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TABLE 7—ESTIMATED NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGE OF STOCK THAT MAY BE EXPOSED TO LEVEL B HARASSMENT
Species
Authorized
Level B
takes
Steller sea lion (Eumatopias jubatus) wDPS ..............................................................................
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) South Kodiak stock ........................................................................
Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Gulf of Alaska stock .....................................................
Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) Alaska stock ......................................................................
Killer whale (Orcinus orca):
Eastern North Pacific Alaska Resident stock .......................................................................
Eastern North Pacific Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Bering Sea stock ...................
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae):
Central North Pacific Stock ..................................................................................................
Western North Pacific Stock ................................................................................................
480
48
24
42
42
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6
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Based on the analysis contained
herein NMFS finds that small numbers
of marine mammals will be taken
relative to the populations of the
affected species or stocks.
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Impact on Availability of Affected
Species for Taking for Subsistence Uses
Alaska Natives have traditionally
harvested subsistence resources in the
Kodiak area for many hundreds of years,
particularly Steller sea lions and harbor
seals. No traditional subsistence hunting
areas are within the project vicinity,
however; the nearest haulouts and
rookeries for Steller sea lions and harbor
seals are the Long Island, Cape Chiniak,
and Ugak Island haul-outs and the
Marmot Island rookery, many miles
away. These locations are, respectively
4, 13, 25 and 28 nautical miles distant
from the project area. Since all project
activities will take place within the
immediate vicinity of the transient float
site, the project will not have an adverse
impact on the availability of marine
mammals for subsistence use at
locations farther away. No disturbance
or displacement of sea lions or harbor
seals from traditional hunting areas by
activities associated with the transient
project is expected. No changes to
availability of subsistence resources will
result from transient float replacement
project activities.
The City contacted the Alaska Harbor
Seal Commission and the Steller sea
lion Commission. Neither Commission
had concerns about the impacts of this
activity on native Alaska subsistence
hunts.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
There are two marine mammal
species that are listed as endangered
under the ESA with confirmed or
possible occurrence in the study area:
The western North Pacific (WNP) DPS
and Mexico DPS of humpback whale
and the western DPS of Steller sea lion.
The project location is also within
critical habitat of two major Steller sea
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lion haulouts closest to the project area:
Long Island and Cape Chiniak, which
are approximately 4.6 nautical miles
(8.5 kilometers) and 13.8 nautical miles
(25.6 kilometers) away from the project
site, respectively. There are no rookeries
within 20 miles of the project location.
The NMFS Alaska Regional Office
Protected Resources Division issued a
Biological Opinion on February 7, 2017
under Section 7 of the ESA, on the
issuance of an IHA to the City under
section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA by the
NMFS Permits and Conservation
Division. The Biological Opinion
concluded that the action is not likely
to jeopardize the continued existence of
western DPS Steller sea lions or the
Mexico DPSs of humpback whales, and
is not likely to destroy or adversely
modify western DPS Steller sea lion
critical habitat.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
NMFS prepared an EA and analyzed
the potential impacts to marine
mammals that would result from the
City’s construction project. A Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI) was
signed in February 2017. A copy of the
EA and Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI) is available upon
request (see ADDRESSES).
Dated: February 13, 2017.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–03139 Filed 2–15–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Initial Patent Applications
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
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Stock
Abundance
estimate
Percentage of
total stock
(%)
49,497
19,199
31,046
83,400
0.97
0.25
0.08
0.05
2,347
587
1.79
7.16
10,103
1,107
0.06
0.54
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on a proposed
extension of an information collection:
Initial Patent Applications.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0032
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, 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 the attention of
Raul Tamayo, Senior 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 email at raul.tamayo@
uspto.gov. Additional information about
this collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The USPTO is required by Title 35 of
the United States Code, including 35
U.S.C. 131, to examine applications for
patents. The USPTO administers the
patent statutes through various rules in
Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, including 37 CFR 1.16
through 1.84. Each patent applicant
must provide sufficient information to
allow the USPTO to properly examine
the application to determine whether it
meets the criteria set forth in the patent
statues and regulations for issuance as a
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patent. For example, the patent statutes
and regulations require that an
application for patent include the
following information:
(1) a specification containing a
description of the invention and at
least one claim defining the property
right sought by the applicant;
(2) a drawing(s) or photograph(s), where
necessary, for an understanding of the
invention;
(3) an oath or declaration signed by the
applicant; and
(4) a filing fee.
The following types of patent
applications are covered under the
present information collection:
• New original utility, plant, design,
and provisional applications,
• Continuation/divisional applications
of international applications,
• Continued prosecution applications
(design), and
• Continuations/divisionals and
continuation-in-part applications of
utility, plant, and design applications.
In addition, the present collection
covers petitions to accept an
unintentionally delayed priority or
benefit claim, petitions under 37 CFR
1.47 (pre-Leahy-Smith America Invents
Act (AIA)) to accept a filing by other
than all of the inventors or a person not
the inventor, petitions under 37 CFR
1.6(g) to accord an application under 37
CFR 1.495(b) a receipt date, and papers
filed under 37 CFR 1.41(c), 1.41(a)(2)
(pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2), and
1.53(c)(2) (pre-Patent Law Treaty (PLT)
(AIA)) (the particular items covered
under this collection are identified in
more detail at Table 1 below).
Most applications for patent,
including new utility, design, and
provisional applications, can be
submitted to the USPTO through EFS–
Web. EFS–Web is the USPTO’s system
for electronically filing of patent
correspondence and is accessible via the
Internet on the USPTO Web site. The
Legal Framework for EFS-Web, available
at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/
process/file/efs/guidance/
Newlegalframework.jsp, provides a
listing of patent applications and
documents permitted to be filed via
EFS–Web and patent applications and
documents not permitted to be filed via
EFS–Web.
There are 69 forms in this collection.
