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Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

[Docket No. 0809261279–81280–01; I.D. 

GF001] 

A North Atlantic Regional Cooperative 

Institute 

AGENCY: OAR Cooperative Institutes 

Program Office (CIPO), Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: The NOAA National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the 

NOAA Office of Ocean and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR) invite 

applications for the establishment of a 

cooperative institute (CI) that will focus 

on the themes of (1) Ecosystem 

Forecasting, (2) Ecosystem Monitoring, 

(3) Ecosystem Management, Protection 

and Restoration of Resources, (4) 

Sustained Ocean Observations and (5) 

Climate Research. These 5 themes will 

be supported by a variety of research 

activities, which may include: 

• Research on the linkages among 

productivity, fish and fisheries, 

pollution, climate change, and 

ecosystem health; 

• Research to improve the integration 

and availability of ocean observations 

across spatial scales, from global to 

regional and local; 

• Research to distinguish marine 

resource changes due to human impacts 

from those resulting from natural 

forcing, including climate variability 

and change; 

• Development and application of 

new tools and approaches for 

monitoring ecosystem health and 

forecasting ecosystem change’ 

• Examination of the expected 

increases in socioeconomic benefits 

accrued from a better understanding of 

the effects of climate change, food webs, 

physical-chemical coupling, and 

ecosystem production dynamics’ 

• Collaborative research and 

education leading to closer linkages 

between scientific assessments and 

management actions. 

This research, conducted within the 

New England and the Mid-Atlantic 

regions, is described in the full Federal 

Funding Opportunity notice. 

Through this new CI, NOAA also 

seeks to augment its existing North East 

Regional climate research with an 

expanded fisheries forecasting 

capability, and to develop an integrated 

capability to research emerging issues 

from an ecosystem perspective. The CI 

may consist of one or more research 

institutions with expertise and 

capabilities in the NOAA priority areas 

that contribute to the areas of research 

described as research themes above. 

Through this competition, NOAA 

intends to establish competitively a new 

CI according to the policy and 

procedures described in NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–107 and the 

Cooperative Institute Interim Handbook 

both available at http:// 

www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci/. This 

announcement provides requirements 

for the proposed CI and includes details 

for the technical program, evaluation 

criteria, and competitive selection 

procedures. Applicants should review 

the CI Interim Handbook prior to 

preparing a proposal for this 

announcement. 

DATES: Proposals must be received by 

OAR no later than January 5, 2009 5 

p.m., E.T. Proposals submitted after that 

date will not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants are strongly 

encouraged to apply online through the 

Grants.Gov Web site http:// 

www.grants.gov. Paper submissions are 

acceptable only if internet access is not 

available. Grants.gov requires applicants 

to register with the system prior to 

submitting an application. This 

registration process can take several 

weeks, involving multiple steps. In 

order to allow sufficient time for this 

process, you should register as soon as 

you decide that you intend to apply, 

even if you are not yet ready to submit 

your proposal. If an applicant has 

problems downloading the application 

package from Grants.gov, contact 

Grants.gov Customer Support at (800) 

518–4726 or support@grants.gov. For 

non-Windows computer systems, please 

see http://www.grants.gov/MacSupport 

for information on how to download 

and submit an application through 

Grants.gov. If a hard copy application is 

submitted, the original and two 

unbound copies of the proposal should 

be included. Paper submissions should 

be sent to: Mr. Philip L. Hoffman, 1315 

East West Highway, Room 11308, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910; telephone 

(301)734–1096. No email or facsimile 

proposal submissions will be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

a copy of the Federal Funding 

Opportunity announcement and/or an 

application package, please access 

Grants.gov, the NOAA Cooperative 

Institute Web site (http:// 

www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci) or contact Mr. 

Philip L. Hoffman, 1315 East West 

Highway, Room 11308, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910; telephone (301)734– 

1096; e-mail: Philip.Hoffman@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this announcement is to 

invite the submission of proposals to 

establish a North Atlantic Regional CI 

which will operate along the eastern 

U.S. Continental Shelf frontier to 

conduct exploration, research, and 

technology development, and to provide 

details on the application, review, and 

selection process. 

CI Concept/Program Background: A 

CI is a NOAA-supported, non-Federal 

organization that has established an 

outstanding research program in one or 

more areas that are relevant to the 

NOAA mission ‘‘to understand and 

predict changes in the Earth’s 

environment and conserve and manage 

coastal and marine resources to meet 

our Nation’s economic, social, and 

environmental needs.’’ CIs are 

established at research institutions that 

also have a strong education program 

with established graduate degree 

programs in NOAA-related sciences. 

