Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comments Request; Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination Processing Fees

• Published date: 01 October 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 61937
• Record Number: 2020-21799
• Section: Notices
• Court: Patent And Trademark Office

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SUMMARY

: The SEDAR Steering

Committee will meet via webinar to

discuss the SEDAR stock assessment

process and assessment schedule. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

.

DATES

: The SEDAR Steering Committee

will meet via webinar on Friday,

October 16, 2020, from 9 a.m. until

12:30 p.m., Eastern.

ADDRESSES

:

Meeting address: The meeting will be

held via webinar. The webinar is open

to members of the public. Those

interested in participating should

contact Julie Neer (see

FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT

) to request an

invitation providing webinar access

information. Please request webinar

invitations at least 24 hours in advance

of each webinar.

SEDAR address: South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, 4055

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N

Charleston, SC 29405;

www.sedarweb.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

: Julie

A. Neer, SEDAR Program Manager, 4055

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571–

4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax:

(843) 769–4520; email: Julie.neer@

safmc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: The

SEDAR Steering Committee provides

guidance and oversight of the SEDAR

stock assessment program and manages

assessment scheduling. The items of

discussion for this meeting are as

follows:

1. SEDAR Projects Update

2. SEDAR Projects Schedule

3. SEDAR Process Review and

Discussions

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the intent to take final action

to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is accessible to people

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary

aids should be directed to the SAFMC

office (see

ADDRESSES

) at least 5

business days prior to the meeting.

Note: The times and sequence specified in

this agenda are subject to change.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: September 28, 2020.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2020–21733 Filed 9–30–20; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[RTID 0648–XA526]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean

Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor

Will Provide 2021 Cage Tags

AGENCY

: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION

: Notice of vendor to provide

fishing year 2021 cage tags.

SUMMARY

: NMFS informs surfclam and

ocean quahog individual transferable

quota allocation holders that they will

be required to purchase their fishing

year 2021 (January 1, 2021–December

31, 2021) cage tags from the National

Band and Tag Company. The intent of

this notice is to comply with regulations

for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean

quahog fisheries and to promote

efficient distribution of cage tags.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

Aimee Ahles, Fishery Management

Specialist, (978) 281–9373.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: The

Federal Atlantic surfclam and ocean

quahog fishery regulations at 50 CFR

648.77(b) authorize the Regional

Administrator of the Greater Atlantic

Region, NMFS, to specify in the Federal

Register a vendor from whom cage tags,

required under the Atlantic Surfclam

and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management

Plan (FMP), shall be purchased. Notice

is hereby given that National Band and

Tag Company of Newport, Kentucky, is

the authorized vendor of cage tags

required for the fishing year 2021

Federal surfclam and ocean quahog

fisheries. Detailed instructions for

purchasing these cage tags will be

provided in a letter to individual

transferable quota allocation holders in

these fisheries from NMFS within the

next several weeks.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: September 25, 2020.

Jennifer M. Wallace,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2020–21666 Filed 9–30–20; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review and Approval; Comments

Request; Patent Petitions Related to

Application and Reexamination

Processing Fees

AGENCY

: United States Patent and

Trademark Office, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION

: Notice of information collection;

request for comment.

SUMMARY

: The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO), in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, invites

comments on the extension and revision

of an existing information collection:

0651–0059 (Patent Petitions Related to

Application and Reexamination

Processing Fees). The purpose of this

notice is to allow 60 days for public

comment preceding submission of the

information collection to OMB.

DATES

: To ensure consideration,

comments regarding this information

collection must be received on or before

November 30, 2020.

ADDRESSES

: Interested persons are

invited to submit written comments by

any of the following methods. Do not

submit Confidential Business

Information or otherwise sensitive or

protected information:

•Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0059

comment’’ in the subject line of the

message.

•Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov.

•Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the

Chief Administrative 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 Raul Tamayo,

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent

Legal Administration, United States

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box

1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by

telephone at 571–272–7728; or by email

to raul.tamayo@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–

0059 comment’’ in the subject line.

Additional information about this

information collection is also available

at http://www.reginfo.gov under

‘‘Information Collection Review.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

:

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I. Abstract

The United States Patent and

Trademark Office (USPTO) is required

by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an

application for patent and, when

appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO

also is required to publish patent

applications, with certain exceptions,

promptly after the expiration of a period

of 18 months from the earliest filing

date for which a benefit is sought under

Title 35, United States Code.

Many actions taken by the USPTO

during its examination of an application

for patent or for reissue of a patent, or

during its reexamination of a patent, are

subject to review by an appeal to the

Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For

other USPTO actions, review is in the

form of administrative review obtained

via submission of a petition to the

USPTO. USPTO petitions practice

provides an opportunity for a patent

applicant or owner to supply additional

information that may be required in

order for the USPTO to further process

an application or patent.

