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Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27120 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD608 

Endangered Species; File No. 19255 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Delaware Department of Natural 

Resources and Environmental Control 

(DENREC) [Michael Stangl, Responsible 

Party], 3002 Bayside Dr., Dover, 

Delaware 19977, has applied in due 

form for a permit to take shortnose 

sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the 

Delaware River for purposes of scientific 

research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

December 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https://

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 19255 from the list of available 

applications. 

Documents are also available upon 

written request or by appointment in the 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on either 

application should be submitted to the 

Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on the 

application(s) would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Malcolm Mohead or Rosa L. Gonza ́lez, 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permits are requested under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

The applicant is requesting 

authorization for a scientific research 

permit for takes of shortnose sturgeon in 

the Delaware River. The research 

objectives would be to document 

nursery areas, individual movement 

patterns, seasonal movements, home 

ranges, and habitats of juvenile 

shortnose sturgeon through the use of 

telemetry. Annually, up to 50 adult to 

juvenile shortnose sturgeon would be 

captured, weighed, measured, examined 

for tags, marked with Passive Integrated 

Transponder (PIT) tags and Floy tags, 

and released. Up to 15 juvenile 

shortnose sturgeon would also be 

anesthetized and implanted with 

acoustic transmitters and tracked. One 

unintentional mortality of a shortnose 

sturgeon is requested annually during 

the five year permit. 

Dated: November 10, 2014. 

Perry Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27180 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Patent and Trademark Resource 

Centers Metrics 

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 this 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 January 16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘Patent and 

Trademark Resource Centers Metrics 

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 the attention of 

Chris Kitchens, Manager, Patent and 

Trademark Resource Center Program, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1451, by telephone at 571–272– 

5750, or by email to Christine.Kitchens@

uspto.gov. Additional information about 

this collection is also available at http:// 

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Patent and Trademark Resource 

Centers (PTRCs) are a nationwide 

network of public, state and academic 

libraries that are designated by the 

USPTO to disseminate patent and 

trademark information and to support 

the diverse intellectual property needs 

of the public. Accessing the patent and 

trademark information at a PTRC with 

the help of a trained specialist, allows 

the public to determine if someone else 

has already patented an invention or 

obtained a federal registration for a 

trademark on goods or services. 

Recognition as a PTRC is authorized 

under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 

2(a)(2), which provides that the USPTO 

shall be responsible for disseminating to 

the public information with respect to 

patents and trademarks. In order to be 

designated as a PTRC, libraries must 

fulfill the following requirements: (1) 

Assist the public in the efficient use of 

patent and trademark information 

resources; (2) provide free access to 

patent and trademark resources 

provided by the USPTO; (3) provide 

metrics on the use of patent and 

trademark services provided by the 

member library as stipulated by the 

USPTO; (4) provide metrics on outreach 

efforts conducted by the member library 

as stipulated by the USPTO; and (5) 

send representatives to attend the 

USPTO-hosted PTRC training seminars. 

Since the PTRC requirements 

stipulate that the participating libraries 

must submit metrics in order to be 

designated as a PTRC, the USPTO is 

submitting this information collection 

for review under the PRA. The 

information collected enables the 

USPTO to more effectively train the 


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PTRC staff who, in turn, provide 

assistance and training to public 

customers in the areas of patent and 

trademarks. As the PTRCs continue to 

move away from the physical 

distribution of hard copy information, 

the USPTO is interested in what types 

of electronic services the PTRC of the 

future should offer its customers. 

Collection of this information enables 

the USPTO to more effectively service 

its current customers while planning for 

the future. 

The USPTO has developed a 

worksheet to collect the metrics 

concerning the use of the patent and 

trademark services and the public 

outreach efforts from the libraries. On 

the USPTO’s behalf, the metrics are 

collected on a quarterly basis through a 

third-party vendor. The information is 

only collected electronically. The 

PTRCs are given a password to input 

their information. 

II. Method of Collection 

The metrics are submitted 

electronically to the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0068. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Non-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 84 

libraries, for 336 responses per year. The 

USPTO estimates that there will be 84 

libraries reporting their metrics once per 

quarter, for a total of 336 responses per 

year. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

responding organizations approximately 

30 minutes (0.50 hours) to gather the 

necessary information, prepare the 

worksheet, and submit it to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 168 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $5,008.08. The USPTO 

expects that the information in this 

collection will be prepared by 

librarians, at an estimated hourly rate of 

$29.81. This is the mean hourly wage 

for librarians for colleges, universities, 

and professional schools as reported in 

the 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection will be approximately 

$5,008.08 per year. 

Item 

Estimated 

time for 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

PTRC Metric Worksheet .............................................................................................................. 30 336 168 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... ........................ 336 168 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are 

no fees or capital start-up, maintenance, 

operation, or postage costs for this 

collection. 

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: November 7, 2014. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27139 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Public User ID Badging 

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 revision 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 January 16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0041 

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 

regarding online access cards or user 

training should be directed to Terry 

Howard, Manager, Public Search 

Facility, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at 571–272–3258; or by email 

to Terry.Howard@uspto.gov. 

Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is required 

by 35 U.S.C. 41(i)(1) to maintain a 

Public Search Facility to provide patent 

and trademark collections for searching 

and retrieval of information. The Public 

Search Facility is maintained for public 

use with paper and electronic search 

files and trained staff to assist searchers. 

The USPTO also offers training courses 

to assist the public with using the 

advanced electronic search systems 

available at the facility. 

In order to manage the patent and 

trademark collections that are available 

to the public, the USPTO issues online 

access accounts to customers who wish 

to use the electronic search systems at 

the Public Search Facility. Customers 

may obtain an online access accounts by 


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