This total incudes versions of the
inventor’s oath and declaration forms
that were created to comply with the
changes resulting from the AIA, e.g.,
forms AIA/01, AIA/02, etc., as well as
pre-AIA versions of the oath and
declaration forms, e.g., forms SB/01, SB/
02, etc., and foreign language
translations of the oath and declaration
forms, e.g., forms AIA/01CN, SB/02CN,
etc. Items in this collection that do not
have forms associated with them
include the petitions and the papers
filed under 37 CFR 1.41(c), 1.41(a)(2)
(pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2), and
1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT (AIA)).
II. Method of Collection
By mail, hand delivery, or facsimile
(except that, in accordance with 37 CFR
1.6(d), the items covered under this
collection that may be submitted by
facsimile are limited to the petitions and
the papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41(c),
1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2),
and 1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT (AIA))). Most of
these items can also be submitted
through EFS-Web.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0032.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/01, 01A,
02, 02A, 02B, 02CN, 02DE, 02ES, 02FR,
02IT, 02JP, 02KR, 02LR, 02NL, 02RU,
02SE, 03, 03A, 04, 06, 07, 14 EFS–Web,
16, 16 EFS–Web, 17, 29, 29A, and 101–
110. This collection also includes the
following AIA forms: PTO/AIA01
through AIA04, AIA08 through AIA11,
AIA14 and 15, AIA18 and 19, and
AIA01CN and 01DE, 01ES, 01FR, 01IT,
01JP, 01KR, 01NL, 01RU, 01SE, 02CN,
02DE, 02ES, 02FR, 02IT, 02JP, 02KR,
02NL, 02RU, and 02SE.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other for
profits; not-for-profits institutions; and
the Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
470,403 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 130,313 of
these responses will be from small
entities. This estimate reflects a 25%
small entity responses rate for all items
in the collection, except for designrelated items in the collection, for
which a 50% small entity response rate
is estimated. The USPTO also estimates
that 406,995 of the responses will be
filed electronically.
Estimated Time Per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it takes the public
approximately 30 minutes to 40 hours
(0.50 to 40 hours) to complete this
information, depending on the
complexity of the request. This includes
the time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the application,
petition, or paper submission, and
submit the completed request to the
USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on
balance, it takes the same amount of
time to complete these steps and submit
items to the USPTO, whether the
applicant submits in paper form or
electronically.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 12,776,282 hours per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $5,238,275,620 per year.
The USPTO expects that all of the
information in this collection will be
prepared by an attorney. Using the
professional hourly rate of $410 for
attorneys in private firms, the USPTO
estimates that the total respondent cost
for this collection is $5,238,275,620 per
year.
TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
1 .............
1 .............
2 .............
3 .............
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Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden hours
Rate
($/hr)
Estimated annual
burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a) × (b) =
(c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
Original New Utility Applications—No Application
Data Sheet.
Electronic Original New Utility Applications—No Application Data Sheets.
Original New Plant Applications—No Application
Data Sheet.
Original New Design Applications—No Application
Data Sheet.
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40
300
12,000
$410
$4,920,000.00
40
13,700
548,000
410
224,680,000.00
9
300
2,700
410
1,107,000.00
7
100
700
410
287,000.00
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TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN—Continued
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4 .............
4 .............
5 .............
6 .............
6 .............
7 .............
7 .............
8 .............
8 .............
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10 ...........
10 ...........
11 ...........
11 ...........
12
12
13
14
14
15
15
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16 ...........
16 ...........
17 ...........
17 ...........
18 ...........
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
19 ...........
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Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden hours
Rate
($/hr)
Estimated annual
burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a) × (b) =
(c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
Electronic Original Design Applications—No Application Data Sheet.
Original New Utility Applications—Application Data
Sheet.
Electronic Original New Utility Applications—Application Data Sheet.
Original New Plant Applications—Application Data
Sheet.
Original New Design Applications—Application Data
Sheet.
Electronic New Design Applications—Application
Data Sheet.
Continuation/Divisional of an International Application.
Electronic Continuation/Divisional of an International Application.
Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications ...............
Electronic Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications.
Plant Continuation/Divisional Application .................
Design Continuation/Divisional Application ..............
Electronic Design Continuation/Divisional Applications.
Continued Prosecution Applications—Design (Request Transmittal and Receipt).
Electronic Continued Prosecution Applications—Design (Request Transmittal and Receipt).
Utility Continuation-in-Part Applications ....................
Electronic Utility Continuation-in-Part Applications ...
Plant Continuation-in-Part Applications ....................
Design Continuation-in-Part Applications .................
Electronic Design Continuation-in-Part Applications
Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet .......
Electronic Provisional Application for Patent Cover
Sheet.
Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delay Priority/
Benefit Claim.
Electronic Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Priority/Benefit Claim.
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to Accept a
Filing by Other Than all the Inventors or a Person not the Inventor.
Electronic Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to
Accept a Filing by Other Than all the Inventors or
a Person not the Inventor.
Petition under 37 CFR 1.6(g) to According the Application under 37 CFR 1.495(b) a Receipt Date.
Papers filed under the following: ..............................
1.41(c) or 1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA)—to supply the name
or names of the inventor or inventors after the filing date without a cover sheet as prescribed by
37 CFR 1.51 (c)(1) in a provisional application..
1.48(d)—for correction of inventorship in a provisional application..
1.53 (c)(2) or 1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT (AIA))—to convert
a nonprovisional application filed under 1.53(b) to
a provisional application filed under 1.53(c).
