Rules and Regulations. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BILLING CODE 3510-22-P 86 225 Friday, November 26, 2021 Notices DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by December 27, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Research Service *Title:* Patent License Application. *OMB Control Number:* 0518-0003. *Summary of Collection:* Public Law 96-517, HR 209 (Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 2000), and 37 CFR part 404 requires Federal agencies to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research and provide the authority to grant patent licenses. 37 CFR 404.8 specifies the information which must be submitted by a patent license applicant to the Federal agency having custody of a patent.
Form ADS-761 collects the information specified under 37 CFR 404.8. *Need and Use of the Information:* The Agricultural Research Service
(ARS)will collect identifying information on the applicant, identifying information for the business, and a detailed description for development and/or marketing of the invention using form AD-761. The collected information is used by the Office of Technology Transfer
(OTT)to evaluate a patent license applicant's ability to bring an invention to practical application, as defined in 37 CFR 404.3. The information collected is used to determine whether the applicant has both a complete and sufficient plan for developing and marketing the invention and the necessary manufacturing, marketing, technical, and financial resources to carry out the submitted plan. *Description of Respondents:* Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or households. *Number of Respondents:* 75. *Frequency of Responses:* Reporting: On occasion. *Total Burden Hours:* 225. Dated: November 22, 2021. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2021-25797 Filed 11-24-21; 8:45 am]
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- Pub. L. 104-13
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