Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2017 / Notices 44585 

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 ‘‘0651–0056 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 Officer, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before October 25, 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. 2017–20368 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Patent and Trademark Resource 

Centers Metrics 

ACTION: Proposed information 

collection; comment request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1996, invites comments on a proposed 

extension of an existing information 

collection: 0651–0068 (Patent and 

Trademark Resource Center Metrics). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 24, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0068 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Register Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. 

• 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Robert Berry, 

Manager, Patent and Trademark 

Resource Center Program, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by 

telephone at (571) 272–7152; or by 

email at Robert.Berry@uspto.gov with 

‘‘0651–0068 comment’’ in the subject 

line. Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The USPTO seeks to collect from 

Patent Trademark Resource Centers 

(PTRC) information about the public’s 

use of and training on the tools 

provided through the centers. 

Specifically, the USTPO seeks metrics 

concerning the public’s use of patent 

and trademark services and the public 

outreach efforts provided by the PTRCs. 

The PTRC Program is authorized 

under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 2(a)(2), 

which provides that the USPTO shall be 

responsible for disseminating 

information with respect to patents and 

trademarks to the public. The PTRC 

Program is made up public, state, and 

academic libraries. Once a library has 

been designated as a PTRC, each 

participating library must fulfill the 

following requirements: assist the 

public in the efficient use of patent and 

trademark information resources; 

provide free access to patent and 

trademark resources provided by the 

USPTO; and send representatives to 

attend the USPTO-hosted PTRC training 

seminars. At present, there are 86 

libraries that are a part of the growing 

PTRC Program. 

The PTRC Program requirements 

stipulate that all participating libraries 

must submit periodic metrics on the 

public’s use of the patent and trademark 

services through the PTRCs and the 

public outreach efforts provided by the 

PTRCs. To facilitate this requirement, 

the USPTO has developed a worksheet 

to collect the metrics. A third-party 

vendor will collect the metrics on a 

quarterly basis. The information will 

only be collected electronically. The 

PTRCs will be given a password to input 

their information. 

This information collection will 

enable the USPTO to ascertain what 

types of services the PTRCs should offer 

and to train PTRC staff more effectively, 

as the PTRCs continue to move away 

from the physical distribution of hard 

copy information. Collection of this 

information will enable the USPTO to 

service its current customers while more 

effectively planning for the future. 

II. Method of Collection 

The metrics will be submitted 

electronically to the USPTO. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0068. 

IC Instruments and Forms: No forms 

are associated with this collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

344 responses per year. The USPTO 

estimates that there will be up to 88 

libraries reporting their metrics once per 

quarter, resulting in a total of 352 

responses per year. This estimate 

includes possible growth in the PTRC 

program above the 86 libraries that are 

currently reporting. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public 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: 176 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $5,536.96 The USPTO 

expects that the information in this 

collection will be prepared by library 

staff, at an estimated hourly rate of 

$31.46. This is the mean hourly wage 

for college librarians according to the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational 

Employment Statistics (OES 25–4021). 

Using this hourly rate, the USPTO 

estimates that the respondent cost 

burden for this collection will be 

approximately $5,536.96 per year. 


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44586 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2017 / Notices 

1Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), 

‘‘Mortgage Debt Outstanding by Type of Property: 

One- to Four-Family Residences (MDOTP1T4FR),’’ 

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MDOTP1T4FR (last 

updated June 9, 2017). 

2U.S. Census Bureau, ‘‘Selected Housing 

Characteristics: 2011–2015 American Community 

Survey 5-Year Characteristics,’’ https://

factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/ 

productview.xhtml?src=bkmk (last visited Aug. 31, 

2017). 

TABLE 1—HOURLY BURDEN

IC No. Item 

Estimated time 

for response 

(hour) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated annual 

burden 

Rate 

($/hr) 

Estimated 

annual 

respondent 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (c) = (a) × (b) (d) (e) = (c) × (d) 

1 ................. PTRC Metric Worksheet 0.50 (30 minutes) 352 176 $31.46 $5,53611.96 

Total .... ........................................ .............................. 352 176 .............................. 5,536.96 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are 

no filing fees, capital start-up, 

maintenance, operation, or postage costs 

associated with this collection. 

IV. Request for Comments 

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. 

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. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records and Information Governance 

Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20369 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No. CFPB–2017–0025] 

Disclosure of Loan-Level HMDA Data 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy 

guidance with request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection (Bureau) is 

proposing policy guidance that would 

describe modifications that the Bureau 

intends to apply to the loan-level 

HMDA data that financial institutions 

will report under the Home Mortgage 

Disclosure (Regulation C) before the 

data is disclosed to the public. The 

proposed policy guidance applies to 

HMDA data to be reported under 

Regulation C effective January 1, 2018. 

The Bureau will make this data 

available to the public beginning in 

2019. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 24, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CFPB–2017– 

0025, by any of the following methods: 

• Email: FederalRegisterComments@

cfpb.gov. Include Docket No. CFPB– 

2017–0025 in the subject line of the 

email. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Monica Jackson, Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20552. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Monica 

Jackson, Office of the Executive 

Secretary, Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

Instructions: All submissions should 

include the agency name and docket 

number or Regulatory Information 

Number (RIN). Because paper mail in 

the Washington, DC area and at the 

Bureau is subject to delay, commenters 

are encouraged to submit comments 

electronically. In general, all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov. In 

addition, comments will be available for 

public inspection and copying at 1700 

G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552, 

on official business days between the 

hours of 10 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. You can make an appointment to 

inspect the documents by telephoning 

202–435–7275. 

All comments, including attachments 

and other supporting materials, will 

become part of the public record and 

subject to public disclosure. Sensitive 

personal information, such as account 

numbers or Social Security numbers, 

should not be included. Comments will 

not be edited to remove any identifying 

or contact information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Jacobs, Counsel, or Laura Stack, 

Senior Counsel, Office of Regulations, at 

202–435–7700 or https://

reginquiries.consumerfinance.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary 

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act 

(HMDA) requires certain financial 

institutions to collect, report, and 

disclose data about their mortgage 

lending activity on an ongoing basis to 

both Federal regulators and the general 

public. The home mortgage market is 

the country’s single largest market for 

consumer financial products and 

services, with $10 trillion outstanding.1

It is a critical source of wealth-building 

for both individual families and 

communities, and has a substantial 

impact on the nation’s economy as 

evidenced by its role in triggering in 

2008, the worst financial crisis since the 

Great Depression. As of 2015, 48 million 

consumers had a mortgage, representing 

65 percent of all owner-occupied 

homes.2

HMDA is implemented by Regulation 

C, which describes its purposes as 

helping to determine whether financial 

institutions are serving the housing 

needs of their communities; assisting 

public officials in distributing publicsector investment so as to attract private 

investment to areas where it is needed; 

and assisting in identifying possible 

discriminatory lending patterns and 

enforcing antidiscrimination statutes. 

As described further below, public 

disclosure of HMDA data is central to 


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