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3,200
22,400
410
9,184,000.00
40
5,400
216,000
410
88,560,000.00
40
265,600
10,624,000
410
4,355,840,000.00
9
1,100
9,900
410
4,059,000.00
7
900
6,300
410
2,583,000.00
7
42,800
299,600
410
122,836,000.00
4
200
800
410
328,000.00
4
10,800
43,200
410
17,712,000.00
4
4
1,500
73,500
6,000
294,000
410
410
2,460,000.00
120,540,000.00
3
1
1
200
100
2,900
600
100
2,900
410
410
410
246,000.00
41,000.00
1,189,000.00
1
20
20
410
8,200.00
1
880
880
410
360,800.00
20
20
5
3
3
18
18
300
13,300
1
20
830
4,000
184,000
6,000
266,000
5
60
2,490
72,000
331,200
410
410
410
410
410
410
410
2,460,000.00
109,060,000.00
2,050.00
24,600.00
1,020,900.00
29,520,000.00
135,792,000.00
1
100
100
410
41,000.00
1
3,400
3,400
410
1,394,000.00
1
1
1
410
4410
1
50
50
410
20,500.00
0.50
1
1
410
410.00
0.75
200
150
$410
$61,500.00
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TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN—Continued
Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Item
19 ...........
Total
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden hours
Rate
($/hr)
Estimated annual
burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a) × (b) =
(c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
Electronic Papers filed under the following: .............
1.41(c) or 1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA)—to supply the name
or names of the inventor or inventors after the filing date without a cover sheet as prescribed by
37 CFR 1.51 (c)(1) in a provisional application..
1.48(d)—for correction of inventorship in a provisional application..
1.53 (c)(2) or 1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT (AIA))—to convert
a nonprovisional application filed under 1.53(b) to
a provisional application filed under 1.53(c).
0.75
6,300
470,403
...................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden:
$1,195,268,438.53.
There is no maintenance, operation,
capital start-up, or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in
the form of postage and drawing costs,
as well as filing fees.
Although the USPTO prefers that the
items in this collection be submitted
electronically, the items may be
submitted by mail through the United
States Postal Service (USPS). The
USPTO estimates that the average cost
for sending a patent application by
Priority Mail Express® will be $19.99
and that up to 14,441 may be mailed to
the USPTO, resulting in $288,675.59 in
the postage costs.
4.725
12,776,282
The USPTO estimates that the
petitions and other papers covered
under this collection, if submitted by
mail, will be sent by first-class mail; a
postage rate of $0.94. The USPTO
estimates that up to 301 submissions
may be mailed per year, thus resulting
in $282.94 in first-class mailing costs.
Patent applicants can submit
drawings with the applications covered
under this collection. As a basis for
estimating the drawing costs, the
USPTO expects that all applicants will
have their drawings prepared by patent
illustration firms. Estimates for the
drawings can vary greatly, depending on
the number of figures that need to be
produced, the total number of pages for
the drawings, and the complexity of the
drawings. Because there are many
variables involved, the USPTO is using
the average of the cost ranges found for
$410
$1,937,250.00
$5,238,275,620.00
the application drawings to derive the
estimated cost per sheet that is then
used to calculate the total drawing costs.
The utility, plant, and design
continuation and divisional
applications use the same drawings as
the initial filings, so they are not
included in these totals. The
continuation-in-part applications may
use some of the same drawings as the
initial applications and some new
drawings may be submitted, so those
numbers are included in these
estimates. The drawings for the
continued prosecution applications also
are included in the drawing cost totals.
The USPTO estimates that total
drawing costs is $608,610,280. The
break-down of costs for utility, design,
plant, and provisional drawings is
broken down in table 2 below.
TABLE 2—DRAWING COST TO RESPONDENTS
IC #
Item
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Utility Application Drawings ....................
Design Application Drawings ..................
Plant Application Drawings (Photographs).
Provisional Application Drawings ............
Total Drawing Costs ...............................
In this collection, there is also an
annual (non-hour) cost burden in the
way of filing fees. Many of the fees had
previously been housed within
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Drawing
cost
amounts
($)
(b)
Estimated
annual
response
(a)
298,800
47,120
1,601
$1,150.00
1,930.00
680.00
$343,620,000.00
90,941,600.00
1,088,680.00
150,400
497,921
1,150.00
172,960,000.00
608,610,280.00
information collection 0651–0072
(America Invents Act Section 10 Patent
Fee Adjustments), but these fees have
been returned to this collection. The
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total estimated filing costs for this
collection is $586,369,200 and is
detailed in table 3 below.
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TABLE 3—TOTAL NON-HOUR RESPONDENT COST
Estimated annual
response
(a)
IC #
Item
1, 4 .........................
Basic Filing fee—Utility (Paper Filing—
Also Requires Non-Electronic Filing
Fee Under 1.16(t)) (large entity).
Basic Filing fee—Utility (Paper Filing—
Also Requires Non-Electronic Filing
Fee Under 1.16(t)) (small entity).
Basic Filing fee—Utility (Paper Filing—
Also Requires Non-Electronic Filing
Fee Under 1.16(t)) (micro entity).
Utility Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (large entity).
Utility Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (small entity).
Utility Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (micro entity).
Utility Search Fee (large entity) ..............
Utility Search Fee (small entity) ..............
Utility Search Fee (micro entity) .............
Utility Examination Fee (large entity) ......
Utility Examination Fee (small entity) .....
Utility Examination Fee (micro entity) .....
Basic Filing Fee—Plant (large entity) .....
Basic Filing Fee—Plant (small entity) .....
Basic Filing Fee—Plant (micro entity) ....
Plant Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (large entity).
Plant Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (small entity).
Plant Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (micro entity).
Plant Search Fee (large entity) ...............
Plant Search Fee (small entity) ..............
Plant Search Fee (micro entity) ..............
Plant Examination Fee (large entity) ......
Plant Examination Fee (small entity) ......
Plant Examination Fee (micro entity) .....
Basic Filing Fee—Design (large entity) ..
Basic Filing Fee—Design (small entity) ..
Basic Filing Fee—Design (micro entity)
Basic Filing Fee—Design (CPA) (large
entity).
Basic Filing Fee—Design (CPA) (small
entity).
Basic Filing Fee—Design (CPA) (micro
entity).
Design Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (large entity).
Design Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (small entity).
