Information Collection List

IC Title Status Responses Hours Dollars Document Type Form No. Form Name
Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form New 1600 560 928 Form PTOL-413A Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form
Authorization To Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices Under 37 CFR 1.14(h) New 21000 2100 12180 Form PTO/SB/39 Authorization to Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices
Certificates of Mailing/Transmission New 590000 17700 0 Form PTO/SB/92 Certificate of Mailing under 37 CFR 1.8
Form PTO/SB/97 Certificate of Transmission under 37 CFR 1.8
Copy of File Content Showing Redactions New 12 48 7
Copy of the Applicant or Patentee's Record of the Application (including copies of the correspondence, list of the correspondence, and statements verifying whether the record is complete or not) New 235 235 136 Form PTO-2053-A/B Notice Under 37 CFR 1.251 - Pending Application
Form PTO-2054-A/B Notice Uner 37 CFR 1.251 - Abandoned Application
Form PTO/2055-A/B Notice Under 37 CFR 1.251 - Patent
Deposit Account Order Form New 1160 232 673 Form PTO/SB/91 Deposit Account Order Form
Disclaimers New 15000 3000 1714950 Form PTO/SB/25 Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double Patenting Rejection over a Pending "Reference" Application
Form PTO/SB/26 Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting Rejection over a "Prior" Patent
Form PTO/SB/43 Disclaimer in Patent Under 37 CFR 1.321(a)
Form PTO/SB/62 Terminal Disclaimer to Accompany Petition (Period Specified)
Form PTO/SB/63 Terminal Disclaimer to Accompany Petition
Electronic Filing System (EFS) Copy of Application for Publication New 1000 2500 90
Examination support document filed in certain nonprovisional applications covering the independent claims and the designated dependent claims (proposed 37 CFR 1.75(b) Removed 0 0 0
Express Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138 New 13825 2765 8019 Form PTO/SB/24 Express Abandonment Under 37 CFR 1.138
Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent New 1830 3660 1061 Form PTO/SB/42 37 CFR 1.501 Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent
Information Disclosure Statements with no additional disclosure requirements Modified 273300 546600 158514 Form PTO/SB/08A Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant
Form PTO/SB/08B Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant
Non-publication Request New 31500 3150 18270 Form PTO/SB/35 Nonpublication Request under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i)
Notice of Appeal New 16500 3300 7277070 Form PTO/SB/31 Notice of Appeal from the Examiner to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c) New 500 100 65290 Form PTO/SB/24A Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)
Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund New 3000 600 1740 Form PTO/SB/24B Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund
Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a) New 189000 18900 83793600 Form PTO/SB/22 Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(a) FY 2006
Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(b) New 54 27 31 Form PTO/SB/23 Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(b)
Petition for Request for Documents in a Form Other Than That Provided by 1.19 New 50 50 6529
Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably New 585 4680 209089 Form PTO/SB/61 Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably Under 37 CFR 1.137(a)
Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally New 6950 6950 7991531 Form PTO/SB/64 Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally Under
Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing New 2400 2400 2497392 Form PTO/SB/64a Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing (37 CFR 1.137(f))
Petition for a second continuation or continuation-in-part application showing why the amendment, argument, or evidence could not have been submitted prior to the close of prosecution Removed 0 0 0
Petition for a second request for continued examination showing why the amendment, argument, or evidence could not have been submitted prior to the close of prosecution in the application Removed 0 0 0
Petition to Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1) New 1900 3800 180 Form PTO/SB/130 EFS-Web Petition to Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1)
Petition to Make Special Under Accelerated Examination Program New 500 6000 65090 Form PTO/SB/28 EFS-Web Petition to Make Special under Accelerated Examination Program
Petitions under 37 CFR 1.17(g) include: Petitions to Access Assignment Records and Applications, Petition for Expungement/Return of Information, and Petition to Suspend Action in an Application New 3600 7200 722088
Petitions under 37 CFR 1.17(h): Petition for Accepting Color Drawings/Photos, Petition for Entry of Model/Exhibit, Petition to Withdraw Application from Issue, and Petition to Defer Issue of Patent New 10400 10400 1358032
Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review New 3200 1600 105856 Form PTO/SB/33 Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review
Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal New 500 40 65290 Form PTO/SB/17i Processing Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal
Request for Continued Examination (RCE) EFS-Web New 1700 340 1185180 Form PTO/SB/30EFS Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal
Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal New 54300 10860 38662494 Form and Instruction PTO/SB/30 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal
Request for Corrected Filing Receipt New 25000 2000 14500
Request for Corrected Filing Receipt (electronic) New 2050 164 180
Request for Deferral of Examination 37 CFR 1.103(d) New 53 11 22821 Form PTO/SB/37 Request for Deferral of Examination 37 CFR 1.103(d)
Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application New 130 13 117075 Form PTO/SB/27 Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application (37 CFR 1.155)
Request for First-Action Interview (Pilot Program) New 1000 2500 90 Form and Instruction PTOL-413C Request for First-Action Interview (Pilot Program) - Draft form
Request for Oral Hearing Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences New 750 150 675435 Form PTO/SB/32 Request for Oral Hearing Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Request for Processing of Replacement Drawings to Include the Drawings in Any Patent Application Publication New 50 50 6529
Request for Voluntary Publication or Republication EFS-Web New 1400 280 182090
Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s) Under 37 CFR 1.55(d) New 36800 4784 21344 Form PTO/SB/38 Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s)
Requests to Access, Inspect and Copy New 18650 3730 10817 Form PTO/SB/67 Power to Inspect/Copy
Form PTO/SB/68 Request for Access to an Abandoned Application under 37 CFR 1.14
Rescission of Previous Non-publication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(B)(ii)) and, if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii)) New 525 53 305 Form PTO/SB/36 Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and, if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(iii))
Statement Under 37 CFR 3.73(b) New 19450 3890 11281 Form PTO/SB/96 Statement under 37 CFR 3.73(b)
Transmittal Form New 1039500 2079000 602910 Form PTO/SB/21 Transmittal Form
eIDS (Information Disclosure Statements) filed with no additional disclosure requirements New 68450 136900 6120 Form PTO/SB/08a Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant
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Total burden requested under this ICR: 2459409 2893322 147592807  
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