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should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6897 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Availability of Seat for Olympic Coast 

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The ONMS is seeking 

applications for the following vacant 

seat on the Olympic Coast National 

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: 

Coastal Marine Resources Committees. 

Applicants must be members of either 

the Grays Harbor or North Pacific Coast 

marine resources committees. 

Applicants are chosen for both primary 

and alternate positions based upon their 

particular expertise and experience in 

relation to the seat for which they are 

applying; community and professional 

affiliations; philosophy regarding the 

protection and management of marine 

resources; and possibly the length of 

residence in the area affected by the 

sanctuary. Applicants who are chosen 

as members should expect to serve 

three-year terms, pursuant to the 

council’s charter. 

DATES: Applications are due by Friday, 

May 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from Norma Klein, Olympic 

Coast National Marine Sanctuary, 115 

East Railroad Ave., Suite 301, Port 

Angeles, WA 98362 

(norma.klein@noaa.gov). Completed 

applications should be sent via mail or 

email to the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Bernthal, Superintendent, 

Olympic Coast National Marine 

Sanctuary, 115 East Railroad Ave., Suite 

301, Port Angeles, WA 98362, 

360.457.6622 x11, 

carol.bernthal@noaa.gov or Liam 

Antrim, Acting Council Coordinator, 

360.457.6622 x16, 

liam.antrim@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Olympic Coast National Marine 

Sanctuary (OCNMS) Advisory Council 

seats are for a three-year term and have 

a designated primary member and an 

alternate. The OCNMS Advisory 

Council meets bi-monthly in public 

sessions in communities in and around 

Olympic Coast National Marine 

Sanctuary. 

The OCNMS Advisory Council was 

established in December 1998 to assure 

continued public participation in the 

management of the sanctuary. Serving 

in a volunteer capacity, the advisory 

council’s 15 voting members represent a 

variety of local user groups, as well as 

the general public. In addition, six 

Federal government agencies serve as 

non-voting, ex officio members. Since 

its establishment, the advisory council 

has played a vital role in advising 

OCNMS and NOAA on critical issues. In 

addition to providing advice on 

management issues facing the 

Sanctuary, council members serve as a 

communication bridge between 

constituents and OCNMS staff. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6890 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Patent Processing (Updating) 

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 May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0031 comment’’ 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. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Raul Tamayo, Legal Advisor, Office of 

Patent Legal Administration, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450, by telephone at (571) 272–7728, or 

by email to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov 

with ‘‘Paperwork’’ in the subject line. 

Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is required 

by 35 U.S.C. 131 to examine an 

application for patent and, when 

appropriate, issue a patent. Also, the 

USPTO is required to publish patent 

applications, with certain exceptions, 

promptly after the expiration of a period 

of eighteen months from the earliest 

filing date for which a benefit is sought 

under Title 35, United States Code 

(‘‘eighteen-month publication’’). Certain 

situations may arise which require that 

additional information be supplied in 

order for the USPTO to further process 

the patent or application. The USPTO 

administers the statutes through various 

sections of the rules of practice in 37 

CFR Part 1. 

The information in this collection can 

be used by the USPTO to continue the 

processing of the patent or application 

to ensure that applicants are complying 

with the patent regulations and to aid in 

the prosecution of the application. 

Modifications to this collection since 

the previous renewal include: three 

requests for non-substantive change; 

separately accounting for two 

requirements; the deletion of an item 

from the collection, and adding 

electronic equivalents for the majority of 

the paper forms. The USPTO is also 

planning to move items out of 0651– 

0031 into two new collections. 

