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OMB Control No: 0651-0059	ICR Reference No: 202602-0651-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202410-0651-015
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination Processing Fees
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 02/24/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2027	09/30/2027
Responses	50,820	50,953
Time Burden (Hours)	80,641	82,237
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,887,062	4,887,062

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	50,820	50,953	-133
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	80,641	82,237	-1,596
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,887,062	4,887,062	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: In support of RIN 0651-AD84 (Discontinuation of the Accelerated Examination Program for Utility Applications (90 FR 24324)) , the USPTO is removing one IC line (Petitions to Make Special Under Accelerated Examination Program (Patent Center only)) from this information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $220,009

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

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