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The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail:
InformationCollection@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0035 comment’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Raul Tamayo,
Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–7728; or by e-mail
to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Under 35 U.S.C. 2 and 37 CFR 1.31–
1.36, a patent applicant or assignee of
record may grant power of attorney to a
person who is registered to practice
before the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) to act for
them in a patent or application. A
power of attorney may also be revoked,
and a registered practitioner may also
withdraw as attorney or agent of record
under 37 CFR 1.36. The rules of practice
(37 CFR 1.33) also provide for the
applicant, assignee, or practitioner of
record to supply a correspondence
address and daytime telephone number
for receiving notices, official letters, and
other communications from the USPTO.
Maintaining a correct and updated
correspondence address is necessary so
that official correspondence from the
USPTO related to a patent or
application will be properly received by
the applicant, assignee, or practitioner.
The USPTO’s Customer Number
practice permits applicants, assignees,
and practitioners of record to change the
correspondence address or
representatives of record for a number of
patents or applications with one change
request instead of filing separate
requests for each patent or application.
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Customers may request a Customer
Number from the USPTO and associate
this Customer Number with a
correspondence address or a list of
registered practitioners. Any changes to
the address or practitioner information
associated with a Customer Number will
be applied to all patents and
applications associated with that
Customer Number.
The Customer Number practice is
optional, in that changes of
correspondence address or power of
attorney may be filed separately for each
patent or application without using a
Customer Number. However, a
Customer Number associated with the
correspondence address for a patent
application is required in order to
access private information about the
application using the Patent Application
Information Retrieval (PAIR) system,
which is available through the USPTO
Web site. The PAIR system gives
authorized individuals secure online
access to application status information,
but only for patent applications that are
linked to a Customer Number. Customer
Numbers may be associated with U.S.
patent applications as well as
international Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT) applications. The use of a
Customer Number is also required in
order to grant power of attorney to more
than ten practitioners or to establish a
separate ‘‘fee address’’ for maintenance
fee purposes that is different from the
correspondence address for a patent or
application.
In addition to the forms offered by the
USPTO to assist customers with
providing the information in this
collection, customers may also format
requests using a Customer Number
Upload Spreadsheet to designate or
change the correspondence address or
fee address for a list of patents or
applications by associating them with a
Customer Number. The Customer
Number Upload Spreadsheet must be
submitted to the USPTO on a computerreadable diskette or compact disc (CD),
accompanied by a signed cover letter
requesting entry of the address changes
for the listed patents and applications.
The spreadsheet and cover letter must
be mailed to the USPTO and cannot be
filed electronically. Customers may
download a Microsoft Excel template
with instructions from the USPTO Web
site to assist them in preparing the
spreadsheet in the proper format. The
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet
may not be used to change the power of
attorney for patents or applications.
This information collection includes
the information necessary to submit a
request to grant or revoke power of
attorney for an application, patent, or
reexamination proceeding, and for a
registered practitioner to withdraw as
attorney or agent of record. This
collection also includes the information
necessary to change the correspondence
address for an application, patent, or
reexamination proceeding, to request a
Customer Number and manage the
correspondence address and list of
practitioners associated with a Customer
Number, and to designate or change the
correspondence address or fee address
for one or more patents or applications
by using a Customer Number.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0035.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/80/81/81A/
81B/81C/83/84, PTO/SB/122/123/123A/
123B/124/125, and PTO–2248.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
592,315 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 3 minutes (0.05
hours) to 1.5 hours to submit the
information in this collection, including
the time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate
form or document, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 33,867 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $4,167,705. The USPTO
expects that Requests for Withdrawal as
Attorney or Agent and the two petitions
in this collection will be prepared by
attorneys, while the other items in this
collection will be prepared by
paraprofessionals. Using the
professional rate of $325 per hour for
attorneys in private firms, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost
burden for submitting the withdrawal
requests and the petitions will be
$57,525 per year. Using the
paraprofessional rate of $122 per hour,
the USPTO estimates that the
respondent cost burden for submitting
the other items in this collection will be
$4,110,180 per year. The estimated total
respondent cost burden for this
collection is $4,167,705 per year.
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
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Item
Estimated time for
response
Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO (PTO/SB/80) ..............
Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney
and Change of Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/81).
Patent—Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of
Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/81A).
Reexamination—Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney
with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/
81B).
Reexamination—Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of
Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address
(PTO/SB/81C).
Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address
(PTO/SB/83).
Authorization to Act in a Representative Capacity (PTO/SB/84) .....................................
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants.
Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer than All
the Applicants.
Change of Correspondence Address for Application or Patent (PTO/SB/122/123) ........
