[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14352-14353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04754]
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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; Law School Clinic Certification Program
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 December 21, 2022, 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: Law School Clinic Certification Program.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0081.
Needs and Uses: Public Law 113-227 (Dec. 16, 2014) requires the
United States Patent and Trademark Office to establish regulations and
procedures for application to, and participation in, the USPTO Law
School Clinic Certification Program. The Program allows students
enrolled in a participating law school's clinic to practice patent or
trademark law before the USPTO under the direct supervision of an
approved faculty clinic supervisor. Each clinic provides legal services
on a pro bono basis for clients who qualify for assistance from the law
school's clinic. By drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent and
trademark applications, students gain valuable experience that would
otherwise be unavailable to them while in law school. The program also
facilitates the provision of pro bono services to patent and trademark
applicants who lack the financial resources necessary for traditional
legal representation. Currently, 62 law schools participate in the
program; a slight increase from the estimated number of law schools
listed in the 60-day notice.
This information collection covers the applications from law
schools that wish to enter the program, faculty advisors who seek to
become a faculty clinic supervisor, and students who seek to
participate in this program. The collection also includes the required
semiannual reports from participating law school clinics and biennial
renewals required by the program as well as the request to make special
under the Law School Clinic Certification Program, which allows a
limited number of applications per semester to be advanced out of turn
(accorded special status) for examination if the applicant makes the
appropriate showing, to provide law students with practical experience
as they will be more likely to receive substantive examination of
applications within the school year that the application is filed.
Form Number(s): (LS = Law School; SB = Specimen Book).
PTO-158LS (Application for Limited Recognition in USPTO
Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the USPTO).
PTO/SB/419 (Certification and Request to Make Special
under the Law School Program).
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; semi-annually; biennially.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 863 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 925 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take respondents approximately
between 30 minutes (0.5 hours) and 40 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: 1,241 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $46.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO
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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 0651-0081.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0081 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-04754 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 a.m.]
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