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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Patent Examiner Employment 

Application 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on the 

extension and revision of an existing 

information collection: 0651–0042 

Patent Examiner Employment 

Application. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow 60 days for public comment 

preceding submission of the information 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received on or before 

January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

any of the following methods. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0042 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to Linda Majca, Chief 

of Workforce Employment Division— 

Patents, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–0692; or by email 

at Linda.Majca@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651– 

0042 comment’’ in the subject line. 

Additional information about this 

information collection is also available 

at http://www.reginfo.gov under 

‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In the current employment 

environment, life science and 

engineering graduates are in great 

demand. The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is in direct 

competition with the private industry 

for the same caliber of candidates with 

the requisite knowledge and skills to 

perform patent examination work. This 

information collection covers online 

applications to the USPTO for entrylevel patent examiner positions. More 

specifically, the collection covers the 

respondent data gathered from the 

applications. The USPTO posts the 

relevant positions online and collects 

applicant information via the USA 

Staffing System. 

The USA Staffing online application 

collects supplemental information to a 

candidate’s USAJOBS application. This 

information assists USPTO Human 

Resource Specialists and Hiring 

Managers in determining whether an 

applicant possesses the basic 

qualification requirements for a patent 

examiner position. From the 

information collected, the USA Staffing 

system creates an electronic real-time 

candidate inventory on applicants’ 

expertise and technical knowledge, 

which allows USPTO to immediately 

review applications from multiple 

applicants. The use of such automated 

online systems during recruitment 

allows USPTO to remain competitive, 

meet hiring goals, and fulfill the 

Agency’s Congressional commitment to 

reduce the pendency rate for the 

examination of patent applications. 

II. Method of Collection 

Items in this information collection 

must be submitted electronically via the 

USA Staffing system. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0042. 

Forms: None. 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 7,226 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,226 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 

hours) to complete. This includes the 

time to gather the necessary 

information, create the document, and 

submit the completed request to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 3,613 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Hourly Cost Burden: $106,511. 

TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO INDIVIDUAL OR HOUSEHOLD RESPONDENTS

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated time 

for response 

(hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 1

($/hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) (f) (e) × (f) = (g) 

1 ............... Patent Examiner Employee Application.7,226 1 7,226 0.50 (30 minutes) ....... 3,613 $29.48 $106,511 

Totals ...................... 7,226 ........................ 7,226 ..................................... 3,613 ........................ 106,511 

1 USPTO uses the OPM Special Rate Table 0576—Patent Examiner 07–Step 1 (the salary divided by 2,080 (the hours per year in a standard 40-hour work-week)) 

as an estimate for the hourly rate: https://www.opm.gov/special-rates/2023/Table057601012023.aspx. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0. There are 

no capital start-up, maintenance costs, 

recordkeeping costs, filing fees, or 

postage costs associated with this 

information collection. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The USPTO is soliciting public 

comments to: 

(a) Evaluate whether the 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 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 


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1Total hourly compensation for office and 

administrative support occupations in goodsproducing industries is estimated by the U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics to be $33.68: Employer 

Costs for Employee Compensation, March 2023, 

Table 4: (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ 

archives/ecec_06162023.pdf). 

(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. 

All comments submitted in response 

to this notice are a matter of public 

record. USPTO will include or 

summarize each comment in the request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection. Before including an address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

in a comment, be aware that the entire 

comment—including PII—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may ask in your comment to 

withhold PII from public view, USPTO 

cannot guarantee that it will be able to 

do so. 

Justin Isaac, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25157 Filed 11–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2010–0056] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Extension of 

Approval of Information Collection; 

Comment Request—Safety Standard 

for Bicycle Helmets 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (CPSC or 

Commission) requests comments on a 

proposed extension of approval for a 

collection of information relating to the 

Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) previously approved the 

collection of information under control 

number 3041–0127. OMB’s most recent 

extension of approval will expire on 

January 31, 2024. The Commission will 

consider all comments received in 

response to this notice before requesting 

an extension of approval of this 

collection of information from OMB. 

DATES: Submit comments on the 

collection of information by January 16, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2010– 

0056, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit through this website: 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public. The 

Commission typically does not accept 

comments submitted by email, except as 

described below. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Written 

Submissions: CPSC encourages you to 

submit electronic comments by using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. You 

may, however, submit comments by 

mail/hand delivery/courier to: Office of 

the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) 

504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. CPSC 

may post all comments without change, 

including any personal identifiers, 

contact information, or other personal 

information provided, to: http://

www.regulations.gov. If you wish to 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

that you do not want to be available to 

the public, you may submit such 

comments by mail, hand delivery, or 

courier, or you may email them to cpscos@cpsc.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https://

www.regulations.gov, insert docket 

number CPSC–2010–0056 into the 

‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 

504–7791, or by email to: pra@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC 

seeks to extend the following collection 

of information: 

Title: Safety Standard for Bicycle 

Helmets. 

OMB Number: 3041–0127. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

collection. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers and 

importers of bicycle helmets. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The Commission estimates that 38 

manufacturers and importers will issue 

certificates on an estimated total of 200 

models annually, including both older 

models and new models. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

Commission estimates that 

manufacturers and importers will 

require 4 hours per model for 

recordkeeping and certification 

activities each year. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

Based on CPSC’s estimates that 

manufacturers and importers will 

conduct recordkeeping and reporting 

activities for a total of 200 models, and 

that a total of 4 hours will be required 

per model, CPSC estimates that the total 

annual burden of this collection is 800 

hours. The annualized cost to 

respondents for the information 

collection is $26,944 (800 hours × 

$33.68/hr), as estimated from total 

compensation data available from the 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.1

General Description of Collection: In 

1998, the Commission issued a safety 

standard for bicycle helmets (16 CFR 

part 1203). The standard includes 

requirements for labeling and 

instructions. The standard also requires 

that manufacturers and importers of 

bicycle helmets subject to the standard 

issue certificates of compliance based 

on a reasonable testing program. Every 

person issuing certificates of 

compliance must maintain records of 

their testing so the Commission can 

verify that the testing was conducted 

properly. Respondents must comply 

with the requirements in 16 CFR part 

1203 for labeling and instructions, 

testing, certification, and recordkeeping. 

Request for Comments: 

The Commission solicits written 

comments from all interested persons 

about the proposed collection of 

information. The Commission 

specifically solicits information relevant 

to the following topics: 

• whether the collection of 

information described above is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the Commission’s functions, including 

whether the information would have 

practical utility; 

• whether the estimated burden of the 

proposed collection of information is 

accurate; 

• whether the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be collected 

could be enhanced; and 


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