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OMB Control No: 0651-0031	ICR Reference No: 201209-0651-014
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201111-0651-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patent Processing (Updating)
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/17/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/12/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2013	01/31/2013	01/31/2013
Responses	2,444,305	0	2,444,305
Time Burden (Hours)	2,869,625	0	2,869,625
Cost Burden (Dollars)	145,375,747	0	145,375,747

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. § 131 et seq. to examine an application for patent and, when appropriate, issue a patent. Many actions taken by the USPTO during its examination of an application for patent or for reissue of a patent, or during its reexamination of a patent, are subject to review by an appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. For other USPTO actions, however, review is in the form of administrative review obtained via submission of a petition to the USPTO. The USPTO petitions practice also provides an opportunity for a patent applicant or owner to supply additional information that may be required in order for the USPTO to further process an application or reexamination proceeding. The USPTO is submitting this request to update 0651-0031 by submitting a new form into the collection, Statement Under 3.73(c)(PTO/AIA96). This form is similar to the current PTO/SB/96 and may be used by an assignee to establish its ownership of a patent property in order to request or take action in a patent matter. The proposed addition of this new form will not result in a substantive change in the burden for this collection and requires only information that is currently collected via this collection (e.g., via form PTO/SB/96).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 35 USC 131 and 132
US Code: 35 USC 118 Name of Law: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	71 FR 103	05/30/2006
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 180	09/18/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	2,444,305	2,444,305
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,869,625	2,869,625
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	145,375,747	145,375,747

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,320,402

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Raul Tamayo 5712727728 Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov

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