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ACTION: Notice of open meeting; date
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Dated: September 25, 2018.
Kathy D. Smith,
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and Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
International Work Sharing
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
SUMMARY:
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by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on a proposed
extension of an existing information
collection: 0651–0079 (International
Work Sharing).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 27,
2018.
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0079
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:
Request for additional information
should be directed to Daniel Hunter,
Program Manager, United States Patent
and Trademark office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by
telephone at 571–272–8050; or by email
at Daniel.Hunter@uspto.gov with
‘‘0651–0079 comment’’ in the subject
line. Additional information about this
information about this collection is also
available at https://www.reginfo.gov
under ‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) established a
Work Sharing Pilot Program in
conjunction with the Japan Patent Office
(JPO) and the Korean Intellectual
Property Office (KIPO) to study how the
No.
II. Method of Collection
The forms associated with this
collection may be downloaded from the
USPTO website in Portable Document
Item
1 .....................
3 .....................
Petition for Participation in the Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) Program Between the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the USPTO.
Petition for Participation in the Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) Program Between the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KPO) and the
USPTO.
CSP Survey .........................................
Total ........
..............................................................
2 .....................
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exchange of search results between
offices for corresponding counterpart
applications improves patent quality
and facilitates the examination of patent
applications in both offices. Under this
Work Sharing Pilot Program, two
Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP)
programs—USPTO–JPO and USPTO–
KIPO—have been implemented.
Through their respective CSP(s), each
office concurrently conducts searches
on corresponding counterpart
applications. Each office’s search results
are exchanged following these
concurrent searches, which provides
examiners with a comprehensive set of
art before them at the commencement of
examination.
Work sharing between Intellectual
Property (IP) offices is critical for
increasing the efficiency and quality of
patent examination worldwide. The
exchange of information and documents
between IP offices also benefits
applicants by promoting compact
prosecution, reducing pendency, and
supporting patent quality by reducing
the likelihood of inconsistencies in
patentability determinations among IP
offices when considering corresponding
counterpart applications. The gains in
efficiency and quality are achieved
through a collaborative work sharing
approach to the evaluation of patent
claims. As a result of this exchange of
search reports, the examiners in both
offices may have a more comprehensive
set of references before them when
making an initial patentability
determination.
Format (PDF) and filled out
electronically. Requests to participate in
the International Work Sharing Program
must be submitted online using EFSWeb, the USPTO’s web-based electronic
filing system.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0079.
IC Instruments and Forms: PTO/SB/
437, PTO/SB/CSP Survey 1.
Type of Review: Revision of an
Existing Information Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institution.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that 100 percent of the annual
responses for this collection will be
submitted electronically via EFS-Web,
which customers may access through
the USPTO website.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately between 5
minutes (0.08 hours) and 3 hours to
complete the information in this
collection, including the time to gather
the necessary information, prepare the
forms or documents, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 462 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $202,356. The
USPTO expects that that an attorney
will complete the information in this
collection. The professional hourly rate
for intellectual property attorneys in
private firms is $438. Using this hourly
rate, the USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost burden for this
collection is $202,356.00 per year.
Estimated
time for
response
Estimated
annual
response
Estimated
annual
burden hours
Rate
Estimated
annual
total cost
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
3
50
150
$438.00
$65,700.00
3
100
300
438.00
131,400.00
* 0.08
150
12
438.00
5,256.00
........................
300
462
........................
202,356.00
* 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There are
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no estimated filing fees or postage costs
for this collection.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
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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
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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International Work Sharing
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required
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by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a proposed
extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0079
(International Work Sharing).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 27,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0079 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: Request for additional information
should be directed to Daniel Hunter, Program Manager, United States
Patent and Trademark office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450;
by telephone at 571-272-8050; or by email at [email protected]
with ``0651-0079 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information
about this information about this collection is also available at
https://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) established a
Work Sharing Pilot Program in conjunction with the Japan Patent Office
(JPO) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to study how
the exchange of search results between offices for corresponding
counterpart applications improves patent quality and facilitates the
examination of patent applications in both offices. Under this Work
Sharing Pilot Program, two Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) programs--
USPTO-JPO and USPTO-KIPO--have been implemented. Through their
respective CSP(s), each office concurrently conducts searches on
corresponding counterpart applications. Each office's search results
are exchanged following these concurrent searches, which provides
examiners with a comprehensive set of art before them at the
commencement of examination.
Work sharing between Intellectual Property (IP) offices is critical
for increasing the efficiency and quality of patent examination
worldwide. The exchange of information and documents between IP offices
also benefits applicants by promoting compact prosecution, reducing
pendency, and supporting patent quality by reducing the likelihood of
inconsistencies in patentability determinations among IP offices when
considering corresponding counterpart applications. The gains in
efficiency and quality are achieved through a collaborative work
sharing approach to the evaluation of patent claims. As a result of
this exchange of search reports, the examiners in both offices may have
a more comprehensive set of references before them when making an
initial patentability determination.
II. Method of Collection
The forms associated with this collection may be downloaded from
the USPTO website in Portable Document Format (PDF) and filled out
electronically. Requests to participate in the International Work
Sharing Program must be submitted online using EFS-Web, the USPTO's
web-based electronic filing system.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0079.
IC Instruments and Forms: PTO/SB/437, PTO/SB/CSP Survey 1.
Type of Review: Revision of an Existing Information Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institution.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 300 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that 100 percent of the annual responses for this collection
will be submitted electronically via EFS-Web, which customers may
access through the USPTO website.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately between 5 minutes (0.08 hours) and 3 hours to
complete the information in this collection, including the time to
gather the necessary information, prepare the forms or documents, and
submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 462 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent (Hourly) Cost Burden: $202,356.
The USPTO expects that that an attorney will complete the information
in this collection. The professional hourly rate for intellectual
property attorneys in private firms is $438. Using this hourly rate,
the USPTO estimates that the total respondent cost burden for this
collection is $202,356.00 per year.
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Estimated Estimated Estimated
No. Item Estimated time annual annual burden Rate annual total
for response response hours cost
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) (d) (c) x (d) = (e)
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1................................... Petition for Participation in 3 50 150 $438.00 $65,700.00
the Collaborative Search Pilot
(CSP) Program Between the Japan
Patent Office (JPO) and the
USPTO.
2................................... Petition for Participation in 3 100 300 438.00 131,400.00
the Collaborative Search Pilot
(CSP) Program Between the
Korean Intellectual Property
Office (KPO) and the USPTO.
3................................... CSP Survey...................... * 0.08 150 12 438.00 5,256.00
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Total........................... ................................ .............. 300 462 .............. 202,356.00
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* 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $0. There
are no estimated filing fees or postage costs for this collection.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
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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
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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