OMB Control No: 0651-0031
ICR Reference No:
201507-0651-001
Status: Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No: 201502-0651-008
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO
Agency Tracking No:
Title: Patent Processing
(Updating)
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: 08/03/2015
Retrieve
Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
07/10/2015
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
07/31/2016
07/31/2016
07/31/2016
Responses
3,817,580
0
3,817,580
Time Burden (Hours)
3,792,191
0
3,792,191
Cost Burden (Dollars)
370,573,375
0
370,573,375
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 eighteen
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.
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. At the direction of OMB, this
renewal is being resubmitted with two items removed, namely, Rule
1.130, 1.131 and 1.132 Affidavits or Declarations and Amendments
and Responses, both of which had been separated out from the
Transmittal Form and listed as individual items.
Authorizing Statute(s): US Code:
35
USC 131 Name of Law: null
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:
77 FR
16813
03/22/2012
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
78 FR
6073
01/29/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on
this ICR?
Yes
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this
ICR: 63
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
EFS-Web Request for
Corrected Filing Receipt
Electronic Petition
for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned
Unintentionally
PTO/SB/64
Petition for
Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Inintentionally
under 37 CFR 1.137(b)
EFS-Web Request for
Voluntary Publication or Republication (includes publication fee
for republication)
Electronic Request for
Oral Hearing Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
PTO/AIA/32
Request for Oral
Hearing Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Electronic Processing
Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal
PTO/SB/17i
Processing Fee
Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal
Electronic 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 for
Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to
Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing (37 CFR
1.137(f))
Request for
First-Action Interview (Pilot Program)(Electronic only)
PTO/SB/413C
Request for First
Action Interview (Full Pilot Program)
EFS-Web Petition to
Make Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination under 37
CFR 1.102(c)(1)
PTO/SB/130
Petition to Make
Special Based on Age for Advancement of Examination Under 37 CFR
1.102(c)(1)
Electronic Rescission
of Previous Non-publication Request (35 U.S.C. 122(b)(B)(ii)) and,
if applicable, Notice of Foreign Filing (35 U.S.C.
122(b)(2)(B)(iii))
PTO/SB/36
Recission of
Previous Nonpublication 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))
Electronic Express
Abandonment under 37 CFR 1.138
PTO/AIA/24
Express Abandonment
Under 37 CFR 1.138
Electronic
Disclaimers
PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/26, PTO/SB/43, PTO/SB/63
Terminal Disclaimer
to Obviate a Provisional Double Patenting Rejection Over a Pending
"Reference" Application , Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate
a Double Patenting Rejection over a "Prior" Patent ,
Disclaimer in Patent
Under 37 CFR 1.321(a) , Terminal Disclaimer to
Accompany Petition
Electronic Request for
Expedited Examination of a Design Application
PTO/SB/27
Request for
Expedited Examination of a Design Application (37 CFR
1.155)
Electronic Notice of
Appeal
PTO/AIA/31
Notice of Appeal
from the Examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Electronic Statement
Under 37 CFR 3.73(b)
PTO/AIA/96, PTO/SB/96
Statement Under 37
CFR 3.73(c) , Statement Under 37 CFR
3.73(b)
Electronic Transmittal
Form
PTO/SB/21
Transmittal
Form
Electronic Requests to
Access, Inspect and Copy
AIA67, PTO/SB/67, PTO/SB/68, SB-67
Power to
Inspect/Copy , Request for Access to an
Abandoned Application under 37 CFR 1.14 , SB-67 , AIA67
Electronic Deposit
Account Order Form
PTO/SB/91
Deposit Account
Order Form
Electronic
Certificates of Mailing/Transmission
PTO/SB/92, PTO/SB/97
Certificate of
Mailing under 37 CFR 1.8 , Certificate of Transmission
under 37 CFR 1.8
Electronic Applicant
Initiated Interview Request Form
PTO AIR-form, PTOL-413A
Applicant Initiated
Interview Request Form and Instruction Sheet , PTO AIR-form
EFS-Web IDS
(Information Disclosure Statements) that do not require the fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p)
PTO/SB/08a
Information
Disclosure Statement by Applicant (Not for submission under 37 CFR
1.99)
Information Disclosure
Statements that do not require the fee set forth in 37 CFR
1.17(p)
PTO/SB/08a, PTO/SB/0008b
Information
Disclosure Statement by Applicant , Information Disclosure
Statement by Applicant
Electronic Filing
System (EFS) Copy of Application for Publication
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-2054-A/B, PTO/2055-A/B, PTO-2053-A/B
Notice Under 37 CFR
1.251 - Pending Application , Notice Uner 37 CFR 1.251 -
Abandoned Application , Notice Under 37 CFR 1.251 -
Patent
EFS-Web Request for
Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal
PTO/SB/30EFS
Request for
Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal (Submitted Only via
EFS-Web)
Electronic Petition
for Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a)
PTO/AIA/22
Petition for
Extension of Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(a)
Request for Corrected
Filing Receipt
EFS-Web IDS
(Information Disclosure Statements) that require the fee set forth
in 37 CFR 1.17(p)