Design Application Size Fee—for Each
Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds
100 Sheets (micro entity).
Design Search Fee (large entity) ............
Design Search Fee (small entity) ...........
Design Search Fee (micro entity) ...........
Design Examination Fee (large entity) ...
Design Examination Fee (small entity) ...
Design Examination Fee (micro entity) ..
Provisional Application Size Fee—for
Each Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds 100 Sheets (large entity).
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1, 4 .........................
1, 4 .........................
1, 4 .........................
1, 4 .........................
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1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
2,
2,
2,
2,
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
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2, 5 .........................
2, 5 .........................
2,
2,
2,
2,
2,
2,
3,
3,
3,
3,
5
5
5
5
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3, 6 .........................
3, 6 .........................
3, 6 .........................
3, 6 .........................
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3, 6 .........................
3, 6 .........................
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3, 6 .........................
3, 6 .........................
3, 6 .........................
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(a) × (b)
Amount
(b)
235,200
140.00
11,270,000.00
17,000
70.00
1,190,000.00
13,500
400.00
5,400,000.00
6,500
200.00
1,300,000.00
160
100.00
16,000.00
233,900
79,600
16,700
234,900
80,000
16,800
570
580
10
0
600.00
300.00
150.00
720.00
360.00
180.00
180.00
90.00
45.00
400.00
140,340,000.00
23,880,000.00
2,505,000.00
169,128,000.00
28,800,000.00
3,024,000.00
102,600.00
52,200.00
450.00
0.00
0
200.00
0.00
0
100.00
0.00
570
575
10
560
570
10
20,100
17,900
4,700
550
380.00
190.00
95.00
580.00
290.00
145.00
180.00
90.00
45.00
180.00
216,600.00
109,250.00
950.00
324,800.00
165,300.00
1,450.00
3,618,000.00
1,611,000.00
211,500.00
99,000.00
340
90.00
30,600.00
30
45.00
1,350.00
115
400.00
46,000.00
60
200.00
12,000.00
1
100.00
100.00
20,400
18,000
4,600
20,200
17,800
4,600
4,300
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80,500
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120.00
60.00
30.00
460.00
230.00
115.00
400.00
2,448,000.00
1,080,000.00
138,000.00
9,292,000.00
4,094,000.00
529,000.00
1,720,000.00
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Estimated annual
response
(a)
IC #
Item
15 ...........................
Provisional Application Size Fee—for
Each Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds 100 Sheets (small entity).
Provisional Application Size Fee—for
Each Additional 50 Sheets That Exceeds 100 Sheets (micro entity).
Provisional Application Filing Fee (large
entity).
Provisional Application Filing Fee (small
entity).
Provisional Application Filing Fee (micro
entity).
Surcharge—Late Filing Fee, Search
Fee, Examination Fee, Inventor’s
Oath or Declaration, or Application
Filed Without at least One Claim or by
Reference (large entity).
Surcharge—Late Filing Fee, Search
Fee, Examination Fee, Inventor’s
Oath or Declaration, or Application
Filed Without at least One Claim or by
Reference (small entity).
Surcharge—Late Filing Fee, Search
Fee, Examination Fee, Inventor’s
Oath or Declaration, or Application
Filed Without at least One Claim or by
Reference (micro entity).
Surcharge—Late Provisional Filing Fee
or Cover Sheet (large entity).
Surcharge—Late Provisional Filing Fee
or Cover Sheet (small entity).
Surcharge—Late Provisional Filing Fee
or Cover Sheet (micro entity).
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to
Accept a Filing by Other Than all the
Inventors or a Person not the Inventor
(large entity).
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to
Accept a Filing by Other Than all the
Inventors or a Person not the Inventor
(small entity).
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to
Accept a Filing by Other Than all the
Inventors or a Person not the Inventor
(micro entity).
Electronic Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47
(pre-AIA) to Accept a Filing by Other
Than the Inventors or a Person not
the Inventor (large entity).
Electronic Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47
(pre-AIA) to Accept a Filing by Other
Than the Inventors or a Person not
the Inventor (small entity).
Electronic Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47
(pre-AIA) to Accept a Filing by Other
Than the Inventors or a Person not
the Inventor (micro entity).
Petition under 37 CFR 1.6(g) to accord
the Application under 37 CFR
1.495(b) a Receipt Date.
Each Independent Claim in Excess of
Three (large entity).
Each Independent Claim in Excess of
Three (small entity).
Each Independent Claim in Excess of
Three (micro entity).
Each Claim in Excess of 20 (large entity).
Each Claim in Excess of 20 (small entity).
15 ...........................
15 ...........................
15 ...........................
15 ...........................
16 ...........................
16 ...........................
16 ...........................
16 ...........................
16 ...........................
16 ...........................
17 ...........................
17 ...........................
17 ...........................
17 ...........................
17 ...........................
17 ...........................
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(a) × (b)
Amount
(b)
4,600
100.00
13,500.00
56,100
260.00
14,586,000.00
68,800
130.00
8,944,000.00
30,000
65.00
1,950,000.00
86,400
140.00
12,096,000.00
38,200
70.00
2,674,000.00
4,500
35.00
157,500.00
1,800
60.00
108,000.00
2,700
30.00
81,000.00
3,000
15.00
45,000.00
1
200.00
200.00
1
100.00
100.00
1
50.00
50.00
38
200.00
7,600.00
9
100.00
900.00
3
50.00
150.00
1
0.00
0.00
55,100
420.00
23,142,000.00
20,500
210.00
4,305,000.00
1,900
105.00
199,500.00
362,900
80.00
29,032,000.00
199,400
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135
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40.00
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TABLE 3—TOTAL NON-HOUR RESPONDENT COST—Continued
IC #
Estimated annual
response
(a)
Item
Totals
(c)
(a) × (b)
Amount
(b)
Each Claim in Excess of 20 (micro entity).
