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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Recording
Assignments
The Department of Commerce 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: Recording Assignments.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0027.
Form Number(s):
• PTO–1594
• PTO–1595
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 596,527
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 30 minutes (0.5
hours) to prepare the appropriate form
or document and submit it to the
USPTO.
Burden Hours: 298,263.50 hours
annually.
Cost Burden: $3,292,293.88.
Needs and Uses:
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
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
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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.
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.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027
Recording Assignments’’ in the subject
line of the message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Director,
Records and Information Governance
Division, 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 May 29, 2018 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,
Director, Records and Information
Governance Division, OCTO, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Submission of OMB Review; Comment
Request; ‘‘Patent Prosecution Highway
(PPH) Program’’
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).
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Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Patent Prosecution Highway
(PPH) Program.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0058.
Form Number(s):
• PTO/SB/20GLBL
• PTO/SB/20AR
• PTO/SB/20BR
• PTO/SB/20CZ
• PTO/SB/20EA
• PTO/SB/20MX
• PTO/SB/20NL
• PTO/SB/20PH
• PTO/SB/20RO
• PTO/SB/20TW
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 8,110
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately two hours to
gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate form, and
submit a completed request to the
USPTO.
Burden Hours: 16,200 hours.
Cost Burden: $0.
Needs and Uses: The information
gathered in this collection is integral to
the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
programs that the USPTO participates in
by identifying patent applications being
filed at multiple intellectual property
offices across the globe, including at the
USPTO. This includes declaring the
Office of Earlier Examination (OEE)
with whom the application at the OEE,
and providing the necessary supporting
documentation for the application. The
forms also identify the correspondence
between the claims being made at the
USPTO with claims filed at the OEE and
an explanation for that correspondence.
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 www.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 ‘‘0651–0068 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Recording Assignments
The Department of Commerce 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: Recording Assignments.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0027.
Form Number(s):
PTO-1594
PTO-1595
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 596,527 responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to prepare the
appropriate form or document and submit it to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 298,263.50 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $3,292,293.88.
Needs and Uses:
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 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.
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.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0027 Recording Assignments'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Director, Records and Information
Governance Division, 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 May 29, 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,
Director, Records and Information Governance Division, OCTO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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