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OMB Control No: 0651-0042	ICR Reference No: 201406-0651-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201106-0651-008
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: 10/31/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/11/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2014
Responses	16,103	0	10,000
Time Burden (Hours)	8,052	0	5,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	10,800

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	16,103	10,000	0	6,103
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,052	5,000	0	3,052
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	10,800	-10,800	0

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: OMB previously approved the renewal of this collection in September of 2008 with a total of 10,000 responses and 5,000 burden hours. With this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the responses will be 16,103 and the burden hours 8,051.5, which is an increase of 6,103 responses and 3,051.5 burden hours from the currently approved burden for this collection. The hourly rate for the candidate pool or users of the on-line employment application system has been updated from $46.07 in the previous renewal to the present $44.69. The USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) cost burden will decrease by $10,800 for this renewal, from $10,800 currently reported on the OMB inventory to the present $0 per year. The decrease is due to the agency deciding to require all applicants to use the electronic application system; no paper applications will be accepted.

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