Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 98 / Friday, May 21, 2010 / Notices 28549 

Title: Legal Processes. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0046. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 52 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 291 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 

1 hour to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the appropriate 

documents, and submit the information 

in this collection to the USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

covers information requirements related 

to civil actions and claims involving 

current or former employees of the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO). The rules for these 

legal processes may be found under 37 

CFR part 104, which outlines 

procedures for service of process, 

demands for employee testimony and 

production of documents, reports of 

unauthorized testimony, employee 

indemnification, and filing claims 

against the USPTO under the Federal 

Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2672). The 

public uses this collection to serve a 

summons or complaint on the USPTO, 

demand employee testimony or 

documents related to a legal proceeding, 

or file a claim against the USPTO under 

the Federal Tort Claims Act. 

Respondents may petition the USPTO to 

waive or suspend the rules for legal 

processes in extraordinary situations. 

This collection is also necessary so that 

current and former USPTO employees 

may properly forward service and 

demands to the Office of General 

Counsel, report unauthorized testimony, 

and request indemnification. No forms 

are provided by the USPTO for 

submitting the information in this 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions; and 

the Federal Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

e-mail: 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• E-mail: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0046 copy request’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before June 21, 2010 to Nicholas A. 

Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by 

fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12215 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Admittance to Practice and 

Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys 

and Agents Admitted to Practice Before 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (USPTO). 

Form Number(s): PTO–158, PTO– 

158A, 158T, 158LS, PTO–275, PTO– 

107A, PTO–1209, PTO–2126, PTO– 

2149, PTO–2150. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0012. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 98,028 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 93,340 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

between 1 minute (0.02 hours) and 40 

hours, depending upon the complexity 

of the situation, to gather the necessary 

information, prepare, and submit the 

forms and requirements in this 

collection. 

Needs and Uses: This information is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(D) and 

administered by the USPTO through 37 

CFR 1.21, 10.14, 10.170, 11.2, 11.5– 

11.14 and 11.28. The information is 

used by the Director of the Office of 

Enrollment and Discipline (OED) to 

determine whether the applicant for 

registration is of good moral character 

and repute; has the necessary legal, 

scientific, and technical qualifications; 

and is otherwise competent to advise 

and assist applicants in the presentation 

and prosecution of patent applications. 

Note that the USPTO is approved to 

collect a fee under 37 CFR 11.8 and is 

seeking continued approval to collect 

that fee. The USPTO has not 

implemented the changes from that final 

rule or the new information collection 

activities associated with that 

rulemaking; however, we continue to 

include the estimates of that burden in 

this request. The USPTO at this time is 

not collecting that fee but is retaining an 

estimated burden for the fee collection. 

If the agency chooses to begin collecting 

the fee, it will inform the public. 

Please Note ALSO that the USPTO is 

requesting continued approval for items 

currently approved but not collected 

that are associated with 37 CFR 11.13 

and were introduced as collection items 

on June 24, 2004 by the final rule 0651– 

AB55, Changes to Representation of 

Others Before the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office (60 Fed. Reg. 

35428). OMB has previously approved 

the collection of these items. The 

USPTO has not implemented the 

changes from that proposed rule or the 

new information collection activities 

associated with that rulemaking; 

however, we continue to include the 

estimates of that burden in this request. 

If the agency determines that it will 

not implement the Rule and/or 

determines that the fee under 37 CFR 

11.8 will never be collected, the agency 

will request a removal of the burden 

estimates from this collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

e-mail: 

Nicholas_A_Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• E-mail: 

InformationCollection@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0012 copy request’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, United States Patent and 


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28550 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 98 / Friday, May 21, 2010 / Notices 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before June 21, 2010 to Nicholas A. 

Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail at 

Nicholas_A_Fraser@omb.eop.gov or by 

fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12214 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; International 

Import Certificate 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, 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 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison, 

(202) 482–4895, lhall@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States and several other 

countries have increased the 

effectiveness of their respective controls 

over international trade in strategic 

commodities by means of an Import 

Certificate procedure. For the U.S. 

importer, this procedure provides that, 

where required by the exporting 

country, the importer submits an 

international import certificate to the 

U.S. Government to certify that he/she 

will import commodities into the 

United States and will not reexport such 

commodities, except in accordance with 

the export control regulations of the 

United States. The U.S. Government, in 

turn, certifies that such representations 

have been made. 

II. Method of Collection 

Submitted electronically or in paper 

form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0017. 

Form Number(s): Form BIS–645P, 

International Import Certificate. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

340. 

Estimated Time per Response: 16 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 91. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,814. 

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, 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 of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12185 Filed 5–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Delivery 

Verification Procedure 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, 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 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before July 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison, 

(202) 482–4895, lhall@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Foreign governments, on occasions, 

require U.S. importers of strategic 

commodities to furnish their foreign 

supplier with a U.S. Delivery 

Verification Certificate validating that 

the commodities shipped to the U.S. 

were in fact received. This procedure 

increases the effectiveness of controls 

on the international trade of strategic 

commodities. 

II. Method of Collection 

Submitted electronically or in paper 

form. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0016. 

Form Number(s): BIS–647P. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 31 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 56. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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) 


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