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(ii) In the event that Seattle DOT
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘Responses to
Office Action and Voluntary
Amendment Forms’’
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Responses to Office Action and
Voluntary Amendment Form.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0050.
Form Number(s):
• PTO–1771
• PTO–1822
• PTO–1957
• PTO–1960
• PTO–1966
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 472,301
respondents per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public between 10 minutes (0.16 hours)
and 45 minutes (0.75 hours), depending
on the complexity of the situation, to
gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate documents, and
submit the information required for this
collection.
Burden Hours: 266,184 hours per
year.
Cost Burden: $109,135,440.00.
Needs and Uses: The information in
this collection is a matter of public
record and is used by the public for a
variety of private business purposes
related to establishing and enforcing
trademark rights. The information is
available at USPTO facilities and can
also be accessed at the USPTO’s Web
site. Additionally, the USPTO provides
the information to other entities,
including Patent and Trademark
Resource Centers (PTRCs). The PTRCs
maintain the information for use by the
public.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicolas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be
publicly available in electronic format
through reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained
by:
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• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0050 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before August 24, 2017 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by
fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the
attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Petitions Related to Application
and Reexamination Processing Fees
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
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 existing information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 25,
2017.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0059
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to 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
to raul.tamayo@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–
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12 hours to complete, depending on the
particular item. (See Table 1.) This
includes time to gather the necessary
information, create the documents, and
submit the completed request to the
USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on
balance, it takes the same amount of
time to prepare the petition and the fee
transmittal form, and submit them to the
USPTO, regardless of whether the
applicant or patent owner submits the
material electronically or in paper form.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 42,195.00 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $17,284,617.00
The USPTO expects that attorneys will
complete all of the items in this
collection, with the exception of the
petitions for requests for documents in
a form other than that provided by 37
CFR 1.19 and the petitions for express
abandonment to avoid publication
under 37 CFR 1.138(c), both of which
the USPTO expects will be completed
by para-professionals. The hourly rates
for attorneys and paraprofessionals are
$410 and $141, respectively. These rates
are established by estimates in the 2015
Report of the Economic Survey,
published by the Committee on
Economics of Legal Practice of the
American Intellectual Property Law
Association. Using these hourly rates,
the USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost burden for this
collection is $17,284,617.00 per year.
submitted to the USPTO, must be
accompanied by the fee set forth in 37
CFR 1.17(f), (g), or (h). This collection
also covers the transmittals for the
petition fees.
0059 comment’’ in the subject line.
Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an
application for patent and, when
appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO
also 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.
Many actions taken by the USPTO
during its examination of an application
for patent or for reissue of a patent, or
during its reexamination of a patent, are
subject to review by an appeal to the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For
other USPTO actions, review is in the
form of administrative review obtained
via submission of a petition to the
USPTO. USPTO petitions practice also
provides an opportunity for a patent
applicant or owner to supply additional
information that may be required in
order for the USPTO to further process
an application or patent.
This collection covers petitions filed
in patent applications and
reexamination proceedings that, when
II. Method of Collection
The items in this collection can be
submitted electronically through EFSWeb, the USPTO’s web-based electronic
filing system. Items also can be
submitted on paper by mail, facsimile,
or hand delivery to the USPTO. The
petitions to make special under the
accelerated examination program only
can be filed through EFS-Web.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0059.
IC Instruments and Forms: PTO/SB/
17P, PTO/SB/23, PTO/SB/24a, PTO/SB/
28 (EFS-Web only), and PTO/SB/140.
Type of Review: Revision of a
Previously Existing Information
Collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit; non-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40,560 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that 26% will be filed by
small entities and 3% by micro entities.
98% of all responses will be filed
electronically.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the response time
for activities related to these patent
petitions will take the public
approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to
TABLE 1—RESPONDENT HOURLY BURDEN
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Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(a) × (b)/60 = (c)
Petitions (corresponding to the fee) under 37 CFR
1.17(f) include:
Petition to Accord a Filing Date under 1.57(b)(3) or
1.57(a)(3) (pre-PLT).
Petition to Accord a Filing Date under 1.53(e)(2).
Petition for Decision on a Question Not Specifically Provided For under 1.182.
Petition to Suspend the Rules under 1.183.
EFS-Web Petitions (corresponding to the fee) under 37
CFR 1.17(f).
Petitions (corresponding to the fee) under 37 CFR
1.17(g):
Petition to Access an Assignment Record under 1.12(c).
Petition for Access to an Application under 1.14(i).
Petition for Expungement of Information under 1.59(b).
Petition to Suspend Action in an Application under
1.103(a).
EFS-Web Petitions (corresponding to the fee) under 37
CFR 1.17(g).
