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Deletions 

On October 27, 2006 & November 3, 

2006 the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice (71 FR 62992, 

64682 ) of proposed deletions to the 

Procurement List. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

determined that the products listed 

below are no longer 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 may result in additional 

reporting, recordkeeping or other 

compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

products 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 products deleted 

from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following products 

are deleted from the Procurement List: 

Products 

Envelope, Crystal Clear Vinyl 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–0004—Envelope, Crystal 

Clear Vinyl 

NSN: 7510–00–NIB–0006—Envelope, Crystal 

Clear Vinyl 

NPA: The Oklahoma League for the Blind, 

Oklahoma City, OK 

NPA: Winston-Salem Industries for the 

Blind, Winston-Salem, NC 

Contracting Activity: Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Dept of Justice, 

Washington, DC 

Clean-N-Disinfect Maximum Heavy-Duty 

Cleaner & Wax Stripper 

NSN: 7930–01–513–8005—Maximum HeavyDuty Cleaner & Wax Stripper 

NPA: Lighthouse for the Blind, St. Louis, MO 

Contracting Activity: Office Supplies & Paper 

Products Acquisition Ctr, New York, NY 

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–329 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Correction of Notice of Proposed 

Additions & Deletions; Correction of 

Notice of Proposed Additions 

In the document appearing on page 

75496, FR Doc E6–21358, Procurement 

List Proposed Additions and Deletions, 

in the issue of December 15, 2006, the 

Committee published additions and 

deletions with a comment period to end 

date of January 21, 2007. The Committee 

is making a correction to the comment 

date. The new deadline for the 

submission of comments is January 14, 

2007. 

In the document appearing on page 

76966, FR Doc E6–21940, Procurement 

List Proposed Additions, in the issue of 

December 22, 2006, Committee 

published additions and deletions with 

a comment period to end date of January 

28, 2007. The Committee is making a 

correction to the comment date. The 

new deadline for the submission of 

comments is January 21, 2007. 

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–326 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Correction of Notice of Additions & 

Deletions 

In the document appearing on page 

75497, FR Doc E6–21360, Procurement 

List Additions and Deletions, in the 

issue of December 15, 2006 the 

Committee published additions and 

deletions with a comment period to end 

date of January 21, 2007. The Committee 

is making a correction to the comment 

date. The new deadline for the 

submission of comments is January 14, 

2007. 

In the document appearing on page 

76967, FR Doc E6–21976, Procurement 

List Additions & Deletions, in the issue 

of December 22, 2006, Committee 

published additions and deletions with 

a comment period to end date of January 

28, 2007. The Committee is making a 

correction to the comment date. The 

new deadline for the submission of 

comments is January 21, 2007. 

Sheryl D. Kennerly, 

Director, Information Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Secrecy and License To Export 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the extension of a currently 

approved collection, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 13, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Brown@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0034 comment’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan Brown. 

• Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Architecture, Engineering and 

Technical Services, Data Architecture 

and Services Division, U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http// 

www.regulations.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the attention of 

Robert A. Clarke, Deputy Director, 

Office of Patent Legal Administration, 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

(USPTO), P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, 

VA 22313–1450; by telephone 571–272–

7735; or by e-mail at 

robert.clarke@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In the interest of national security, 

patent laws and rules place certain 

limitations on the disclosure of 

information contained in patents and 

patent applications and on the filing of 

applications for patents in foreign 

countries. When an invention is 

determined to be detrimental to national 

security, the Commissioner for Patents 

at the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) must issue a 

secrecy order and withhold the grant of 

a patent for such period as the national 

interest requires. It a secrecy order is 

applied to an international application, 

the application will not be forwarded to 


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the International Bureau as long as the 

secrecy order is in effect. The USPTO 

collects information to determine 

whether the patent laws and rules have 

been complied with, and to grant or 

revoke licenses to file abroad when 

appropriate. This collection of 

information is required by 35 U.S.C. 

181–188 and administered through 37 

CFR Ch. 1, Part 5, 5.1–5.33. 

There are no forms associated with 

this collection of information. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to 

the USPTO when the applicant or agent 

files a patent application with the 

USPTO, submits subsequent papers 

during the prosecution of the 

application to the USPTO, or submits a 

request for a foreign filing license for a 

patent application to be filed abroad 

before the filing of a United States 

patent application. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0034. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit; not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,669 responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 

between 30 minutes to 4 hours to gather, 

prepare and submit this information, 

depending upon the complexity of the 

situation. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 1,310 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $398,240. Using the 

professional hourly rate of $304 for 

associate attorneys in private firms, the 

USPTO estimates $398,240 per year for 

salary costs associated with 

respondents. 

Item 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Petition for rescission of secrecy order ......................................................................................... 3 hours ........ 6 18 

Petition to disclose or modification of secrecy order ..................................................................... 2 hours ........ 3 6 

Petition for general and group permits .......................................................................................... 1 hour .......... 1 1 

Petition for expedited handling of license (no corresponding appliction) ...................................... 30 minutes .. 1,402 701 

Petition for expedited handling of license (corresponding U.S. application) ................................. 30 minutes .. 126 63 

Petition for changing the scope of a license ................................................................................. 30 minutes .. 1 1 

Petition for retroactive license ........................................................................................................ 4 hours ........ 130 520 

Totals ...................................................................................................................................... ..................... 1,669 1,310 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $331,865. 

There are no capital start-up or 

maintenance costs associated with this 

information collection. There are, 

however, filing fees and postage costs. 

This collection has a total of $331,800 

in associated filing fees, as shown in the 

accompanying table: 

Item Responses 

(a) 

Filing fee 

($) 

(b) 

Total filing fee 

cost burden 

(c) 

(a × b) 

Petition for rescission of secrecy order ....................................................................................... 6 $0 $0.00 

Petition to disclose or modification of secrecyorder .................................................................... 3 0 0.00 

Petition for general and group permits ........................................................................................ 1 0 0.00 

Petition for expedited handling of license (no corresponding application) ................................. 1,402 200.00 280,400.00 

Petition for expedited handling of license (corresponding U.S. application) .............................. 126 200.00 25,200.00 

Petition for changing the scope of a license ............................................................................... 1 200.00 200.00 

Petition for retroactive license ..................................................................................................... 130 200.00 26,000.00 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 1,669 ........................ 331,800.00 

The USPTO estimates that 90 percent 

(90%) of the petitions in this collection 

are submitted to the USPTO by 

facsimile or hand carried because of the 

quick turnaround required. For the 10 

percent (10%) of the public that chooses 

to submit the petitions in this collection 

to the USPTO by mail through the 

United States Postal Service, the USPTO 

estimates that the average first class 

postage cost for a mailed submission 

will be 39 cents. Therefore, the USPTO 

estimates that up to 167 submissions per 

year may be mailed to the USPTO at an 

average first class postage cost of 39 

cents, for a total postage cost of $65. 

The USPTO estimates that the total 

non-hour respondent cost burden for 

this collection in the form of postage 

costs and filing fees amounts to 

$331,865. 

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 will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 4, 2007. 

Susan K. Brown, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Architecture, 

Engineering and Technical Services, Data 

Architecture and Services Division. 

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