This information collection covers

petitions filed in patent applications

and reexamination proceedings, and

accompanying fees as set forth in 37

CFR 1.17(f), (g), or (h). This information

collection also covers the transmittals

for the petition fees.

II. Method of Collection

The items in this information

collection can be submitted

electronically through Electronic Filing

System-Web (EFS-Web), on paper by

mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to the

USPTO.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0651–0059.

Form Number(s): (SB = Specimen

Book; AIA = America Invents Act).

•PTO/SB/28 (EFS-Web only) (Petitions

to Make Special Under Accelerated

Examination Program)

•PTO/AIA/24a (Petitions for Express

Abandonment to Avoid Publication

Under 37 CFR 1.138(c))

•PTO/SB/23 (Petition for Extension of

Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(b))

•PTO/AIA/17P (Petition Fee Under 37

CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal)

•PTO/SB/140 (Petition to Withdraw an

Application from Issue)

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved information

collection.

Affected Public: Private sector;

individuals or households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

40,922 respondents per year.

Estimated Number of Responses:

40,922 responses per year.

Estimated Time per Response: The

USPTO estimates that it will take the

public from approximately 5 minutes

(0.08 hours) to 12 hours to complete a

response, depending on the complexity

of the particular item. This includes the

time to gather the necessary

information, create the documents, and

submit the completed request to the

USPTO.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Burden Hours: 72,958 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent

Hourly Cost Burden: $29,183,200.

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1—T

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H

OURLY

B

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F

OR

P

RIVATE

S

ECTOR

R

ESPONDENTS

Item No. Item Estimated

annual

respondents

Estimated

annual

responses

(year)

Estimated

time for

response

(hours)

Estimated

annual

burden

(hour/year)

Rate

1

($/hour)

Estimated

annual

burden

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

1 ................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) Under 37 CFR 1.17(f) in-

clude: 4,146 4,146 4 16,583 $400 $6,633,200

•Petition to Accord a Filing Date Under 1.57(a).

•Petition to Accord a Filing Date Under 1.53(e).

•Petition for Decision on a Question Not Specifically

Provided For.

•Petition to Suspend the Rules.

•Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Trans-

mittal.

2 ................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) Under 37 CFR 1.17(g) in-

clude: 10,313 10,313 2 20,626 400 8,250,400

•Petition to Access an Assignment Record.

•Petition for Access to an Application.

•Petition for Expungement and Return of Information.

•Petition to Suspend Action in an Application.

•Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Trans-

mittal.

3 ................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) Under 37 CFR 1.17(h) in-

clude: 23,866 23,866 1 23,866 400 9,546,400

•Petition for Accepting Color Drawings or Photographs.

•Petition for Entry of a Model or Exhibit.

•Petition to Withdraw an Application from Issue.

•Petition to Defer Issuance of a Patent.

•Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Trans-

mittal.

4 ................. Petitions to Make Special Under Accelerated Examination

Program (EFS-Web only). 798 798 12 9,576 400 3,830,400

5 ................. Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication

Under 37 CFR 1.138(c). 570 570 .2 114 400 45,600

6 ................. Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(b) ........... 1 1 .5 1 400 400

Total .... ................................................................................................... 39,694 39,694 .................... 70,766 .................... 28,306,400

1

2019 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);

https://www.aipla.org/detail/journal-issue/2019-report-of-the-economic-survey. The USPTO uses the mean rate for attorneys in private firms which is $400 per hour.

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ABLE

2—T

OTAL

H

OURLY

B

URDEN

F

OR

I

NDIVIDUALS

A

ND

H

OUSEHOLDS

R

ESPONDENTS

Item No. Item Estimated

annual

respondents

Estimated

annual

responses

(year)

Estimated

time for

response

(hours)

Estimated

annual

burden

(hour/year)

Rate

2

($/hour)

Estimated

annual

burden

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

1 ................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) Under 37 CFR 1.17(f) in-

clude: 128 128 4 512 $400 $204,800

•Petition to Accord a Filing Date Under 1.57(a).

•Petition to Accord a Filing Date Under 1.53(e).

•Petition for Decision on a Question Not Specifically

Provided For.

•Petition to Suspend the Rules.

•Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Trans-

mittal.

2 ................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) Under 37 CFR 1.17(g) in-

clude: 319 319 2 638 400 255,200

•Petition to Access an Assignment Record.

•Petition for Access to an Application.

•Petition for Expungement and Return of Information.

•Petition to Suspend Action in an Application.

•Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Trans-

mittal.

3 ................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) Under 37 CFR 1.17(h) in-

clude: 738 738 1 738 400 295,200

•Petition for Accepting Color Drawings or Photographs.

