Proposed Collection; Comment Request Entitled Commerce Patent Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 9000-0095]

Proposed Collection; 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 comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance (9000-0095).

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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 will be submitting 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. The clearance currently expires on July

31, 1998.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 1, 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 4037,

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 4037,

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 OR PROPOSALS: Requester may obtain a copy of the

justification from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat

(MVRS), Room 4037, 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405, telephone

(202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0095, Commerce Patent

Regulations, in all correspondence.

Dated: March 27, 1998.

Sharon A. Kiser,

FAR Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 98-8535 Filed 3-31-98; 8:45 am]

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