Multiple Dependent Claim (large entity)
Multiple Dependent Claim (small entity)
Multiple Dependent Claim (micro entity)
Total Filing Fee
12,600
20.00
252,000.00
1,200
800
90
780.00
390.00
195.00
936,000.00
312,000.00
17,550.00
.................................................................
2,102,690
........................................
586,369,200.00
The USPTO estimates that the total
annual (non-hour) respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of
postage costs, drawing costs, and filing
fees is estimated to be approximately
$1,164,394,638.53 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the USPTO’s request for
OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
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.
Dated: February 9, 2017.
Rhonda Foltz,
Office of Information Management Services
Director, OCIO, United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2017–03124 Filed 2–15–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
quarterly filings. (See charts below for
the closing date for each report).
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
[Notice 2017–04]
Unauthorized Committees (PACs and
Party Committees)
Filing Dates for the Kansas Special
Election in the 4th Congressional
District
Federal Election Commission.
Notice of filing dates for special
election.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Kansas has scheduled a
Special General Election on April 11,
2017, to fill the U.S. House of
Representatives seat in the 4th
Congressional District vacated by
Representative Mike Pompeo.
Committees required to file reports in
connection with the Special General
Election on April 11, 2017, shall file a
12-day Pre-General Report, and a 30-day
Post-General Report.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Elizabeth S. Kurland, Information
Division, 999 E Street NW., Washington,
DC 20463; Telephone: (202) 694–1100;
Toll Free (800) 424–9530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Principal Campaign Committees
All principal campaign committees of
candidates who participate in the
Kansas Special General Election shall
file a 12-day Pre-General Report on
March 30, 2017, and a 30-day PostGeneral Report on May 11, 2017. (See
charts below for the closing date for
each report.)
Note that these reports are in addition
to the campaign committee’s regular
Political committees filing on a semiannual basis in 2017 are subject to
special election reporting if they make
previously undisclosed contributions or
expenditures in connection with the
Kansas Special General Election by the
close of books for the applicable
report(s). (See charts below for the
closing date for each report.)
Committees filing monthly that make
contributions or expenditures in
connection with the Kansas Special
General Election will continue to file
according to the monthly reporting
schedule.
Additional disclosure information in
connection with the Kansas Special
Election may be found on the FEC Web
site at https://www.fec.gov/info/report_
dates.shtml.
Disclosure of Lobbyist Bundling
Activity
Principal campaign committees, party
committees and Leadership PACs that
are otherwise required to file reports in
connection with the special elections
must simultaneously file FEC Form 3L
if they receive two or more bundled
contributions from lobbyists/registrants
or lobbyist/registrant PACs that
aggregate in excess of $17,900 during
the special election reporting periods.
(See charts below for closing date of
each period.) 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v), (b).
CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR KANSAS SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10897-10903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03124]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Initial Patent Applications
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a
proposed extension of an information collection: Initial Patent
Applications.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0032 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director,
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 the attention of Raul Tamayo, Senior 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 email at raul.tamayo@uspto.gov.
Additional information about this collection is also available at
https://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The USPTO is required by Title 35 of the United States Code,
including 35 U.S.C. 131, to examine applications for patents. The USPTO
administers the patent statutes through various rules in Chapter 37 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, including 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84.
Each patent applicant must provide sufficient information to allow the
USPTO to properly examine the application to determine whether it meets
the criteria set forth in the patent statues and regulations for
issuance as a
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patent. For example, the patent statutes and regulations require that
an application for patent include the following information:
(1) a specification containing a description of the invention and at
least one claim defining the property right sought by the applicant;
(2) a drawing(s) or photograph(s), where necessary, for an
understanding of the invention;
(3) an oath or declaration signed by the applicant; and
(4) a filing fee.
The following types of patent applications are covered under the
present information collection:
New original utility, plant, design, and provisional
applications,
Continuation/divisional applications of international
applications,
Continued prosecution applications (design), and
Continuations/divisionals and continuation-in-part
applications of utility, plant, and design applications.
In addition, the present collection covers petitions to accept an
unintentionally delayed priority or benefit claim, petitions under 37
CFR 1.47 (pre-Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)) to accept a filing
by other than all of the inventors or a person not the inventor,
petitions under 37 CFR 1.6(g) to accord an application under 37 CFR
1.495(b) a receipt date, and papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41(c),
1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2), and 1.53(c)(2) (pre-Patent
Law Treaty (PLT) (AIA)) (the particular items covered under this
collection are identified in more detail at Table 1 below).
Most applications for patent, including new utility, design, and
provisional applications, can be submitted to the USPTO through EFS-
Web. EFS-Web is the USPTO's system for electronically filing of patent
correspondence and is accessible via the Internet on the USPTO Web
site. The Legal Framework for EFS-Web, available at https://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/guidance/Newlegalframework.jsp,
provides a listing of patent applications and documents permitted to be
filed via EFS-Web and patent applications and documents not permitted
to be filed via EFS-Web.
There are 69 forms in this collection. This total incudes versions
of the inventor's oath and declaration forms that were created to
comply with the changes resulting from the AIA, e.g., forms AIA/01,
AIA/02, etc., as well as pre-AIA versions of the oath and declaration
forms, e.g., forms SB/01, SB/02, etc., and foreign language
translations of the oath and declaration forms, e.g., forms AIA/01CN,
SB/02CN, etc. Items in this collection that do not have forms
associated with them include the petitions and the papers filed under
37 CFR 1.41(c), 1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2), and
1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT (AIA)).
