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###### Department of Commerce

###### United States Patent and Trademark Office

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:*                     Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Action Form.                

*Form Number(s):*                     PTO-2042.                

*Agency Approval Number:*                     0651-0045.                

*Type of Request:*                     Revision of a currently approved collection.                

*Burden:*                     2,250 hours annually.                

*Number of Respondents:*                     4,500 responses per year.                

*Avg. Hours per Response:*                     The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to read the instructions and subscriber agreement, gather the necessary information, prepare the Certificate Action Form, and submit the completed request.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     The USPTO uses Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology to support electronic commerce between the USPTO and its customers. In order to access secure online systems offered by the USPTO for transactions such as electronic filing of patent applications and retrieving confidential patent application information, customers must first obtain a digital certificate. The public uses this collection to request a new digital certificate, the revocation of a current                           ( print page 8221)                        certificate, or the recovery of a lost certificate.                

This collection includes the Certificate Action Form (PTO-2042), which is provided by the USPTO to ensure that customers submit the necessary information for processing certificate requests. The accompanying subscriber agreement explains the regulations governing the use of the digital certificates and the software that creates and validates the encryption keys.

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals or households; businesses or other for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.                

*Frequency:*                     On occasion.                

*Respondent's Obligation:*                     Required to obtain or retain benefits.                

*OMB Desk Officer:*                     Nicholas A. Fraser, email:                     *Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov*.                

                    Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at                     *www.reginfo.gov*.                

Paper copies can be obtained by:
    -  Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov . Include “0651-0045 copy request” in the subject line of the message.                
    -  Mail:                      Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 March 15, 2012 to Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to                     *Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov*, or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.                

Dated: February 9, 2012.

Susan K. Fawcett,

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2012-3392 Filed 2-13-12; 8:45 am]

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