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OMB Control No: 0651-0062	ICR Reference No: 201206-0651-010
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201201-0651-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Third-Party Submissions and Protests
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 07/17/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/16/2012
Terms of Clearance: Pre-approval contingent upon no substantive changes to this collection after adoption of the final rule. Otherwise this collection should be re-submitted to OMB for review.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2015	04/30/2014	03/31/2014
Responses	1,095	0	1,225
Time Burden (Hours)	10,950	0	9,350
Cost Burden (Dollars)	133,018	0	35,590

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,095	1,225	570	-700
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	10,950	9,350	6,850	-5,250
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	133,018	35,590	97,416	12

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: The net decrease in responses is due to two factors: 1) the decrease in third-party submissions under the peer review pilot program and, 2) the estimated increase in the number of submissions under the new 37 CFR 1.290 due to the statutory changes of the AIA. The burden hour increase is due to the number of responses and the increase in the number of hours. The increase in cost burden is a result of the number of third-party submissions subject to the average fee of $180 and the elimination of $5,172 in postage costs as now 93% of the third party submissions will be submitted through EFS-Web.

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