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IC Title:
Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet
Agency IC Tracking Number:
Is this a Common Form?
No
IC Status:
Modified
Obligation to Respond:
Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits
CFR Citation:
37 CFR 1.51 through 1.53
37 CFR 1.71 through 1.78
37 CFR 1.81 through 1.84
37 CFR 1.42, 1.43, 1.47
37 CFR 1.63 through 1.69
37 CFR 1.16
37 CFR 1.57 and 1.58
37 CFR 1.45 through 1.48
Information Collection Instruments:
Document Type
Form No.
Form Name
Instrument File
URL
Available Electronically?
Can Be Submitted Electronically?
Electronic Capability
Form
PTO/SB/16
Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet
sb0016_fill.pdf
http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0016_fill.pdf
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
PTO/SB/16
Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet
ProvisionalSB.pdf
http://www.uspto.gov/forms/ProvisionalSB.pdf
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Instruction
sb16_inst.doc
http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb16_inst.doc
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Module
Line of Business:
Economic Development
Subfunction:
Intellectual Property Protection
Privacy Act System of Records
Title:
FR Citation:
Number of Respondents:
10,330
Number of Respondents for Small Entity:
6,510
Affected Public:
Private Sector
Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits
Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically:
100 %
Approved
Program Change Due to New Statute
Program Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC
10,330
0
0
-127,840
0
138,170
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)
154,950
0
0
-1,226,750
0
1,381,700
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)
9,833,495
0
232,070
-39,101,660
0
48,703,085
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Document
Date Uploaded
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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.