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OMB Control No: 0651-0065	ICR Reference No: 202608-0651-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202507-0651-008
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 10/06/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2026
Responses	14,508	2,723
Time Burden (Hours)	3,627	706
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) is a part of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that encourages the development of effective and balanced intellectual property (IP) systems around the world. Through targeted international technical assistance activities, GIPA helps to promote both domestic and international IP rights. GIPA’s international technical assistance activities cover every aspect of intellectual property law and policy, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, commercialization, and enforcement. By participating in GIPA courses, foreign government officials learn about global intellectual property rights protection and enforcement and discuss strategies to handle the protection and enforcement issues in their respective countries. GIPA is an important institution that the USPTO utilizes to achieve its objective of preventing intellectual property theft and advancing intellectual property right policies. The surveys in this information collection are conducted to measure the effectiveness of each activity or intervention. Specifically, GIPA surveys help to demonstrate the impact of the specific activity on each participant’s work and the relevance of each activity to the country’s efforts to improve systems for protecting and enforcing IP rights. Survey information is then used to further tailor and improve future interventions. The data captured is also used to help meet organizational performance and accountability goals through the following legislative mandates and performance guidance: • Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA); and • Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRMA); and • President’s Management Agenda (PMA); and • Foundations for Evidence Based Policy Making Act of 2018. Evaluation and measurement efforts provide methodologically rigorous data activity and analyses rather than more subjective, ad hoc, and non-standardized anecdotal material. These voluntary surveys support various business goals developed by the USPTO to fulfill customer service and performance goals, to assist the USPTO in strategic planning for future initiatives, to verify existing service standards, and to establish new ones. The USPTO also uses these surveys to implement Executive Order 12862 of September 11, 1993, Setting Customer Service Standards, published in the Federal Register on September 14, 1993 (58 FR 48257).

Authorizing Statute(s): EO: EO 12862 Name/Subject of EO: Setting Customer Service Standards

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 20984	04/20/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 63530	10/06/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Alumni Survey	GIPA Alumni Survey
Post-Program Streamlined Survey	Post-Program Survey

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	14,508	2,723	11,785
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,627	706	2,921
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: Change in Responses and Hourly Burden due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate The total number of responses has increased by 11,785 due to estimated fluctuations in the number of respondents in this information collection. This increase in the number of respondents and responses results in an increase of 2,921 hours in the annual time burden estimates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $55,000

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. 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: Kortney Hammonds 571 272-1626 kortney.hammonds@uspto.gov

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