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OMB Control No: 0651-0031	ICR Reference No: 201111-0651-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201011-0651-002
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: 12/06/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/03/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2012	07/31/2012	07/31/2012
Responses	2,444,305	0	2,459,409
Time Burden (Hours)	2,869,625	0	2,893,402
Cost Burden (Dollars)	145,375,747	0	147,592,807

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 proposing to delete six items that have previously been moved into another OMB-approved collection, 0651-0059 Certain Patent Petitions Requiring a Fee. Currently, this collection covers certain petitions that, when submitted to the USPTO by a patent applicant or owner, are required to be accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17. These petitions, along with other related petitions, became part of OMB-approved collection 0651-0059.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 35 USC 131 and 132

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	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,444,305	2,459,409	-15,104
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,869,625	2,893,402	-23,777
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	145,375,747	147,592,807	-2,217,060

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Currently, this collection covers certain petitions that, when submitted to the USPTO by a patent applicant or owner, are required to be accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17. These petitions, along with other related petitions, became part of another OMB-approved collection, 0651-0059 Certain Patent Petitions Requiring a Fee. The deletion of the six petitions, along with the removal of the fees and postage costs, will result in a decrease of 15,104 responses, 23,777 burden hours, and $2,217,060 in annual (non-hour) costs.

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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