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OMB Control No: 0651-0033	ICR Reference No: 202001-0651-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201908-0651-011
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Post Allowance and Refiling
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: 03/31/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2020
Responses	392,149	0	414,905
Time Burden (Hours)	331,434	0	225,394
Cost Burden (Dollars)	306,268,779	0	343,997,600

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 35 USC 41 Name of Law: HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
   US Code: 35 USC 131 Name of Law: LEAHY–SMITH AMERICA INVENTS ACT
   US Code: 35 USC 115 Name of Law: LEAHY-SMITH AMERICA INVENTS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
   US Code: 35 USC 151 Name of Law: HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
   US Code: 35 USC 251-256 Name of Law: LEAHY–SMITH AMERICA INVENTS ACT

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	392,149	414,905	-22,756
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	331,434	225,394	106,040
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	306,268,779	343,997,600	-37,728,821

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: For this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the annual responses will decrease by 22,756 (from 414,905 to 392,149) and that the total annual (non-hour) costs will decrease by $37,728,821 (from $343,997,600 to $306,268,779. These adjustments are due to declining respondent numbers. The total burden hours will increase by 106,040 (from 225,394 to 331,434) from the currently approved burden for this information collection due to increasing the estimated time to complete each activity by 0.3 hours. This increase was in response to a public comment.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $662,169

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

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 571 272-7728 raul.tamayo@uspto.gov