Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patents External Quality Survey

• Published date: 17 April 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 16006
• Record Number: 2019-07642
• Section: Notices
• Court: Patent And Trademark Office

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 16006]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-07642]
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                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                 Patent and Trademark Office
                Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patents External
                Quality Survey
                 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: Patents External Quality Survey.
                 OMB Control Number: 0651-0057.
                 Form Number(s):
                 No forms associated.
                 Type of Request: Regular collection renewal.
                 Number of Respondents: 2,500.
                 Average Minutes per Response: USPTO estimates that it will take the
                public 10 minutes (.17 hours) to gather the necessary information,
                prepare, and submit the requirements in this collection.
                 Burden Hours: 416.67.
                 Cost Burden: $0.
                 Needs and Uses: Individuals who work at firms that file more than
                six patent applications a year use the Patents External Quality Survey
                to provide the USPTO with their perceptions of examination quality. The
                USPTO uses the feedback gathered from the survey to assist them in
                targeting key areas for examination quality improvement and to identify
                important areas for examiner training.
                 Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
                for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
                 Frequency: Semi-annually.
                 Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
                 OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email:
                [email protected].
                 Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
                electronic format through reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view
                Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
                 Further information can be obtained by:
                 Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
                0057 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
                 Mail: Marcie Lovett, Chief, Records and Information
                Governance Branch, Office of the Chief Adminstrative 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 May 17, 2019 to Nicholas A.
                Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected],
                or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
                Fraser.
                Marcie Lovett,
                Chief, Records and Information Governance Branch, Office of the Chief
                Administrative Officer, USPTO.
                [FR Doc. 2019-07642 Filed 4-16-19; 8:45 am]
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