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PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 

Practitioner Records Maintenance, 

Disclosure, and Discipline Before the 

Patent and Trademark Office 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the revision of a continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before April 27, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Brown@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0017 comment’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Brown. 

• Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Architecture, Engineering and 

Technical Services, Data Architecture 

and Services Division, U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Christine Nucker, U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office, Mail Stop OED, P.O. 

Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; 

by telephone at 571–272–6071; or by email at oed@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 

has the authority to establish regulations 

governing the conduct and discipline of 

agents, attorneys, or other persons 

representing applicants and other 

parties before the USPTO (35 U.S.C. 2, 

32 and 33). The USPTO Code of 

Professional Responsibility (37 CFR 

10.20 to 10.112) describes how attorneys 

or practitioners should conduct 

themselves professionally and outlines 

their responsibilities for recordkeeping 

and reporting violations or complaints 

of misconduct to the USPTO, while the 

Investigations and Disciplinary 

Proceedings rules (37 CFR 10.130 to 

10.170) dictate how the USPTO can 

discipline attorneys and practitioners. 

The USPTO Code of Professional 

Responsibility requires an attorney or 

agent to maintain complete records of 

all funds, securities, and other 

properties of clients coming into his or 

her possession, and to render 

appropriate accounts to the client 

regarding the funds, securities, and 

other properties. These recordkeeping 

requirements are necessary to maintain 

the integrity of client property. Each 

State Bar requires its attorneys to 

perform similar record keeping. 

The Code also requires an attorney or 

agent to report knowledge of certain 

violations of the Code to the USPTO. If 

the complaint is found to have merit, 

the USPTO will investigate and possibly 

prosecute violations of the Code. The 

Director of the Office of Enrollment and 

Discipline (OED) may, after notice and 

opportunity for a hearing, suspend, 

exclude, or disqualify any practitioner 

from further practice before the USPTO 

based on noncompliance with the 

regulations. 

Practitioners who have been excluded 

or suspended from practice before the 

USPTO must keep and maintain records 

of their steps to comply with the 

suspension or exclusion order. These 

records serve as the practitioner’s proof 

of compliance with the order. 

Some existing information 

requirements that were added into the 

last renewal of this collection are now 

being deleted in compliance with the 

Terms of Clearance issued by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) with 

the previous Notice of Action for this 

collection on July 2, 2004. The Terms of 

Clearance stated that ‘‘the agency is 

reminded of the statutory exemptions 

from the PRA in 44 U.S.C. 

3518(c)(2)(B)(ii) for the conduct of 

administrative action or investigation 

involving an agency against specific 

individuals or entities.’’ Therefore, the 

Responses to Requests/Requirements for 

Information, Requests for Extensions of 

Time to Respond, Responses to 

Settlement Offers, and Responses to 

Show Cause are being deleted from this 

collection. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to 

the USPTO when an individual is 

required to participate in the 

information collection. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0017. 

Form Number(s): There are no forms 

associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit; not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

485 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately 2 to 60 hours, 

depending upon the complexity of the 

situation, to gather the necessary 

information, maintain the required 

records, prepare the complaint, and 

submit the various documents in this 

information collection to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 9,180 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $328,200. At $30 per hour 

for a para-professional/clerical worker, 

the USPTO estimates $266,400 per year 

for salary costs associated with 

respondents for the record keeping 

requirements in this collection. For 

complaint/violation reporting, the 

USPTO predicts that half of the 

complaints will be filed by practitioners 

and that the remaining complaints will 

be split evenly between non-legal 

professionals and semi-professionals or 

skilled trades persons. The USPTO 

estimates that it will cost practitioners 

$304 per hour, non-legal professionals 

$156 per hour, and semi-professionals 

or skilled trades persons $60 per hour 

to submit a complaint, for a weighted 

average hourly rate of $206 per hour. 

Considering these factors, the USPTO 

estimates $61,800 per year for salary 

costs associated with filing a complaint, 

for a total annual respondent cost 

burden of $328,200 per year. 

