68424 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2013 / Notices 

Item 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

hours 

Electronic Petitions to the Chief Administrative Patent Judge Under 37 CFR 41.3 .... 4 151 604 

Total ....................................................................................................................... ...................................... 34,537 858,683 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $48,239 per 

year. There are no maintenance, 

operation, capital start-up, or 

recordkeeping costs associated with this 

information collection. However, this 

collection does have annual (non-hour) 

costs in the form of postage costs. There 

are also filing fees for the appeal briefs 

and the petitions to the chief 

administrative patent judge, but these 

fees are not included in the annual 

(non-hour) cost burden for this 

collection. These fees are covered 

instead under 0651–0072 America 

Invents Act Section 10 Patent Fee 

Adjustments. 

The briefs, petitions, and other papers 

may be submitted by mail through the 

United States Postal Service. The 

USPTO expects the items in this 

collection to be mailed by Express Mail 

using the flat rate envelope, which can 

accommodate both the varying 

submission weights of these 

submissions and the various postal 

zones. Using the Express Mail flat rate 

cost for mailing envelopes, the USPTO 

estimates that the average cost for 

sending these submissions by Express 

Mail will be $19.95 and that 

approximately 2,418 may be mailed to 

the USPTO. 

The USPTO estimates that the total 

postage cost for this collection will be 

$48,239 per year. 

Item Responses Postage 

cost 

Total 

postage 

cost 

Express Mailing Costs 

Amendment .............................................................................................................................................. 19 $19.95 $379.00 

Appeal Brief ............................................................................................................................................. 1,781 19.95 35,531.00 

Reply Brief ............................................................................................................................................... 578 19.95 11,531.00 

Request for Rehearing Before the PTAB ................................................................................................ 29 19.95 579.00 

Petitions to the Chief Administrative Patent Judge Under 37 CFR 41.3 ................................................ 11 19.95 219.00 

Total Postage Costs ......................................................................................................................... 2,418 .................... 48,239.00 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

The USPTO is soliciting public 

comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) Minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Dated: November 8, 2013. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: Vol. 78, No. 217, 

Friday, November 8, 2013, page 67130. 

ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF OPEN

MEETING: 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Wednesday, 

November 13, 2013. 

CHANGES TO OPEN MEETING AGENDA:. 

Matter To Be Considered: Decisional 

Matter—Voluntary Recall Notice NPR. 

Item Removed From the Agenda: 

Decisional Matters: FY 2014 Operating 

Plan. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: Todd A. Stevenson, Office 

of the Secretary, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: November 12, 2013. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, November 

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PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

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Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

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