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OMB Control No: 0651-0031	ICR Reference No: 200707-0651-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200703-0651-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patent Processing (Updating)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/01/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/26/2007
Terms of Clearance: Revised to correct collection list and supporting statement.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2012	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2009
Responses	2,459,409	2,643,259	2,508,139
Time Burden (Hours)	2,893,322	3,632,456	3,724,791
Cost Burden (Dollars)	147,592,807	149,814,540	114,723,256

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,459,409	2,508,139	11,100	-59,830
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,893,322	3,724,791	-261,104	-570,365
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	147,592,807	114,723,256	-687,947	33,557,498

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The decrease in burden hours is due to a combination of the revised number of submissions, a re-estimation of the time it takes to complete some of the responses, and new requirements being added into the collection. The increase in costs is due to adjustments in responses and response times, the addition of new requirements into the collection and new EFS-Web submissions, and an adjustment for the current postage fees, increasing the recordkeeping costs, filing fees, and postage costs.