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Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. § 131 to examine an application for patent and, when appropriate, issue a patent. Also, the USPTO is required to publish patent applications, with certain exceptions, promptly after the expiration of a period of 18 months from the earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under Title 35, United States Code ("eighteen-month publication"). Certain situations may arise which require that additional information be supplied in order for the USPTO to further process the patent or application. The USPTO administers the statutes through various sections of the rules of practice in 37 CFR Part 1. During the processing of an application for a patent, the applicant or applicant’s representative may be required to submit additional information to the USPTO concerning the examination of a specific application. The specific information required to be submitted includes: requests for extension of time, abandonment of applications and the revival of abandoned applications, disclaimers, appeals, petitions, expedited examination of design applications, requests for continued examinations, request to inspect, copy, and access patent applications, and transmittal forms. The information in this collection can be used by the USPTO to continue the processing of the patent or application to ensure that applicants are complying with the patent regulations and to aid in the prosecution of the application.

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 32

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Applicant Initiated Interview Request Form	PTOL/413A
Authorization or Rescission of Authorization to Permit Access to Application-as-filed by Participating Offices Under 37 CFR 1.14(h)	PTO/SB/39
Certificates of Mailing or Transmission	PTO/SB/92
Copy of File Content Showing Redactions
Copy of the Applicant or Patentee's Record of the Application (including copies of the correspondence, list of the correspondence, and statements verifying whether the record is complete or not)	PTO–2055–A/B , PTO–2053–A/B, PTO–2054–A/B	, ,
Correction of inventorship after first office action on the merits
Deposit Account Order Form	PTO/SB/91
Electronic Filing System (EFS) Copy of Application for Publication
Express Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138	PTO/AIA/24, PTO/SB/24	,
Filing a submission after final rejection (see 37 CFR 1.129(a))
Information Disclosure Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p)	PTO/SB/08a, PTO/SB/0008b, PTO/SB/08c	, ,
Non-publication Request	PTO/SB/35
Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund	PTO/AIA/24B, PTO/SB/24B	,
Petition for Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a)	PTO/AIA/22, PTO/SB/22, PTO/AIA/22p	, ,
Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally	PTO/SB/64, PTO/SB/64PCT	,
Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing	PTO/SB/64a
Petition to Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination under 37 CFR 1.102(c)(1) (EFS-Web only)	PTO/SB/130
Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review	PTO/AIA/33, PTO/SB/33	,
Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal	PTO/SB/17i
Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal	PTO/SB/30
Request for Corrected Filing Receipt
Request for Expedited Examination of a Design Application	PTO/SB/27
Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)	PTO/SB/37
Request for Voluntary Publication or Republication (includes publication fee for republication)
Request for correction in a patent application relating to inventorship or an inventor name, or order of names, other than in a reissue application (37 CFR 1.48)
Request to Correct or Update the Name of the Applicant Under 37 CFR 1.46(c)(1), or Change the Applicant under 37 CFR 1.46(c)(2).
Request to Retrieve Electronic Priority Application (s) Under 37 CFR 1.55(h)	PTO/SB/38
Requests to Access, Inspect and Copy	PTO/SB/67, PTO/SB/68	,
Rescission of Previous Non-publication Request (35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(ii) and, if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C. § 122(b)(2)(B)(iii)	PTO/SB/36
Statement Under 37 CFR 3.73(c)	PTO/SB/96, PTO/AIA/96	,
Statutory Disclaimers (including terminal disclaimers)	PTO/SB/26, PTO/SB/43, PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/25a, PTO/AIA/25, PTO/AIA/26, PTO/SB/26a, PTO/SB/63, PTO/AIA/25JRA , PTO/AIA/26JRA , PTO/SB/25aJRA , PTO/SB/26aJRA	, , , , , , , , , , ,
Transmittal Form	PTO/SB/21

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,435,597	2,435,597	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	536,896	535,466	1,430
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	416,012,715	418,399,275	-2,386,560

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In support of RIN 0651-AD92 ,the USPTO is adjusting the estimated annual burden hours and non-hour costs in this information collection. The Rule increases the estimated time for response for Item 7 (Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally) and Item 8 (Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing) from 1 hour to 1.2 hours. Additionally, the Rule changes the estimated number of fees paid associated with these items.

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