Item 

Estimated time 

for response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Record Keeping Maintenance (including financial books and records such as trust accounts, 

fiduciary accounts, operating accounts, and advertisements) ................................................. 26 330 8,580 

Record Keeping Maintenance Under Suspension or Exclusion from the USPTO ..................... 60 5 300 

Complaint/Violation Reporting ..................................................................................................... 2 150 300 


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Item 

Estimated time 

for response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ 485 9,180 

Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) 

Respondent Cost Burden: $95. There are 

no capital start-up costs, maintenance 

costs or filing fees associated with this 

information collection. There are, 

however, postage costs. 

The public may submit the 

complaints in this collection to the 

USPTO by mail through the United 

States Postal Service. If these documents 

are sent by first-class mail, a certificate 

of mailing for each piece of 

correspondence, stating the date of 

deposit or transmission to the USPTO, 

may also be included. 

The USPTO expects that the 

complaints will be mailed to the USPTO 

with first-class postage, at an average 

cost of 63 cents. The USPTO estimates 

that up to 150 responses may be 

submitted by first-class mail, for a 

postage cost of $95 per year. 

Therefore, this information collection 

has a total of $95 in annual (non-hour) 

respondent cost burden. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: February 8, 2007. 

Susan K. Brown, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Architecture, 

Engineering and Technical Services, Data 

Architecture and Services Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–3209 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Military Personnel Testing 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92–

463, notice is hereby given that a 

meeting of the Defense Advisory 

Committee on Military Personnel 

Testing is scheduled to be held. The 

purpose of the meeting is to review 

planned changes and progress in 

developing computerized and paperand-pencil enlistment tests. 

DATES: March 29, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 

4 p.m., and March 30, from 8 a.m. to 4 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn, 2303 

Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, 

California 92106. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jane M. Arabian, Assistant Director, 

Accession Policy, Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 

Readiness), Room 2B721, The Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–4000, telephone 

(703) 697–9271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons 

desiring to make oral presentations or 

submit written statements for 

consideration at the Committee meeting 

must contact Dr. Jane M. Arabian at the 

address or telephone number above no 

later than March 20, 2007. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–854 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–07–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Availability for Non-Exclusive, 

Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 

Licensing of U.S. Patent Application 

Concerning a Coherent Radar and 

Ladar Polarimeter 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 

404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made 

of the availability for licensing of the 

invention set forth in U.S. Patent 

Application No. 10/631,218 entitled ‘‘A 

Coherent Radar and Ladar Polarimeter,’’

filed on July 25, 2003. The United States 

Government, as represented by the 

Secretary of the Army, has rights in this 

invention. 

ADDRESSES: Office of Research and 

Technology Applications, SDMC–

RDTC–TDL (Ms. Susan D. McRae), Bldg. 

5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone 

Arsenal, AL 35898. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Joan Gilsdorf, Patent Attorney, e-mail: 

joan.gilsdorf@smdc.army.mil (256) 955–

3213 or Ms. Susan D. McRae, Office of 

Research and Technology Applications, 

e-mail: susan.mcrae@smdc.army.mil; 

(256) 955–1501. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention pertains to determining the 

state of polarization of an 

electromagnetic signal. A polarimeter 

includes a receiver that receives a first 

polarization (P1) of the signal and splits 

the first polarization of the signal into 

the in-phase (IP1) and quadrature (QP1) 

components, and receives a second 

poplarization (P2) of the signal and 

splits the second polarization of the 

signal into the in-phase (IP1) and 

quadrature (QP2) components. The 

polarimeter may also include a 

processor that receives each of the inphase and quadrature components ((IP1), 

(QP1), (IP2), and (QP2)) of the first and 

second polarizations and determines the 

Stokes polarization vector components 

(s0, s1, s2, and s3) of the signal. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–851 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Availability for Non-Exclusive, 

Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 

Licensing of U.S. Patent Concerning 

the Monitoring and Tracking of 

Emergencies in Support of the E–911 

System 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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