17074 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 58 / Friday, March 25, 2022 / Notices 

claim that covers a product or process 

related to COVID–19 and whether the 

product or process is subject to an 

applicable FDA approval for COVID–19 

use. 

Andrew Hirshfeld, 

Commissioner for Patents, Performing the 

Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary 

of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 

Director of the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06294 Filed 3–24–22; 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; International Work Sharing 

Program 

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 14, 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: International Work Sharing 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0079. 

Needs and Uses: The United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 

established a Work Sharing Pilot 

Program in conjunction with the Japan 

Patent Office (JPO) and the Korean 

Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to 

study how the exchange of search 

results between offices for 

corresponding counterpart applications 

improves patent quality and facilitates 

the examination of patent applications 

in both offices. Under this Work Sharing 

Pilot Program, two Collaborative Search 

Pilot (CSP) programs—USPTO–JPO and 

USPTO–KIPO—have been 

implemented. 

Through their respective CSP(s), each 

office concurrently conducts searches 

on corresponding counterpart 

applications. The exchange of 

information and documents between IP 

offices benefits applicants by promoting 

compact prosecution, reducing 

pendency, and supporting patent 

quality by reducing the likelihood of 

inconsistencies in patentability 

determinations among IP offices when 

considering corresponding counterpart 

applications. The gains in efficiency and 

quality are achieved through a 

collaborative work sharing approach to 

the evaluation of patent claims. As a 

result of this exchange of search reports, 

the examiners in both offices may have 

a more comprehensive set of references 

before them when making an initial 

patentability determination. 

This information collection is 

comprised of four items: The Petition to 

Make Special Under the Expanded 

Collaborative Search Pilot Program; 

Petition for Participation in the CSP 

Program Between the JPO and the 

USPTO; the Petition for Participation in 

the CSP Program Between the KIPO and 

the USPTO; and the CSP Survey. The 

Petitions to Make Special and for 

Participation are used by patent 

applicants to request participation in 

the CSP Program. The CSP Survey is 

used to collect feedback on the 

program’s value, monitor usage of the 

program, and to measure the benefits 

the program provides to participants. 

Forms: 

• PTO/437 (Petition to Make Special 

Under the Expanded Collaborative 

Search Pilot Program) 

• PTO/437–JP (Petition for Participation 

in the Collaborative Search Pilot 

(CSP) Program Between the Japan 

Patent Office (JPO) and the USPTO) 

• PTO/437–KR (Petition for 

Participation in the Collaborative 

Search Pilot (CSP) Program Between 

the Korean Intellectual Property 

Office (KIPO) and the USPTO) 

• PTO/461 (Collaborative Search Pilot 

Program Survey) 

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: 96 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 190 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public approximately between 5 

minutes (0.08 hours) and 3 hours (240 

minutes) 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: 445 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 0651–0079. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0079 

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. 2022–06321 Filed 3–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to the procurement 

list. 

SUMMARY: This action adds product(s) 

and service(s) to the Procurement List 

that will be furnished by nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Date added to and deleted from 

the Procurement List: April 24, 2022 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 


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