5506 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 2024 / Notices 

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. 2024–01722 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2023–0047] 

Supplemental Guidance for 

Examination of Design Patent 

Applications Related to ComputerGenerated Electronic Images, 

Including Computer-Generated Icons 

and Graphical User Interfaces 

AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Examination guidance; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) published in 

the Federal Register on November 17, 

2023, supplemental guidance to be used 

by USPTO personnel in determining 

whether a design claim including a 

computer-generated electronic image is 

directed to statutory subject matter. This 

notice provides the deadline for written 

comments. Additionally, the USPTO 

has corrected Examples 2, 4, and 5 in 

Section (V) of the supplemental 

guidance published in the Federal 

Register to reflect certain formatting 

(i.e., underlining and strikethrough) 

necessary to understand the examples. 

The supplemental guidance, including 

the examples, will be incorporated into 

the Manual of Patent Examining 

Procedure in due course. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Harriman, Senior Legal Advisor, Office 

of Patent Legal Administration, at 571– 

272–7747; or Carolyn Kosowski, Senior 

Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal 

Administration, at 571–272–7688. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USPTO published in the Federal 

Register on November 17, 2023, 

supplemental guidance to be used by 

USPTO personnel in determining 

whether a design claim including a 

computer-generated electronic image is 

directed to statutory subject matter. See 

Supplemental Guidance for 

Examination of Design Patent 

Applications Related to ComputerGenerated Electronic Images, Including 

Computer-Generated Icons and 

Graphical User Interfaces, 88 FR 80277. 

This notice provides the deadline for 

submitting written comments through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. The deadline for 

submitting comments is November 18, 

2024. Please see the ADDRESSES section 

in the November 17, 2023 notice for 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

17, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–25473, on 

page 80277, in the third column, correct 

the DATES caption to read: 

DATES: This supplemental guidance is 

applicable as of November 17, 2023. 

Comments must be received by 

November 18, 2024, to ensure 

consideration. 

In addition, the USPTO has corrected 

Examples 2, 4, and 5 in Section (V) of 

the supplemental guidance published in 

the Federal Register to reproduce 

certain formatting (i.e., underlining and 

strikethrough) in the text necessary to 

understand the examples. A PDF 

version of the examples, which contains 

the formatting, has been posted on the 

Examination Guidance and Training 

Materials page under 35 U.S.C. 171 at 

www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/ 

examination-policy/examinationguidance-and-training-materials. 

The supplemental guidance, 

including the examples, will be 

incorporated into the Manual of Patent 

Examining Procedure in due course. 

Katherine Kelly Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01717 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

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 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comments on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on November 15, 2023 during 

a 60-day comment period (88 FR 78332). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Patent Examiner Employment 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0042. 

Needs and Uses: 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 entry 

level 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 


ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1