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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Representative and Address
Provisions
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), invites
comment on a proposed extension of an
existing information collection: 0651–
0035 (Representative and Address
Provisions).
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before December 18,
2017.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0035
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
This information collection includes
the information necessary to submit a
request to grant or revoke power of
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attorney for an application, patent, or
reexamination proceeding, and for a
registered practitioner to withdraw as
attorney or agent of record. This
collection also includes the information
necessary to change the correspondence
address for an application, patent, or
reexamination proceeding, to request a
Customer Number and manage the
correspondence address and list of
practitioners associated with a Customer
Number, and to designate or change the
correspondence address or fee address
for one or more patents or applications
by using a Customer Number.
Under 35 U.S.C. 2 and 37 CFR 1.31–
1.32, power of attorney may be granted
to one or more joint inventors or a
person who is registered to practice
before the USPTO to act in an
application or a patent. In particular, for
an application filed before September
16, 2012, or for a patent which issued
from an application filed before
September 16, 2012, power of attorney
may be granted by the applicant for
patent (as set forth in 37 CFR 1.41(b)
(pre-AIA)) or the assignee of the entire
interest of the applicant. For an
application filed on or after September
16, 2012, or for a patent which issued
from an application filed on or after
September 16, 2012, power of attorney
may be granted by the applicant for
patent (as set forth in 37 CFR 1.42) or
the patent owner.
The rules of practice (37 CFR 1.33)
also provide for a correspondence
address and daytime telephone number
to be supplied for receiving notices,
official letters, and other
communications from the USPTO. For
an application filed before September
16, 2012, the address and number may
be supplied by a practitioner of record,
all of the applicants, or an assignee. In
addition, a practitioner not of record
may supply the address and number for
an application filed before September
16, 2012, if the practitioner is named in
the transmittal papers accompanying
the original application and if an oath
or declaration by any of the inventors
has yet to be filed. For an application
filed on or after September 16, 2012, the
address and number may be supplied by
a practitioner of record or the applicant.
A practitioner not of record who acts in
a representative capacity may supply
the address and number for an
application filed on or after September
16, 2012, if the practitioner is named in
the application transmittal papers and if
any power of attorney has yet to be
appointed.
37 CFR 1.36 provides for the
revocation of a power of attorney at any
stage in the proceedings of a case. 37
CFR 1.36 also provides a path by which
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a registered patent attorney or patent
agent who has been given a power of
attorney may withdraw as attorney or
agent of record.
The USPTO’s Customer Number
practice permits applicants, patent
owners, assignees, and practitioners of
record, or the representatives of record
for a number of applications or patents,
to change the correspondence address of
a patent application or patent with one
change request instead of filing separate
requests for each patent or application.
Customers may request a Customer
Number from the USPTO and associate
this Customer Number with a
correspondence list or a list of registered
practitioners. Any changes to the
address or practitioner information
associated with a Customer Number will
be applied to all patents and
applications associated with said
Customer Number.
The Customer Number practice is
optional, in that changes of
correspondence address or power of
attorney may be filed separately for each
patent or application without using a
Customer Number. However, a
Customer Number associated with the
correspondence address for a patent
application is required in order to
access private information about the
application using the Patent Application
Information Retrieval (PAIR) system,
which is available through the USPTO
Web site. The PAIR system gives
authorized individuals secure online
access to application status information,
but only for patent applications that are
linked to a Customer Number. Customer
Numbers may be associated with U.S.
patent applications as well as
international Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT) applications. The use of a
Customer Number also is required in
order to grant power of attorney to more
than ten practitioners or to establish a
separate ‘‘fee address’’ for maintenance
fee purposes that is different from the
correspondence address for a patent or
application.
Customers may use a Customer
Number Upload Spreadsheet to
designate or change the correspondence
address or fee address for a list of
patents or applications by associating
them with a Customer Number. The
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet
may not be used to change the power of
attorney for patents or applications.
Customers may download a Microsoft
Excel template with instructions from
the USPTO Web site to assist them in
preparing the spreadsheet in the proper
format.