Petitions (corresponding to the fee) under 37 CFR
1.17(h):
Petition for Accepting Color Drawings or Photographs
under 1.84(a)(2).
Petition for Entry of a Model or Exhibit under 1.91(a).
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($/hr)
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200.00
410
4.00
2,750
11,000.00
410
2.00
100
200.00
410
2.00
5,000
10,000.00
410
1.00
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250
250.00
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7 ...............
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8 ...............
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Totals
Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(a) × (b)/60 = (c)
Petition to Withdraw an Application from Issue under
1.313(a) PTO/SB/140:
Petition to Defer Issuance of a Patent under 1.314.
EFS-Web Petitions (corresponding to the fee) under 37
CFR 1.17(h).
Petitions for Requests for Documents in a Form Other
than that Provided by 37 CFR 1.19.
EFS-Web Petitions for Requests for Documents in a
Form Other than that Provided by 37 CFR 1.19.
Petitions to Make Special Under Accelerated Examination Program.
PTO/SB/28 (EFS-Web Only).
Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication
Under 37 CFR 1.138(c).
PTO/SB/24a.
EFS-Web Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid
Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c).
Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(b) ...
PTO/SB/23.
EFS-Web Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR
1.136(b).
Petition Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal.
PTO/SB/17P.
EFS-Web Petition Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and
(h) Transmittal.
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $3,147,594.80.
There are no capital start-up, operation,
or maintenance costs associated with
this information collection. However,
the public may incur cost burden in the
form of postage and filing fees.
The public may incur postage costs
when submitting the items in this
collection. Although the USPTO prefers
that the items in this collection be
submitted electronically, the items may
be submitted to the USPTO by mail
through the United States Postal
Rate
($/hr)
1.00
11,500
11,500.00
410
1.00
5
5.00
141
1.00
50
50.00
141
12.00
600
7,200.00
410
0.20
10
2.00
141
0.20
490
98.00
410
0.50
5
2.50
410
0.50
100
50.00
410
0.08
400
33.33
410
0.08
19,250
1,604.17
410
............................
40,560
42,195.00
Service. The USPTO expects that
approximately 98 percent of the items in
this collection will be submitted
electronically (except for the petitions to
make special under the accelerated
examination program, which must be
submitted electronically), resulting in
820 mailed submissions (though items
that are not electronically filed may
alternatively be submitted by mail,
facsimile or hand delivery, for the
purposes of this estimate, the USPTO is
treating all items that are not filed
electronically as though they were
mailed). The average cost for a fourounce large envelope shipped first-class
via USPS is $1.64. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the postage costs
for the mailed submissions in this
collection will total $1,344.80.
There are filing fees associated with
this collection, which were previously
accounted for in collection 0651–0072.
That collection has been discontinued,
and the relevant fees have been
consolidated into to this collection.
These fees are listed in the table below.
TABLE 2—FILING FEES
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2 ..................
2 ..................
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Estimated annual
responses
Item
Petitions requiring the petition
(Group I) (large entity).
Petitions requiring the petition
(Group I) (small entity).
Petitions requiring the petition
(Group I) (micro entity).
Petitions requiring the petition
(Group II) (large entity).
Petitions requiring the petition
(Group II) (small entity).
Petitions requiring the petition
(Group II) (micro entity).
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Filing fee
($)
Total non-hour cost
burden
($)
(a)
No.
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (f)
1,400
$400
$560,000.00
fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (f)
1,150
200
230,000.00
fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (f)
250
100
25,000.00
fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (g)
4,500
200
900,000.00
fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (g)
550
100
55,000.00
fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (g)
50
50
2,500.00
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3 ..................
3 ..................
Totals ...
Item
Total non-hour cost
burden
($)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
8,000
140
1,120,000.00
3,500
70
245,000.00
250
35
8,750.00
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19,650
............................
3,146,250.00
IV. Request for Comments
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.
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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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Filing fee
($)
Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (h)
(Group III) (large entity).
Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (h)
(Group III) (small entity).
Petitions requiring the petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17 (h)
(Group III) (micro entity).
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection, in the form of postage
costs and filing fees is $3,147,594.80 per
year.
Substantive Submissions Made During
Prosecution of the Trademark
Application
Revision of an existing
collection; comment request.
ACTION:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
SUMMARY:
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by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on a a proposed
extension of an existing information
collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 25,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0054
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Catherine Cain,
Attorney Advisor, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–8946; or by email
to Catherine.Cain@uspto.gov with
‘‘0651–0054 comment’’ in the subject
line. Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) administers
the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et
seq., which provides for the Federal
registration of trademarks, service
marks, collective trademarks and service
marks, collective membership marks,
and certification marks. Individuals and
businesses that use or intend to use
such marks in commerce may file an
application to register their mark with
the USPTO.
