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indicated by 37 CFR 2.6(b)(6) is $40 for 

recording the first property in a 

document and $25 for each additional 

property in the same document. The 

USPTO estimates that the average fee for 

a patent assignment recordation request 

is approximately $80 and that the 

average fee for a trademark assignment 

recordation request is approximately 

$65. Therefore, this collection has an 

estimated total of $37,776,265 in filing 

fees per year. 

Item 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Average fee 

amount 

Estimated 

annual filing 

costs 

Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1595) .................................................................. 100,115 $80.00 $8,009,200 

Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1594) ........................................................... 18,443 65.00 1,198,795 

Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (PTO–1595) ...................................................... 330,390 80.00 26,431,200 

Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) (PTO–1594) ............................................... 32,878 65.00 2,137,070 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 481,826 ........................ 37,776,265 

Customers may incur postage costs 

when submitting a patent or trademark 

assignment request to the USPTO by 

mail. The USPTO expects that some 

assignment requests will be submitted 

by fax but that approximately 60,465 

(51%) of the 118,558 paper assignment 

requests per year will be submitted by 

mail. The USPTO estimates that the 

average first-class postage cost for a 

mailed Patent or Trademark Recordation 

Form Cover Sheet submission is 88 

cents, resulting in a total postage cost of 

$53,209 per year for this collection. 

The total (non-hour) respondent cost 

burden for this collection in the form of 

filing fees and postage costs is estimated 

to be $37,829,474 per year. 

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 also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: September 6, 2011. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–23078 Filed 9–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Addition 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Addition to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds a product to 

the Procurement List that will be 

furnished by the nonprofit agency 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 10/10/2011. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Briscoe, Telephone: (703) 603– 

7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 6/17/2011 (76 FR 35415–35417), 

the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

addition to the Procurement List. 

The Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled (Committee) operates pursuant 

to statutory and regulatory 

requirements. The Committee regulation 

at 41 CFR 51–2–4 states that for a 

commodity or service to be suitable for 

addition to the Procurement List each of 

the following criteria must be reviewed 

and determined satisfactory under 

Committee practice and procedure: 

Employment potential; nonprofit agency 

qualifications, capability, and level of 

impact on the current contractor for the 

commodity or service. The JavitsWagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act requires that 

projects added to the Procurement List 

must be provided by qualified nonprofit 

agencies that employ people who are 

blind or severely disabled for not less 

than 75% of the direct hours required 

for the production or provision of 

products or services during each fiscal 

year. 

Comments were received from the 

incumbent contractor that currently 

provides powder laundry detergent to 

the Government. The incumbent 

contractor indicated that it has a long 

established policy of employing people 

with disabilities. He indicated that two 

of the eight individuals employed in 

fulfillment of this product are people 

with disabilities. The contractor advises 

that loss of this project could jeopardize 

the continued employment of the two 

employees with disabilities. Comments 

were also received from two other 

sources. Both sources voiced support for 

the contractor’s practice of hiring people 

with disabilities and asserted that the 

contractor should retain the opportunity 

to supply the product to the 

Government. 

The Committee applauds and 

encourages the actions of this contractor 

to hire people with disabilities who 

deserve the same opportunity as all 

Americans to work, earn income and be 

productive members of society. The 

AbilityOne Program, which the 

Committee administers, exists to 

provide employment for people who are 

blind or whose significant disabilities 

make them unable to obtain or maintain 

employment on their own. In the case 

of the specific project under 

consideration, people who are blind 

will provide the labor associated with 

filling the detergent containers, as well 

as packaging the product for sale and 

delivery. This will maximize 

employment for individuals with the 

most barriers to competitive 

employment. As the product offered 

under the AbilityOne Program exceeds 

recent biobased standards, it is also 

more likely to be purchased by Federal 

agencies in compliance with the 

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biobased preference regulations. The 

Committee has determined that this 

project meets all of the required criteria 

for suitability, consistent with its 

regulations, and will be provided by a 

qualified nonprofit agency that must 

employ people who are blind or 

severely disabled for not less than 75% 

for its direct labor hours each fiscal 

year. Therefore, employment 

opportunities for people who are blind 

or severely disabled are maximized 

through the addition of this project to 

the Procurement List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agency to provide 

the product and impact of the addition 

on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the product listed 

below is suitable for procurement by the 

Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

46–48c and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organization that will furnish the 

product to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing the small entity to furnish 

the product to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the product proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following product is 

added to the Procurement List: 

Product 

NSN: 7930–01–490–7301—Detergent, 

Laundry, Biobased with Bleach, 

Powdered/7930–01–490–7301 

NPA: Association for the Blind and Visually 

Impaired—Goodwill Industries of 

Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY. 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, Fort Worth, TX. 

Coverage: A–List for the Total Government 

Requirement as aggregated by the 

General Services Administration. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2011–23107 Filed 9–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Addition 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Addition to the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add a service to the Procurement List 

that will be provided by the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before: 10/10/2011. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Patricia Briscoe, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C 

47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose 

is to provide interested persons an 

opportunity to submit comments on the 

proposed actions. 

Addition 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed addition, the entity of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

service listed below from the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organization that will 

provide the service to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to provide 

the service to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the service proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following service is proposed for 

addition to Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Service: 

Service Type: Rubbish Removal and 

Recycling Service. 

Locations: I.R.S. Offices at the following 

locations: 

Submission Processing Center & Tax Break 

Cafe ́, 

3651 S. IH–35, Austin, TX. 

Connection Warehouse, 2021 East 

Woodward, Austin, TX. 

Southpark G (CSB), 1821 Directors Blvd., 

Austin, TX. 

Southpark J, 2191 Woodward, Austin, TX. 

Southpark K, 4175 Freidrich Lane, Austin, 

TX. 

South Tech. Bldg. 4, 2101 East Saint Elmo 

Road, Austin, TX. 

Child Development Center, 3651 South IH– 

35, Austin, TX. 

JJ Pickle Federal Building, 300 E. 8th St., 

Austin, TX . 

Research Park, 2301 Research Blvd., Bldg. 

4, Austin, TX. 

Rundberg Building, 825 E. Rundberg Lane, 

Austin, TX. 

Southpark Office Center (SPOC), 5015 S. 

IH–35, Austin, TX. 

NPA: Austin Task, Inc., Austin, TX. 

Contracting Activity: Dept. of Treasury, 

Internal Revenue Service, Chicago, IL. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2011–23108 Filed 9–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Department of Defense Program for 

Construction, Renovation, Repair or 

Expansion of Public Schools Located 

on Military Installations 

AGENCY: Office of Economic Adjustment 

(OEA), Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice describes a onetime DoD program, administered by 

OEA, to distribute $250 million made 

available by Congress to construct, 

renovate, repair, or expand elementary 

and secondary public schools on 

military installations in order to address 

capacity or facility condition 

deficiencies at such schools. 

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