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Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 95 

responses per year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately 15 minutes (0.25 

hours) to gather the necessary 

information, prepare the form, and 

submit the request for recordal or 

renewal of a fastener insignia to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 24 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $3,000. The USPTO 

expects that the information in this 

collection will be prepared by 

paraprofessionals at an estimated rate of 

$125 per hour. Therefore, the USPTO 

estimates that the respondent cost 

burden for this collection will be 

approximately $3,000 per year. 

Item Estimated time for response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Application for Recordal of Insignia or Renewal/Reactivation of 

Recordal Under the Fastener Quality Act (PTO–1611).

15 minutes ....................................... 95 24 

Totals .................................................................................................. .......................................................... 95 24 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $2,047. There 

are no capital start-up, recordkeeping, or 

maintenance costs associated with this 

information collection. However, this 

collection does have annual (non-hour) 

costs in the form of filing fees and 

postage costs. 

Under 37 CFR 2.7, the filing fee is $20 

for a recordal of a new fastener insignia, 

a renewal, or a request for reactivation. 

The USPTO estimates that it will 

receive 95 new recordals, renewals, or 

reactivations of fastener insignia per 

year, for a total of $1,900 in filing fees. 

If a manufacturer submits a renewal 

after the expiration date but within six 

months of that date, then the 

manufacturer must pay an additional 

$20 late-renewal surcharge. The USPTO 

estimates that approximately 7 of the 95 

responses per year will be late renewals 

that incur the surcharge, for a total of 

$140 in additional charges. Therefore, 

the total estimated filing fees for this 

collection will be $2,040 per year. 

The public may submit the 

information for this collection to the 

USPTO by mail through the United 

States Postal Service. The USPTO 

estimates that approximately 5 of the 95 

responses per year will be submitted to 

the USPTO by mail at an average firstclass postage cost of $1.42 per response, 

for a total postage cost of approximately 

$7 per year. 

The total non-hour respondent cost 

burden for this collection in the form of 

filing fees ($2,040) and postage costs 

($7) is estimated to be $2,047 per year. 

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 also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25861 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 

Program 

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 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 29, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-Mail: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0058 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, United 

States 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 Raul Tamayo, 

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–7728; or by email 

to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Patent Prosecution Highway 

(PPH) is a framework in which an 

application whose claims have been 

determined to be patentable by an Office 

of Earlier Examination (OEE) is eligible 

to go through an accelerated 

examination in an Office of Later 

Examination with a simple procedure 

upon an applicant’s request. By 

leveraging the search and examination 

work product of the OEE, PPH programs 

(1) deliver lower prosecution costs, (2) 

support applicants in their efforts to 

obtain stable patent rights efficiently 

around the world, and (3) reduce the 

search and examination burden, while 

improving the examination quality, of 

participating patent offices. 

Originally, the PPH programs were 

limited to the utilization of search and 

examination results of national 

applications between cross filings under 

the Paris Convention. Later, the 

potential of the PPH was greatly 

expanded by PCT–PPH programs, which 

permit participating patent offices to 

draw upon the positive results of the 


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PCT work product from another 

participating office. PCT–PPH programs 

use international written opinions and 

international preliminary examination 

reports developed within the framework 

of the PCT, thereby making the PPH 

available to a larger number of 

applicants. Information collected for the 

PCT is approved under OMB control 

number 0651–0021. 

More recently, the USPTO and several 

other offices acted to consolidate and 

replace existing PPH programs, with the 

goal of streamlining the PPH process for 

both offices and applicants. To that end, 

the USPTO and other offices established 

the Global PPH pilot program and the 

IP5 PPH pilot program. The Global PPH 

and IP5 PPH pilot programs are running 

concurrently and are substantially 

identical, differing only with regard to 

their respective participating offices. 

The USPTO is participating in both the 

Global PPH pilot program and the IP5 

PPH pilot program. For USPTO 

applications, the Global PPH and IP5 

PPH pilot programs supersede any prior 

PPH program between the USPTO and 

each Global PPH and IP5 PPH 

participating office. Any existing PPH 

programs between the USPTO and 

offices that are not participating in 

either the Global PPH pilot program or 

the IP5 PPH pilot program remain in 

effect. 

For more complete information on the 

PPH, including (1) a complete 

identification of participating countries 

and offices and the programs under 

which each country/office is 

participating, (2) the forms needed to 

request entry into the PPH, both at the 

USPTO and other participating offices, 

and (3) information as to which of the 

PPH programs remain pilots and which 

have been made permanent, please visit 

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_

events/pph/index.jsp. 

The forms in this collection allow 

participants to file in a U.S. application 

a request to make the U.S. application 

special under a PPH or PCT–PPH 

program. 

