Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

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: Secrecy/License to Export.

Agency Approval Number: 0651-0034.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection

for which the approval has expired.

Burden: 1,020 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,957.

Avg Hours Per Response: 0.5212 minutes.

Needs and Uses: In order to apply for a patent in a foreign country

for a U.S. patented invention that affects our national interest,

approval from appropriate U.S. officials must be obtained. Various

means may be used to obtain this approval, such as recision of a

secrecy order or a modification thereto. This collection also contains

information relating to petitions to obtain a license to export such

inventions.

Affected Public: Individuals or households, state or local

governments, farms, businesses or other for-profit institutions,

Federal agencies or employees, non-profit institutions, and small

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: When petitioning for consideration.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein, (202) 395-3785.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained

by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room

10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 31, 1994.

Gerald Tache,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 94-27308 Filed 11-2-94; 8:45 am]

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