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regional hubs are operating efficiently
and which programs need additional
support by ascertaining the effectiveness
of each individual regional hub with
respect to their matchmaking efforts.
Additionally, USPTO is proposing to
revise the existing information
collection to gather information
regarding gender, ethnicity, race, and
veteran status. Each regional hub will be
requesting demographic information for
those seeking assistance that will be
self-identified by the applicant. This
requested standardized demographic
information will be part of the overall
application materials that each
independent inventor fills out when
seeking pro bono assistance. This
information will also be used to help
determine the extent to which the pro
bono program is helping women,
minorities, and veterans apply for
patents.
II. Method of Collection
This survey will be conducted
electronically through a web form
created to support this survey.
IC No.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0082.
IC Instruments and Forms: The
individual instrument in this collection,
as well as its associated form, is listed
in the table below.
Type of Review: Extension of an
existing information collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1106 total respondents. An estimated 20
regional hubs will provide quarterly
responses to USPTO (the PBAC
Administrator Survey). This results in
80 responses from regional hubs per
year. In addition, an estimated 1026
applicants will provide demographic
data in their applications directly to the
regional hubs as part of their individual
applications for pro bono assistance,
resulting in 1026 responses from
applicants per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take two
hours to complete the PBAC
Administrator Survey, including time
Information collection instrument
needed to gather the necessary
information, enter it into the
information collection instrument, and
submit it. The USPTO estimates that it
will take approximately one minute for
applicants to answer the demographic
questions.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 177.10 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $8,866.44.00. The
USPTO expects that regional program
administrators will complete these
applications. The professional hourly
rate for a regional program administrator
is $50.11. The rate for administrators
(BLS 11–0000) is based the BLS 2018
National Occupation and Employment
and Wage Estimates. The hourly rate for
the demographic survey uses the
estimated rate for independent
inventors (the average of mean rates for
Engineers and Scientists). Using this
hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that
the total respondent cost burden for this
collection is $8,866.44.00 per year.
Estimated
time for
response
(minutes)
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Rate
($/hr)
Totals
(a)
(b)
((a × (b) / 60) = (c)
(d)
(c × d) = (e)
1 ....................
2 ....................
Regional Program Administrator Survey ............
Demographic survey ...........................................
120
1
80
1,026
160
17.1
$50.11
49.64
$8,017.60
848.84
Total .......
.............................................................................
..................
1,106
177.1
..................
8,866.44
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $26,666.66.
There is a startup cost for each regional
hub to update their data collection form
to capture demographic data. The
USPTO estimates that each regional hub
(20) will require, on average, $4,000.00
to update their web collection form. A
total one-time cost of $80,000.00 is
annualized over a three (3) year
collection period, for an annual cost of
$26,666.66. There are no maintenance,
or operating fees associated with this
collection, nor are there postage costs,
filing fees, or processing fees.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record. USPTO invites
public comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
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(b) Accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden (including hours and cost)
of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(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, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Marcie Lovett,
Director, Records and Information
Governance Branch, Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, USPTO.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Post Allowance and Refiling
Notice of renewal of information
collection; request for comment.
ACTION:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the
extension of an existing information
collection: 0651–0033 (Post Allowance
and Refiling).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0033
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Branch, Office
SUMMARY:
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of the Chief Administrative 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. 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 covers
the submission of issue fee payments to
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO). The USPTO is required
by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to examine
applications and, when appropriate,
allow applications and issue them as
patents. When an application for a
patent is allowed by the USPTO, the
USPTO issues a notice of allowance and
the applicant must pay the specified
issue fee within three months to avoid
abandonment of the application. If the
appropriate fees are paid within the
proper time period, the USPTO can then
issue the patent. If the fees are not paid
within the designated time period, the
application is abandoned (applicant
may petition the Director to accept a
delayed payment and revive the
application with a statement that the
delay was unintentional; the Petition for
Revival of an Application for Patent
Abandoned Unintentionally (Form
IC No.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0033.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/44/50/51/
51S/52/53/56/141, PTO/AIA/05/06/07,
and PTOL–85B.
Item
1 .........................
2 .........................
9 .........................
10 .......................
Certificate of Correction (PTO/SB/44) ...................
Petition to Correct Assignee After Payment of
Issue Fee (37 CFR 3.81(b)) (PTO/SB/141).
Reissue Documentation .........................................
Reissue Patent Application Transmittal (PTO/SB/
50)Office (RO/US) (PTO–1382).
Reissue Application Declaration by the Inventor or
the Assignee (PTO/SB/51/52 and PTO/AIA/05/
06) or Substitute Statement in Lieu of an Oath
or Declaration for Reissue Patent Application
(35 U.S.C. § 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64) (PTO/
AIA/07).
Supplemental Declaration for Reissue Patent Application to Correct ‘‘Errors’’ Statement (37 CFR
1.175) (PTO/SB/51S).
Reissue Application: Consent of Assignee; Statement of Non-assignment (PTO/SB/53).
