Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Commerce Patent Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0095]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Entitled Commerce

Patent Regulations

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration

(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB

clearance.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved

information collection requirement concerning Commerce Patent

Regulations, Public Law 98-620. A request for public comments was

published at 63 FR 15834, April 1, 1998. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before July 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack O'Neill, Federal Acquisition

Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-3856.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect

of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing

this burden, should be submitted to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102,

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce

Patent Regulations, in all correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Purpose

As a result of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishing a

final rule in the Federal Register implementing Public Law 98-620 (52

FR 8552, March 18, 1987), a revision to FAR Subpart 27.3 to implement

the Commerce regulation was published in the Federal Register as an

interim rule on June 12, 1989 (54 FR 25060).

A Government contractor must report all subject inventions to the

contracting officer, submit a disclosure of the invention, and identify

any publication, or sale, or public use of the invention (52.227-11(c),

52.228-12(c), and 52.227-13(e)(2)). Contractors are required to submit

periodic or interim and final reports listing subject inventions

(27.303(a); 27.304-1(e)(1)(i) and (ii); 27.304-1(e)(2)(i) and (ii);

52.227-12(f)(7); 52.227-14(e)(3)). In order to ensure that subject

inventions are reported, the contractor is required to establish and

maintain effective procedures for identifying and disclosing subject

inventions (52.227-11, Alternate IV; 52.227-12(f)(5); 52.227-13(e)(1)).

In addition, the contractor must require his employees, by written

agreements, to disclose subject inventions (52.227-11(f)(2); 52.227-

12(f)(2); 52.227-13(e)(4)). The contractor also has an obligation to

utilize the subject invention, and agree to report, upon request, the

utilization or efforts to utilize the subject invention (27.302(e);

52.227-11(h); 52.227-12 (h)).

B. Annual Reporting Burden

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is

estimated to average 3.9 hours per response, including the time for

reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the

collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate

or any other aspect of this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to General Services

Administration, FAR Secretariat, 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035,

Washington, DC 20405.

The annual reporting burden is estimated as follows: Respondents,

1,200; responses per respondent, 9.75; total annual responses, 11,700;

preparation hours per response, 3.9; and total response burden hours,

45,630.

Obtaining Copies of Proposals

Requester may obtain a copy of the justification from the General

Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (MVRS), Room 4035, 1800 F

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite

OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce Patent Regulations, in all

correspondence.

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Dated: June 3, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98-15240 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]

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