II. Method of Collection 

Requests to participate in the PPH 

programs must be submitted online 

using EFS-Web, the USPTO’s web-based 

electronic filing system. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0058. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/20GLBL/

AT/AU/BR/CA/CN/CO/CZ/DE/DK/EP/

ES/FI/HU/IL/IS/JP/KR/MX/NI/NO/PH/

PL/PT/RU/SG/TW/UK, and PTO/SB/

20PCT–AT/PCT–AU/PCT–CA/PCT–CN/

PCT–EP/PCT–ES/PCT–FI/PCT–IL/PCT– 

JP/PCT–KR/PCT–NPI/PCT–RU/PCT– 

SE/PCT–US. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

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

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,210 responses per year. The USPTO 

estimates that approximately 10% of 

these responses will be from small 

entities. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public approximately two hours to 

gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate form, and 

submit a completed request to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 16,420 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $6,387,380. The USPTO 

expects that the information in this 

collection will be prepared by attorneys. 

Using the professional rate of $389 per 

hour for attorneys in private firms, the 

USPTO estimates that the total annual 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection will be approximately 

$6,387,380 per year. 

Item Estimated time for response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Request for Participation in the Global/IP5 PPH Pilot Program in the 

USPTO (PTO/SB/20GLBL).

2 hours ............................................. 5000 10,000 

Intellectual Property Office of Australia (IPAU), Form PTO/SB/20AU ...... 2 hours ............................................. 30 60 

Austrian Patent Office (APO), Form PTO/SB/20AT ................................. 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (Brazil)(INPI), Form PTO/

SB/20BR.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Form PTO/SB/20CA ........ 2 hours ............................................. 30 60

State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C. (SIPO), Form PTO/SB/

20CN.

2 hours ............................................. 80 160 

Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC), Form 

PTO/SB/20CO.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (IPOCZ), Form PTO/

SB/20CZ.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO), Form PTO/SB/20DK ..... 2 hours ............................................. 20 40 

European Patent Office (EPO), Form PTO/SB/20EP ............................... 2 hours ............................................. 150 300 

National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR), Form 

PTO/SB/20FI.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), Form PTO/SB/20DE .... 2 hours ............................................. 40 80 

Hungarian Patent Office (HPO), Form PTO/SB/20HU ............................. 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Icelandic Patent Office (IPO), Form PTO/SB/20IS ................................... 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Israeli Patent Office (ILPO), Form PTO/SB/20IL ...................................... 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Japan Patent Office (JPO), Form PTO/SB/20JP ...................................... 2 hours ............................................. 850 1700 

Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Form PTO/SB/20KR ............ 2 hours ............................................. 150 300 

Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Form PTO/SB/20MX ...... 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property (NRIP), Form PTO/SB/20NI 2 hours ............................................. 10 20

Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), Form PTO/SB/20NO ......... 2 hours ............................................. 10 20

Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPH), Form PTO/SB/

PH.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP) Form 

PTO/SB/20PL.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI–PT), Form PTO/SB/PT 2 hours ............................................. 10 20


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Item Estimated time for response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT), Form 

PTO/SB/20RU.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), Form PTO/SB/20SG ... 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), Form PTO/SB/20ES ...... 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO), Form PTO/SB/20TW ............ 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), Form PTO/SB/

20UK.

2 hours ............................................. 40 80 

U.S. Applications Where the USPTO was the ISA or IPEA, Form PTO/

SB/20PCT–US.

2 hours ............................................. 200 400 

Intellectual Property Office of Australia (IPAU), Form PTO/SB/20PCT– 

AU.

2 hours ............................................. 30 60 

Austrian Patent Office (APO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–AT ........................ 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–CA 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C. (SIPO), Form PTO/SB/

20PCT–CN.

2 hours ............................................. 80 160 

European Patent Office (EPO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–EP ...................... 2 hours ............................................. 550 1100 

National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR), Form 

PTO/SB/20PCT–FI.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Israeli Patent Office (ILPO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–IL ............................. 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Japan Patent Office (JPO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–JP ............................. 2 hours ............................................. 150 300 

Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–KR ... 2 hours ............................................. 550 1100

Nordic Patent Institute (NPI), Form PTO/SB/20PCT–NPI ........................ 2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT), Form 

PTO/SB/20PCT–RU.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), Form PTO/SB/20PCT– 

ES.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), Form PTO/SB/20PCT– 

SE.

2 hours ............................................. 10 20 

Totals .................................................................................................. .......................................................... 8,210 16,420 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are 

no capital start-up, maintenance, or 

postage costs associated with this 

collection. This collection also has no 

filing fees or recordkeeping costs. 

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 also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25866 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10:30 a.m. EST, Monday, 

November 3, 2014. 

PLACE: CFTC Headquarters Conference 

Center, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 

21st Street NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission will hold this meeting to 

consider rulemaking and related 

matters, including the issuance of 

proposed rules and a final 

interpretation. The agenda for this 

meeting is available to the public and 

posted on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.cftc.gov. In the event that 

the time, date, or place of this meeting 

changes, an announcement of the 

change, along with the new time, date, 

or place of the meeting, will be posted 

on the Commission’s Web site. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of 

the Commission, 202–418–5964. 

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25894 Filed 10–28–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 15–C0001] 

One World Technologies, Inc., and 

Baja, Inc., Provisional Acceptance of a 

Settlement Agreement and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 

below is a provisionally-accepted 

Settlement Agreement with One World 

Technologies, Inc., and Baja, Inc., 

containing a civil penalty of $4.3 


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