•Petition for Entry of a Model or Exhibit.

•Petition to Withdraw an Application from Issue.

•Petition to Defer Issuance of a Patent.

•Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Trans-

mittal.

5 ................. Petitions to Make Special Under Accelerated Examination

Program (EFS-Web only). 25 25 12 300 400 120,000

6 ................. Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication

Under 37 CFR 1.138(c). 18 18 .2 4 400 1,600

Total .... ................................................................................................... 1,228 1,228 .................... 2,192 .................... 876,800

2

2019 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);

https://www.aipla.org/detail/journal-issue/2019-report-of-the-economic-survey. The USPTO uses the mean rate for attorneys in private firms which is $400 per hour.

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour

Respondent Cost Burden: $3,195,134.

There are no capital start-up,

operation, or maintenance costs

associated with this information

collection. However, this information

collection does have annual non-hour

costs in the form of postage costs and

filing fees.

T

ABLE

3—A

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N

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OUR

C

OST

B

URDEN

Item No. Item Estimated

annual

responses

Estimated

cost

Estimated

non-hour

cost burden

(a) (b) (a) × (b)

1 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (f) (Group I)

(large entity). 1,089 $420 $457,380

1 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (f) (Group I)

(small entity). 840 210 176,400

1 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (f) (Group I)

(micro entity). 208 105 21,840

2 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (g) (Group II)

(large entity). 4,739 220 1,042,580

2 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (g) (Group II)

(small entity). 515 110 56,650

2 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (g) (Group II)

(micro entity). 62 55 3,410

3 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (h) (Group III)

(large entity). 8,310 140 1,163,400

3 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (h) (Group III)

(small entity). 3,777 70 264,390

3 ..................... Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (h) (Group III)

(micro entity). 214 35 7,490

* Total ...... .......................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 3,193,540

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Respondents may also incur postage

costs when submitting items in this

information collection. Although the

USPTO prefers that items in this

information collection be submitted

electronically, items may be submitted

to the USPTO by mail through the

United States Postal Service. The

USPTO expects that approximately 99

percent of the items in this information

collection will be submitted

electronically, resulting in 198 mailed

submissions. The average cost for a four-

ounce 2-Day Priority Mail legal flat rate

envelope shipped first-class via USPS is

$8.05. Therefore, the USPTO estimates

that the postage costs for the mailed

submissions in this information

collection will total $1,594.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain benefits.

IV. Request for Comments

The USPTO is soliciting public

comments to:

(a) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the Agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(d) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

All comments submitted in response

to this notice are a matter of public

record. USPTO will include or

summarize each comment in the request

to OMB to approve this information

collection. Before including an address,

phone number, email address, or other

personal identifying information in a

comment, be aware that the entire

comment— including personal

identifying information—may be made

publicly available at any time. While

you may ask in your comment to

withhold personal identifying

information from public view, USPTO

cannot guarantee that it will be able to

do so.

Christopher G. Baker,

Information Collections Officer, Office of the

Chief Administrative Officer, United States

Patent and Trademark Office.

[FR Doc. 2020–21799 Filed 9–29–20; 11:15 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED–2020–SCC–0158]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Comment Request;

Implementation Evaluation of the Title

III National Professional Development

Program

AGENCY

: Institute for Education Sciences

(IES), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION

: Notice.

SUMMARY

: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is

proposing a new information collection.

DATES

: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

November 30, 2020.

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–

2020–SCC–0158. 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.

If the regulations.gov site is not

available to the public for any reason,

ED will temporarily accept comments at

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the

docket ID number and the title of the

information collection request when

requesting documents or submitting

comments. 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 Strategic

Collections and Clearance Governance

and Strategy Division, U.S. Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,

LBJ, Room 6W208B, Washington, DC

20202–8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

: For

specific questions related to collection

activities, please contact Tracy

Rimdzius, 202,245–7283.

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

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: Implementation

Evaluation of the Title III National

Professional Development Program.

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.

Type of Review: A new information

collection.

Respondents/Affected Public:

Individuals or households.

Total Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 939.

Total Estimated Number of Annual

Burden Hours: 411.

Abstract: The data collection

described in this submission includes

activities for an implementation

evaluation of the National Professional

Development (NPD) program,

authorized by Title III of the Elementary

and Secondary Education Act (ESEA),

which aims to help educational

personnel working with English learners

(ELs) meet high professional standards

and to improve classroom instruction

for ELs. The evaluation is designed to

provide a systematic and up-to-date

look at the implementation of NPD-

supported activities among the

programs’ 91 current grantees as well as

a representative sample of pre-service

and in-service educators who

participated in NPD-supported

activities. The surveys will collect

information on NPD grantees’ goals,

strategies used to meet those goals,

changes made to teacher education

programs, and challenges and successes

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