Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 122 / Friday, June 26, 2009 / Notices 30529 

Complaints submitted to the USPTO 

must identify the name and address of 

the complainant and the invention 

promoter or promotion firm, explain the 

basis for the complaint, and include the 

signature of the complainant. The 

identifying information is necessary so 

that the USPTO can forward the 

complaint to the invention promoter or 

promotion firm and also notify the 

complainant that the complaint has 

been forwarded. Complainants should 

understand that the complaints will be 

forwarded to the invention promoter for 

response and that the complaint and 

response will be made available to the 

public as required by the Inventors’ 

Rights Act. If the USPTO does not 

receive a response from the invention 

promoter, the complaint will still be 

published without the response. The 

USPTO does not accept complaints 

under this program if the complainant 

requests confidentiality. 

This information collection includes 

one form, Complaint Regarding 

Invention Promoter (PTO/SB/2048), 

which is used by the public to submit 

a complaint under this program. This 

form is available for download from the 

USPTO Web site. Use of this form is not 

mandatory as long as the complaint 

includes the necessary information and 

is clearly marked as a complaint filed 

under the Inventors’ Rights Act. There 

is no associated form for submitting 

responses to the complaints. 

II. Method of Collection 

By mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to 

the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0044. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/2048. 

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: 

100 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 a complaint to the USPTO and 

approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) 

for an invention promoter or promotion 

firm to prepare and submit a response 

to a complaint. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 38 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $5,970 per year. The 

USPTO expects that complaints will be 

prepared by paraprofessionals or 

independent inventors. Using the 

average of the paraprofessional rate of 

$100 per hour and the estimated rate of 

$30 per hour for independent inventors, 

the USPTO estimates that the average 

rate for preparing the complaints will be 

approximately $65 per hour. The 

USPTO expects that the responses to the 

complaints will be prepared by 

attorneys or invention promoters. Using 

the average of the professional rate of 

$310 per hour for attorneys in private 

firms and the estimated rate of $100 per 

hour for invention promoters, the 

USPTO estimates that the average rate 

for preparing the responses to the 

complaints will be approximately $205 

per hour. Therefore, the respondent cost 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

be $5,970 per year. 

Item 

Estimated time 

for 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Complaint Regarding Invention Promoter (PTO/SB/2048) ......................................................... 15 50 13 

Responses to the Complaints ..................................................................................................... 30 50 25 

Totals ........................................................................................................................................... ........................ 100 38 

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $897. There 

are no capital start-up costs, 

maintenance costs, recordkeeping costs, 

or filing fees associated with this 

information collection. However, the 

public may incur postage costs when 

submitting a complaint or a response to 

a complaint by mail to the USPTO. The 

USPTO estimates that the first-class 

postage cost for a mailed complaint will 

be 44 cents. Promotion firms may 

choose to send responses to complaints 

using overnight mail service at an 

estimated cost of $17.50 per response. 

Therefore, the total annual (non-hour) 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection in the form of postage costs 

is estimated to be $897 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. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Administrative 

Management Group. 

[FR Doc. E9–15170 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of 

membership solicitation for 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 

soliciting nominations for membership 

on the Hydrographic Services Review 

Panel (the Panel), a Federal advisory 

committee. NOAA is extending the time 

period for submission of membership 

applications from Friday, June 26, 2009 

to Friday, July 24, 2009. This notice 

responds to the Hydrographic Services 

Improvement Act Amendments of 2002, 

30530 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 122 / Friday, June 26, 2009 / Notices 

Public Law 107–372, which requires the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere to solicit 

nominations for Panel membership. The 

Panel will advise the Under Secretary 

on matters related to the responsibilities 

and authorities set forth in section 303 

of the Hydrographic Services 

Improvement Act of 1998, and such 

other appropriate matters as the Under 

Secretary refers to the Panel for review 

and advice. To apply for membership on 

the Panel, applicants should submit a 

resume as indicated in the ADDRESSES

section. 

