50086 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 7, 2021 / Notices 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Groundfish Committee will 

review the recommendations from the 

Recreational Advisory Panel and 

Groundfish Advisory Panel. They will 

also discuss development of draft 

Framework Adjustment 63/ 

Specifications and Management 

Measures, specifically, (1) Set 2022 total 

allowable catches for U.S./Canada 

management units of Eastern Georges 

Bank (GB) cod and Eastern GB haddock, 

and 2022–23 specifications for the GB 

yellowtail flounder stock, (2) Set 2022– 

24 specifications for GB cod and Gulf of 

Maine (GOM) cod, and possibly adjust 

2022 specifications for GB haddock and 

GOM haddock, (3) Adjust 2022 

specifications for white hake based on 

the rebuilding plan, (4) Adopt 

additional measures to promote stock 

rebuilding, and (5) Develop alternatives 

to the current default system. The 

Committee also plans to receive an 

overview of the Atlantic Cod Stock 

Structure Management Workshops. 

They will continue the preliminary 

discussion of possible 2022 Council 

priorities for groundfish and make 

recommendations as appropriate to the 

Council. Other business will be 

discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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; Representative and Address 

Provisions 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on the 

extension and revision of an existing 

information collection: 0651–0035 

(Representative and Address 

Provisions). The purpose of this notice 

is to allow 60 days for public comment 

preceding submission of the information 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this information 

collection must be received on or before 

November 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

any of the following methods. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0035 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Parikha Mehta, 

Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal 

Administration, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–3248; or by email 

to Parikha.Mehta@uspto.gov. Additional 

information about this information 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This information collection includes 

the information necessary to submit a 

request to grant or revoke power of 

attorney for an application, patent, or 

reexamination proceeding, and for a 

registered practitioner to withdraw as 

attorney or agent of record. This also 

includes the information necessary to 

change the correspondence address for 

an application, patent, or reexamination 

proceeding, to request a Customer 

Number and manage the 

correspondence address and list of 

practitioners associated with a Customer 

Number, and to designate or change the 

correspondence address or fee address 

for one or more patents or applications 

by using a Customer Number. 

Under 35 U.S.C. 2 and 37 CFR 1.31– 

1.32, power of attorney may be granted 

to one or more joint inventors or a 

person who is registered to practice 

before the USPTO to act in an 

application or a patent. In particular, for 

an application filed before September 

16, 2012, or for a patent which issued 

from an application filed before 

September 16, 2012, power of attorney 

may be granted by the applicant for 

patent (as set forth in 37 CFR 1.41(b) 

(pre-AIA)) or the assignee of the entire 

interest of the applicant. For an 

application filed on or after September 

16, 2012, or for a patent which issued 

from an application filed on or after 

September 16, 2012, power of attorney 

may be granted by the applicant for 

patent (as set forth in 37 CFR 1.42) or 

the patent owner. The USPTO provides 

two different versions of the forms for 

establishing power of attorney based 

upon whether the application filing date 

is before or after September 16, 2012, to 

thereby reduce applicants’ burden in 

having to determine the appropriate 

power of attorney requirements for a 

given application. 

37 CFR 1.36 provides for the 

revocation of a power of attorney at any 

stage in the proceedings of a case. 37 

CFR 1.36 also provides a path by which 

a registered patent attorney or patent 

agent who has been given a power of 

attorney may withdraw as attorney or 

agent of record. 

The USPTO’s Customer Number 

practice permits applicants, patent 

owners, assignees, and practitioners of 

record, or the representatives of record 

for a number of applications or patents, 

to change the correspondence address of 

a patent application or patent with one 

change request instead of filing separate 

requests for each patent or application. 


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Any changes to the address or 

practitioner information associated with 

a Customer Number will be applied to 

all patents and applications associated 

with said Customer Number. 

The Customer Number practice is 

optional, in that changes of 

correspondence address or power of 

attorney may be filed separately for each 

patent or application without using a 

Customer Number. However, a 

Customer Number associated with the 

correspondence address for a patent 

application is required in order to 

access private information about the 

application using the Patent Application 

Information Retrieval (PAIR) system, 

which is available through the USPTO 

website. The use of a Customer Number 

is also required in order to grant power 

of attorney to more than ten 

practitioners or to establish a separate 

‘‘fee address’’ for maintenance fee 

purposes that is different from the 

correspondence address for a patent or 

application. 

II. Method of Collection 

Items in this information collection 

may be submitted by mail, facsimile, 

hand delivery, or online electronic 

submissions. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0035. 

Form Number(s): (AIA= American 

Invents; SB = Specimen Book). 