The CI provides significant coordination 

of resources among all non-government 

partners and promotes the involvement 

of students and post-doctoral scientists 

in NOAA-funded research. The CI 

provides mutual benefits with value 

provided by all parties. NOAA 

establishes a new CI competitively 

when it identifies a need to sponsor a 

long-term (5–10 years) collaborative 

partnership with one or more 

outstanding non-Federal, non-profit 

research institutions. For NOAA, the 

purpose of this long-term collaborative 

partnership is to promote research, 

education, training, and outreach 

aligned with NOAA’s mission; to obtain 

research capabilities that do not exist 

internally; and/or to expand research 

capacity in NOAA-related sciences. 

More specifically, the new CI will 

perform the following types of research 

activities: 

• Research on the linkages among 

productivity, fish and fisheries, 

pollution, climate change, and 

ecosystem health; 

• Research to improve the integration 

and availability of ocean observations 

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across spatial scales, from global to 

regional and local; 

• Research to distinguish marine 

resource changes due to human impacts 

from those resulting from natural 

forcing, including climate variability 

and change; 

• Development and application of 

new tools and approaches for 

monitoring ecosystem health and 

forecasting ecosystem change; 

• Examination of the expected 

increases in socioeconomic benefits 

accrued from a better understanding of 

the effects of climate change, food webs, 

physical-chemical coupling, and 

ecosystem production dynamics; 

• Collaborative research and 

education leading to closer linkages 

between scientific assessments and 

management actions. 

A CI will consist of one or more 

research institutions that demonstrate 

outstanding performance within one or 

more established research programs in 

NOAA-related sciences. These 

institutions may include Minority 

Serving Institutions and universities 

with strong departments that can 

contribute to the proposed activities of 

the CI. CIs conduct research under 

approved scientific research themes (see 

Section I.B of the full funding 

opportunity announcement) and Tasks 

(additional tasks can be proposed by the 

CI). 

i. Task I activities are related to the 

management of the CI, as well as general 

education and outreach activities. This 

task also includes support of 

postdoctoral and visiting scientists 

conducting activities within the 

research themes of the CI that are 

approved by the CI Director, in 

consultation with NOAA, and are 

relevant to NOAA and the CI’s mission 

goals. 

ii. Task II activities usually involve 

on-going direct collaboration with 

NOAA scientists. This collaboration 

typically is fostered by the collocation 

of Federal and CI employees. 

iii. Task III activities require minimal 

collaboration with NOAA scientists and 

may include research funded by other 

NOAA competitive grant programs. 

Electronic Access: The full text of the 

full funding opportunity announcement 

for this program can be accessed via the 

Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. The announcement 

will also be available by contacting the 

program officials identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the full 

funding opportunity announcement. 

Statutory Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1540, 

33 U.S.C. 883(d), 15 U.S.C. 313, 15 

U.S.C. 2901 et seq., 118 Stat. 71 (Jan. 23, 

2004). 

CFDA: 11.432, OAR Joint and 

Cooperative Institutes. 

Funding Availability: The award 

period will be 5 years, and may be 

renewed for an additional 5 years based 

on the outcome of a CI review in the 

fourth year. All funding is contingent 

upon the availability of Federal 

appropriations. NOAA expects that 

approximately $7M will be available for 

the CI in the first year of the award. The 

Task I budget should not exceed 

$350,000. The final amount of funding 

available for Task I will be determined 

during the negotiation phase of the 

award based on availability of funding. 

Funding for subsequent years is 

expected to be constant throughout the 

period and will depend on the quality 

of the research, the satisfactory progress 

in achieving the stated goals described 

in the proposal, continued relevance to 

program objectives, and the availability 

of funding. 

Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to 

non-Federal public and private nonprofit universities, colleges and research 

institutions that offer accredited 

graduate level degree-granting programs 

in NOAA-related sciences. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: To stress 

the collaborative nature and investment 

of a CI by both NOAA and the research 

institution, cost sharing is required. 

There is no minimum cost sharing 

requirement; however, the amount of 

cost sharing will be considered when 

determining the level of the CI’s 

commitment under NOAA’s standard 

evaluation criteria for overall 

qualifications of applicants. Acceptable 

cost-sharing proposals include, but are 

not limited to, offering a reduced 

indirect cost rate against activities in 

one or more Tasks, waiver of indirect 

costs assessed against base funds and/or 

Task I activities, waiver or reduction of 

any costs associated with the use of 

facilities at the CI, and full or partial 

salary funding for the CI director, 

administrative staff, graduate students, 

visiting scientists, or postdoctoral 

scientists. 

Evaluation and Selection Procedures: 

The general evaluation criteria and 

selection factors that apply to full 

applications to this funding opportunity 

are summarized below. The evaluation 

criteria for full applications will have 

different weights and details. Further 

information about the evaluation criteria 

and selection factors can be found in the 

full funding opportunity announcement. 

