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OMB Control No: 0651-0057	ICR Reference No: 202512-0651-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202504-0651-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patents External Quality Survey
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: 03/26/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/04/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2028	09/30/2028	09/30/2028
Responses	1,250	0	1,000
Time Burden (Hours)	208	0	171
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,250	1,000	250
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	208	171	37
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The survey will now utilize an opt-in approach which will allow attorneys/agents to respond to the survey who would otherwise were not selected by the panel design. The total number of estimated responses has increased by 250 due to the USPTO changing the method of collection, and this increase in the number of responses results in a corresponding increase of 37 hours in the annual time burden estimates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $332,637

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. No

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. 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? No

Agency Contact: Robyn Sirkis 571 270-0935

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