II. Method of Collection
By mail, hand delivery, or facsimile (except that, in accordance
with 37 CFR 1.6(d), the items covered under this collection that may be
submitted by facsimile are limited to the petitions and the papers
filed under 37 CFR 1.41(c), 1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2),
and 1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT (AIA))). Most of these items can also be
submitted through EFS-Web.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0032.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/01, 01A, 02, 02A, 02B, 02CN, 02DE, 02ES,
02FR, 02IT, 02JP, 02KR, 02LR, 02NL, 02RU, 02SE, 03, 03A, 04, 06, 07, 14
EFS-Web, 16, 16 EFS-Web, 17, 29, 29A, and 101-110. This collection also
includes the following AIA forms: PTO/AIA01 through AIA04, AIA08
through AIA11, AIA14 and 15, AIA18 and 19, and AIA01CN and 01DE, 01ES,
01FR, 01IT, 01JP, 01KR, 01NL, 01RU, 01SE, 02CN, 02DE, 02ES, 02FR, 02IT,
02JP, 02KR, 02NL, 02RU, and 02SE.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for
profits; not-for-profits institutions; and the Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 470,403 responses per year. The
USPTO estimates that approximately 130,313 of these responses will be
from small entities. This estimate reflects a 25% small entity
responses rate for all items in the collection, except for design-
related items in the collection, for which a 50% small entity response
rate is estimated. The USPTO also estimates that 406,995 of the
responses will be filed electronically.
Estimated Time Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it takes the
public approximately 30 minutes to 40 hours (0.50 to 40 hours) to
complete this information, depending on the complexity of the request.
This includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the
application, petition, or paper submission, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on balance, it takes
the same amount of time to complete these steps and submit items to the
USPTO, whether the applicant submits in paper form or electronically.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 12,776,282 hours
per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $5,238,275,620 per
year. The USPTO expects that all of the information in this collection
will be prepared by an attorney. Using the professional hourly rate of
$410 for attorneys in private firms, the USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost for this collection is $5,238,275,620 per year.
Table 1--Total Hourly Burden
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Estimated Estimated
time for Estimated annual Estimated annual
IC # Item response annual burden Rate ($/hr) burden
(hours) responses hours
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) = (e)
(c)
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1............................................. Original New Utility 40 300 12,000 $410 $4,920,000.00
Applications--No Application
Data Sheet.
1............................................. Electronic Original New Utility 40 13,700 548,000 410 224,680,000.00
Applications--No Application
Data Sheets.
2............................................. Original New Plant Applications-- 9 300 2,700 410 1,107,000.00
No Application Data Sheet.
3............................................. Original New Design Applications-- 7 100 700 410 287,000.00
No Application Data Sheet.
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3............................................. Electronic Original Design 7 3,200 22,400 410 9,184,000.00
Applications--No Application
Data Sheet.
4............................................. Original New Utility 40 5,400 216,000 410 88,560,000.00
Applications--Application Data
Sheet.
4............................................. Electronic Original New Utility 40 265,600 10,624,000 410 4,355,840,000.00
Applications--Application Data
Sheet.
5............................................. Original New Plant Applications-- 9 1,100 9,900 410 4,059,000.00
Application Data Sheet.
6............................................. Original New Design Applications-- 7 900 6,300 410 2,583,000.00
Application Data Sheet.
6............................................. Electronic New Design 7 42,800 299,600 410 122,836,000.00
Applications--Application Data
Sheet.
7............................................. Continuation/Divisional of an 4 200 800 410 328,000.00
International Application.
7............................................. Electronic Continuation/ 4 10,800 43,200 410 17,712,000.00
Divisional of an International
Application.
8............................................. Utility Continuation/Divisional 4 1,500 6,000 410 2,460,000.00
Applications.
8............................................. Electronic Utility Continuation/ 4 73,500 294,000 410 120,540,000.00
Divisional Applications.
9............................................. Plant Continuation/Divisional 3 200 600 410 246,000.00
Application.
10............................................ Design Continuation/Divisional 1 100 100 410 41,000.00
Application.
10............................................ Electronic Design Continuation/ 1 2,900 2,900 410 1,189,000.00
Divisional Applications.
11............................................ Continued Prosecution 1 20 20 410 8,200.00
Applications--Design (Request
Transmittal and Receipt).
11............................................ Electronic Continued Prosecution 1 880 880 410 360,800.00
Applications--Design (Request
Transmittal and Receipt).
12............................................ Utility Continuation-in-Part 20 300 6,000 410 2,460,000.00
Applications.
12............................................ Electronic Utility Continuation- 20 13,300 266,000 410 109,060,000.00
in-Part Applications.
13............................................ Plant Continuation-in-Part 5 1 5 410 2,050.00
Applications.
14............................................ Design Continuation-in-Part 3 20 60 410 24,600.00
Applications.
14............................................ Electronic Design Continuation-in- 3 830 2,490 410 1,020,900.00
Part Applications.
15............................................ Provisional Application for 18 4,000 72,000 410 29,520,000.00
Patent Cover Sheet.
15............................................ Electronic Provisional 18 184,000 331,200 410 135,792,000.00
Application for Patent Cover
Sheet.
16............................................ Petition to Accept 1 100 100 410 41,000.00
Unintentionally Delay Priority/
Benefit Claim.
16............................................ Electronic Petition to Accept 1 3,400 3,400 410 1,394,000.00
Unintentionally Delayed Priority/
Benefit Claim.
17............................................ Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre- 1 1 1 410 4410
AIA) to Accept a Filing by Other
Than all the Inventors or a
Person not the Inventor.
17............................................ Electronic Petition Under 37 CFR 1 50 50 410 20,500.00
1.47 (pre-AIA) to Accept a
Filing by Other Than all the
Inventors or a Person not the
Inventor.
18............................................ Petition under 37 CFR 1.6(g) to 0.50 1 1 410 410.00
According the Application under
37 CFR 1.495(b) a Receipt Date.
19............................................ Papers filed under the following: 0.75 200 150 $410 $61,500.00
1.41(c) or 1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA)--
to supply the name or names of
the inventor or inventors after
the filing date without a cover
sheet as prescribed by 37 CFR
1.51 (c)(1) in a provisional
application..
1.48(d)--for correction of
inventorship in a provisional
application..