Evaluation Criteria for Projects: 

Proposals will be evaluated using the 

standard NOAA evaluation criteria. 

Various questions under each criterion 

are provided to ensure that the 

applicant includes information that 

NOAA will consider important during 

the evaluation, in addition to any other 

information provided by the applicant. 

i. Importance and/or relevance and 

applicability of proposed project to the 

program goals (25 percent): This 

criterion ascertains whether there is 

intrinsic value in the proposed work 

and/or relevance to NOAA, Federal, 

regional, state, or local activities. 

• Does the proposal include research 

goals and projects that address the 

critical issues identified in NOAA’s 5- 

year Research Plan, NOAA’s Strategic 

Plan, and the priorities described in the 

program priorities (see Section I.B. of 

the full funding opportunity 

announcement)? 

• Is there a demonstrated 

commitment (in terms of resources and 

facilities) to enhance existing NOAA 

and CI resources to foster a long-term 

collaborative research environment/ 

culture? 

• Does the proposal meet the 

geographical constraints described in 

the announcement? 

ii. Technical/scientific merit (30 

percent): This criterion assesses whether 

the approach is technically sound and/ 

or innovative, if the methods are 

appropriate, and whether there are clear 

project goals and objectives. 

• Does the project description include 

a summary of clearly stated goals to be 

achieved during the five year period 

that reflect NOAA’s strategic plan and 

goals? 

• Does the project description include 

innovative approaches to meeting the 

undersea technology development, 

exploration and research goals of the 

proposal? 

• Does the CI involve partnerships 

with other universities or research 

institutions, including Minority Serving 

Institutions and universities with strong 

departments that can contribute to the 

proposed activities of the CI? 

iii. Overall qualifications of 

applicants (30 percent): This criterion 

ascertains whether the applicant 

possesses the necessary education, 

experience, training, facilities, and 

administrative resources to accomplish 

the project. 

• If the institution(s) and/or Principal 

Investigators have received current or 

recent NOAA funding, is there a 

demonstrated record of outstanding 

performance working with NOAA and/ 

or NOAA scientists on research 

projects? 

• Is there nationally and/or 

internationally recognized expertise 

within the appropriate disciplines 

needed to conduct the collaborative/ 

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interdisciplinary research described in 

the proposal? 

• Is there a well-developed business 

plan that includes fiscal and human 

resource management, as well as 

strategic planning and accountability? 

• Are there any unique capabilities in 

a mission-critical area of research for 

NOAA? 

• Does the CI possess the necessary 

undersea technical expertise and 

resources, and/or provide access to the 

technical resources outlined in the 

proposal? 

• Has the applicant shown a 

substantial investment to the NOAA 

partnership, as demonstrated by the 

amount of the cost sharing contribution? 

iv. Project costs (5 percent): The 

budget is evaluated to determine if it is 

realistic and commensurate with the 

project needs and time-frame. 

v. Outreach and education (10 

percent): NOAA assesses whether this 

project provides a focused and effective 

education and outreach strategy 

regarding NOAA’s mission to protect 

the Nation’s natural resources. 

• Is there a strong education program 

with established graduate degree 

programs in NOAA-related sciences that 

also encourages student participation in 

NOAA-related research studies. 

Review and Selection Process: An 

initial administrative review/screening 

is conducted to determine compliance 

with requirements/completeness. All 

proposals will be evaluated and 

individually ranked in accordance with 

the assigned weights of the above-listed 

evaluation criteria by an independent 

peer review panel. At least three 

experts, who may be Federal or nonFederal, will be used in this process. If 

non-Federal experts participate in the 

review process, each expert will submit 

an individual review and there will be 

no consensus opinion. The merit 

reviewers’ ratings are used to produce a 

rank order of the proposals. The 

Selecting Official selects proposals after 

considering the peer reviews and 

selection factors listed below. In making 

the final selections, the Selecting 

Official will award in rank order unless 

the proposal is justified to be selected 

out of rank order based upon one or 

more of the selection factors. 

Selection Factors For Projects: The 

merit review ratings shall provide a rank 

order to the Selecting Official for final 

funding recommendations. The 

Selecting Official shall award in the 

rank order unless the proposal is 

justified to be selected out of rank order 

based upon one or more of the following 

factors: 

i. Availability of funding. 

ii. Balance/distribution of funds: 

a. Geographically. 

b. By type of institutions. 

c. By type of partners. 

d. By research areas. 

e. By project types. 

iii. Whether this project duplicates 

other projects funded or considered for 

funding by NOAA or other Federal 

agencies. 

iv. Program priorities and policy 

factors. 

v. Applicant’s prior award 

performance. 

vi. Partnerships and/or participation 

of targeted groups. 

vii. Adequacy of information 

necessary for NOAA staff to make a 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) determination and draft 

necessary documentation before 

recommendations for funding are made 

to the Grants Officer. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this program are not 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

Limitation of Liability: In no event 

will NOAA or the Department of 

Commerce be responsible for proposal 

preparation costs if these programs fail 

to receive funding or are cancelled 

because of other agency priorities. 