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II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0035.
Form Numbers: PTO/AIA/80, PTO/
AIA/81, PTO/AIA/81B, PTO/AIA/82A,
PTO/AIA/82B, PTO/AIA/122, PTO/
AIA/123, PTO/SB/80, PTO/SB/81, PTO/
SB/81A, PTO/SB/81B, PTO/SB/81C,
PTO/SB/83, PTO/SB/84, PTO/SB/124,
PTO/SB/124, and PTO–2248.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other forprofits; and not-for-profits institutions.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 501,905 responses per
year. Estimates for numbers of responses
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $4,369,751.25. The USPTO
expects that Requests for Withdrawal as
Attorney or Agent and the two petitions
in this collection will be prepared by
attorneys, while the other items in this
collection will be prepared by
paraprofessionals. The professional
hourly rate for attorneys is $438 and the
professional hourly rate for
paraprofessionals is $145. These rates
are established by estimates in the 2017
Report on the Economic Survey,
published by the Committee on
Economics of Legal Practice of the
American Intellectual Property Law
Association. Using this hourly rate, the
USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost burden for this
collection is $4,369,751.25 per year.
are based on previous respondent
numbers and the anticipated
participation trends over the next three
years.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the response time
for activities related to Representative
Address Provisions will take the public
between 0.05 hours (3 minutes) to 1.5
hours (90 minutes) to complete (See
Table 1). This includes the time to
gather the necessary information, create
the document, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO. The
USPTO calculates that, on balance, it
takes the same amount of time to do
this, regardless of whether the public is
submitting the information in paper
form or electronically.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 28,479.25 hours.
1 ...............
2 ...............
3 ...............
4 ...............
5 ...............
6 ...............
7 ...............
8 ...............
9 ...............
10 .............
11 .............
12 .............
13
14
15
16
.............
.............
.............
.............
Totals
Items
Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the
USPTO.
Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with
a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence.
Patent—Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address.
Reexamination—Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address.
Reexamination—Third Party Requester Power of Attorney
or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of
Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address.
Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change
of Correspondence Address.
Authorization to Act in a Representative Capacity ................
Petition Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants.
Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants.
Change of Correspondence Address for Application or Patent.
Patent Owner Change of Correspondence Address—Reexamination Proceeding.
Third Party Requester Change of Correspondence Address—Reexamination Proceeding.
Request for Customer Number Data Change .......................
Request for Customer Number ..............................................
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet ...............................
Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer
Number.
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $13,950.74.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information
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Estimated
time for response
(hours)
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
Rate
($)
Estimated
hourly cost
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c) = (a) × (b)
(d)
(e) = (c) × (d)
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
4,000
200.00
145.00
$29,000.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
350,000
17,500.00
145.00
2,537,500.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
300
15.00
145.00
2,175.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
100
5.00
145.00
725.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
70
3.50
145.00
507.50
0.20 (12 minutes) ...........
4,000
800.00
438.00
350,400.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
1.00 (60 minutes) ...........
750
10
37.50
10.00
145.00
438.00
5,437.50
4,380.00
1.00 (60 minutes) ...........
10
10.00
438.00
4,380.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
130,000
6,500.00
145.00
942,500.00
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
25
1.25
145.00
18.25
0.05 (3 minutes) .............
40
2.00
145.00
290.00
...........
...........
...........
...........
1,600
8,500
600
1,900
320.00
1,700.00
900.00
475.00
145.00
145.00
145.00
145.00
46,400.00
246,500.00
130,500.00
68,875.00
.........................................
501,905
28,479.25
....................
4,369,751.25
0.20
0.20
1.50
0.25
(12
(12
(90
(15
minutes)
minutes)
minutes)
minutes)
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) cost
burden in the form of filing fees and
postage costs.
Filing Fees
The two petitions in this collection
have associated filing fees under 37 CFR
1.17(f), resulting in $8,000 in filing fees.
8 .............