• PTO/AIA/80; PTO/SB/80 (Power of 

Attorney to Prosecute Applications 

Before the USPTO) 

• PTO/AIA/81 (Power of Attorney to 

one or More of the Joint Inventors and 

Change of Correspondence Address) 

• PTO/SB/81 (Power of Attorney or 

Revocation of Power of Attorney with 

a New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address) 

• PTO/AIA/81A; PTO/SB/81A 

(Patent—Power of Attorney or 

Revocation of Power of Attorney with 

a New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address) 

• PTO/AIA/81B (Reexamination or 

Supplemental Examination—Patent 

Owner Power of Attorney or 

Revocation of Power of Attorney With 

a New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address for 

Reexamination or Supplemental 

Examination and Patent) 

• PTO/SB/81B (Reexamination—Patent 

Owner Power of Attorney or 

Revocation of Power of Attorney with 

a New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address) 

• PTO/SB/81C (Reexamination—Third 

Party Requester Power of Attorney or 

Revocation of Power of Attorney with 

a New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address) 

• PTO/AIA/82A; PTO/AIA/82B; PTO/ 

AIA/82C (Transmittal for Power of 

Attorney To One Or More Registered 

Practitioners/Power Of Attorney By 

Applicant) 

• PTO/AIA/83; PTO/SB/83 (Request for 

Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and 

Change of Correspondence Address) 

• PTO/SB/124 (Request for Customer 

Number Data Change) 

• PTO/SB/125 (Request for Customer 

Number) 

• PTO–2248 (Request to Update a PCT 

Application with a Customer Number) 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

184,743 respondents per year. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

226,573 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the response time 

for activities related to Representative 

Address Provisions will take the public 

between 0.20 hours (12 minutes) to 1.5 

hours (90 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: 111,104 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Hourly Cost Burden: $16,561,175. 

TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN FOR PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

(year) 

Estimated time for 

response 

(hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 1

($/hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

respondent 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) 

1 .................. Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO. PTO/ 

AIA/80, PTO/SB/80.

2,425 2,910 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 1,455 $145 $210,975 

2 .................. Power of Attorney or Revocation of 

Power of Attorney with a New 

Power of Attorney and Change of 

Correspondence. PTO/AIA/82A, 

PTO/AIA/82B, PTO/AIA/82C.

165,870 204,670 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 102,335 145 14,838,575 

3 .................. Patent—Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New 

Power of Attorney and Change of 

Correspondence Address. PTO/AIA/ 

81, PTO/SB/81, PTO/AIA/81A, PTO/ 

SB/81A.

165 194 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 97 145 14,065 

4 .................. Reexamination—Patent Owner Power 

of Attorney or Revocation of Power 

of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address. PTO/AIA/81B PTO/ 

SB/81B.

29 29 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 15 145 2,175 

5 .................. Reexamination—Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a 

New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address. PTO/ 

SB/81C.

24 24 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 12 145 1,740 

6 .................. Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or 

Agent and Change of Correspondence Address. PTO/AIA/83, PTO/ 

SB/83.

2,134 3,395 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 1,698 400 679,200 


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TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN FOR PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS—Continued 

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

(year) 

Estimated time for 

response 

(hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 1

($/hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

respondent 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) 

7 .................. Petition Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer 

than All the Applicants.

9 9 1 (60 minutes) ........... 9 400 3,600 

8 .................. Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) 

and Grant Power of Attorney by 

Fewer than All the Applicants.

9 9 1 (60 minutes) ........... 9 400 3,600 

9 .................. Request for Customer Number Data 

Change. PTO/SB/124.

1,067 1,067 0.2 (12 minutes) ........ 213 145 30,885 

10 ................ Request for Customer Number. PTO/ 

SB/125.

6,111 6,111 0.2 (12 minutes) ........ 1,222 145 177,190 

11 ................ Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet.291 291 1.5 (90 minutes) ........ 437 145 63,365 

12 ................ Request to Update a PCT Application 

with a Customer Number. PTO– 

2248.

1,067 1,067 0.25 (15 minutes) ...... 267 145 38,715 

Totals ... .............................................................. 179,201 219,776 .................................... 107,769 ........................ 16,064,085 

1 2019 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); 

https://www.aipla.org/detail/journal-issue/2019-report-of-the-economic-survey. The USPTO uses the mean rate for attorneys in private firms which is $400 per hour. 

The hourly rate for paraprofessional/paralegals is estimated at $145 from data published in the 2018 Utilization and Compensation Survey by the National Association 

of Legal Assistants (NALA); https://www.nala.org/paralegals/research-and-survey-findings. 

TABLE 2—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN FOR INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS RESPONDENTS

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

respondents 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

(year) 

Estimated time for 

response 

(hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

burden 

(hour/year) 

Rate 2

($/hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

respondent 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) 

1 .................. Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO. PTO/ 

AIA/80, PTO/SB/80.