The three requests for non-substantive 

change include one in August of 2010 

making two changes to an existing form 

(PTOL–413A); and a second in 

November of 2010 adding a form for an 

item that was currently approved 

(Petition to Withdraw an Application 


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from Issue). The third request for nonsubstantive change involved six items 

being deleted from this collection in 

December of 2011 that had been moved 

into a new ICR, 0651–0059 Certain 

Patent Petitions Requiring a Fee. These 

items include Petitions for Extension of 

Time under 37 CFR 1.136(b)(PTO/SB/ 

23); Petition for Express Abandonment 

to Avoid Publication under 

1.138(c)(PTO/SB/24a); Petition for 

Request for Documents in a Form Other 

Than That Provided by 1.19; Petitions 

under 37 CFR 1.17(g); Petitions under 

37 CFR 1.17(h); and Petition to Make 

Special under Accelerated Examination 

Program (PTO/SB28). 

The two items being separately 

accounted for in this collection are (i) 

Rule 1.130, 1.131, and 1.132 Affidavits 

or Declarations and (ii) Amendments 

and Responses. 

One item is being deleted from the 

collection, Request for Processing of 

Replacement Drawings in Any Patent 

Application Publication. The USPTO 

phased out these requests over the last 

several years due to IT upgrades. 

Currently, notices of appeal, requests 

for oral hearing, and pre-appeal brief 

requests for review are covered under 

this collection. The USPTO has 

determined that it would be beneficial 

to assign these items to their own 

collection. The USPTO is planning to 

submit a request to the OMB for a new 

collection, Matters Related to Patent 

Appeals, and is planning to ultimately 

transfer these three notices and requests 

out of the 0651–0031 inventory and into 

this new collection upon approval by 

OMB. 

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

was enacted into law on September 16, 

2011 (See Pub. L. 112–29, 125 Stat. 284 

(2011)). The USPTO published a notice 

of proposed rulemaking titled ‘‘Changes 

to Implement Miscellaneous Post Patent 

Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America 

Invents Act’’ (RIN 0651–AC66) in the 

Federal Register. In the notice, the 

USPTO proposed to rewrite 37 CFR 

1.501 to reflect the amendment to 35 

U.S.C. 301 by section 6(g)(1) of the 

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. 

Proposed 37 CFR 1.501 provides that a 

submission can include prior art and 

claim scope statements of the patent 

owner. In light of the proposed 

rulemaking, the USPTO submitted a 

request for a new information 

collection, Post Patent Public 

Submissions, and requested that the 

existing item ‘‘Information Disclosure 

Citation in a Patent’’ (PTO/SB/42) be 

transferred out of the 0651–0031 Patent 

Processing (Updating) approved 

inventory and into this new collection 

when this new collection is approved by 

OMB. 

II. Method of Collection 

In general, the items in this collection 

can be submitted to the USPTO on 

paper by mail, facsimile, or hand 

delivery, or electronically through EFS– 

Web, the USPTO’s Web-based electronic 

filing system. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0031. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/08/08a/08b, 

PTO/SB/17i, PTO/SB/21–22, PTO/SB/ 

24–27, PTO/SB/24B, PTO/SB/30–33, 

PTO/SB/35–39, PTO/SB/42–43, PTO/ 

SB/61–64, PTO/SB/64a, PTO/SB/67–68, 

PTO/SB/91–92, PTO/SB/96–97, PTO– 

2053–A/B, PTO–2054–A/B, PTO–2055– 

A/B, PTOL/413A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,777,532 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public an average of 1 minute, 48 

seconds (0.03 hours) to 10 hours to 

complete the collections of information 

described in this submission, depending 

on the nature of the information. This 

includes time to gather the necessary 

information, create the documents, and 

mail the completed request, depending 

upon the complexity of the situation. 

The time estimates shown for the 

electronic forms are based on the 

average amount of time needed to 

complete and electronically file the 

associated forms. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 11,972,777 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $3,573,910,186. The 

USPTO expects that attorneys and 

paraprofessionals will complete and 

submit this information. The estimated 

hourly rate for attorneys is $340 and the 

paraprofessional rate is $122. 

