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OMB Control No: 0651-0034	ICR Reference No: 202512-0651-006
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202410-0651-009
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Secrecy and License to Export
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 04/22/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	7,318	7,524
Time Burden (Hours)	4,207	4,503
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,623,052	1,545,020

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	7,318	7,524	-206
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,207	4,503	-296
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,623,052	1,545,020	78,032

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: Change in Responses and Hourly Burden due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate The total number of responses has decreased by 206 due to estimated fluctuations in the number of respondents in this information collection. This decrease in the number of respondents and responses results in a decrease of 296 hours in the annual time burden estimates. Change in Annual Non-hour Costs due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate For this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the total annual non-hour costs will increase by $78,032 from the previous approval. This increase is due to estimated fluctuations in submissions for items that require a fee and an increase in postage costs.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $342,157

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. 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: Raul Tamayo 571 272-7728 raul.tamayo@uspto.gov

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