USPTO Patent Legal Administration Notice: Comment Period Extension

Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 2024 / Notices

of Patent Legal Administration, at 571– are to respond, including through the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE use of appropriate automated, 272–7747; or Carolyn Kosowski, Senior Patent and Trademark Office electronic, mechanical, or other Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal technological collection techniques or Administration, at 571–272–7688. Agency Information Collection other forms of information technology, : The Activities; Submission to the Office of e.g., permitting electronic submission of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONUSPTO published in the Federal Management and Budget (OMB) for responses. Review and Approval; Comment Register on November 17, 2023, All comments submitted in response Request; Patent Examiner Employment supplemental guidance to be used by to this notice are a matter of public Application USPTO personnel in determining record. USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the request whether a design claim including a The United States Patent and to OMB to approve this information computer-generated electronic image is Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit collection. Before including an address, directed to statutory subject matter. See the following information collection phone number, email address, or other Supplemental Guidance for request to the Office of Management and personally identifiable information (PII) Examination of Design Patent Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in a comment, be aware that the entire Applications Related to Computer- in accordance with the Paperwork comment—including PII—may be made Generated Electronic Images, Including Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the publicly available at any time. While Computer-Generated Icons and date of publication of this notice. The you may ask in your comment to Graphical User Interfaces, 88 FR 80277. USPTO invites comments on this withhold PII from public view, USPTO This notice provides the deadline for information collection renewal, which cannot guarantee that it will be able to submitting written comments through helps the USPTO assess the impact of do so. the Federal eRulemaking Portal at its information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting www.regulations.gov. The deadline for Justin Isaac, burden. Public comments were submitting comments is November 18, Information Collections Officer, Office of the previously requested via the Federal Chief Administrative Officer, United States 2024. Please see the section ADDRESSES Register on November 15, 2023 during Patent and Trademark Office. in the November 17, 2023 notice for a 60-day comment period (88 FR 78332). instructions on how to submit [FR Doc. 2024–01722 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] This notice allows for an additional 30 comments. BILLING CODE 3510–16–P days for public comment. Correction Agency: United States Patent and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Trademark Office, Department of In the Federal Register of November Commerce. Patent and Trademark Office 17, 2023, in FR Doc. 2023–25473, on Title: Patent Examiner Employment page 80277, in the third column, correct Application. [Docket No.: PTO–P–2023–0047] the caption to read: OMB Control Number: 0651–0042. DATESSupplemental Guidance for Needs and Uses: In the current : This supplemental guidance is Examination of Design Patent DATES employment environment, life science applicable as of November 17, 2023. Applications Related to Computer- and engineering graduates are in great Comments must be received by Generated Electronic Images, demand. The United States Patent and November 18, 2024, to ensure Including Computer-Generated Icons Trademark Office (USPTO) is in direct and Graphical User Interfaces consideration. competition with the private industry for the same caliber of candidates with In addition, the USPTO has corrected : Patent and Trademark Office, AGENCY the requisite knowledge and skills to Examples 2, 4, and 5 in Section (V) of Commerce. perform patent examination work. This the supplemental guidance published in : Examination guidance; ACTION information collection covers online the Federal Register to reproduce correction. applications to the USPTO for entry certain formatting (i.e., underlining and level patent examiner positions. More : The United States Patent and strikethrough) in the text necessary to SUMMARY specifically, the collection covers the Trademark Office (USPTO) published in understand the examples. A PDF the Federal Register on November 17, respondent data gathered from the version of the examples, which contains applications. The USPTO posts the 2023, supplemental guidance to be used the formatting, has been posted on the by USPTO personnel in determining relevant positions online and collects Examination Guidance and Training whether a design claim including a applicant information via the USA Materials page under 35 U.S.C. 171 at computer-generated electronic image is Staffing System. www.uspto.gov/patents/laws/ directed to statutory subject matter. This The USA Staffing online application examination-policy/examination- notice provides the deadline for written collects supplemental information to a guidance-and-training-materials. comments. Additionally, the USPTO candidate’s USAJOBS application. This has corrected Examples 2, 4, and 5 in The supplemental guidance, information assists USPTO Human Section (V) of the supplemental Resource Specialists and Hiring including the examples, will be guidance published in the Federal Managers in determining whether an incorporated into the Manual of Patent Register to reflect certain formatting applicant possesses the basic Examining Procedure in due course. (i.e., underlining and strikethrough) qualification requirements for a patent Katherine Kelly Vidal, necessary to understand the examples. examiner position. From the The supplemental guidance, including information collected, the USA Staffing Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual the examples, will be incorporated into system creates an electronic real-time Property and Director of the United States the Manual of Patent Examining Patent and Trademark Office. candidate inventory on applicants’ Procedure in due course. expertise and technical knowledge, [FR Doc. 2024–01717 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] : Erin which allows USPTO to immediately FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACTBILLING CODE 3510–16–P review applications from multiple Harriman, Senior Legal Advisor, Office

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