1.53 (c)(2) or 1.53(c)(2) (pre-
PLT (AIA))--to convert a
nonprovisional application filed
under 1.53(b) to a provisional
application filed under 1.53(c).
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19............................................ Electronic Papers filed under the 0.75 6,300 4.725 $410 $1,937,250.00
following:.
1.41(c) or 1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA)--
to supply the name or names of
the inventor or inventors after
the filing date without a cover
sheet as prescribed by 37 CFR
1.51 (c)(1) in a provisional
application..
1.48(d)--for correction of
inventorship in a provisional
application..
1.53 (c)(2) or 1.53(c)(2) (pre-
PLT (AIA))--to convert a
nonprovisional application filed
under 1.53(b) to a provisional
application filed under 1.53(c).
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Total..................................... ................................. ........... 470,403 12,776,282 ........... $5,238,275,620.00
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden:
$1,195,268,438.53.
There is no maintenance, operation, capital start-up, or
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection.
However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form
of postage and drawing costs, as well as filing fees.
Although the USPTO prefers that the items in this collection be
submitted electronically, the items may be submitted by mail through
the United States Postal Service (USPS). The USPTO estimates that the
average cost for sending a patent application by Priority Mail
Express[supreg] will be $19.99 and that up to 14,441 may be mailed to
the USPTO, resulting in $288,675.59 in the postage costs.
The USPTO estimates that the petitions and other papers covered
under this collection, if submitted by mail, will be sent by first-
class mail; a postage rate of $0.94. The USPTO estimates that up to 301
submissions may be mailed per year, thus resulting in $282.94 in first-
class mailing costs.
Patent applicants can submit drawings with the applications covered
under this collection. As a basis for estimating the drawing costs, the
USPTO expects that all applicants will have their drawings prepared by
patent illustration firms. Estimates for the drawings can vary greatly,
depending on the number of figures that need to be produced, the total
number of pages for the drawings, and the complexity of the drawings.
Because there are many variables involved, the USPTO is using the
average of the cost ranges found for the application drawings to derive
the estimated cost per sheet that is then used to calculate the total
drawing costs.
The utility, plant, and design continuation and divisional
applications use the same drawings as the initial filings, so they are
not included in these totals. The continuation-in-part applications may
use some of the same drawings as the initial applications and some new
drawings may be submitted, so those numbers are included in these
estimates. The drawings for the continued prosecution applications also
are included in the drawing cost totals.
The USPTO estimates that total drawing costs is $608,610,280. The
break-down of costs for utility, design, plant, and provisional
drawings is broken down in table 2 below.
Table 2--Drawing Cost to Respondents
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Estimated annual Drawing cost amounts Drawing totals (c) (a)
IC # Item response (a) ($) (b) x (b)
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Utility Application Drawings... 298,800 $1,150.00 $343,620,000.00
Design Application Drawings.... 47,120 1,930.00 90,941,600.00
Plant Application Drawings 1,601 680.00 1,088,680.00
(Photographs).
Provisional Application 150,400 1,150.00 172,960,000.00
Drawings.
Total Drawing Costs............ 497,921 608,610,280.00
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In this collection, there is also an annual (non-hour) cost burden
in the way of filing fees. Many of the fees had previously been housed
within information collection 0651-0072 (America Invents Act Section 10
Patent Fee Adjustments), but these fees have been returned to this
collection. The total estimated filing costs for this collection is
$586,369,200 and is detailed in table 3 below.
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Table 3--Total Non-Hour Respondent Cost
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Estimated annual
IC # Item response (a) Amount (b) Totals (c) (a) x (b)
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1, 4........................................ Basic Filing fee--Utility 235,200 $280.00 $65,856,000.00
(Paper Filing--Also Requires
Non-Electronic Filing Fee
Under 1.16(t)) (large entity).
1, 4........................................ Basic Filing fee--Utility 80,500 140.00 11,270,000.00
(Paper Filing--Also Requires
Non-Electronic Filing Fee
Under 1.16(t)) (small entity).
1, 4........................................ Basic Filing fee--Utility 17,000 70.00 1,190,000.00
(Paper Filing--Also Requires
Non-Electronic Filing Fee
Under 1.16(t)) (micro entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Application Size Fee-- 13,500 400.00 5,400,000.00
for Each Additional 50 Sheets
That Exceeds 100 Sheets (large
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Application Size Fee-- 6,500 200.00 1,300,000.00
for Each Additional 50 Sheets
That Exceeds 100 Sheets (small
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Application Size Fee-- 160 100.00 16,000.00
for Each Additional 50 Sheets
That Exceeds 100 Sheets (micro
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Search Fee (large 233,900 600.00 140,340,000.00
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Search Fee (small 79,600 300.00 23,880,000.00
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Search Fee (micro 16,700 150.00 2,505,000.00
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Examination Fee (large 234,900 720.00 169,128,000.00
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Examination Fee (small 80,000 360.00 28,800,000.00
entity).
1, 4........................................ Utility Examination Fee (micro 16,800 180.00 3,024,000.00
entity).
2, 5........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Plant (large 570 180.00 102,600.00
entity).
2, 5........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Plant (small 580 90.00 52,200.00
entity).
2, 5........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Plant (micro 10 45.00 450.00
entity).
2, 5........................................ Plant Application Size Fee--for 0 400.00 0.00
Each Additional 50 Sheets That
Exceeds 100 Sheets (large
entity).
2, 5........................................ Plant Application Size Fee--for 0 200.00 0.00
Each Additional 50 Sheets That
Exceeds 100 Sheets (small
entity).
2, 5........................................ Plant Application Size Fee--for 0 100.00 0.00
Each Additional 50 Sheets That
Exceeds 100 Sheets (micro
entity).
