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Burden Hours: Invention Disclosure
Form: 30 hours. Inventor Information
Form: 50 hours.
Needs and Uses: The NIST DN–45
Invention Disclosure Form is used to
collect information pertaining to
inventions created by Federal
employees or by non-Federally
employed individuals who have created
an invention using NIST laboratory
facilities as NIST Associates. The
collection of this information is required
to protect the United States rights to
inventions created using Federal
resources. The information collected on
the form allows the Government to
determine: (1) if an invention has been
created; (2) the status of any statutory
bar that pertains to the potential
invention or that may pertain to the
invention in the future. The information
collected may allow the Government to
begin a patent application process.
The Inventor Information Sheet is
used to collect from individuals who
have been named
as potential inventors on a NIST
Invention Disclosure Form. The
collection of this information is used for
multiple purposes:
(1) Some of the information may be
required to file a patent application, if
NIST seeks to protect a federally owned
invention, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207.
(2) The form, in part, is a statement
made by the respondent declaring
whether the respondent considers
herself/himself to be an inventor.
(3) Some of the information is needed
for NIST to determine potential
assignees with which NIST would
potentially negotiate consolidation of
rights and other patent related matters.
(4) Some of the information helps
NIST determine under which statutory
authority NIST may consolidate rights
in an invention with other potential
assignees.
(5) Country citizenship information is
required to determine whether a
Scientific and Technology agreement or
treaty with the respondent’s country
may impact the U.S. Government’s
rights to the invention.
The information is collected by the
Technology Partnerships Office and
shared with the Office of Chief Counsel
at NIST. The information may also be
shared with non-Governmental entities
that may have ownership rights to the
potential invention. The Government
collects this information to execute the
policy and objective of the Congress
expressed at 35 U.S.C. 200. 35 U.S.C.
207 authorizes Federal agencies to apply
for, obtain, and maintain patents or
other forms of protection . . . on
inventions in which the Federal
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interest. 35 U.S.C. 207 also authorizes
each Federal agency to undertake all
other suitable and necessary steps to
protect and administer rights to
federally owned inventions on behalf of
the Federal government.
The information collected through the
NIST DN–45 is necessary for NIST to
execute the authority granted at 35
U.S.C. 207.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
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 and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0693–0085.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026–01256 Filed 1–22–26; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Pacific Coast Groundfish
Trawl Rationalization Program Permit
and License Information Collection
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on August 7,
2025, during a 60-day comment period.

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This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl
Rationalization Program Permit and
License Information Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0620.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 359 unique
respondents.
Average Hours per Response: QS
Permit/Account Application &
Renewal—10 minutes; First Receiver
Site License Application Form: New
Entrants—200 minutes; Mothership
Permit Renewal Form—10 minutes;
Mothership Permit Change of Vessel—
35 minutes; Catcher/Processor
Cooperative Permit Application Form—
110 minutes; Mothership Cooperative
Permit Application Form—230 minutes;
Material Change to COOP—150
minutes; Trawl Identification of
Ownership Interest Form: Renewal—3
minutes; Trawl Identification of
Ownership Interest Form: New
Entrants—45 minutes; Vessel Account
Registrations & Renewal—11 minutes;
QP Transfer from QS Account to Vessel
Account—5 minutes; QP Transfer from
Vessel Account to Vessel Account—5
minutes; Change of MS/CVEndorsement—35 minutes; QS Transfer,
QS Abandonment Request, and Shore
based Scales/First Receivers Scale
Reports—10 minutes; First Receiver Site
License Application Form: ReRegistration—100 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 645
hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
revision and extension of a current
information collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.,
authorizes Fishery Management
Councils to prepare and amend fishery
management plans (FMP) for any fishery
in waters under its jurisdiction. The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
manages the groundfish fishery in the
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the
area 3–200 mile zone off the
Washington, Oregon, and California
coasts.
The Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) began developing a
trawl rationalization program, a catch
share program, for the Pacific coast
groundfish limited entry trawl fishery in
2003. The program is composed of three

