(Acting Records Officer), (703) 308–

7397, Data Administration Division,

Office of Data Management, United

States Patent and Trademark Office,

Crystal Park 3, 3rd Floor, Suite 310,

Washington, D.C. 20231 or via the

Internet at (Thao.Nguyen@uspto.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication to David

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Thao Nguyen,

Manager, Data Administration Division

(Acting Records Officer), Office of Data

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–16022 Filed 6–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark

Office

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO) has

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Agency: United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO).

Title: Initial Patent Application.

Form Numbers: PTO/SB/01/01A/02A/

02B/02C/03/03A/04/05/06/07/13PCT/

17/18/19/29/29A/101/102/103/104/105/

106/107/108/109/110.

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0032.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 2,990,260 hours.

Number of Respondents: 344,100

responses.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO

estimates that it takes an average of 24

minutes to gather, prepare, and submit

a continued prosecution application.

This is in contrast to the 12 minutes that

the USPTO estimates that it will take

the public to gather, prepare, and

submit a request for continued

examination. The USPTO estimates that

approximately 10,000 of the 25,000

continued prosecution applications will

be filed as requests for continued

examination. The estimated use of the

request for continued examination will

decrease the burden associated with this

information collection. The USPTO

estimates that it takes an average of 8.0

hours to complete the specification,

claim, drawing, and cover sheet

required for a provisional application,

and that it takes an average of 10.8

hours to complete the specification,

claim, drawing, declaration, and

transmittal forms required for a

nonprovisional utility, plant or design

application. If applicants choose to

submit their patent application using

the application data sheet, the USPTO

estimates that it will take an average of

10.6 hours to complete the application

using either the paper or electronic

format, unless it is the first time that the

applicant is using the PrintEFS format.

If that is the case, the USPTO estimates

that it will take an average of 11.3 hours

to complete the application. This takes

into account the time that the USPTO

estimates it will take the applicant to

download and install the viewer that is

necessary to use the electronic template.

Continuing applications require varying

burden hours, based on how much

information must be added to or

duplicated from the initial application.

In the case of continuation requests for

international applications, the entire

application must be provided because it

had not been submitted previously as a

national application.

Needs and Uses: This collection of

information is required by 35 U.S.C.

§§ 131 and 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84.

The public uses the forms in this

information collection to submit the

information necessary for a new utility,

design, or plant applications. This

includes such information as the

declaration, fee transmittal sheets, and

the bibliographic data. The USPTO uses

the information collected through this

information collection to review and

issue new utility, design, and plant

applications and to process requests for

continuation or provisional

applications.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, farms,

Federal government, and state, local or

tribal government.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Thao Nguyen,

Manager, Data Administration Division

(Acting Records Officer), (703) 308–

7397, Data Administration Division,

Office of Data Management, United

States Patent and Trademark Office,

Crystal Park 3, 3rd Floor, Suite 310,

Washington, D.C. 20231 or via the

Internet at (Thao.Nguyen@uspto.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication to David

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Thao Nguyen,

Manager, Data Administration Division

(Acting Records Officer), Office of Data

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–16023 Filed 6–23–00; 8:45 am]

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Availability of Funds To Provide

Grants to Organizations That Support

Service Days or Events That Include

Persons With Disabilities

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National

and Community Service (the

Corporation) announces the availability

of approximately $1 million to support

outreach to increase the participation of

persons with disabilities in national

service projects. The Corporation will

use these funds to eligible applicants

who will in turn sub-grant to local

organizations to plan and carry out

outreach for service opportunities for

individuals with disabilities in

conjunction with one or more service

days or events (e.g., Martin Luther King,

Jr. Day, Youth Service Day, Make a

Difference Day, National Volunteer

Week) within the next year. These

service opportunities must include

persons with disabilities to increase