Such individuals and businesses may
also submit various communications to
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the USPTO, including providing
additional information needed to
process a request to delete a particular
filing basis from an application or to
divide an application identifying
multiple goods and/or services into two
or more separate applications.
Applicants may seek a six-month
extension of time to file a statement that
the mark is in use in commerce or
submit a petition to revive an
application that abandoned for failure to
submit a timely response to an office
action or a timely statement of use or
extension request. In some
circumstances, an applicant may
expressly abandon an application by
filing a written request for withdrawal
of the application.
The rules implementing the Act are
set forth in 37 CFR part 2. These rules
mandate that each register entry include
the mark, the goods and/or services in
connection with which the mark is
used, ownership information, dates of
use, and certain other information. The
USPTO also provides similar
information concerning pending
applications. The register and pending
application information may be
accessed by an individual or by
businesses to determine the availability
of a mark. By accessing the USPTO’s
information, parties may reduce the
possibility of initiating use of a mark
previously adopted by another. The
Federal trademark registration process
may thereby reduce the number of
filings between both litigating parties
and the courts.
II. Method of Collection
The forms in this collection are
available in electronic format through
the Trademark Electronic Application
System (TEAS), which may be accessed
on the USPTO Web site. TEAS Global
Forms are available for the items where
a TEAS form with dedicated data fields
is not yet available. Applicants may also
submit the information in paper form by
mail, fax, or hand delivery.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees
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 existing information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 25,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0059 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance
Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to 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 to raul.tamayo@uspto.gov with ``0651-
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0059 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://www.reginfo.gov under
``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an application for patent and, when
appropriate, issue a patent. The USPTO also 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.
Many actions taken by the USPTO during its examination of an
application for patent or for reissue of a patent, or during its
reexamination of a patent, are subject to review by an appeal to the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For other USPTO actions, review is in
the form of administrative review obtained via submission of a petition
to the USPTO. USPTO petitions practice also provides an opportunity for
a patent applicant or owner to supply additional information that may
be required in order for the USPTO to further process an application or
patent.
This collection covers petitions filed in patent applications and
reexamination proceedings that, when submitted to the USPTO, must be
accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), or (h). This
collection also covers the transmittals for the petition fees.
II. Method of Collection
The items in this collection can be submitted electronically
through EFS-Web, the USPTO's web-based electronic filing system. Items
also can be submitted on paper by mail, facsimile, or hand delivery to
the USPTO. The petitions to make special under the accelerated
examination program only can be filed through EFS-Web.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0059.
IC Instruments and Forms: PTO/SB/17P, PTO/SB/23, PTO/SB/24a, PTO/
SB/28 (EFS-Web only), and PTO/SB/140.
Type of Review: Revision of a Previously Existing Information
Collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit; non-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,560 responses per year. The
USPTO estimates that 26% will be filed by small entities and 3% by
micro entities. 98% of all responses will be filed electronically.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the response
time for activities related to these patent petitions will take the
public approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 12 hours to complete,
depending on the particular item. (See Table 1.) This includes time to
gather the necessary information, create the documents, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on balance,
it takes the same amount of time to prepare the petition and the fee
transmittal form, and submit them to the USPTO, regardless of whether
the applicant or patent owner submits the material electronically or in
paper form.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 42,195.00 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent (Hourly) Cost Burden:
$17,284,617.00 The USPTO expects that attorneys will complete all of
the items in this collection, with the exception of the petitions for
requests for documents in a form other than that provided by 37 CFR
1.19 and the petitions for express abandonment to avoid publication
under 37 CFR 1.138(c), both of which the USPTO expects will be
completed by para-professionals. The hourly rates for attorneys and
paraprofessionals are $410 and $141, respectively. These rates are
established by estimates in the 2015 Report of the Economic Survey,
published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the
American Intellectual Property Law Association. Using these hourly
rates, the USPTO estimates that the total respondent cost burden for
this collection is $17,284,617.00 per year.
Table 1--Respondent Hourly Burden
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
IC No. Item for response annual annual burden Rate ($/hr)
(hours) responses hours
..................................... (a) (b) (a) x (b)/60 =
(c)
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1............................................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) 4.00 50 200.00 410
under 37 CFR 1.17(f) include:
Petition to Accord a Filing Date
under 1.57(b)(3) or 1.57(a)(3) (pre-
PLT).
Petition to Accord a Filing Date
under 1.53(e)(2).
Petition for Decision on a Question
Not Specifically Provided For under
1.182.
Petition to Suspend the Rules under
1.183.
1............................................. EFS-Web Petitions (corresponding to 4.00 2,750 11,000.00 410
the fee) under 37 CFR 1.17(f).