Patent Owner Change of Correspondence Address—Reexamination Proceeding
(PTO/SB/123A).
3 minutes ..................
3 minutes ..................
3,600
433,000
180
21,650
3 minutes ..................
500
25
3 minutes ..................
400
20
3 minutes ..................
100
5
12 minutes ................
760
152
3 minutes ..................
1 hour .......................
1,400
15
70
15
1 hour .......................
10
10
3 minutes ..................
3 minutes ..................
140,000
130
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Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
Item
Estimated time for
response
Third Party Requester Change of Correspondence Address—Reexamination Proceeding (PTO/SB/123B).
Request for Customer Number Data Change (PTO/SB/124) ..........................................
Request for Customer Number (PTO/SB/125) .................................................................
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet ..........................................................................
3 minutes ..................
90
5
2,400
7,100
1,700
480
1,420
2,550
Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer Number (PTO–2248) ...............
12 minutes ................
12 minutes ................
1 hour and 30 minutes.
15 minutes ................
1,110
278
Totals .........................................................................................................................
...................................
592,315
33,867
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $64,916.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) cost
burden in the form of filing fees and
postage costs.
The two petitions in this collection
have associated filing fees. The filing fee
for both the Petition Under 37 CFR
1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by
Fewer than All the Applicants and the
Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and
Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer than
All the Applicants is currently $400 (37
CFR 1.17(f)). Using the $400 fee for the
25 responses for these petitions, the
USPTO estimates that the total filing
fees for this collection will be $10,000
per year.
The public may incur postage costs
when submitting the information in this
collection to the USPTO by mail. The
USPTO estimates that the average firstclass postage cost for a mailed
submission will be 88 cents for all items
except for the Customer Number Upload
Spreadsheet and that approximately
59,062 of the non-spreadsheet items will
be submitted to the USPTO by mail. Due
to the additional materials required for
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet
submissions, including the diskette or
CD and cover letter, the USPTO
estimates that the average first-class
postage cost for the 1,700 spreadsheet
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submissions will be $1.73. Therefore,
the total estimated postage cost for this
collection is approximately $54,916 per
year.
The total (non-hour) respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of
filing fees and postage costs is estimated
to be $64,916 per year.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, e.g., the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
AGENCY:
Dated: May 5, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of the Secretary
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Notice.
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This is published to fulfill the
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SUMMARY:
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3740.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
following is a copy of a letter to the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Representative and Address Provisions
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0035 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Raul Tamayo, Legal Advisor, Office of Patent
Legal Administration, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-7728; or
by e-mail to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Under 35 U.S.C. 2 and 37 CFR 1.31-1.36, a patent applicant or
assignee of record may grant power of attorney to a person who is
registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) to act for them in a patent or application. A power of
attorney may also be revoked, and a registered practitioner may also
withdraw as attorney or agent of record under 37 CFR 1.36. The rules of
practice (37 CFR 1.33) also provide for the applicant, assignee, or
practitioner of record to supply a correspondence address and daytime
telephone number for receiving notices, official letters, and other
communications from the USPTO. Maintaining a correct and updated
correspondence address is necessary so that official correspondence
from the USPTO related to a patent or application will be properly
received by the applicant, assignee, or practitioner.
The USPTO's Customer Number practice permits applicants, assignees,
and practitioners of record to change the correspondence address or
representatives of record for a number of patents or applications with
one change request instead of filing separate requests for each patent
or application.
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Customers may request a Customer Number from the USPTO and associate
this Customer Number with a correspondence address or a list of
registered practitioners. Any changes to the address or practitioner
information associated with a Customer Number will be applied to all
patents and applications associated with that Customer Number.
The Customer Number practice is optional, in that changes of
correspondence address or power of attorney may be filed separately for
each patent or application without using a Customer Number. However, a
Customer Number associated with the correspondence address for a patent
application is required in order to access private information about
the application using the Patent Application Information Retrieval
(PAIR) system, which is available through the USPTO Web site. The PAIR
system gives authorized individuals secure online access to application
status information, but only for patent applications that are linked to
a Customer Number. Customer Numbers may be associated with U.S. patent
applications as well as international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
applications. The use of a Customer Number is also required in order to
grant power of attorney to more than ten practitioners or to establish
a separate ``fee address'' for maintenance fee purposes that is
different from the correspondence address for a patent or application.