Item 

Estimated time 

for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

EFS–Web IDS (Information Disclosure Statements) that do not require the fee set forth in 

37 CFR 1.17(p).

2 hours ............. 500,000 1,000,000 

Information Disclosure Statements that do not require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) ... 2 hours ............. 40,000 80,000 

EFS–Web IDS (Information Disclosure Statements) that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 

1.17(p).

2 hours ............. 100,000 200,000 

Information Disclosure Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) .............. 2 hours ............. 10,000 20,000 

Electronic Transmittal Form ...................................................................................................... 2 hours ............. 1,020,000 2,040,000 

Transmittal Form ....................................................................................................................... 2 hours ............. 80,000 160,000 

Electronic Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) .......................................... 6 minutes .......... 295,000 29,500 

Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) ........................................................... 6 minutes .......... 20,100 2,010 

Electronic Express Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138 .......................................................... 12 minutes ........ 6,500 1,300 

Express Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138 ........................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 500 100 

Electronic Disclaimers .............................................................................................................. 12 minutes ........ 40,000 8,000 

Disclaimers ............................................................................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 5,000 1,000 

Electronic Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application ................................. 6 minutes .......... 370 37 

Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application .................................................. 6 minutes .......... 30 3 

Electronic Notice of Appeal ...................................................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 34,900 6,980 

Notice of Appeal ....................................................................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 2,600 520 

Electronic Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent ............................................................. 10 hours ........... 930 9,300 

Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent .............................................................................. 10 hours ........... 70 700 

Electronic Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably ............. 8 hours ............. 330 2,640 

Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably .............................. 8 hours ............. 30 240

Electronic Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally ......... 1 hour ............... 7,400 7,400

Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally .......................... 1 hour ............... 600 600 

Electronic Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify 

the Office of a Foreign or International Filing.

1 hour ............... 230 230 


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Item 

Estimated time 

for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office 

of a Foreign or International Filing.

1 hour ............... 20 20 

Electronic Requests to Access, Inspect and Copy .................................................................. 12 minutes ........ 121,000 24,200 

Requests to Access, Inspect and Copy ................................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 9,000 1,800 

Electronic Deposit Account Order Form ................................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 90 18 

Deposit Account Order Form .................................................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 10 2 

Electronic Certificates of Mailing, Transmission ....................................................................... 1 minute, ..........

48 seconds .......

930,000 27,900 

Certificates of Mailing, Transmission ........................................................................................ 1 minute, ...........

48 seconds .......

70,000 2,100 

Electronic Statement Under 37 CFR 3.73(b) ........................................................................... 12 minutes ........ 140,000 28,000 

Statement Under 37 CFR 3.73(b) ............................................................................................ 12 minutes ........ 10,000 2,000 

Electronic Non-publication Request ......................................................................................... 6 minutes .......... 21,500 2,150 

Non-publication Request .......................................................................................................... 6 minutes .......... 1,500 150 

Electronic Rescission of Previous Non-publication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and, 

if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii)).

6 minutes .......... 1,000 100 

Rescission of Previous Non-publication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and, if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(iii)).6 minutes .......... 100 10 

Electronic Filing System (EFS) Copy of Application for Publication ........................................ 2 hours, ............

30 minutes ........

1 3 

Copy of File Content Showing Redactions .............................................................................. 4 hours ............. 1 4 

Copy of the Applicant or Patentee’s Record of the Application (including copies of the correspondence, list of the correspondence, and statements verifying whether the record is 

complete or not).

2 hours ............. 20 40 

EFS–Web Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal ......................................... 12 minutes ........ 150,000 30,000 

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal .......................................................... 12 minutes ........ 10,000 2,000 

Electronic Request for Oral Hearing Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences 12 minutes ........ 1,100 220 

Request for Oral Hearing Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ................. 12 minutes ........ 100 20 

Electronic Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 

1.103(b), (c), or (d).

12 minutes ........ 560 112 

Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), 

or (d).