Reissue Application Fee Transmittal Form (PTO/
SB/56).
Issue Fee Transmittal (PTOL–85B) .......................
Issue Fee Transmittal (electronic) (PTOL–85B) ....
Totals ..........
................................................................................
3 .........................
4 .........................
5 .........................
6 .........................
7 .........................
8 .........................
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
392,149 responses per year. The USPTO
estimates that approximately 25%
(98,037) of these responses will be from
small entities (22%) and micro entities
(3%).
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public from 12 minutes (0.20 hours) to
5 hours to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate
form or document, and submit the
information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 213,789.50 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $37,691,207.50. The
USPTO expects that the information in
this collection will be prepared by
attorneys at an estimated rate of $438
per hour, except for the Issue Fee
Transmittal, which will be prepared by
paraprofessionals at an estimated rate of
$125 per hour. The attorney rates are
found in the 2017 Report of the
Economic Survey of the America
Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA). The paraprofessional rate is
found in the 2016 National Utilization
and Compensation Survey Report
published by the National Association
of Legal Assistants (NALA). Therefore,
the USPTO estimates that the
respondent cost burden for this
collection will be approximately
$37,691,207.50 per year.
PTO/SB/64) is approved under
information collection 0651–0031). The
rules outlining the procedures for
payment of the issue fee and issuance of
a patent are found at 37 CFR 1.18 and
1.311–1.317.
This collection of information also
covers several transactions that may be
taken after issuance of a patent,
pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 35
U.S.C. A certificate of correction may be
requested to correct an error or errors in
the patent. If the USPTO determines
that the request should be approved, the
USPTO will issue a certificate of
correction. For an original patent that is
believed to be wholly or partly
inoperative or invalid, the original
patentee, or the current patent owner if
there has been a subsequent assignment,
may apply for reissue of the patent,
which entails several formal
requirements, including provision of an
oath or declaration specifically
identifying at least one error being
relied upon as the basis for reissue and
stating the reason for the belief that the
original patent is wholly or partly
inoperative or invalid (e.g., a defective
specification or drawing, or claiming
more or less than the patentee had the
right to claim in the patent). The rules
outlining these procedures are found at
37 CFR 1.171–1.178 and 1.322–1.325.
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Estimated
time for
response
(hr)
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
Rate
($/hr)
Total cost
burden
($/hr)
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
1 ..................................
0.50 (30 minutes) .......
29,000
800
29,000.00
400.00
$438.00
438.00
$12,702,000.00
175,200.00
5 ..................................
0.20 (12 minutes) .......
900
900
4,500.00
180.00
438.00
438.00
1,971,000.00
78,840.00
0.50 (30 minutes) .......
1,150
575.00
438.00
251,850.00
0.30 (18 minutes) .......
50
15.00
438.00
6,570.00
0.20 (12 minutes) .......
950
190.00
438.00
83,220.00
0.20 (12 minutes) .......
900
180.00
438.00
78,840.00
0.50 (30 minutes) .......
0.50 (30 minutes) .......
35,750
321,749
17,875.00
160,874.50
125.00
125.00
2,234,375.00
20,109,312.50
.....................................
392,149
213,789.50
........................
37,691,207.50
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $305,708,615.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or recordkeeping costs
IC No.
1 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
3, 4 .................
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in
the form of filing fees and postage costs.
Information collection instrument
3 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
9, 10 ...............
Certificate of correction .................................................................................
Basic filing fee—Reissue (Large entity) ........................................................
Basic filing fee—Reissue (Small entity) ........................................................
Basic filing fee—Reissue (Micro entity) ........................................................
Reissue Search Fee (Large entity) ...............................................................
Reissue Search Fee (Small entity) ...............................................................
Reissue Search Fee (Micro entity) ...............................................................
Reissue independent claims in excess of three (Large entity) .....................
Reissue independent claims in excess of three (Small entity) .....................
Reissue independent claims in excess of three (Micro entity) .....................
Reissue claims in excess of 20 (Large entity) ..............................................
Reissue claims in excess of 20 (Small entity) ..............................................
Reissue claims in excess of 20 (Micro entity) ..............................................
Reissue Application Size Fee—for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds
100 sheets (Large entity).
Reissue Application Size Fee—for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds
100 sheets (Small entity).
Reissue Application Size Fee—for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds
100 sheets (Micro entity).
Reissue Examination Fee (Large entity) .......................................................
Reissue Examination Fee (Small entity) .......................................................
Reissue Examination Fee (Micro entity) .......................................................
Utility issue fee (Large entity) .......................................................................
Utility issue fee (Small entity) ........................................................................
Utility issue fee (Micro entity) ........................................................................
Design issue fee (Large entity) .....................................................................
Design issue fee (Small entity) .....................................................................
Design issue fee (Micro entity) .....................................................................
Plant issue fee (Large entity) ........................................................................
Plant issue fee (Small entity) ........................................................................
Plant issue fee (Micro entity) ........................................................................
