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matrix to reduce inbreeding. The natural 

origin fish required to integrate the Fall 

Creek Hatchery coho salmon program 

will be obtained from Bogus Creek, the 

Iron Gate Hatchery auxiliary fish ladder, 

Fall Creek (e.g., via seine or dip net), 

and fish volitionally entering the Fall 

Creek Hatchery as described in the 

broodstock collection document and the 

terms and conditions of NMFS’ 2021 

Biological Opinion for the ‘‘Surrender 

and Decommissioning of the Lower 

Klamath Hydroelectric Project No. 

14803.’’ 

The secondary purpose of the Fall 

Creek Hatchery coho salmon program is 

to provide adult coho salmon that could 

disperse to newly accessible habitat (76 

miles or 122 kilometers) made available 

following dam removal. The potential 

dispersal of adult coho salmon results 

from Fall Creek Hatchery origin coho 

salmon straying to other tributaries and 

by releasing surplus adult coho salmon 

back to the mainstem Klamath River 

near Fall Creek. 

Take of adult and juvenile coho 

salmon associated with permit 15755– 

2M is described in the NMFS permit 

and particularly detailed in table 1 of 

the permit. Permit 15755–2M expires on 

December 31, 2031. 

This notice is provided under 

National Environmental Policy Act 

regulations and NMFS ESA permit 

regulations to inform the public that the 

Final EA, HGMP, and associated 

documents are available for review. 

Authority 

Enhancement permits are issued in 

accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR part 222). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; (3) are consistent with the 

purposes and policies of section 2 of the 

ESA; (4) whether the permit would 

further a bona fide and necessary or 

desirable scientific purpose or enhance 

the propagation or survival of the 

endangered species, taking into account 

the benefits anticipated to be derived on 

behalf of the endangered species; and 

additional issuance criteria (as listed at 

50 CFR 222.308(c)(5)–(12)). The 

authority to take listed species is subject 

to conditions set forth in the permit. 

Dated: February 23, 2024. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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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; Substantive Submissions 

Made During the Prosecution of the 

Trademark 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 December 4, 2023 during a 

60-day comment period (88 FR 84132). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Substantive Submissions Made 

During the Prosecution of the 

Trademark Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0054. 

Needs and Uses: This collection of 

information is required by the 

Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., 

which provides for the registration of 

trademarks, service marks, collective 

trademarks and collective service marks, 

collective membership marks, and 

certification marks. Individuals and 

businesses that use or intend to use 

such marks in commerce may file an 

application to register their marks with 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO). 

Such individuals and businesses may 

also submit various communications to 

the USPTO, including providing 

additional information needed to 

process a request to delete a particular 

filing basis from an application or to 

divide an application identifying 

multiple goods and/or services into two 

or more separate applications. 

Applicants may seek a six-month 

extension of time to file a statement that 

the mark is in use in commerce or 

submit a petition to revive an 

application that was abandoned for 

failure to submit a timely response to an 

office action or a timely statement of use 

or extension request. In some 

circumstances, an applicant may 

expressly abandon an application by 

filing a request for withdrawal of the 

application. 

The rules implementing the 

Trademark Act are set forth in 37 CFR 

part 2. These rules mandate that each 

register entry include the mark, the 

goods and/or services in connection 

with which the mark is used, ownership 

information, dates of use, and certain 

other information. The USPTO also 

provides similar information concerning 

pending applications. The register and 

pending application information may be 

accessed by an individual or by 

businesses to determine the availability 

of a mark. By accessing the USPTO’s 

information, parties may reduce the 

possibility of initiating use of a mark 

previously adopted by another. As a 

result, the Federal trademark 

registration process is intended to 

reduce unnecessary litigation, and its 

accompanying costs and burdens. 

The information in this collection is 

used to process the substantive 

submissions made during prosecution of 

the trademark application. The 

submissions in this information 

collection are a matter of public record 

and are used by the public for a variety 

of private business purposes related to 

establishing and enforcing trademark 

rights. The information is accessible 

online, through the USPTO website, as 

well as through various USPTO 

facilities. 

Form Numbers: 

• PTO 1553 (Allegation of Use 

(Statement of Use/Amendment to 

Allege Use)) 

• PTO 1554 (Request to Divide 

Application) 

• PTO 1555 (Response to Intent-to-Use/ 

Divisional (ITU/Divisional) Unit 

Office Action) 

• PTO 1556 (Response to Petition to 

Revive Deficiency Letter) 

• PTO 1557 (Petition to Revive with 

Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or 

to Delete ITU Goods/Services/ 

Collective Membership Organization 

After NOA) 

• PTO 1581 (Request for Extension of 

Time to File a Statement of Use) 

• PTO 2194 (Petition to Revive 

Abandoned Application—Failure to 

Respond Timely to Office Action) 

• PTO 2195 (Petition to Revive 

Abandoned Application—Failure to 


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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] 

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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. 

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