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OMB Control No: 0651-0042	ICR Reference No: 201106-0651-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200807-0651-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patent Examiner Employment Application
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: 09/20/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/29/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2011
Responses	10,000	0	7,000
Time Burden (Hours)	5,000	0	3,500
Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,800	0	7,000

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	10,000	7,000	3,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,000	3,500	1,500
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,800	7,000	3,800

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: This information collection is currently approved with 7,000 responses, 3,500 burden hours, and $7,000 in annualized (non-hour) costs. The USPTO estimates that the number of submissions will increase by 3,000 responses per year, with an estimated increase of 1,500 hours per year in burden. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that this collection will have a total burden increase of 1,500 hours due to administrative adjustments. Due to estimated increases in the number of submissions and in the postage rate, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) costs for this collection will increase by $3,800 per year due to administrative adjustments. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that this renewal will have a total of 10,000 responses, 5,000 burden hours, and $10,800 in annualized (non-hour) costs.

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