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OMB Control No: 0651-0075	ICR Reference No: 201406-0651-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201306-0651-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: International Design Applications (Hague Agreement)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/02/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/25/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2017	36 Months From Approved
Responses	4,835	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	13,078	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,727,940	0	0

Abstract: The Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA) amends the patent laws to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs in title 1, and the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) in title II. The Hague Agreement facilitates intellectual property protection for industrial designs by inventors in every member country and intergovernmental organizations that are Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement through a single standardized application filed directly with the International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or indirectly through an appropriate Contracting Party's Office, such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It is administered by the IB of WIPO located in Geneva, Switzerland. The information requested in this collection is necessary for respondents to file an international design application and for the USPTO to process international design applications and related correspondence under the Hague Agreement. The IB also uses this information to administer international design applications as required by the Hague Agreement.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0651-AC87	Final or interim final rulemaking	78 FR 71870	11/29/2013

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	4,835	1,640	3,195
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	13,078	3,690	9,388
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	7,727,940	1,680,016	6,047,924

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Hague Agreement facilitates intellectual property protection for industrial designs by inventors in every member country and intergovernmental organizations that are Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement through a single standardized application filed directly with the International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or indirectly through an appropriate Contracting Party's Office, such as the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It is administered by the IB of WIPO located in Geneva, Switzerland. The information requested in this collection is necessary for respondents to file an international design application and for the USPTO to process international design applications and related correspondence under the Hague Agreement. The IB also uses this information to administer international design applications as required by the Hague Agreement. This collection of information relates to other similar collection of information used by USPTO. Information in this collection may be temporarily double counted within another collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $75,145

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: Rafael Bacares 571 272-3276 rafael.bacares@uspto.gov

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