DATES: Resumes should be sent to the 

address, e-mail, or fax specified and 

must be received by July 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications for 

membership on the Panel to Rebecca 

Arenson via mail, fax, or e-mail at: Mail: 

Rebecca Arenson, Office of Coast 

Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA 

(N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910, Fax: 301–713–4019, 

E-mail: Hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Arenson, Office of Coast 

Survey, National Ocean Service (NOS), 

NOAA (N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; 

Telephone: 301–713–2780 x158, Fax: 

301–713–4019; E-mail: 

Rebecca.Arenson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 33 

U.S.C. 883a, et seq., NOAA’s National 

Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for 

providing nautical charts and related 

information for safe navigation. NOS 

collects and compiles hydrographic, 

tidal and current, geodetic, and a variety 

of other data in order to fulfill this 

responsibility. The Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel provides advice 

on topics such as ‘‘NOAA’s 

Hydrographic Survey Priorities,’’ 

technologies relating to operations, 

research and development of data 

pertaining to: 

(a) Hydrographic surveying; 

(b) Nautical charting; 

(c) Water level measurements; 

(d) Current measurements; 

(e) Geodetic measurements; and 

(f) Geospatial measurements. 

The Panel has fifteen voting members 

appointed by the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 

in accordance with section 105 of Public 

Law 107–372. Members are selected on 

a standardized basis, in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidance. The Co-Directors of the Joint 

Hydrographic Center and two other 

employees of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration serve as 

nonvoting members of the Panel. The 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, serves 

as the Designated Federal Official 

(DFO). This solicitation is to obtain 

candidate applications for one current 

voting vacancy on the Panel, and for 

five voting members whose terms expire 

January 1, 2010, and candidates for 

voting members who might resign at any 

time during 2009. Be advised that some 

voting members whose terms expire 

January 1, 2010, may be reappointed for 

another full term if eligible. 

Voting members are individuals who, 

by reason of knowledge, experience, or 

training, are especially qualified in one 

or more disciplines relating to 

hydrographic surveying, tides, currents, 

geodetic and geospatial measurements, 

marine transportation, port 

administration, vessel pilotage, and 

coastal or fishery management. An 

individual may not be appointed as a 

voting member of the Panel if the 

individual is a full-time officer or 

employee of the United States. Any 

voting member of the Panel who is an 

applicant for, or beneficiary of (as 

determined by the Under Secretary) any 

assistance under the Act shall disclose 

to the Panel that relationship, and may 

not vote on any other matter pertaining 

to that assistance. 

Voting members of the Panel serve a 

four-year term, except that vacancy 

appointments shall be for the remainder 

of the unexpired term of the vacancy. 

Members serve at the discretion of the 

Under Secretary and are subject to 

government ethics standards. Any 

individual appointed to a partial or full 

term may be reappointed for one 

additional full term. A voting member 

may serve until his or her successor has 

taken office. The Panel selects one 

voting member to serve as the Chair and 

another to serve as the Vice Chair. The 

Vice Chair acts as Chair in the absence 

or incapacity of the Chair but will not 

automatically become the Chair if the 

Chair resigns. Meetings occur at least 

twice a year, and at the call of the Chair 

or upon the request of a majority of the 

voting members or of the Under 

Secretary. Voting members receive 

compensation at a rate established by 

the Under Secretary, not to exceed the 

maximum daily rate payable under 

section 5376 of title 5, United States 

Code, when engaged in performing 

duties for the Panel. Members are 

reimbursed for actual and reasonable 

expenses incurred in performing such 

duties. 

Panel members selected to serve on 

the HSRP FACA committee must 

complete the following actions (please 

note this is not part of the application 

process, and is only relevant to the 

appointment process): 

(a) Security Clearance (on-line 

Background Security Check process and 

fingerprinting conducted through 

NOAA Workforce Management); 

(b) Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Report—As a special government 

employee (SGE) you are required to file 

a Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Report to avoid involvement in a real or 

apparent conflict of interest. You may 

find the Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report at the following Web 

site: http://www.usoge.gov/forms/ 

form_450.aspx. 

(c) Certification of Status Statement 

(certifying statement that as an SGE you 

are not an agent of a foreign principal 

or a lobbyist—document provided by 

NOAA). 

Dated: June 19, 2009. 

Steven Barnum, 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–15078 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds to the 

Procurement List product and services 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 7/27/2009. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703) 

603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email: CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 4/24/2009 and 5/1/2009, the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notice (74 FR 78, page 18694 

and 74 FR 83, pages 20289–20290) of 

proposed additions to the Procurement 

List. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide