[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3089-3090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01075]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Matters Related to First Inventor To File
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on October 5, 2021 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Matters Related to First Inventor To File.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0071.
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Needs and Uses: The United States Patent System uses a `first to
file' system, as introduced by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
(AIA) which was enacted into law on September 16, 2011. To determine
the first inventor to file, information is needed in order to identify
the inventorship and ownership, or obligation to assign ownership, of
each claimed invention on its effective filing date. Section 3 of the
AIA, inter alia, amended 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 consistent with the
objectives of the AIA, including the conversion of the United States
patent system from a ``first to invent'' system to a ``first inventor
to file'' system. The changes in section 3 of the AIA went into effect
on March 16, 2013, but apply only to certain applications filed on or
after March 16, 2013.
This information collection covers information required by 37 CFR
1.55(k), 1.78(a)(6), and 1.78(d)(6) to assist the USPTO in determining
whether an application is subject to 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 as amended
by Section 3 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), or 35 U.S.C.
102 and 103, in effect on March 15, 2013.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 99 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 144 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public 2 hours to
complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary information,
create the document, and submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 288 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $8.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0071.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0071 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2022-01075 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
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