Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2024 / Notices 14635 

File Timely Statement of Use or 

Extension Request) 

• PTO 2200 (Request to Delete Section 

1(b) Basis, Intent to Use) 

• PTO 2202 (Request for Express 

Abandonment (Withdrawal) of 

Application) 

• PTO 2301 (Petition to Director) 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 373,293 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 373,293 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately between 30 

minutes (0.5 hours) and 70 minutes 

(1.17 hours) to complete. This includes 

the time to gather the necessary 

information, create the document, and 

submit the information to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 265,556 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $43,517,005. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website, 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number, 0651–0054. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0054 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Justin Isaac, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04121 Filed 2–27–24; 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 and Trademark 

Resource Center Metrics 

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 20, 2023 during 

a 60-day comment period (88 FR 80695). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Patent and Trademark Resource 

Center Metrics. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0068. 

Needs and Uses: The Patent and 

Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) is 

authorized under the provision of 35 

U.S.C. 2(a)(2), which provides that the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO) shall be responsible for 

disseminating information with respect 

to patents and trademarks to the public. 

The PTRC Program is made up of 

public, state, and academic libraries. 

Each participating library designated as 

a PTRC must fulfill the following 

requirements: Assist the public in the 

efficient use of patent and trademark 

resources; provide free access to patent 

and trademark resources provided by 

the USPTO; and send representatives to 

attend USPTO-hosted PTRC training 

seminars. 

The USPTO seeks to collect 

information about the public’s use of the 

PTRCs and training provided through 

the PTRC program. The PTRC Program 

requirements stipulate that all 

participating libraries must submit 

quarterly metrics on the public’s use of 

PTRC services and public outreach 

efforts provided by the PTRCs. To 

facilitate that requirement, the USPTO 

electronically collects these metrics on 

a quarterly basis. This information 

collection enables the USPTO to see 

how customers are being served by the 

PTRCs. It also allows USPTO to 

determine what changes may be needed 

in the types of services provided and 

what trainings the PTRC Program Office 

should offer to PTRC librarians. 

Forms: None. 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: State, local, and 

Tribal governments. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 100 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 400 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

respondents approximately 30 minutes 

(0.50 hours) to complete. This includes 

the time to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the worksheet, and 

submit it to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 200 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website, 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number, 0651–0068. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0068 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Justin Isaac, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04116 Filed 2–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 


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