12 minutes ........ 40 8 

EFS–Web Request for Voluntary Publication or Republication ............................................... 12 minutes ........ 650 130 

Request for Voluntary Publication or Republication ................................................................. 12 minutes ........ 50 10 

Electronic Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form ............................................................. 24 minutes ........ 1,900 760 

Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form .............................................................................. 24 minutes ........ 100 40 

Electronic Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal ................................................. 5 minutes .......... 3,300 264 

Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal .................................................................. 5 minutes .......... 200 16 

Electronic Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s) Under 37 CFR 1.55(d) ....... 8 minutes .......... 60,000 7,800 

Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s) Under 37 CFR 1.55(d) ........................ 8 minutes .......... 5,000 650

Electronic Authorization to Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices Under 37 

CFR 1.14(h).

6 minutes .......... 19,000 1,900 

Authorization to Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices Under 37 CFR 

1.14(h).

6 minutes .......... 1,000 100 

Electronic Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund .......................................... 12 minutes ........ 2,000 400 

Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund ........................................................... 12 minutes ........ 100 20 

Electronic Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review ..................................................................... 5 hours ............. 14,700 73,500 

Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review ...................................................................................... 5 hours ............. 1,100 5,500 

EFS–Web Request for Corrected Filing Receipt ..................................................................... 5 minutes .......... 22,000 1,760 

Request for Corrected Filing Receipt ....................................................................................... 5 minutes .......... 2,000 160 

Electronic Request for First Action Interview (Pilot Program) .................................................. 2 hours, ............

30 minutes ........

1,500 3,750 

Petition to Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination under 37 CFR 

1.105(c)(1) (EFS–Web only).

2 hours ............. 2,300 4,600 

Rule 1.130, 1.131, and 1.132 Affidavits or Declarations ......................................................... 10 hours ........... 50,000 500,000 

Electronic Amendments and Responses ................................................................................. 8 hours ............. 893,000 7,144,000 

Amendments and Responses .................................................................................................. 8 hours ............. 67,000 536,000 

Totals ................................................................................................................................. ........................... 4,777,532 11,972,777 

Estimated Total Annual (Non-Hour) 

Respondent Cost Burden: $357,380,557. 

This collection has postage costs and 

filing fees. 

The public may submit the paper 

forms and petitions in this collection to 

the USPTO by mail through the United 

States Postal Service. If the submission 

is sent by first-class mail, the public 

may also include a signed certification 

of the date of mailing in order to receive 

credit for timely filing. Therefore, the 

USPTO estimates that up to 386,271 

submissions per year may be mailed. 

The USPTO estimates that the average 

submission will be mailed in a standard 

manila envelope with a weight of 3 

ounces at a cost of $1.28, resulting in a 

total postage cost of $494,427 per year 

for this collection. 

There is annual (non-hour) cost 

burden in the way of filing fees 

associated with this collection of 

$356,886,130, as shown in the 

accompanying table. 


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Item Responses 

(yr) 

Filing fee 

$ 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(a × b) 

(a) (b) (c) 

EFS-Web Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 

1.17(p) .................................................................................................................................. 100,000 $180.00 $18,000,000.00 

Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) ... 10,000 180.00 1,800,000.00 

Transmittal Forms .................................................................................................................... 1,100,000 None 0.00 

One-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) ........................................................... 110,000 150.00 16,500,000.00 

One-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) (small entity) ...................................... 40,000 75.00 3,000,000.00

Two-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) ........................................................... 50,000 560.00 28,000,000.00 

Two-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) (small entity) ...................................... 21,000 280.00 5,880,000.00 

Three-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) ......................................................... 50,000 1,270.00 63,500,000.00 

Three-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) (small entity) ................................... 31,000 635.00 19,685,000.00 

Four-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) ........................................................... 3,300 1,980.00 6,534,000.00 

Four-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) (small entity) ..................................... 2,500 990.00 2,475,000.00

Five-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) ........................................................... 3,800 2,690.00 10,222,000.00 

