[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 39913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17000]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States 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), Commerce.
Title: Deposit of Biological Materials.
Form Number(s): None.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0022.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 3,505 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 3,501 responses per year. The USPTO expects
that 3,500 patent applications on inventions dealing with deposits of
biological materials will be filed each year, and that 1 depository
will seek recognition every three years.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 1
hour for the average patent applicant respondent to collect and submit
the necessary deposit information and an average of 5 hours for the
average depository seeking approval to store biological material to
gather and submit the necessary approval information.
Needs and Uses: Information on the deposit of biological materials
in depositories is required for (a) the USPTO determination of
compliance with 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2) and 112, and 37 CFR 1.801-1.809 and
1.14, where inventions sought to be patented rely on biological
material subject to the deposit requirement, including notification to
the interested public about where to obtain samples of deposits; and
(b) in compliance with 37 CFR 1.803 to demonstrate that the
depositories are qualified to store and test the biological material
submitted to them. This collection is used by the USPTO to determine
whether or not the applicant has met the requirements of the patent
regulations. In addition, the USPTO uses this information to determine
the suitability of a respondent depository based upon administrative
and technical competence and the depository's agreement to comply with
the requirements set forth by the USPTO.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, e-mail: [email protected].
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at
http://www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0022 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, 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 August 12, 2010 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail at [email protected]
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
Fraser.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-17000 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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