[Federal Register: February 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 26)]
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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. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
    Title: Disclosure Document Program.
    Form Number: PTO/SB/95.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0030.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 5,400 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 27,000 responses.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The PTO estimates that it will take 12 
minutes to gather, prepare, and submit a Disclosure Document Deposit 
Request.
    Needs and Uses: The Disclosure Document Deposit Request is used by 
the public to prove the date of conception for an invention. The PTO 
uses this form to establish the date of conception for an invention and 
to assign an identifying number to the Disclosure Document Deposit 
Request. The identifying number is used to verify whether the 
Disclosure Document is referenced in a related patent application filed 
within two years of the date that the Disclosure Document was filed.
    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) 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 1, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-3077 Filed 2-8-99; 8:45 am]
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