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sectors, as follows: (1) the shore based
individual fishing quota (IFQ) sector, (2)
the at-sea whiting mothership (MS)
sector, and (3) the at-sea whiting
catcher/processor (C/P) sector. The
shore based IFQ sector consists of quota
share (QS) permit owners, catcher
vessels that are registered to limited
entry trawl permits, have vessel
accounts, fish for quota pounds (QP),
and first receiver site license (FRSL)
holders who receive the shore based IFQ
landings. The at-sea trawl fleets catch
and process Pacific whiting (whiting)
with midwater trawl gear. In the MS
sector, mothership catcher vessels (MS/
CVs) harvest the whiting and deliver the
catch to large MS vessels, where it is
sorted and processed at-sea. One or
more MS coops may form and/or vessels
may fish in a non-cooperative fishery.
Both coop and non-coop fishery vessels
pool their harvest together. In the C/P
sector, C/P vessels catch and process
whiting at-sea under a single C/P coop.
This revision will include the removal
of three ICs: Catch monitoring plans/
First Receivers Preparation &
Submission, Catch monitoring plans/
First Receivers Inspection, & Shore
based scales/First Receivers Inspection.
The removal of these ICs is necessary
because they are encompassed in the
First Receiver Site License Application
Form. This action decreases the
duplicate actions and burden to fill out
said forms.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion, annually,
quarterly, or once depending on the
form.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 94–265 Sec.
303 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
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 and

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entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0620.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Deputy Commissioner for Trademark
Examination Policy, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; 571–
272–3514; or Cristiana.Schwab@
uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–0048 comment’’
in the subject line. Additional
information about this information
collection is also available at http://
www.reginfo.gov/ under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Patent and Trademark Office

I. Abstract

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Native American Tribal Insignia
Database
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (hereafter ‘‘USPTO’’
or ‘‘Agency’’), as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
invites comments on the extension and
revision of an existing information
collection: 0651–0048 (Native American
Tribal Insignia Database). The purpose
of this notice is to allow 60 days for
public comments preceding submission
of the information collection to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).

SUMMARY:

To ensure consideration, you
must submit comments regarding this
information collection on or before
March 24, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0048
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
• Telephone: Cristiana Schwab,
Office of Enrollment and Discipline,
571–272–3514.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Cristiana Schwab,
Attorney Advisor, at: Office of the
DATES:

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The Trademark Law Treaty
Implementation Act of 1998 (Pub. L.
105–330, 302, 112 Stat. 3071) required
the USPTO to study issues surrounding
the protection of the official insignia of
federally and state-recognized Native
American tribes under trademark law.
The USPTO conducted the study and
presented a report to the House and
Senate Judiciary Committees on
November 30, 1999.1 One of the
recommendations made in the report
was that the USPTO create and maintain
an accurate and comprehensive
database containing the official insignia
of all federally and state-recognized
Native American tribes. In accordance
with this recommendation, the Senate
Committee on Appropriations directed
the USPTO to create this database. The
USPTO published the final procedures
for establishing and maintaining the
tribal insignia database in the Federal
Register on August 24, 2001 (66 FR
44603).2
The USPTO database of official tribal
insignias provides evidence of what a
federally or state-recognized Native
American tribe considers to be its
official insignia. Section 2(a) of the
Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1052(a),
disallows the registration of marks that
falsely suggest a connection with a nonsponsoring person or institution,
including a Native American tribe. The
database thereby assists trademark
examining attorneys in their
examination of applications for
trademark registration by serving as a
reference for determining the
registrability of a mark that may falsely
suggest a connection to the official
insignia of a Native American tribe. The
database, included within the trademark
search system, is available to the public
on the USPTO website, and includes an
online help program for using the
system. More information about the
program is available on the website at
1 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW105publ330/pdf/PLAW-105publ330.pdf.
2 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-200108-24/pdf/01-21479.pdf.

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