2, 5........................................ Plant Search Fee (large entity) 570 380.00 216,600.00
2, 5........................................ Plant Search Fee (small entity) 575 190.00 109,250.00
2, 5........................................ Plant Search Fee (micro entity) 10 95.00 950.00
2, 5........................................ Plant Examination Fee (large 560 580.00 324,800.00
entity).
2, 5........................................ Plant Examination Fee (small 570 290.00 165,300.00
entity).
2, 5........................................ Plant Examination Fee (micro 10 145.00 1,450.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Design (large 20,100 180.00 3,618,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Design (small 17,900 90.00 1,611,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Design (micro 4,700 45.00 211,500.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Design (CPA) 550 180.00 99,000.00
(large entity).
3, 6........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Design (CPA) 340 90.00 30,600.00
(small entity).
3, 6........................................ Basic Filing Fee--Design (CPA) 30 45.00 1,350.00
(micro entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Application Size Fee-- 115 400.00 46,000.00
for Each Additional 50 Sheets
That Exceeds 100 Sheets (large
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Application Size Fee-- 60 200.00 12,000.00
for Each Additional 50 Sheets
That Exceeds 100 Sheets (small
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Application Size Fee-- 1 100.00 100.00
for Each Additional 50 Sheets
That Exceeds 100 Sheets (micro
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Search Fee (large 20,400 120.00 2,448,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Search Fee (small 18,000 60.00 1,080,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Search Fee (micro 4,600 30.00 138,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Examination Fee (large 20,200 460.00 9,292,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Examination Fee (small 17,800 230.00 4,094,000.00
entity).
3, 6........................................ Design Examination Fee (micro 4,600 115.00 529,000.00
entity).
15.......................................... Provisional Application Size 4,300 400.00 1,720,000.00
Fee--for Each Additional 50
Sheets That Exceeds 100 Sheets
(large entity).
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15.......................................... Provisional Application Size 4,600 200.00 920,000.00
Fee--for Each Additional 50
Sheets That Exceeds 100 Sheets
(small entity).
15.......................................... Provisional Application Size 135 100.00 13,500.00
Fee--for Each Additional 50
Sheets That Exceeds 100 Sheets
(micro entity).
15.......................................... Provisional Application Filing 56,100 260.00 14,586,000.00
Fee (large entity).
15.......................................... Provisional Application Filing 68,800 130.00 8,944,000.00
Fee (small entity).
15.......................................... Provisional Application Filing 30,000 65.00 1,950,000.00
Fee (micro entity).
16.......................................... Surcharge--Late Filing Fee, 86,400 140.00 12,096,000.00
Search Fee, Examination Fee,
Inventor's Oath or
Declaration, or Application
Filed Without at least One
Claim or by Reference (large
entity).
16.......................................... Surcharge--Late Filing Fee, 38,200 70.00 2,674,000.00
Search Fee, Examination Fee,
Inventor's Oath or
Declaration, or Application
Filed Without at least One
Claim or by Reference (small
entity).
16.......................................... Surcharge--Late Filing Fee, 4,500 35.00 157,500.00
Search Fee, Examination Fee,
Inventor's Oath or
Declaration, or Application
Filed Without at least One
Claim or by Reference (micro
entity).
16.......................................... Surcharge--Late Provisional 1,800 60.00 108,000.00
Filing Fee or Cover Sheet
(large entity).
16.......................................... Surcharge--Late Provisional 2,700 30.00 81,000.00
Filing Fee or Cover Sheet
(small entity).
16.......................................... Surcharge--Late Provisional 3,000 15.00 45,000.00
Filing Fee or Cover Sheet
(micro entity).
17.......................................... Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre- 1 200.00 200.00
AIA) to Accept a Filing by
Other Than all the Inventors
or a Person not the Inventor
(large entity).
17.......................................... Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre- 1 100.00 100.00
AIA) to Accept a Filing by
Other Than all the Inventors
or a Person not the Inventor
(small entity).
17.......................................... Petition Under 37 CFR 1.47 (pre- 1 50.00 50.00
AIA) to Accept a Filing by
Other Than all the Inventors
or a Person not the Inventor
(micro entity).
17.......................................... Electronic Petition Under 37 38 200.00 7,600.00
CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to Accept a
Filing by Other Than the
Inventors or a Person not the
Inventor (large entity).
17.......................................... Electronic Petition Under 37 9 100.00 900.00
CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to Accept a
Filing by Other Than the
Inventors or a Person not the
Inventor (small entity).
17.......................................... Electronic Petition Under 37 3 50.00 150.00
CFR 1.47 (pre-AIA) to Accept a
Filing by Other Than the
Inventors or a Person not the
Inventor (micro entity).
18.......................................... Petition under 37 CFR 1.6(g) to 1 0.00 0.00
accord the Application under
37 CFR 1.495(b) a Receipt Date.
Each Independent Claim in 55,100 420.00 23,142,000.00
Excess of Three (large entity).
Each Independent Claim in 20,500 210.00 4,305,000.00
Excess of Three (small entity).
Each Independent Claim in 1,900 105.00 199,500.00
Excess of Three (micro entity).
Each Claim in Excess of 20 362,900 80.00 29,032,000.00
(large entity).
Each Claim in Excess of 20 199,400 40.00 7,976,000.00
(small entity).
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Each Claim in Excess of 20 12,600 20.00 252,000.00
(micro entity).
Multiple Dependent Claim (large 1,200 780.00 936,000.00
entity).
Multiple Dependent Claim (small 800 390.00 312,000.00
entity).
Multiple Dependent Claim (micro 90 195.00 17,550.00
entity).
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Total Filing Fee........................ ............................... 2,102,690 ....................... 586,369,200.00
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The USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) respondent
cost burden for this collection in the form of postage costs, drawing
costs, and filing fees is estimated to be approximately
$1,164,394,638.53 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the USPTO's request for OMB approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
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.
Dated: February 9, 2017.
Rhonda Foltz,
Office of Information Management Services Director, OCIO, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-03124 Filed 2-15-17; 8:45 am]
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