75 90 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 45 $145 $6,525 

2 .................. Power of Attorney or Revocation of 

Power of Attorney with a New 

Power of Attorney and Change of 

Correspondence. PTO/AIA/82A, 

PTO/AIA/82B, PTO/AIA/82C.

5,130 6,330 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 3,165 145 458,925 

3 .................. Patent—Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New 

Power of Attorney and Change of 

Correspondence Address. PTO/AIA/ 

81, PTO/SB/81, PTO/AIA/81A, PTO/ 

SB/81A.

5 6 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 3 145 435 

4 .................. Reexamination—Patent Owner Power 

of Attorney or Revocation of Power 

of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address. PTO/AIA/81B, PTO/ 

SB/81B.

1 1 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 1 145 145 

5 .................. Reexamination—Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a 

New Power of Attorney and Change 

of Correspondence Address. PTO/ 

SB/81C.

1 1 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 1 145 145 

6 .................. Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or 

Agent and Change of Correspondence Address. PTO/AIA/83, PTO/ 

SB/83.

66 105 0.5 (30 minutes) ........ 53 400 21,200 

9 .................. Request for Customer Number Data 

Change. PTO/SB/124.

33 33 0.2 (12 minutes) ........ 7 145 1,015 

10 ................ Request for Customer Number. PTO/ 

SB/125.

189 189 0.2 (12 minutes) ........ 38 145 5,510 

11 ................ Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet.9 9 1.5 (90 minutes) ........ 14 145 2,030 

12 ................ Request to Update a PCT Application 

with a Customer Number. PTO– 

2248.

33 33 0.25 (15 minutes) ...... 8 145 1,160 

Totals ... .............................................................. 5,542 6,797 .................................... 3,335 ........................ 497,090 

2 2019 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); 

https://www.aipla.org/detail/journal-issue/2019-report-of-the-economic-survey. The USPTO uses the mean rate for attorneys in private firms which is $400 per hour. 

The hourly rate for paraprofessional/paralegals is estimated at $145 from data published in the 2018 Utilization and Compensation Survey by the National Association 

of Legal Assistants (NALA); https://www.nala.org/paralegals/research-and-survey-findings. 


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The USPTO published a 60-day notice 

in the Federal Register in support of the 

renewal of this collection on January 15, 

2021. In response to public feedback 

received regarding the January 2021 60- 

day notice, and after further 

consideration of the estimated times for 

response for items 1–6, the USPTO has 

increased the estimated times for 

response for items 1–5 from 3 minutes 

to 30 minutes and the estimated time for 

response for item 6 from 12 minutes to 

30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $26,686. 

There are no capital start-up, 

maintenance, or recordkeeping costs 

associated with this information 

collection. However, USPTO estimates 

that the total annual (non-hour) cost 

burden for this information collection, 

in the form of filing fees and postage is 

$26,686. 

Filing Fees 

The two petitions in this information 

collection have associated filing fees 

under 37 CFR 1.17(f), resulting in 

$8,000 in filing fees. 

Item No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Filing fee 

($) 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) 

7 ............................ Petitions Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants.10 $400.00 $4,000 

8 ............................ Petitions to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the 

Applicants.

10 400.00 4,000 

Total ............... .................................................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 8,000 

Postage Costs 

Although the USPTO prefers that the 

items in this information collection be 

submitted electronically, responses may 

be submitted by mail through the 

United States Postal Service (USPS). 

The USPTO estimates that 1% of the 

226,573 items will be submitted in the 

mail resulting in 2,265 mailed items. 

The USPTO estimates that the average 

postage cost for a mailed submission, 

using a Priority Mail 2-day flat rate legal 

envelope, will be $8.25. Therefore, the 

USPTO estimates the total mailing costs 

for this information collection at 

$18,686. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The USPTO is soliciting public 

comments to: 

(a) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(d) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

All comments submitted in response 

to this notice are a matter of public 

record. USPTO will include or 

summarize each comment in the request 

to OMB to approve this information 

collection. Before including an address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

in a comment, be aware that the entire 

comment— including PII—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you may ask in your comment to 

withhold PII from public view, USPTO 

cannot guarantee that it will be able to 

do so. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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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 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: September 16, 

2021; September 22, 2021; September 

29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 

785–6404, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 6/11/2021, 6/18/2021, and 6/25/ 

2021, the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

additions to the Procurement List. This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the service(s) and impact of the 

additions on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the service(s) listed 

below are suitable for procurement by 

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

8501–8506 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 

organizations that will furnish the 

product(s) and service(s) to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

product(s) and service(s) to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

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