Federal Register: February 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 26)NoticesPage 6302-6303From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr09fe99-35

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted 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. 35.

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).

Title: Recording Assignments (formerly Changes in Patent and Trademark Practices).

Form Numbers: PTO-1594 and PTO-1595.

Agency Approval Number: 0651-0027.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 104,520 hours.

Number of Respondents: 209,040 responses.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates that it will take 30 minutes to gather, prepare, and submit the patent and trademark recordation form cover sheets.

Needs and Uses: The patent and trademark recordation form cover sheets are used by the public to transfer the rights, title, and interest in patents or trademarks from one party to another. The public can also use these forms to submit patents and trademarks, patent and trademark assignments, other associated documents, and corrections to such items to the PTO for recording. The PTO uses these forms to process and record trademarks, patents, patent and trademark assignments, or other associated documents. The patent and trademark recordation form cover sheets also enable the PTO to ensure that all of the relevant bibliographic data related to these various documents is entered into the Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS).

Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, farms, federal government, and state, local, or tribal governments.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein, (202) 395-3785.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

[Page 6303]482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication to Maya A. Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 2, 1999. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization.

FR Doc. 99-3076Filed2-8-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 3510-16-P