2............................................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) 2.00 100 200.00 410
under 37 CFR 1.17(g):
Petition to Access an Assignment
Record under 1.12(c).
Petition for Access to an Application
under 1.14(i).
Petition for Expungement of
Information under 1.59(b).
Petition to Suspend Action in an
Application under 1.103(a).
2............................................. EFS-Web Petitions (corresponding to 2.00 5,000 10,000.00 410
the fee) under 37 CFR 1.17(g).
3............................................. Petitions (corresponding to the fee) 1.00 250 250.00 410
under 37 CFR 1.17(h):
Petition for Accepting Color Drawings
or Photographs under 1.84(a)(2).
Petition for Entry of a Model or
Exhibit under 1.91(a).
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Petition to Withdraw an Application
from Issue under 1.313(a) PTO/SB/
140:
Petition to Defer Issuance of a
Patent under 1.314.
3............................................. EFS-Web Petitions (corresponding to 1.00 11,500 11,500.00 410
the fee) under 37 CFR 1.17(h).
4............................................. Petitions for Requests for Documents 1.00 5 5.00 141
in a Form Other than that Provided
by 37 CFR 1.19.
4............................................. EFS-Web Petitions for Requests for 1.00 50 50.00 141
Documents in a Form Other than that
Provided by 37 CFR 1.19.
5............................................. Petitions to Make Special Under 12.00 600 7,200.00 410
Accelerated Examination Program.
PTO/SB/28 (EFS-Web Only).............
6............................................. Petitions for Express Abandonment to 0.20 10 2.00 141
Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR
1.138(c).
PTO/SB/24a...........................
6............................................. EFS-Web Petitions for Express 0.20 490 98.00 410
Abandonment to Avoid Publication
Under 37 CFR 1.138(c).
7............................................. Petition for Extension of Time Under 0.50 5 2.50 410
37 CFR 1.136(b).
PTO/SB/23............................
7............................................. EFS-Web Petition for Extension of 0.50 100 50.00 410
Time Under 37 CFR 1.136(b).
8............................................. Petition Fee under 37 CFR 1.17(f), 0.08 400 33.33 410
(g), and (h) Transmittal.
PTO/SB/17P...........................
8............................................. EFS-Web Petition Fee under 37 CFR 0.08 19,250 1,604.17 410
1.17(f), (g), and (h) Transmittal.
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Totals.................................... ..................................... ................ 40,560 42,195.00
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden:
$3,147,594.80. There are no capital start-up, operation, or maintenance
costs associated with this information collection. However, the public
may incur cost burden in the form of postage and filing fees.
The public may incur postage costs when submitting the items in
this collection. Although the USPTO prefers that the items in this
collection be submitted electronically, the items may be submitted to
the USPTO by mail through the United States Postal Service. The USPTO
expects that approximately 98 percent of the items in this collection
will be submitted electronically (except for the petitions to make
special under the accelerated examination program, which must be
submitted electronically), resulting in 820 mailed submissions (though
items that are not electronically filed may alternatively be submitted
by mail, facsimile or hand delivery, for the purposes of this estimate,
the USPTO is treating all items that are not filed electronically as
though they were mailed). The average cost for a four-ounce large
envelope shipped first-class via USPS is $1.64. Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the postage costs for the mailed submissions in this
collection will total $1,344.80.
There are filing fees associated with this collection, which were
previously accounted for in collection 0651-0072. That collection has
been discontinued, and the relevant fees have been consolidated into to
this collection. These fees are listed in the table below.
Table 2--Filing Fees
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Estimated annual Total non-hour
No. Item responses Filing fee ($) cost burden ($)
...................... (a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c)
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1............................. Petitions requiring 1,400 $400 $560,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(f) (Group I) (large
entity).
1............................. Petitions requiring 1,150 200 230,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(f) (Group I) (small
entity).
1............................. Petitions requiring 250 100 25,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(f) (Group I) (micro
entity).
2............................. Petitions requiring 4,500 200 900,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(g) (Group II) (large
entity).
2............................. Petitions requiring 550 100 55,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(g) (Group II) (small
entity).
2............................. Petitions requiring 50 50 2,500.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(g) (Group II) (micro
entity).
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3............................. Petitions requiring 8,000 140 1,120,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(h) (Group III)
(large entity).
3............................. Petitions requiring 3,500 70 245,000.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(h) (Group III)
(small entity).
3............................. Petitions requiring 250 35 8,750.00
the petition fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17
(h) (Group III)
(micro entity).
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Totals.................... ...................... 19,650 ................ 3,146,250.00
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Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour)
cost burden for this collection, in the form of postage costs and
filing fees is $3,147,594.80 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
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.
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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-15501 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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