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Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before October 18, 2007 to David 

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 

10202, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: September 11, 2007. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–18333 Filed 9–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

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: Patent Term Extension. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651–

0020. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 30,905 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 26,859 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

from one to 25 hours, depending on the 

complexity of the situation, to gather the 

necessary information, prepare the 

appropriate documents, and submit the 

applications, petitions, and requests 

included in this collection. 

Needs and Uses: The Federal Food, 

Drug and Cosmetic Act at 35 U.S.C. 156 

permits the USPTO to restore the patent 

term lost due to certain types of 

regulatory review by the Federal Food 

and Drug Administration or the 

Department of Agriculture. Only patents 

for drug products, medical devices, food 

additives, and color additives are 

eligible for an extension, which may be 

a maximum of five years. In some cases 

the USPTO may also extend the term of 

an original patent due to certain delays 

in the prosecution of the patent 

application. The provisions of 35 U.S.C. 

154(b) require the USPTO to notify the 

applicant of the patent term adjustment 

in the notice of allowance and give the 

applicant an opportunity to request 

reconsideration of the USPTO’s patent 

term adjustment determination. The 

USPTO administers 35 U.S.C. 154 and 

156 through 37 CFR subpart F (1.701–

1.791). 

The public uses this information 

collection to file requests related to 

patent term extensions and petitions for 

reconsideration or reinstatement of 

patent term adjustments. This 

information is used by the USPTO to 

consider whether an applicant is 

eligible for a patent term extension or 

reconsideration of a patent term 

adjustment and, if so, to determine the 

length of the patent term extension or 

adjustment. There are no forms 

associated with this collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. 

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 

any of the following methods: 

E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0020 copy request’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Fawcett. 

Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before October 18, 2007 to David 

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 

10202, New Executive Office Building, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

Dated: September 11, 2007. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DoD–2007–OS–0061] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 18, 2007. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: 

Registration for Scientific and Technical 

Information Services; DD Form 1540; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0264. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 10,000. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 10,000. 

Average Burden Per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,667 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The data that the 

Defense Technical Information Center 

handles is controlled, because of either 

distribution limitations or security 

classification. For this reason, all 

potential users are required to register 

for service. DoD Instruction 3200.14, 

Principles and Operational Parameters 

of the DoD Scientific and Technical 

Information Program, mandates the 

registration procedure. Federal 

Government agencies and their 

contractors are required to complete the 

DD Form 1540, Registration for 

Scientific and Technical Information 

Services. The contractor community 

completes a separate DD Form 1540 for 

each contract or grant, and registration 

is valid until the contract expires. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal government; state, local 

or tribal government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Hillary Jaffe. 

Written comments and 

recommendations is on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 


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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 

reviewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or control 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: September 11, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOD–2007–HA–0056] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 18, 2007. 

Title and OMB Number: Facilitating 

Provider Acceptance of TRICARE 

Standard; OMB Control Number 0720–

TBD. 

Type of Request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 72. 

Response Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Response: 72. 

Average Burden Per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 108. 

Needs and uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

obtain specific responses why some 

providers do not participate in 

TRICARE and then to learn what kinds 

of actions by the TRICARE Management 

Activity, working in conjunction with 

the TRICARE Regional Offices and the 

three managed care support contractors, 

would be required to increase the 

number of providers in the TRICARE 

program. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal government. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. John Kraemer. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Mr. Kraemer at the Office of 

Management and Budget, Desk Officer 

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

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. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: September 11, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[No. USA–2007–0005] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by October 18, 2007. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: Vessel 

Operation Report; ENG Form 3925, 

3925B, 3925C, and 3925P; OMB Control 

Number 0710–0006. 

Type of request: Extension. 

Number of respondents: 1,223. 

Responses per respondents: 160,026. 

Annual responses: 195,712. 

Average burden per response: 13.3524 

minutes. 

Annual burden hours: 43,553 hours. 

Needs and uses: The Corps of 

Engineers uses ENG Forms 3925, 3925B, 

3925C, and 3925P as the basic 

instruments to collect waterborne 

commerce statistics. These data, 

collected from vessel operating 

companies, constitute the sole source 

for domestic vessel movements of 

freight and passengers on U.S. navigable 

waterways and harbors; are essential to 

plans for maintaining U.S. navigable 

waterways; and are critical to enforcing 

the ‘‘Harbor Maintenance Tax’’

authorized under Sec. 1402 of Pub. L. 

99–662. 

Affected public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. James Laity. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Mr. Laity at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http:www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

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. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, PRN Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: September 11, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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