Representative and Address Provisions, 48489-48491 [2017-22618]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2017 / Notices prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors. Dated: October 13, 2017. Julia Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2017–22565 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 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: ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: I. Abstract This information collection includes the information necessary to submit a request to grant or revoke power of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Oct 17, 2017 Jkt 244001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48489 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. E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1 48490 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2017 / Notices 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. ................................................................................................ Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $13,950.74. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or recordkeeping costs associated with this information ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Estimated time for response (hours) Estimated annual responses Estimated annual burden Rate ($) 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Oct 17, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 10 18OCN1 400.00 $4,000.00 48491 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2017 / Notices 9 ............. Total Estimated annual responses Item Filing fee ($) 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. ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 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] BILLING CODE 3510–16–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Oct 17, 2017 Jkt 244001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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– E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48489-48491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22618]


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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
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    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]
 BILLING CODE 3510-16-P
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