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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; ‘‘International 

Design Applications (Hague 

Agreement)’’ 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

Title: International Design 

Applications (Hague Agreement). 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0075. 

Form Number(s): WIPO DM/1. 

Type of Request: Regular. 

Number of Respondents: 556 

responses per year. 

Average Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the response time 

for activities related to International 

Design Applications (Hague Agreement) 

will take the public between 

approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) 

to 6 hours to complete. This includes 

the time to gather the necessary 

information, create the document, and 

submit the completed request to the 

USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on 

balance, it takes the same amount of 

time to do this, regardless of whether to 

the public is submitting the information 

in paper form or electronically. 

Burden Hours: 1,898 hours per year. 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $424,246.00 

per year. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

requested in this collection is necessary 

for the World Intellectual Property 

Organization (WIPO), Contracting 

Parties, and the USPTO to process 

information design applications and 

related correspondences under the 

Hague Agreement. The Hague 

Agreement is an international agreement 

that enables an applicant to file a single 

international design application and 

have it function as an application for 

protection for the designs in countries 

and or organizations that are Parties to 

the Treaty and designated in the 

application. 

As an initial matter, the International 

Bureau (IB) of WIPO uses this 

information to perform its review under 

the treaty. Pursuant to Article 8 of the 

treaty, if the International Bureau (IB) 

finds that the applicant has not fulfilled 

the requirements of the Hague 

Agreements and the Common 

Regulations, the IB will invite the 

applicant to make the required 

connections within a prescribed time 

period. Once this review of the 

formalities of the application has been 

completed, the IB then issues an 

international registration, which 

includes the information collected from 

the international design application. 

The designated Contracting Parties then 

perform their review of the international 

design application. The Hague 

Agreement enables applicants from a 

Contracting Party to obtain protection of 

their designs with minimal formality 

and expense. Additionally, under the 

Hague Agreement, the international 

registration can be centrally maintained 

by the IB. Through the IB, applicants 

can record changes of their 

representatives, change ownership, and 

renew international registrations. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0075 copy 

request’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and 

Information Governance Division 

Director, Office of the Chief Technology 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before October 11, 2017 to Nicholas 

A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email 

to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or 

by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records and Information Governance 

Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19183 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0093] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Master Generic Plan for Customer 

Surveys and Focus Groups 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2017–ICCD–0093. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Stephanie 

Valentine, 202–401–0526. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 


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following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Master Generic 

Plan for Customer Surveys and Focus 

Groups. 

OMB Control Number: 1800–0011. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 451,216. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 115,344. 

Abstract: Surveys to be considered 

under this generic will only include 

those surveys that improve customer 

service or collect feedback about a 

service provided to individuals or 

entities directly served by ED. The 

results of these customer surveys will 

help ED managers plan and implement 

program improvements and other 

customer satisfaction initiatives. Focus 

groups that will be considered under the 

generic clearance will assess customer 

satisfaction with a direct service, or will 

be designed to inform a customer 

satisfaction survey ED is considering. 

Surveys that have the potential to 

influence policy will not be considered 

under this generic clearance. 

Dated: September 6, 2017. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19181 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Fiscal Year 2018 Title VI Virtual 

Technical Assistance Workshop 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department), International and Foreign 

Language Education (IFLE) announces a 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Title VI Virtual 

Technical Assistance Workshop (TAW). 

IFLE is conducting this workshop to 

assist prospective applicants with the 

preparation of FY 2018 grant 

applications for programs authorized by 

title VI of the Higher Education Act 

(HEA), pending the availability of funds 

for new competitions. 

Note: Please be advised that this notice is 

not inviting grant applications from the 

public, as the Department has not announced 

any international education program 

competitions for FY 2018. 

DATES: IFLE will conduct the TAW on 

September 19 and 20, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Connors de Laguna, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 3E221, Washington, 

DC 20202–4260. Telephone: (202) 453– 

5518 or by email: 

kathleen.connorsdelaguna@ed.gov or 

Michelle Butler. Telephone: (202) 453– 

6491 or by email: michelle.butler@

ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the TAW is to assist 

prospective applicants with the 

preparation of grant applications under 

the Centers for International Business 

Education (CIBE), Language Resource 

Centers (LRC), National Resource 

Centers (NRC), Foreign Language and 

Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS), and 

the Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) 

Programs, pending the availability of 

funds for new FY 2018 competitions. 

(CFDA Numbers: 84.220A, 84.229A, 

84.015A, 84.015B, and 84.017A.) 

IFLE is holding its first virtual 

technical workshop to provide a more 

cost-efficient platform for participants to 

obtain guidance for developing their 

grant applications and engage with 

other participants, Department officials, 

and the IFLE team. The two-day 

workshop will be live-streamed from the 

Department headquarters in 

Washington, DC. The overall structure 

of the workshop will include an 

opening plenary session, technical 

assistance presentations about the Title 

VI programs’ selection criteria and other 

application requirements, presentations 

that highlight innovative Title VI and 

Fulbright-Hays projects and outcomes, 

‘‘lessons-learned’’ sessions about 

building effective and sustained 

collaborations, and presentations by 

experts on relevant international 

education topics. All sessions will be 

interactive and will provide the 

opportunity for participants to comment 

and ask questions. 

A tentative agenda is available at 

http://iflemeetings.com/agenda/. 

Registration: The workshop is open to 

the public and free of charge. All 

participants, however, should register 

online at http://iflemeetings.com. 

Registering on this Web site enables 

participants to receive the instructions 

for selecting the sessions they wish to 

attend virtually. 

The Department is committed to 

ensuring that this webinar is accessible 

to all people with disabilities. If you 

require a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in this webinar, please 

contact the persons listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or PDF. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: September 6, 2017. 

Kathleen A. Smith, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19206 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Northern New 

Mexico. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 


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