Estimated
annual
responses
Item
Filing fee
($)
Total non-hour
cost burden
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c) = (a) × (b)
Petitions Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer than All
the Applicants.
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Total
Estimated
annual
responses
Item
Filing fee
($)
Total non-hour
cost burden
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c) = (a) × (b)
Petitions to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer
than All the Applicants.
10
400.00
4,000.00
..................................................................................................................................
20
........................
8,000.00
Postage Costs
Although the USPTO prefers that the
items in this collection be submitted
electronically, responses may be
submitted by mail through the United
States Postal Service (USPS). The
USPTO estimates that 2% of the 501,305
items will be submitted in the mail and
that all 600 of the customer number
upload spreadsheets will be submitted
by mail. The existing first-class postage
costs are $0.49 per submission. In
Item
addition, the customer number
uploaded spreadsheets are submitted to
the USPTO by mail, with a postage rate
of $1.73 per submission.
There is a total of $5,950.74 in postage
costs associated with this collection.
Responses
Postage cost
Total postage
costs
Non-electronic Responses ...........................................................................................................
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheets ...................................................................................
10,026
600
0.49
1.73
4,912.74
1,038.00
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
10,626
........................
5,950.74
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection, in the forms of filing
fees ($8,000) and postage costs
($5,950.74), is $13,950.74 per year.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this 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 required 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 costs) 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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘Patent Examiner
Employment Application’’
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: Patent Examiner Employment
Application.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0042.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 10,660
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the response time
for the employment application will
take the public approximately 30
minutes (0.50 hours) to complete. This
includes the time to gather the
necessary information, create the
document, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 5,330 hours.
Cost Burden: $0.00. There are no
filing fees or start-up, maintenance,
record keeping, or postage costs
associated with this information
collection.
Needs and Uses: The use of
automated application submissions
provides a user-friendly electronic
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candidate inventory that allows
management to review potential
applications in real time. An applicant
seeking a patent examiner position
supplies information to the USPTO that
assists Human Resource Specialists and
hiring managers and demonstrates
whether or not the applicant possess the
basic qualifications for the position for
which they are applying.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents: Required to obtain or
retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser,
email: Nicholas_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:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–00## copy
request’’ 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.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before November 17, 2017 to
Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer,
via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@
omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202–395–
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Representative and Address Provisions
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), invites comment on a proposed extension of an existing
information collection: 0651-0035 (Representative and Address
Provisions).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before December 18,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0035 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This information collection includes the information necessary to
submit a request to grant or revoke power of attorney for an
application, patent, or reexamination proceeding, and for a registered
practitioner to withdraw as attorney or agent of record. This
collection also includes the information necessary to change the
correspondence address for an application, patent, or reexamination
proceeding, to request a Customer Number and manage the correspondence
address and list of practitioners associated with a Customer Number,
and to designate or change the correspondence address or fee address
for one or more patents or applications by using a Customer Number.
Under 35 U.S.C. 2 and 37 CFR 1.31-1.32, power of attorney may be
granted to one or more joint inventors or a person who is registered to
practice before the USPTO to act in an application or a patent. In
particular, for an application filed before September 16, 2012, or for
a patent which issued from an application filed before September 16,
2012, power of attorney may be granted by the applicant for patent (as
set forth in 37 CFR 1.41(b) (pre-AIA)) or the assignee of the entire
interest of the applicant. For an application filed on or after
September 16, 2012, or for a patent which issued from an application
filed on or after September 16, 2012, power of attorney may be granted
by the applicant for patent (as set forth in 37 CFR 1.42) or the patent
owner.
The rules of practice (37 CFR 1.33) also provide for a
correspondence address and daytime telephone number to be supplied for
receiving notices, official letters, and other communications from the
USPTO. For an application filed before September 16, 2012, the address
and number may be supplied by a practitioner of record, all of the
applicants, or an assignee. In addition, a practitioner not of record
may supply the address and number for an application filed before
September 16, 2012, if the practitioner is named in the transmittal
papers accompanying the original application and if an oath or
declaration by any of the inventors has yet to be filed. For an
application filed on or after September 16, 2012, the address and
number may be supplied by a practitioner of record or the applicant. A
practitioner not of record who acts in a representative capacity may
supply the address and number for an application filed on or after
September 16, 2012, if the practitioner is named in the application
transmittal papers and if any power of attorney has yet to be
appointed.
37 CFR 1.36 provides for the revocation of a power of attorney at
any stage in the proceedings of a case. 37 CFR 1.36 also provides a
path by which a registered patent attorney or patent agent who has been
given a power of attorney may withdraw as attorney or agent of record.
The USPTO's Customer Number practice permits applicants, patent
owners, assignees, and practitioners of record, or the representatives
of record for a number of applications or patents, to change the
correspondence address of a patent application or patent with one
change request instead of filing separate requests for each patent or
application. Customers may request a Customer Number from the USPTO and
associate this Customer Number with a correspondence list or a list of
registered practitioners. Any changes to the address or practitioner
information associated with a Customer Number will be applied to all
patents and applications associated with said Customer Number.
The Customer Number practice is optional, in that changes of
correspondence address or power of attorney may be filed separately for
each patent or application without using a Customer Number. However, a
Customer Number associated with the correspondence address for a patent
application is required in order to access private information about
the application using the Patent Application Information Retrieval
(PAIR) system, which is available through the USPTO Web site. The PAIR
system gives authorized individuals secure online access to application
status information, but only for patent applications that are linked to
a Customer Number. Customer Numbers may be associated with U.S. patent
applications as well as international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
applications. The use of a Customer Number also is required in order to
grant power of attorney to more than ten practitioners or to establish
a separate ``fee address'' for maintenance fee purposes that is
different from the correspondence address for a patent or application.
Customers may use a Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet to designate
or change the correspondence address or fee address for a list of
patents or applications by associating them with a Customer Number. The
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet may not be used to change the power
of attorney for patents or applications. Customers may download a
Microsoft Excel template with instructions from the USPTO Web site to
assist them in preparing the spreadsheet in the proper format.
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II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0035.
Form Numbers: PTO/AIA/80, PTO/AIA/81, PTO/AIA/81B, PTO/AIA/82A,
PTO/AIA/82B, PTO/AIA/122, PTO/AIA/123, PTO/SB/80, PTO/SB/81, PTO/SB/
81A, PTO/SB/81B, PTO/SB/81C, PTO/SB/83, PTO/SB/84, PTO/SB/124, PTO/SB/
124, and PTO-2248.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profits; and not-for-profits institutions.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 501,905 responses per year.
Estimates for numbers of responses are based on previous respondent
numbers and the anticipated participation trends over the next three
years.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the response
time for activities related to Representative Address Provisions will
take the public between 0.05 hours (3 minutes) to 1.5 hours (90
minutes) to complete (See Table 1). This includes the time to gather
the necessary information, create the document, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on balance,
it takes the same amount of time to do this, regardless of whether the
public is submitting the information in paper form or electronically.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 28,479.25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $4,369,751.25. The
USPTO expects that Requests for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and the
two petitions in this collection will be prepared by attorneys, while
the other items in this collection will be prepared by
paraprofessionals. The professional hourly rate for attorneys is $438
and the professional hourly rate for paraprofessionals is $145. These
rates are established by estimates in the 2017 Report on the Economic
Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of
the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Using this hourly
rate, the USPTO estimates that the total respondent cost burden for
this collection is $4,369,751.25 per year.
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Estimated
IC No. Items Estimated time for response (hours) annual Estimated Rate ($) Estimated
responses annual burden hourly cost
(a)................................... (b) (c) = (a) x (d) (e) = (c) x
(b) (d)
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1....................... Power of Attorney to 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 4,000 200.00 145.00 $29,000.00
Prosecute Applications
Before the USPTO.
2....................... Power of Attorney or 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 350,000 17,500.00 145.00 2,537,500.00
Revocation of Power of
Attorney with a New Power
of Attorney and Change of
Correspondence.
