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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Patent Review and Derivation 

Proceedings 

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 comment 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 7, 2021 during a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Patent Review and Derivation 

Proceedings. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0069. 

Needs and Uses: The Leahy-Smith 

America Invents Act, which was 

enacted into law on September 16, 2011, 

provided for many changes to the 

procedures of the Patent Trial and 

Appeal Board (‘‘PTAB’’ or ‘‘Board,’’ 

formerly the Board of Patent Appeals 

and Interferences) procedures. These 

changes included the introduction of 

inter partes review, post-grant review, 

derivation proceedings, and the 

transitional program for covered 

business method patents. Under these 

administrative trial proceedings, third 

parties may file a petition with the 

PTAB challenging the validity of issued 

patents, with each proceeding having 

different requirements regarding timing 

restrictions, grounds for challenging 

validity, and who may request review. 

Inter partes review is a trial 

proceeding conducted at the Board to 

review the patentability of one or more 

claims in a patent only on a ground that 

could be raised under §§ 102 or 103, and 

only on the basis of prior art consisting 

of patents or printed publications. Post 

grant review is a trial proceeding 

conducted at the Board to review the 

patentability of one or more claims in a 

patent on any ground that could be 

raised under § 282(b)(2) or (3). A 

derivation proceeding is a trial 

proceeding conducted at the Board to 

determine whether (1) an inventor 

named in an earlier application derived 

the claimed invention from an inventor 

named in the petitioner’s application, 

and (2) the earlier application claiming 

such invention was filed without 

authorization. The transitional program 

for covered business method patents is 

a trial proceeding conducted at the 

Board to review the patentability of one 

or more claims in a covered business 

method patent. The covered business 

method program expired on September 

16, 2020 and the Board no longer 

accepts new petitions related to this 

program, but continues to accept papers 

in previously-instituted proceedings. 

This information collection covers 

information submitted by the public to 

petition the Board to initiate an inter 

partes review, post-grant review, 

derivation proceeding, and the 

transitional program for covered 

business method patents, as well as any 

responses to such petitions, and the 

filing of any motions, replies, 

oppositions, and other actions, after a 

review/proceeding has been instituted. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 9,238 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 12,338 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public between 30 minutes (0.5 hours) 

and 165 hours to complete. This 

includes the time to gather the 

necessary information, create the 

document, and submit the completed 

request to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 1,368,058 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $69,638,370. 

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 0651–0069. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0069 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03943 Filed 2–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No. CFPB–2022–0011] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is 

requesting to extend the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) 

approval for an existing information 

collection, titled ‘‘Mortgage Assistance 

Relief Services (Regulation O).’’ 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before April 25, 2022 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 

below), and docket number (see above), 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: PRA_Comments@cfpb.gov. 

Include Docket No. CFPB–2022–0011 in 

the subject line of the email. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Comment Intake, Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20552. Please note that due to 

circumstances associated with the 

COVID–19 pandemic, the Bureau 

discourages the submission of 


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comments by mail, hand delivery, or 

courier. Please note that comments 

submitted after the comment period will 

not be accepted. In general, all 

comments received will become public 

records, including any personal 

information provided. Sensitive 

personal information, such as account 

numbers or Social Security numbers, 

should not be included. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Documentation prepared in support of 

this information collection request is 

available at www.regulations.gov. 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Anthony May, 

PRA Officer, at (202) 435–7278, or 

email: CFPB_PRA@cfpb.gov. If you 

require this document in an alternative 

electronic format, please contact CFPB_

Accessibility@cfpb.gov. Please do not 

submit comments to these email boxes. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Mortgage 

Assistance Relief Services (Regulation 

O). 

OMB Control Number: 3170–0007. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit entities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

120. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 360. 

Abstract: The required disclosures 

under Regulation O (12 CFR part 1015) 

assist prospective purchasers of 

mortgage assistance relief services 

(MARS) in making well-informed 

decisions and avoiding deceptive unfair 

acts and practices. The Bureau and the 

Federal Trade Commission use the 

information provided under Regulation 

O’s recordkeeping requirements for 

enforcement purposes and to ensure 

compliance with Regulation O by MARS 

providers. The information is requested 

only on a case-by-case basis. 

Request for Comments: Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Bureau, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the Bureau’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methods and the assumptions used; 

(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, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Anthony May, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03874 Filed 2–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0123] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Policy, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: The Defense Institute of 

Security Assistance Management 

Information Technology Mission 

System; Defense Institute of Security 

Assistance Management Form GSI–001; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0548. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 5,024. 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Annual Responses: 10,048. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,512. 

Needs and Uses: The Defense Institute 

of Security Assistance Management 

(DISAM) Information Technology 

Mission System is a web based portal 

designed to hold several web 

applications for the purposes of efficient 

administration of U.S. and international 

students, and the effective management 

of DISAM personnel and guest lecturers. 

The portal provides DISAM personnel 

the ability to submit travel requests and 

travel arrangements. Finally, the web 

based portal uses a relational database 

to record, manage and report 

information about students, personnel, 

and travel. Reports of annual training of 

foreign nationals are submitted to 

Congress as required by 22 U.S. Code 

2394 (Foreign Assistance Act) and 22 

U.S. Code 2770A (Arms Export Control 

Act). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: February 18, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03944 Filed 2–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2022–OS–0025] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness (USD(P&R)), Department of 

Defense (DoD). 


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