In addition to the forms offered by the USPTO to assist customers
with providing the information in this collection, customers may also
format requests using a Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet to designate
or change the correspondence address or fee address for a list of
patents or applications by associating them with a Customer Number. The
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet must be submitted to the USPTO on a
computer-readable diskette or compact disc (CD), accompanied by a
signed cover letter requesting entry of the address changes for the
listed patents and applications. The spreadsheet and cover letter must
be mailed to the USPTO and cannot be filed electronically. Customers
may download a Microsoft Excel template with instructions from the
USPTO Web site to assist them in preparing the spreadsheet in the
proper format. The Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet may not be used
to change the power of attorney for patents or applications.
This information collection includes the information necessary to
submit a request to grant or revoke power of attorney for an
application, patent, or reexamination proceeding, and for a registered
practitioner to withdraw as attorney or agent of record. This
collection also includes the information necessary to change the
correspondence address for an application, patent, or reexamination
proceeding, to request a Customer Number and manage the correspondence
address and list of practitioners associated with a Customer Number,
and to designate or change the correspondence address or fee address
for one or more patents or applications by using a Customer Number.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0035.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/80/81/81A/81B/81C/83/84, PTO/SB/122/123/
123A/123B/124/125, and PTO-2248.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 592,315 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 3 minutes (0.05 hours) to 1.5 hours to submit
the information in this collection, including the time to gather the
necessary information, prepare the appropriate form or document, and
submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 33,867 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $4,167,705. The
USPTO expects that Requests for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and the
two petitions in this collection will be prepared by attorneys, while
the other items in this collection will be prepared by
paraprofessionals. Using the professional rate of $325 per hour for
attorneys in private firms, the USPTO estimates that the respondent
cost burden for submitting the withdrawal requests and the petitions
will be $57,525 per year. Using the paraprofessional rate of $122 per
hour, the USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for
submitting the other items in this collection will be $4,110,180 per
year. The estimated total respondent cost burden for this collection is
$4,167,705 per year.
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Estimated Estimated
Item Estimated time for response annual annual burden
responses hours
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Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications 3 minutes....................... 3,600 180
Before the USPTO (PTO/SB/80).
Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of 3 minutes....................... 433,000 21,650
Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and
Change of Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/81).
Patent--Power of Attorney or Revocation of 3 minutes....................... 500 25
Power of Attorney with a New Power of
Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address
(PTO/SB/81A).
Reexamination--Patent Owner Power of Attorney 3 minutes....................... 400 20
or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New
Power of Attorney and Change of
Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/81B).
Reexamination--Third Party Requester Power of 3 minutes....................... 100 5
Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney
with a New Power of Attorney and Change of
Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/81C).
Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent 12 minutes...................... 760 152
and Change of Correspondence Address (PTO/SB/
83).
Authorization to Act in a Representative 3 minutes....................... 1,400 70
Capacity (PTO/SB/84).
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power 1 hour.......................... 15 15
of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants.
Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant 1 hour.......................... 10 10
Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the
Applicants.
Change of Correspondence Address for 3 minutes....................... 140,000 7,000
Application or Patent (PTO/SB/122/123).
Patent Owner Change of Correspondence Address-- 3 minutes....................... 130 7
Reexamination Proceeding (PTO/SB/123A).
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Third Party Requester Change of Correspondence 3 minutes....................... 90 5
Address--Reexamination Proceeding (PTO/SB/
123B).
Request for Customer Number Data Change (PTO/ 12 minutes...................... 2,400 480
SB/124).
Request for Customer Number (PTO/SB/125)...... 12 minutes...................... 7,100 1,420
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet............ 1 hour and 30 minutes........... 1,700 2,550
Request to Update a PCT Application with a 15 minutes...................... 1,110 278
Customer Number (PTO-2248).
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Totals.................................... ................................ 592,315 33,867
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $64,916.
There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) cost burden in the form of filing fees and
postage costs.
The two petitions in this collection have associated filing fees.
The filing fee for both the Petition Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke
Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants and the Petition to
Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer than All
the Applicants is currently $400 (37 CFR 1.17(f)). Using the $400 fee
for the 25 responses for these petitions, the USPTO estimates that the
total filing fees for this collection will be $10,000 per year.
The public may incur postage costs when submitting the information
in this collection to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO estimates that the
average first-class postage cost for a mailed submission will be 88
cents for all items except for the Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet
and that approximately 59,062 of the non-spreadsheet items will be
submitted to the USPTO by mail. Due to the additional materials
required for Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet submissions, including
the diskette or CD and cover letter, the USPTO estimates that the
average first-class postage cost for the 1,700 spreadsheet submissions
will be $1.73. Therefore, the total estimated postage cost for this
collection is approximately $54,916 per year.
The total (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this collection in
the form of filing fees and postage costs is estimated to be $64,916
per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, e.g., the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 5, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-11378 Filed 5-9-11; 8:45 am]
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