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information about unpublished patent
applications.
This information collection covers the
Certificate Action Form (PTO–2042),
which is used by the public to request
a new digital certificate, revoke a
current certificate, or recover a lost or
corrupted certificate. Customers may
also change the name listed on the
certificate or associate the certificate
with one or more Customer Numbers. A
Customer Number allows an applicant
to associate all correspondence and
USPTO actions regarding multiple
patent applications to a single address
and name. The Certificate Action Form
must include a notarized signature in
order to verify the identity of the
applicant. The Certificate Action Form
has an accompanying subscriber
agreement to ensure that customers
understand their obligations regarding
the use of the digital certificates and
cryptographic software. When
generating a new certificate, customers
also register to receive a set of seven
codes that will enable customers to
recover a lost certificate online without
having to contact USPTO support staff.
II. Method of Collection
The Certificate Action Form must be
notarized and may be mailed or hand
delivered to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0045.
IC Instruments and Forms: PTO–2042.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,825 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 30 minutes (0.50
hours) to read the instructions and
subscriber agreement, gather the
necessary information, prepare the
Certificate Action Form, and submit the
completed request.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 1,912.50 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $402,084. The USPTO
expects that attorneys,
paraprofessionals, and independent
inventors will complete the submissions
for this collection. The professional
hourly rate for attorneys is $438, for
paraprofessionals is $145, and for
independent inventors is $47.71. The
attorney rate is 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. The paraprofessional rate is
established by estimates in the 2016
National Utilization and Compensation
Survey, published by the National
Association of Legal Assistance (NALA).
The independent inventor rate is based
the mean hourly wage for engineers
according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics Occupational Employment
Statistics (17–2199). The USPTO
estimates that the combined average
hourly rate of these estimates for all
respondents is approximately $210.24.
Using this hourly rate, the USPTO
estimates that the total respondent cost
burden for this collection is $402,804
per year.
Annual
response time
(hours)
Item
Annual
response
Annual burden
hours
Rate
Annual cost
burden
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c) = (a) × (b)
(d)
(e) = (c) × (d)
Certificate Action Form (including
Subscriber Agreement).
0.50 (30 minutes) ...
3,825
1,912.50
$210.24
$402,084.00
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1,915.50
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402,084.00
Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $24,824.25.
There are no capital start-up costs,
maintenance costs, or fees associated
with this information collection.
However, this collection does have
annual (non-hour) cost burden
associated with the Certificate Action
Form.
This collection has costs due to the
notarization requirement for
authenticating the signatures on the
Certificate Action Form. The USPTO
estimates that the average fee for having
a signature notarizing is $6 and 3,825
responses for these forms will be
submitted annually, for a total cost of
$22,950 per year. The notary fee was
determined based on estimates for
notary fees by states as published by the
National Notary Association.
This collection also has postage costs
for submitting the Certificate Action
Form to the USPTO by mail. The form
cannot be faxed or submitted
electronically because it requires an
original notarized signature. The
USPTO estimates that the first class
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postage cost for these forms will be
$0.49 and that it will receive 3,825
mailed responses annually for a total
postage cost of approximately $1,874.25
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
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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
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Financial
Transactions
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USTPO) 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).
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Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Financial Transactions.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0043.
Form Number(s):
• PTO–2038
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 4,885,505
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 1 to 8 minutes
(0.03 to 0.13 hours) to prepare the
appropriate form or documents and
submit to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 242,402.84 hours
annually.
Cost Burden: $111,419.97.
Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41
and 15 U.S.C. 1113, the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
charges fees for processing and other
services related to patents, trademarks,
and information products. Customers
may submit payments to the USPTO by
several methods, including credit card,
deposit account, electronic funds
transfer (EFT), and paper check
transactions. The provisions of 35
U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are
implemented in 37 CFR 1.16–1.28, 2.6–
2.7, and 2.206–2.209. This information
collection includes associated payment
and account forms for the
aforementioned financial transactions
and methods.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: 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 ‘‘0651–0043 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 February 28, 2018 to Nicholas
A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email
to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or
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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
Recording Assignments
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed and/
or continuing information collections,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027
Recording Assignments’’ in the subject
line of the message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Joyce R. Johnson,
Manager, Assignment Division, Mail
Stop 1450, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 703–756–1265; or by email
to Joyce.Johnson@uspto.gov with
‘‘Paperwork’’ 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
This collection of information is
required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for
patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for
trademarks. These statutes authorize the
United States Patent and Trademark
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Office (USPTO) to record patent and
trademark assignment documents,
including transfers of properties (i.e.,
patents and trademarks), liens, licenses,
assignments of interest, security
interests, mergers, and explanations of
transactions or other documents that
record the transfer of ownership of a
particular patent or trademark property
from one party to another. Assignments
are recorded for applications, patents,
and trademark registrations.
The USPTO administers these statutes
through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37
CFR part 3. These rules permit the
public, corporations, other federal
agencies, and Government-owned or
Government-controlled corporations to
submit patent and trademark
assignment documents and other
documents related to title transfers to
the USPTO to be recorded. In
accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the
recording of an assignment document by
the USPTO is an administrative action
and not a determination of the validity
of the document or of the effect that the
document has on the title to an
application, patent, or trademark.
Once the assignment documents are
recorded, they are available for public
inspection. The only exceptions are
those documents that are sealed under
secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58
or related to unpublished patent
applications maintained in confidence
under 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14.
The public uses these records to
conduct ownership and chain-of-title
searches. The public may view these
records either at the USPTO Public
Search Facility or at the National
Archives and Records Administration,
depending on the date they were
recorded. The public may also search
patent and trademark assignment
information online through the USPTO
website.
In order to record an assignment
document, the respondent must submit
an appropriate cover sheet along with
copies of the assignment document to be
recorded. The USPTO provides two
paper forms for this purpose, the Patent
Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO–
1595) and the Trademark Recordation
Form Cover Sheet (PTO–1594), which
capture all of the necessary data for
accurately recording various assignment
documents. These forms may be
downloaded in PDF format from the
USPTO website (https://www.uspto.gov/
forms/pto1595.pdf and https://
www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/
pto1594.pdf, respectively).
Customers may also submit
assignments online by using the
Electronic Patent Assignment System
(EPAS) and the Electronic Trademark
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Financial
Transactions
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) 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).
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Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Financial Transactions.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0043.
Form Number(s):
PTO-2038
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 4,885,505 responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 1 to 8 minutes (0.03 to 0.13 hours) to prepare
the appropriate form or documents and submit to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 242,402.84 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $111,419.97.
Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113, the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) charges fees for processing
and other services related to patents, trademarks, and information
products. Customers may submit payments to the USPTO by several
methods, including credit card, deposit account, electronic funds
transfer (EFT), and paper check transactions. The provisions of 35
U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are implemented in 37 CFR 1.16-1.28, 2.6-
2.7, and 2.206-2.209. This information collection includes associated
payment and account forms for the aforementioned financial transactions
and methods.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email:
[email protected].
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: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0043 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 February 28, 2018 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to [email protected],
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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