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OMB Control No: 0651-0012	ICR Reference No: 202407-0651-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202311-0651-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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: 09/26/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/16/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2026	09/30/2026	09/30/2026
Responses	30,563	0	30,563
Time Burden (Hours)	18,239	0	18,239
Cost Burden (Dollars)	822,186	0	822,186

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	30,563	30,563
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	18,239	18,239
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	822,186	822,186

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: This request is related to a final rule (RIN 0651-AD58) published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office July 14, 2023. This information collection request is to: 1) remove the fee to change from agent to attorney, 2) update the number of individuals who seek to change registration status from agent to attorney, and 3) update the hourly time burdens associated with this action.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $584,244

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? No

Agency Contact: Dahlia George 571 272-4224 dahlia.george@uspto.gov

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