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OMB Control No: 0651-0066	ICR Reference No: 202412-0651-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202211-0651-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patents for Humanity Program and Trademarks for Humanity Program
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: 05/27/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/11/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2025
Responses	82	0	145
Time Burden (Hours)	322	0	458
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	82	145	-63
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	322	458	-136
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	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: Changes in Responses and Hourly Burden due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate The total number of responses has decreased by 63 due to an estimated decline the number of respondents applying to the Patents for Humanity Program. This decrease in the number of respondents and responses results in a decrease of 136 hours in the annual time burden estimates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $9,216

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: Soma Saha 571 272-9300