[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62944-62945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24965]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Summer Teacher Institute
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before December 22,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0077 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Director, Records Management
Division, Office of Information Management Services, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Joyce Ward, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-8424; or
by email to Joyce.Ward@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
As part of the Maker Fair Initiative, a program entitled ``National
Teachers' Summer Institute'' is sponsored by USPTO. This program
accepts applicants for a summer teaching workshop. The program receives
applications from individuals, requesting to participate in the
Institute, who certify that they are educators with at least 3 years'
experience. These applicants are also required to: 1) Have taught in
STEM related fields last year, 2) plan to teach in a STEM related field
this upcoming year, and 3) to acknowledge their commitment to
incorporate the learnings from the Teacher Summer Institute into their
curriculum, where applicable, and cooperate with sharing lessons and
outcomes with teachers and PTO. This information would come in the form
of both applications and surveys.
The USPTO seeks to get committed educators in science fields to
learn about innovative strategies to help increase student learning and
achievement in these fields and elements of invention and IP. This
institute will showcase a collaborative project of the USPTO and the
National Science Foundation including an 11 part video series produced
by NBC learn with specifically designed lesson plans. The agenda would
include scientists, inventors, and fields trips (i.e., to NASA) as well
as networking. The USPTO may host various webinars in conjunction with
the Summer Institute. USPTO plans to conduct surveys of both the
Institute and the webinars in order to gain useful feedback from
program participants.
II. Method of Collection
Applications and corresponding surveys will be submitted
electronically through the www.uspto.gov/education Web site.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0077.
Form Number(s): NSTI 1-3.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 900 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 5 to 30 minutes to submit the information in
this collection, including the time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate form or document, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 291.67 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $8,052.92.
Respondent costs are estimated at one rate: $27.61 per hour: the median
rate for secondary school teachers, (source: BLS Web site). The USPTO
estimates that Application will require approximately 250 burden hours,
the Participant Survey will require approximately 16.67 burden hours,
and the Webinar Survey will require approximately 25 burden hours for a
total yearly hourly burden of 291.67 hours. Accordingly, the total
respondent cost burden for this collection will be $8,052.92.
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Time Responses Burden (hrs/ Total cost ($/
Item (minutes) (yr) yr) Rate ($/hr) hr)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(a) x (b) (c) x (d)
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Teacher's Summer Institute 30 500 250 $27.61 $6902.50
Application (NSTI 1)...........
Teacher's Summer Institute 10 100 16.67 27.61 460.17
Participant Survey (NSTI 2)....
Teacher's Summer Institute 5 300 25 27.61 690.25
Webinar Survey (NSTI 3)........
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Total....................... .............. 900 291.67 .............. 8052.92
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There
are no capital start-up, maintenance, postage, or recordkeeping costs.
All applications and surveys will be received electronically.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, e.g., the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection;
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they also will become a matter of public record.
Marcie Lovett,
Director, Records Management Division, Office of Information Management
Services, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-24965 Filed 10-20-14; 8:45 am]
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