3....................... Patent--Power of Attorney or 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 300 15.00 145.00 2,175.00
Revocation of Power of
Attorney with a New Power
of Attorney and Change of
Correspondence Address.
4....................... Reexamination--Patent Owner 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 100 5.00 145.00 725.00
Power of Attorney or
Revocation of Power of
Attorney with a New Power
of Attorney and Change of
Correspondence Address.
5....................... Reexamination--Third Party 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 70 3.50 145.00 507.50
Requester Power of Attorney
or Revocation of Power of
Attorney with a New Power
of Attorney and Change of
Correspondence Address.
6....................... Request for Withdrawal as 0.20 (12 minutes)..................... 4,000 800.00 438.00 350,400.00
Attorney or Agent and
Change of Correspondence
Address.
7....................... Authorization to Act in a 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 750 37.50 145.00 5,437.50
Representative Capacity.
8....................... Petition Under 37 CFR 1.00 (60 minutes)..................... 10 10.00 438.00 4,380.00
1.36(a) to Revoke Power of
Attorney by Fewer than All
the Applicants.
9....................... Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.00 (60 minutes)..................... 10 10.00 438.00 4,380.00
1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power
of Attorney by Fewer than
All the Applicants.
10...................... Change of Correspondence 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 130,000 6,500.00 145.00 942,500.00
Address for Application or
Patent.
11...................... Patent Owner Change of 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 25 1.25 145.00 18.25
Correspondence Address--
Reexamination Proceeding.
12...................... Third Party Requester Change 0.05 (3 minutes)...................... 40 2.00 145.00 290.00
of Correspondence Address--
Reexamination Proceeding.
13...................... Request for Customer Number 0.20 (12 minutes)..................... 1,600 320.00 145.00 46,400.00
Data Change.
14...................... Request for Customer Number. 0.20 (12 minutes)..................... 8,500 1,700.00 145.00 246,500.00
15...................... Customer Number Upload 1.50 (90 minutes)..................... 600 900.00 145.00 130,500.00
Spreadsheet.
16...................... Request to Update a PCT 0.25 (15 minutes)..................... 1,900 475.00 145.00 68,875.00
Application with a Customer
Number.
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Totals.............. ............................ ...................................... 501,905 28,479.25 ........... 4,369,751.25
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $13,950.74.
There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) cost burden in the form of filing fees and
postage costs.
Filing Fees
The two petitions in this collection have associated filing fees
under 37 CFR 1.17(f), resulting in $8,000 in filing fees.
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Estimated
IC No. Item annual Filing fee ($) Total non-hour
responses cost burden
(a) (b) (c) = (a) x
(b)
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8.......................... Petitions Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to 10 400.00 $4,000.00
Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer
than All the Applicants.
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9.......................... Petitions to Waive 37 CFR 10 400.00 4,000.00
1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of
Attorney by Fewer than All the
Applicants.
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Total.................. ................................... 20 .............. 8,000.00
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Postage Costs
Although the USPTO prefers that the items in this collection be
submitted electronically, responses may be submitted by mail through
the United States Postal Service (USPS). The USPTO estimates that 2% of
the 501,305 items will be submitted in the mail and that all 600 of the
customer number upload spreadsheets will be submitted by mail. The
existing first-class postage costs are $0.49 per submission. In
addition, the customer number uploaded spreadsheets are submitted to
the USPTO by mail, with a postage rate of $1.73 per submission.
There is a total of $5,950.74 in postage costs associated with this
collection.
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Total postage
Item Responses Postage cost costs
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Non-electronic Responses........................................ 10,026 0.49 4,912.74
Customer Number Upload Spreadsheets............................. 600 1.73 1,038.00
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Totals...................................................... 10,626 .............. 5,950.74
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Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour)
cost burden for this collection, in the forms of filing fees ($8,000)
and postage costs ($5,950.74), is $13,950.74 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this 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 required 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 costs) 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. 2017-22618 Filed 10-17-17; 8:45 am]
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