Publication of this announcement does 

not oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA): NOAA must analyze the 

potential environmental impacts, as 

required by the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant 

projects or proposals which are seeking 

NOAA federal funding opportunities. 

Detailed information on NOAA 

compliance with NEPA can be found at 

the following NOAA NEPA Web site: 

http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including 

our NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 

for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. The failure to 

do so shall be grounds for not selecting 

an application. In some cases if 

additional information is required after 

an application is selected, funds can be 

withheld by the Grants Officer under a 

special award condition requiring the 

recipient to submit additional 

environmental compliance information 

sufficient to enable NOAA to make an 

assessment on any impacts that a project 

may have on the environment. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696), are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: This 

document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

SF–LLL, and CD–346 has been approved 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to, nor shall 

a person be subject to a penalty for 

failure to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been determined to be not 

significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notice 

and an opportunity for public comment 

are not required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act or any other law for rules 

concerning public property, loans, 

grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other law, the analytical requirements 

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for the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are inapplicable. 

Therefore, a regulatory flexibility 

analysis has not been prepared. 

Dated: October 1, 2008. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative 

Officer, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Statutory Invention Registration 

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 

continuing information 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 December 8, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0036 comment’’ 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, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450. 

• Federal 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, P.O. 

Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; 

by telephone at 571–272–7735; or by email at Robert.Clarke@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

A statutory invention registration is 

not a patent. It has the defensive 

attributes of a patent but does not have 

the enforceable attributes of a patent. In 

other words, a person occasionally 

invents something solely for personal 

use (not for production or sale) and does 

not want to go through the effort and 

expense of obtaining a patent on the 

invention. At the same time, the 

inventor wants to prevent someone else 

from later obtaining a patent on a like 

invention. In that situation, the inventor 

can register a statutory invention and 

have it published. Once published, it 

cannot be claimed by another person. 

35 U.S.C. 157 authorizes the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office 

(USPTO) to publish a statutory 

invention registration containing the 

specifications and drawings of a 

regularly filed application for a patent 

without examination, providing the 

patentee meets all the requirements for 

printing, waives the right to receive a 

patent on the invention within a certain 

period of time prescribed by the 

USPTO, and pays all application, 

publication and other processing fees. 

The USPTO administers 35 U.S.C. 157 

through 37 CFR 1.293–1.297. Under 

these rules, an applicant for an original 

patent may request, at any time during 

the pendency of the application, that the 

specifications and drawings be 

published as a statutory invention 

registration. Any request for a statutory 

invention registration may be examined 

to determine if all the conditions have 

been met, if the subject matter of the 

application is appropriate for 

publication, and if the requirements for 

publication are met. 

The public may petition the USPTO 

to review rejection decisions within one 

month or other such time as is set forth 

in the decision refusing publication. 

The public may also petition the USPTO 

to withdraw a request to publish a 

statutory invention registration prior to 

the date of the notice of the intent to 

publish. 

If the request for a statutory invention 

registration is approved, a notice to that 

effect will be published in the Official 

Gazette of the USPTO. Each statutory 

invention registration that is published 

will include a statement relating to the 

attributes of a statutory invention 

registration. 

The public uses form PTO/SB/94, 

Request for Statutory Invention 

Registration, to request and authorize 

publication of a regularly-filed patent 

application as a statutory invention 

registration, to waive the right to receive 

a United States patent on the same 

invention claimed in the identified 

patent application, to agree that the 

waiver will be effective upon 

publication of the statutory invention 

registration, and to state that the 

identified patent application complies 

with the requirements for printing. No 

forms are associated with the petition 

for a review of the refusal to publish a 

statutory invention registration or the 

petition to withdraw the request for 

publication of a statutory invention 

registration. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to 

the USPTO when the applicant or agent 

files a statutory invention registration 

with the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0036. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/94. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8 

responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 

approximately 24 minutes (0.40 hours) 

each to gather, prepare, and submit the 

request for statutory invention 

registration, the petition to review the 

rejection decision, and the petition to 

withdraw the publication request, 

depending upon the complexity of the 

situation. This collection contains one 

form and two petitions. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 4 hours each per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $1,240. Using the 

professional hourly rate of $310 per 

hour for associate attorneys in private 

firms, the USPTO estimates $1,240 per 

year for salary costs associated with 

respondents. 

Item 

Estimated time 

for response 

(min) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Statutory Invention Registration ............................................................................................ 24 5 2 

Petition to Review Rejection Decision ................................................................................... 24 1 1 

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