PTO/SB/08a
Information
Disclosure Statement by Applicant
Information Disclosure
Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR
1.17(p)
PTO/SB/08a, PTO/SB/08b
Information
Disclosure Statement by Applicant , Information Disclosure
Statement by Applicant
Transmittal
Form
PTO/SB/21
Transmittal
Form
Petition for Express
Abandonment to Obtain a Refund
PTO/SB/24B
Petition for
Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund
Pre-Appeal Brief
Request for Review
PTO/SB/33
Pre-Appeal Brief
Request for Review
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 for
Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned for Failure to
Notify the Office of a Foreign or International Filing (37 CFR
1.137(f))
Request for Oral
Hearing Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
PTO/SB/32
Request for Oral
Hearing Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Request for Deferral
of Examination 37 CFR 1.103(d)
PTO/SB/37
Request for
Deferral of Examination 37 CFR 1.103(d)
Applicant Initiated
Interview Request Form
PTOL-413A
Applicant Initiated
Interview Request Form
Processing Fee Under
37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal
PTO/SB/17i
Processing Fee
Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal
Request for Continued
Examination (RCE) Transmittal
PTO/SB/30
Request for
Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal
Non-publication
Request
PTO/SB/0035
Nonpublication
Request Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i)
Electronic
Authorization To Permit Access to Application by Participating
Offices Under 37 CFR 1.14(h)
sb0039, PTO/SB/39
Authorization to
Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices ,
sb0039
Electronic Petition
for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned
Unavoidably
PTO/SB/61
Petition for
Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably under 37
CFR 1.137(a)
Electronic Pre-Appeal
Brief Request for Review
PTO/AIA/33
Pre-Appeal Brief
Request for Review
Electronic Request to
Retrieve Electronic Priority Application(s) Under 37 CFR
1.55(d)
PTO/SB/38
Request to Retrieve
Electronic Priority Application(s)
Electronic Petition
for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund
PTO/AIA/24B
Petition for
Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund
Electronic Request for
Deferral of Examination 37 CFR 1.103(d)
PTO/SB/37
Request for
Deferral of Examination 37 CFR 1.103(d)
Electronic
Non-publication Request
PTO/SB/35
Nonpublication
Request Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i)
Express Abandonment
under 37 CFR 1.138
PTO/SB024
Express Abandonment
under 37 CFR 1.138
Recission of Previous
Nonpublication 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
Recission of
Previous Nonpublication 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))
Statement Under 37 CFR
3.73(b)
Filing a submission
after final rejection (see 37 CFR 1.129(a))
Petition for Extension
of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a)
PTO/SB/22
Petition for
Extension of Time under 37 CFR 1.136(a)
Request to Retrieve
Electronic Priority Applications(s) Under 37 CFR 1.55(d)
PTO/SB/38
Request to Retrieve
Electronic Priority Application(s)
Request for Voluntary
Publication or Republication (includes publication fee for
republication)
Authorization to
Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices Under 37 CFR
1.14(h)
PTO/SB/39
Authorization to
Permit Access to Application by Participating Offices
Electronic Filing a
submission after final rejection (see 37 CFR 1.129(a))
Disclaimers
PTO/SB/25, PTO/SB/26, PTO/SB/43, PTO/SB/63
Terminal Disclaimer
to Obviate a Provisional Double Patenting Rejection over a Pending
"Reference" Application , Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate
a Double Patenting Rejection over a "Prior" Patent ,
Disclaimer in Patent
Under 37 CFR 1.321(a) , Terminal Disclaimer to
Accompany Petition
Request for Expedited
Examination of a Design Application
PTO/SB/27
Request for
Expedited Examination of a Design Application (37 CFR
1.155)
Notice of
Appeal
PTO/SB/31
Notice of Appeal
from the Examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Petition for Revival
of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably
PTO/SB/61
Petition for
Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably under 37
CFR 1.137(a)
Petition for Revival
of an Application for Patent Abandoned Inintentionally
PTO/SB/64
Petition for
Revival of an Application for Patent abandoned Unintentionally
Under 37 CFR 1.137(b)
Requests to Access,
Inspect and Copy
PTO/SB/67, PTO/SB/68
Power to
Inspect/Copy , Request for Access to an
Abandoned Application Under 37 CFR 1.14
Deposit Account Order
Form
PTO/SB/91
Deposit Account
Order Form
Certificates of
Mailing/Transmission
PTO/SB/92, PTO/SB/97
Certificate of
Mailing under 37 CFR 1.8 , Certificate of Transmission
under 37 CFR 1.8
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in
Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of
the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
3,817,580
3,817,580
0
0
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
3,792,191
3,792,191
0
0
0
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
370,573,375
370,573,375
0
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:
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$29,182,690
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ
statistical methods? No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy
Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
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?
Uncollected
Agency Contact: Raul Tamayo 5712727728
Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov