Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “Patent Reexamination and Supplemental Examinations”, 49069 [2018-21212]
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They also will become a matter of
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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,
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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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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; ‘‘Patent
Reexamination and Supplemental
Examinations’’
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.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Patent Reexamination and
Supplemental Examinations.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0064.
Form Number(s):
• PTO/SB/57
• PTO/SB/59
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 1,540
responses per year.
Average Hour per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately between 18
minutes (0.30 hours) to 55 hours to
gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate form or other
document, and submit the information
to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 32,962.50 hours per
year.
Cost Burden: $2,747,178 per year.
Needs and Uses: The public uses this
information collection to request
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supplemental examination and
reexamination proceedings and to
ensure that the associated
documentation is submitted to the
USPTO.
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 https://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 ‘‘0651–0064 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 October 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,
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; ‘‘Fee Deficiency
Submissions’’
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.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Fee Deficiency Submissions.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0070.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 2,500
responses per year.
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Average Hours per Response: 2 hours
per response.
Burden Hours: 5,000 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $335.00.
Needs and Uses: The Leahy-Smith
America Invents Act (‘‘Act’’) was
enacted into law on September 16, 2011.
See Public Law 112–29, 125 Stat. 283
(2011). Under section 10(b) of the Act,
eligible small entities shall receive a 50
percent fee reduction from the
undiscounted fees for filing, searching,
examining, issuing, appealing, and
maintaining patent applications and
patents. The Act further provides that
micro entities shall receive a 75 percent
fee reduction from the undiscounted
fees for filing, searching, examining,
issuing, appealing, and maintaining
patent applications and patents.
This information collection covers the
submissions made by patent applicants
and patentees to excuse small and micro
entity fee payment errors, in accordance
with the procedures set forth in 37 CFR
1.28(c) and 1.29(k). Specifically, 37 CFR
1.28(c) provides a procedure by which
patent applicants and patentees may be
excused for erroneous payments of fees
in the small entity amount. 37 CFR
1.29(k) provides a procedure by which
patent applicants and patentees may be
excused for erroneous payments of fees
in the micro entity amount.
This information collection is
necessary so that patent applicants and
patentees may pay the balance of fees
due (i.e., make a fee deficiency
payment) when a fee was previously
paid in error in a micro or small entity
amount. The USPTO needs the
information to be able to process and
properly record a fee deficiency
payment to avoid questions arising later
either for the USPTO or for the
applicant or patentee as to whether the
proper fees have been paid in the
application or patent. This renewal
seeks to extend the authority of USPTO
to collect the balance of fees due from
those who may have such an
outstanding balance (i.e., a fee
deficiency).
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:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``Patent
Reexamination and Supplemental Examinations''
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.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Patent Reexamination and Supplemental Examinations.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0064.
Form Number(s):
PTO/SB/57
PTO/SB/59
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 1,540 responses per year.
Average Hour per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately between 18 minutes (0.30 hours) to 55 hours to
gather the necessary information, prepare the appropriate form or other
document, and submit the information to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 32,962.50 hours per year.
Cost Burden: $2,747,178 per year.
Needs and Uses: The public uses this information collection to
request supplemental examination and reexamination proceedings and to
ensure that the associated documentation is submitted to the USPTO.
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 https://www.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-
0064 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 October 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,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-21212 Filed 9-27-18; 8:45 am]
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