Five-month extension of time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) (small entity) ...................................... 3,500 1,345.00 4,707,500.00 

Express abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138 .......................................................................... 7,000 None 0.00

Statutory Disclaimer ................................................................................................................. 35,500 160.00 5,680,000.00 

Statutory Disclaimer (small entity) ........................................................................................... 9,500 80.00 760,000.00 

Request for expedited examination of a design application ................................................... 400 900.00 360,000.00 

Electronic Notice of Appeal ..................................................................................................... 27,900 620.00 17,298,000.00 

Electronic Notice of Appeal (small entity) ............................................................................... 7,000 310.00 2,170,000.00 

Notice of Appeal ...................................................................................................................... 2,100 620.00 1,302,000.00 

Notice of Appeal (small entity) ................................................................................................ 500 310.00 155,000.00 

Information Disclosure Citations .............................................................................................. 1,000 None 0.00 

Petition to Revive Unavoidably Abandoned Application ......................................................... 120 620.00 74,400.00 

Petition to Revive Unavoidably Abandoned Application (small entity) ................................... 240 310.00 74,400.00 

Petition to Revive Unintentionally Abandoned Application ..................................................... 3,800 1,860.00 7,068,000.00 

Petition to Revive Unintentionally Abandoned Application (small entity) ................................ 4,200 930.00 3,906,000.00 

Petition for revival of an application for patent abandoned for failure to notify the office of a 

foreign or international filing ................................................................................................. 200 1,860.00 372,000.00 

Petition for revival of an application for patent abandoned for failure to notify the office of a 

foreign or international filing (small entity) ........................................................................... 50 930.00 46,500.00 

Requests to Access, Inspect and Copy .................................................................................. 130,000 None 0.00 

Deposit Account Order Form ................................................................................................... 100 None 0.00 

Certificates of Mailing/Transmission ........................................................................................ 1,000,000 None 0.00 

Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(b) ............................................................................................ 150,000 None 0.00 

Non-publication Request ......................................................................................................... 23,000 None 0.00 

Rescission of Previous Non-publication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and, if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii)) .................................................... 1,100 None 0.00 

EFS Copy of Application for Publication ................................................................................. 1 None 0.00 

Copy of File Content Showing Redactions ............................................................................. 1 130.00 130.00 

Copy of the Applicant or Patentee’s Record of the Application (including copies of the correspondence, list of the correspondence, and statements verifying whether the record is 

complete or not) ................................................................................................................... 20 None 0.00 

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal ......................................................... 131,000 930.00 121,830,000.00 

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal (small entity) .................................... 29,000 465.00 13,485,000.00 

Electronic Request for Oral Hearing ....................................................................................... 900 1,240.00 1,116,000.00 

Electronic Request for Oral Hearing (small entity) .................................................................. 200 620.00 124,000.00 

Request for Oral Hearing ........................................................................................................ 60 1,240.00 74,400.00 

Request for Oral Hearing (small entity) ................................................................................... 40 620.00 24,800.00 

Processing fee for requests for suspension of action or deferrals of examination under 37 

CFR 1.103(b),(c),or(d) .......................................................................................................... 600 130.00 78,000.00 

Request for voluntary publication or republication under 37 CFR 1.221(a) ........................... 300 430.00 129,000.00 

Applicant initiated interview request form ................................................................................ 2,000 None 0.00 

Processing fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i) transmittal .................................................................... 3,500 130.00 455,000.00 

Request to retrieve electronic priority application(s) under 37 CFR 1.55(d) .......................... 65,000 None 0.00 

Authorization to permit access to application by participating offices under 37 CFR 1.17(h) 20,000 None 0.00 

Petition for express abandonment to obtain a refund ............................................................. 2,100 None 0.00

Electronic Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review .................................................................... 11,700 None 0.00 

Electronic Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review (small entity) ............................................... 3,000 None 0.00 

Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review ..................................................................................... 900 None 0.00 

Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review (small entity) ................................................................ 200 None 0.00

Request for Corrected filing receipt (electronic) ...................................................................... 22,000 None 0.00 

Request for Corrected filing receipt ......................................................................................... 2,000 None 0.00 

Electronic Request for First Action Interview (Pilot Program) ................................................. 1,500 None 0.00 

Petition to Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination Under 37 CFR 

1.105(c)(1) (EFS–Web only) ................................................................................................ 2,300 None 0.00 

Rule 1.130, 1.131, and 1.132 Affidavits or Declarations ........................................................ 50,000 None 0.00

Electronic Amendments and Responses ................................................................................ 893,000 None 0.00 

Amendments and Responses ................................................................................................. 67,000 None 0.00 


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Item Responses 

(yr) 

Filing fee 

$ 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(a × b) 

TOTAL .............................................................................................................................. 4,237,132 ...................... 356,886,130.00 

The USPTO estimates that the total 

(non-hour) respondent cost burden for 

this collection in the form of postage 

costs and filing fees will be 

$357,380,557. 

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 will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6888 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No. CFPB–2012–0009] 

Request for Comment on Payday 

Lending Hearing Transcript 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: On January 19, 2012, the 

Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection (Bureau) held a field hearing 

on payday lending. The Bureau invites 

the public to review the transcript and 

provide additional feedback on the 

issues raised in it. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CFPB– 

2012–0009, by any of the following 

methods. 

• Electronic: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or hand delivery/courier: 

Monica Jackson, Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

In general, all comments received will 

posted without change to 

www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

comments will be available for public 

inspection and copying at 1700 G Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20552, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can 

make an appointment to inspect the 

documents by telephoning (202) 435– 

7275. All comments, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will become part of the public 

record and subject to public disclosure. 

Sensitive personal information, such as 

account numbers or social security 

numbers, should not be included. 

Comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact 

Monica Jackson, Office of the Executive 

Secretary, by telephone at (202) 435– 

7275 or by email at 

monica.jackson@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) vested 

the Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection (Bureau) with supervisory 

and rulemaking authority over nonbank 

covered persons that offer or provide 

payday loans to consumers. In an effort 

to listen, learn, and gather information 

on the ground that will to help the 

Bureau better understand this market, 

the Bureau held a public field hearing 

on short-term, small-dollar loans, such 

as payday loans and bank ‘‘deposit 

advances’’ on January 19, 2012 in 

Birmingham, Alabama. 

Payday lending products are typically 

marketed to bridge a cash flow shortage 

between pay or benefits checks. They 

generally have three features: The loans 

are small dollar amounts; borrowers 

must repay the loan quickly; and they 

require that a borrower give lenders 

access to repayment through a claim on 

the borrower’s deposit account. The 

Bureau held the Birmingham field 

hearing to gather information and input 

from experts and the public on the 

payday-lending market to help 

determine the right approach to protect 

consumers and ensure that they have 

access to a small-loan market that is fair, 

transparent, and competitive. A number 

of questions were raised on which the 

Bureau is interested in gathering 

additional public feedback. For 

example, does the impact of payday 

loans and deposit-advance products 

vary by the type of consumer? Who is 

helped and who is harmed by depositadvance and payday products? Does the 

answer vary depending on whether the 

product is provided by a storefront, a 

bank, or online? How are small-dollar 

loans and products marketed? 

The transcript of the hearing has been 

posted on the Bureau’s Web site at 

http://consumerfinance.gov. The Bureau 

invites the public to review the 

transcript and submit additional 

comment on the subjects discussed at 

the hearing. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Meredith Fuchs, 

Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

Federal Register Citation of Previous 

Announcement: Vol. 77, No. 52, Friday, 

March 16, 2012, page 15737. 

ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 10 a.m.– 

11 a.m. Meeting Canceled. 

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: March 20, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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