39822 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 142 / Friday, July 24, 1998 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Patent and Trademark Office

(PTO) is required by 35 USC 41(I)(1) to

maintain a Public Search Facility to

provide patent and trademark

collections for the public to search and

retrieve information. The Public Search

Facilities are maintained for public use

with paper and automated search files

and trained staff to assist searchers. The

Public Search Facilities are available to

everyone.

In order to maintain and control the

patent and trademark collections so that

the information is available to the

public, the PTO issues Public User ID

badges to users who wish to use the

Public Search Facilities. For many

years, the PTO issued paper User IDs,

but the PTO is developing an electronic

badging database for the issuance of

plastic ID badges.

The new plastic ID badge will show

a color photograph of the user, a barcoded user number, and an expiration

date. The new badging system will

allow the PTO to electronically store the

information, which can be updated

periodically. The ID system (current and

proposed) is designed to enable the PTO

to (a) identify users of patent and

trademark documents, (b) confine user

access to public areas, (c) locate and

control access to patent and trademark

documents, and (d) identify users of

PTO services.

The User badge enables the PTO to

accurately track use of the documents

and to identify any misusers of the

search facilities. The PTO uses the ID

badges to identify, counsel, and

sanction users who destroy, misfile, or

remove documents from its collections,

or who mishandle its equipment. The

Public User ID also grants to the public

limited access to the non-public parts of

the PTO, such as the Examiner’s areas.

Access to these areas requires that users

wear a visible PTO employee ID, a

contractor ID, or a Public User ID. (The

proposed Public User ID badges will

enable the PTO to immediately confirm

a user’s identity via an on-the-spot

comparison with the badges’ color

photograph.)

For its ID system, the PTO collects the

following mandatory identifying

information: name and mailing address

(as verified on a picture ID such as a

driver’s license), and signature. (The

future system will require a digital

photograph of users.) Optional

information includes telephone number,

PTO Attorney Registration Number, and

company affiliations, if any.

II. Method of Collection

The written application for the Public

User ID is completed on site and handed

to a staff member to enter into the

system.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Type of Review: Existing collection in

use without OMB control number.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, farms,

state, local or tribal governments, and

the Federal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,713 respondents per year after the first

year. For the first year, it is estimated

that there will be 571 fewer respondents

because the PTO does not expect to

renew any Public User ID Badges the

first year.

Estimated Time Per Response:

Approximately five minutes to complete

the application for a Public User ID and

renew the Public User ID Badge, and

approximately ten minutes to issue the

Public User ID Badge.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Burden Hours: 188 hours per year after

the first year. For the first year, it is

estimated that the burden will only be

141 hours because the PTO does not

expect to renew any Public User ID

Badges the first year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Cost Burden: $14,714.76 per year after

the first year. It is estimated that the

annual respondent cost burden will be

only $11,036.07 for the first year

because the PTO does not expect to

renew any Public User ID Badges the

first year. No capital expenditures are

required—the estimate is for the time it

takes for applicants to provide the

information.

Title of form Form

number(s)

Estimated

time for

response

(mins)

Estimated

annual

burden hours

Estimated

annual

responses

Issue Public User ID Badge .................................................... No Forms Associated ............. 10 94 571

Renew Public User ID Badge (subsequent years) ................. No Forms Associated ............. 5 47 571

Application for Public User ID ................................................. New Form ##### .................... 5 47 571

Totals ............................................................................ ................................................. ........................ 188 1,713

Note: The total estimated annual burden

hours and estimated annual responses shown

in this table include the figures for renewing

the Public User ID Badge. The PTO does not

expect to renew any Public User ID Badges

in the first year. The PTO estimates the

annual burden hours for the first year

without the renewals to be 141 and the

estimated annual responses to be 1,142.

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 will 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 shall be summarized or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–19781 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy to the

Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) for

Policy Support.
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ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Deputy to the USD(P) for Policy

Support/Policy Automation Directorate

announces the proposed reinstatement

of a public information collection and

seeks public comment on the provisions

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a)

whether the proposed collections of

information are 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 of the proposed

information collection; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by September 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense for Policy, 2000 Defense

Pentagon, ATTN: Ronnie R. Larson,

Washington, DC 20301–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection, please

write to the above address, or call the

Policy Automation Directorate, Office of

the Deputy Under Secretary, at (703)

697–5495.

Title, Associated Forms and OMB

Number: Request for Visit

Authorization; DD Forms 1823 and

1823–C; OMB Number 0704–0221.

Needs and Uses: This information

requirement is necessary for the

Department of Defense to coordinate the

approval/disapproval of requests from

foreign countries and international

organizations for their personnel to visit

DoD activities on official business.

Affected Public: Individuals

(representing foreign governments and

international organizations).

Annual Burden Hours: 6,805.

Number of Respondents: 64.

Responses Per Respondent: 638.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

Minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Respondents are employees of foreign

governments or international

organizations requesting approval to

visit Defense installations or Defense

contractors on official business. The

information collected provides the DoD

approving authority with the data

necessary to evaluate visit requests. It is

also used to coordinate these visits and

release information necessary to satisfy

the visit purpose. Each request is

limited to a visit to one location for

multiple visitors on a specified subject.

The visit request must be approved

before the visitors are allowed to

conduct business with their Defense

counterparts. The transfer of this

information and response has been

automated and is currently 99 percent

electronic from the point of origination

in foreign embassies to locations

throughout DoD.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–19787 Filed 7–23–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 98–46]

36(B)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Assistance Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the

requirements of section 155 of P.L. 104–

164 dated 21 July 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

J. Hurd, DSAA/COMPT/RM, (703) 604–

6575.

The following is a copy of a letter to

the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, Transmittal 98–46,

with attached transmittal, policy

justification and sensitivity of

technology.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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