Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Federal Register: December 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 241)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 (USPTO).
Title: National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination
Application.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-00xx.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 40 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 1,600 responses per year.
Avg. Hours per Response: 40 hours. The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately 40 hours to gather and prepare the necessary information, and submit the information to the USPTO.
Needs and Uses: The pubic uses the National Medal of Technology and
Innovation Nomination Application to recognize through nomination an individual's or company's extraordinary leadership and innovation in technological achievement. The application must be accompanied by at least six letters of recommendation or support from individuals who have first-hand knowledge of the cited achievement(s).
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for- profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, e-mail:
Nicholas.A.Fraser@omb.eop.gov. Once submitted, the request will be publically available in electronic format through the Information
Collection Review page at www.reginfo.gov.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-00xx
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Application copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan K.
Fawcett.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public
Information Services Division, U.S. 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 January 14, 2009 to
Nicholas.A.Fraser@omb.eop.gov or by fax (202) 395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: December 8, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services
Division.
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