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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. 

[FR Doc. E8–23654 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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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Item 

Estimated time 

for response 

(min) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Petition to Withdraw Publication Request ............................................................................. 24 2 1 

Total ................................................................................................................................ .......................... 8 4 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $8,166. There 

are no capital start-up costs or 

maintenance costs associated with this 

information collection. However, this 

collection does have postage costs and 

filing fees. 

The public may submit the paper 

forms and 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 75 cents, and that customers 

filing the documents associated with 

this information collection may choose 

to mail their submissions to the USPTO. 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that up 

to 8 submissions per year may be mailed 

to the USPTO at an average first-class 

postage rate of 75 cents, for a total 

postage cost of $6. 

There is annual non-hour cost burden 

in the way of filing fees associated with 

this collection. The estimated filing 

costs for this collection of $7,760 are 

calculated in the accompanying chart. 

Item Responses Filing fee ($) Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) 

Statutory Invention Registration (requested prior to mailing of first office action, 37 

CFR 1.17(n)) ................................................................................................................ 2 $920.00 $1,840.00 

Statutory Invention Registration (requested after mailing of first office action, 37 CFR 

1.17(o)) ......................................................................................................................... 3 1,840.00 5,520.00 

Petition to Review Rejection Decision (37 CFR 1.295) .................................................. 1 200.00 200.00 

Petition to Withdraw Publication Request (37 CFR 1.296) ............................................. 1 0.00 0.00 

Petition to Withdraw Publication Request on or after Date of Notice of Intent to Publish (37 CFR 1.296) ...................................................................................................... 1 200.00 200.00 

Total .......................................................................................................................... 8 ............................ 7,760.00 

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 $7,766. 

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 or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–23677 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Announcement of IS–GPS–200, IS– 

GPS–705, IS–GPS–800 Interface 

Control Working Group (ICWG) 

Meeting 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

that the Global Positioning Systems 

Wing will be hosting an Interface 

Control Working Group (ICWG) meeting 

for document/s IS–GPS–200 (NAVSTAR 

GPS Space Segment/Navigation User 

Interfaces), IS–GPS–705 (NAVSTAR 

GPS Space Segment/User Segment L5 

Interfaces), and IS–GPS–800 (NAVSTAR 

GPS Space Segment/User Segment L1C 

Interfaces). The meeting will address 

PIRN/IRN changes and contractor 

redlines to the documents. 

The ICWG is open to the general 

public. For those who would like to 

attend and participate in this ICWG 

meeting, you are requested to register to 

attend the meeting no later than 4 

November 08. Please send the 

registration to 

thomas.davis.ctr@losangeles.af.mil and 

provide your name, organization, 

telephone number, address, and country 

of citizenship. More information, 

including Comments Resolution 

Matrixes (CRMs) and track changed 

documents, will be posted at: http:// 

www.losangeles.af.mil/library/ 

factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9364. 

Please send all CRM comments to 

Thomas Davis by 28 Oct 08. 

DATES: November 18 2008: IS–GPS–800, 

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and November 19 

2008: IS–GPS–200, IS–GPS–705, from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: The Hacienda Hotel, 525 N 

Sepulveda Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245, 

(310) 615–0015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Davis, 1–310–416–8440, 

thomas.davis.ctr@losangeles.af.mil, or 

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