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Item Form No. 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Fee 

amount 

Estimated 

annual 

filing costs 

Issue Fee (design patent, no publication fee, small entity) .............. PTOL–85B ............. 8,500 400.00 3,400,000.00 

Issue Fee (plant patent, no publication fee) ..................................... PTOL–85B ............. 120 1,100.00 132,000.00 

Issue Fee (plant patent, no publication fee, small entity) ................. PTOL–85B ............. 80 550.00 44,000.00 

Issue Fee (plant patent, with publication fee) ................................... PTOL–85B ............. 480 1,400.00 672,000.00 

Issue Fee (plant patent, with publication fee, small entity) ............... PTOL–85B ............. 320 850.00 272,000.00 

Totals .......................................................................................... ................................ 224,926 ........................ 273,013,030.00 

Customers may incur postage costs 

when submitting the information in this 

collection to the USPTO by mail. The 

USPTO estimates that the average firstclass postage cost for a mailed 

submission will be 52 cents and that up 

to 186,326 submissions will be mailed 

to the USPTO per year. The total 

estimated postage cost for this collection 

is $96,890 per year. 

When submitting the electronic 

version of the Issue Fee Transmittal, the 

applicant is strongly urged to retain a 

copy of the acknowledgment receipt as 

evidence that the form was received by 

the USPTO on the date noted. The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 5 

seconds (0.001 hours) to print and retain 

a copy of the acknowledgment receipt 

and that 38,600 submissions per year 

will submit the issue fee electronically, 

for a total of approximately 39 hours per 

year for printing this receipt. Using the 

paraprofessional rate of $90 per hour, 

the USPTO estimates that the 

recordkeeping cost associated with this 

requirement will be $3,510 per year. 

The total non-hour respondent cost 

burden for this collection in the form of 

filing fees, postage costs, and 

recordkeeping costs is $273,113,430 per 

year. 

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, e.g., 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 also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 16, 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. E7–908 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Establishment and Operation of an 

Intelligence, Surveillance, 

Reconnaissance, and Strike Capability, 

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force. 

ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: On January 12, 2007, the 

United States Air Force signed the ROD 

for the Establishment and Operation of 

an Intelligence, Surveillance, 

Reconnaissance, and Strike Capability, 

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The 

decision was based on matters 

discussed in the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS), inputs from the 

public and regulatory agencies, and 

other relevant factors. The Final EIS was 

made available on November 24, 2006 

in the Federal Register (Volume 71, 

Number 226, Page 67864) with a wait 

period ending December 26, 2006. The 

Air Force was the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lead 

agency with the Department of the Navy 

acting as a Cooperating Agency under 

NEPA. The ROD documents only the 

decision of the Air Force with respect to 

the proposed Air Force actions analyzed 

in the Final EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jonathan 

Wald, 36 Civil Engineer Squadron, 671–

366–2549. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

DAF, Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–893 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

March 26, 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

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