[联邦登记册第78卷，第78号(2013年4月23日星期二)][公告][第23916-23917页][FR Doc No: 2013-09522][[第23916页]]-----------------------------------------------------------------------商务部专利商标局保密和出口许可行动:拟议收集;发表评论的请求。----------------------------------------------------------------------- 简介:美国专利和商标局(USPTO)，作为其持续努力减少文书工作和答辩人负担的一部分，请普通公众和其他联邦机构利用这个机会，根据1995年减少文书工作法案的要求，对继续收集的信息发表意见，公法104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))。日期:书面意见必须在2013年6月24日或之前提交。地址:您可以通过以下任何一种方式提交意见:[电子邮件受保护]在邮件的主题行中包括“0651- 0034 comment”。邮件:Susan K. Fawcett，记录官，美国专利和商标局首席信息官办公室，邮政信箱1450，弗吉尼亚州亚历山大22313-1450。联邦法规制定门户网站:http://www.regulations.gov。联系方式:如需更多信息，请联系Raul Tamayo，美国专利商标局专利法律管理局法律顾问，邮政信箱1450,Alexandria, VA 22313-1450;电话:571-272-7728;或电邮至[电子邮件受保护]在主题行``文书'。这个收集的其他信息也可在http://www.reginfo.gov下``信息收集评论“”补充资料：一，摘要国家安全的利益，专利法和规则放在披露某些限制的信息包含在专利和专利申请和应用在国外的专利申请。特别地，每当本发明的一个应用程序的发布或由专利授权的出版物或公开，在一个感兴趣的政府机构的头部的意见，判断为不利于国家安全，专员专利在美国专利和商标局（USPTO）必须发出保密令，并扣留专利授权，任期为国家利益的需要。一项专利将不会被应用，只要保密令是在发力。如果保密令应用于国际申请，该申请将不予只要保密令生效转交给国际局。三种类型的保密订单，每一个不同的范围，可以发出。第一种类型，保密令，并允许某些国家外国申请专利，旨在允许的技术数据的使用最广的专利申请，同时还控制任何公开或泄露，将导致非法出口。第二种类型，保密令和许可证披露分类信息，是治疗中相同的方式与任何其他分类材料是在专利申请提出分类的技术数据。 The third type of secrecy order is used where the other types of orders do not apply, including orders issued by direction of agencies other than the Department of Defense. Under the provision of 35 U.S.C. 181, a secrecy order remains in effect for a period of one year from its date of issuance. A secrecy order may be renewed for additional periods of not more than one year upon notice by a government agency that the national interest continues to so require. The applicant is notified of such renewal. When the USPTO places a secrecy order on a patent application, the rules authorize the applicant to petition the USPTO for permits to allow disclosure, modification, or rescission of the secrecy order, or to obtain a general or group permit. In each of these circumstances, the petition is forwarded to the appropriate defense agency for decision. Also, the Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO may rescind any order upon notification by the heads of the departments and the chief officers of the agencies who caused the order to be issued that the disclosure of the invention is no longer deemed detrimental to the national security. Unless expressly ordered otherwise, action on the application and prosecution by the applicant will proceed during the time the application is under secrecy order to a specific point as indicated under 37 CFR 5.3. Applications under secrecy order that come to a final rejection must be appealed or otherwise prosecuted to avoid abandonment. Appeals in such cases must be completed by the applicant, but unless specifically indicated by the Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO, will not be set for hearing until the secrecy order is removed. In addition to the issuance of secrecy orders, the USPTO is required to grant foreign filing licenses to applicants. The filing of a patent application is considered a request for a foreign filing license. However, in some instances an applicant may need a license for filing patent application in foreign countries prior to a filing in the USPTO or sooner than the anticipated licensing of a pending patent application. To file a patent application in a foreign country, the applicant can petition the USPTO for a foreign filing license either with or without a corresponding United States application. In addition, the applicant can petition to change the scope of a license and, when a patent application is filed through error in a foreign country without the appropriate filing license, an applicant can petition the USPTO for a retroactive license. This collection includes the information needed by the USPTO to review and issue or revoke the various types of petition contemplated herein. This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 181-188 and administered through 37 CFR 5.1-5.33. There are no forms associated with this collection of information. II. Method of Collection By mail, facsimile or hand carried to the USPTO. III. Data OMB Number: 0651-0034. Form Number(s): None. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,294 responses per year. The USPTO estimates that approximately 25% (574) of these responses will be from small entities. Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public from 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to 4 hours to gather the necessary information, prepare the appropriate documents, and submit the information required for this collection. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 1,431 hours. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $570,598. The USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared by attorneys at an estimated rate of $371 per hour. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection will be approximately $530,901 per year. [[Page 23917]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Estimated Item Estimated time for response annual annual burden responses hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petition for Rescission of Secrecy Order...... 3 hours......................... 8 24 Petition to Disclose or Modification of 2 hours......................... 12 24 Secrecy Order. Petition for General and Group Permits........ 1 hour.......................... 1 1 Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no 30 minutes...................... 1,900 950 corresponding application). Petition for Expedited Handling of License 30 minutes...................... 300 150 (corresponding U.S. application). Petition for Changing Scope of License........ 30 minutes...................... 3 2 Petition for Retroactive License.............. 4 hours......................... 70 280 ------------------------------- Totals.................................... ................................ 2,294 1,431 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $376,229. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or record keeping costs associated with this information collection. However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form of filing fees for the foreign filing petitions and postage costs. No fees are associated with the secrecy order petitions. The license petitions all charge the 37 CFR 1.17(g) fee, for which small and micro entity discounts have recently been introduced. The USPTO estimates that 25% of responses will come from small entities and 25% of small entities qualify as micro entities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total non-hour Item Responses Filing fee cost burden (a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petition for Rescission of Secrecy Order..................... 8 $0.00 $0.00 Petition to Disclose or Modification of Secrecy Order........ 12 0.00 0.00 Petition for General and Group Permits....................... 1 0.00 0.00 Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding 1,306 200.00 261,200.00 application)................................................ Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding 475 100.00 47,500.00 application) (small entity)................................. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (no corresponding 119 50.00 5,950.00 application) (micro entity)................................. Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding 206 200.00 41,200.00 U.S. application)........................................... Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding 75 100.00 7,500.00 U.S. application) (small entity)............................ Petition for Expedited Handling of License (corresponding 19 50.00 950.00 U.S. application) (micro entity)............................ Petition for Changing Scope of License....................... 1 200.00 200.00 Petition for Changing Scope of License (small entity)........ 1 100.00 100.00 Petition for Changing Scope of License (micro entity)........ 1 50.00 50.00 Petition for Retroactive License............................. 47 200.00 9,400.00 Petition for Retroactive License (small entity).............. 18 100.00 1,800.00 Petition for Retroactive License (micro entity).............. 5 50.00 250.00 -------------------------------------------------- Totals................................................... 2,294 .............. 376,100.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The USPTO estimates that 99% of the petitions in this collection are submitted by facsimile or hand carried because of the quick turnaround required. For the 1% of the public that chooses to submit the petitions to the USPTO by mail through the United States Postal Service, the USPTO estimates that the average postage cost for a paper submission will be $5.60 (USPS Priority Mail, flat rate envelope) and that 23 submissions will be mailed to the USPTO per year for a total estimated postage cost of $129. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total (non-hour) cost burden for this collection in the form of filing fees and postage costs is estimated to be approximately $376,229. IV. Request for Comments Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. The USPTO is soliciting public comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Dated: April 18, 2013. Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2013-09522 Filed 4-22-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-P