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OMB Control No: 0651-0032	ICR Reference No: 200702-0651-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200509-0651-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Initial Patent Applications
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/05/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/28/2007
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2010	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2007
Responses	543,591	0	454,287
Time Burden (Hours)	10,677,624	0	4,171,568
Cost Burden (Dollars)	243,201,076	0	575,550,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	543,591	454,287	0	10,678	78,626
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,677,624	4,171,568	0	53,390	6,452,666
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	243,201,076	575,550,000	2,090	1,260	-332,352,274

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The program change increases are due to a new application size fee introduced in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005. Applicants can submit their design applications electronically through EFS-Web. The introduction of electronic filing for the design applications accounts for increases in the annual cost burden.