Reissue issue fee (Large entity) ...................................................................
Reissue issue fee (Small entity) ...................................................................
Reissue issue fee (Micro entity) ....................................................................
Total ........
........................................................................................................................
3, 4 .................
3, 4 .................
Postage Costs: Customers may also
incur postage costs when submitting the
information in this collection by the
USPTO by mail. The USPTO estimates
the average USPS Priority Mail postage
cost for a legal flat rate envelop is
estimated to be $7.65 and that
approximately 1% (3,755) of the
submissions will be mailed to the
USPTO per year, for a total estimated
postage cost of $28,725 per year.
The total annual (non-hour)
respondent cost burden for this
collection is estimated to be
approximately $305,708,615 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
USPTO invites public comments on:
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(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) Accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden (including hours and cost)
of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, e.g, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
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Filing Fees: There are filing fees
associated with this collection. The
items with filing fees are listed in the
table below.
Estimated
annual
responses
Filing fee
($)
Total non-hour
cost burden
(yr)
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
10,395
672
225
11
669
226
11
694
228
10
5,374
1,588
82
41
$150.00
300.00
150.00
75.00
660.00
330.00
165.00
460.00
230.00
115.00
100.00
50.00
25.00
400.00
$1,559,250.00
201,600.00
33,750.00
825.00
441,540.00
74,580.00
1,815.00
319,240.00
52,440.00
1,150.00
537,400.00
79,400.00
2,050.00
16,400.00
9
200.00
1,800.00
1
100.00
100.00
670
222
11
248,775
63,994
7,952
16,668
12,415
2,586
768
650
15
463
132
2
2,200.00
1,100.00
550.00
1,000.00
500.00
250.00
700.00
350.00
175.00
800.00
400.00
200.00
1,000.00
500.00
250.00
1,474,000.00
244,200.00
6,050.00
248,775,000.00
31,997,000.00
1,988,000.00
11,667,600.00
4,345,250.00
452,550.00
614,400.00
260,000.00
3,000.00
463,000.00
66,000.00
500.00
375,559
........................
305,679,890
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Marcie Lovett,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
Records and Information Governance Branch,
USPTO.
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[Docket ID: USA–2019–HQ–0030]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Department of the Army,
Network Enterprise Technology, DoD.
ACTION: Information collection notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Post Allowance and Refiling
ACTION: Notice of renewal of information collection; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on
the extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0033 (Post
Allowance and Refiling).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 13,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0033 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance
Branch, Office
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of the Chief Administrative 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 [email protected]. 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 covers the submission of issue fee
payments to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The
USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to examine applications and,
when appropriate, allow applications and issue them as patents. When an
application for a patent is allowed by the USPTO, the USPTO issues a
notice of allowance and the applicant must pay the specified issue fee
within three months to avoid abandonment of the application. If the
appropriate fees are paid within the proper time period, the USPTO can
then issue the patent. If the fees are not paid within the designated
time period, the application is abandoned (applicant may petition the
Director to accept a delayed payment and revive the application with a
statement that the delay was unintentional; the Petition for Revival of
an Application for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally (Form PTO/SB/64) is
approved under information collection 0651-0031). The rules outlining
the procedures for payment of the issue fee and issuance of a patent
are found at 37 CFR 1.18 and 1.311-1.317.
This collection of information also covers several transactions
that may be taken after issuance of a patent, pursuant to Chapter 25 of
Title 35 U.S.C. A certificate of correction may be requested to correct
an error or errors in the patent. If the USPTO determines that the
request should be approved, the USPTO will issue a certificate of
correction. For an original patent that is believed to be wholly or
partly inoperative or invalid, the original patentee, or the current
patent owner if there has been a subsequent assignment, may apply for
reissue of the patent, which entails several formal requirements,
including provision of an oath or declaration specifically identifying
at least one error being relied upon as the basis for reissue and
stating the reason for the belief that the original patent is wholly or
partly inoperative or invalid (e.g., a defective specification or
drawing, or claiming more or less than the patentee had the right to
claim in the patent). The rules outlining these procedures are found at
37 CFR 1.171-1.178 and 1.322-1.325.
II. Method of Collection
By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0033.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/44/50/51/51S/52/53/56/141, PTO/AIA/05/06/07,
and PTOL-85B.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 392,149 responses per year. The
USPTO estimates that approximately 25% (98,037) of these responses will
be from small entities (22%) and micro entities (3%).
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 12 minutes (0.20 hours) to 5 hours to gather the
necessary information, prepare the appropriate form or document, and
submit the information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 213,789.50 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $37,691,207.50. The
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared
by attorneys at an estimated rate of $438 per hour, except for the
Issue Fee Transmittal, which will be prepared by paraprofessionals at
an estimated rate of $125 per hour. The attorney rates are found in the
2017 Report of the Economic Survey of the America Intellectual Property
Law Association (AIPLA). The paraprofessional rate is found in the 2016
National Utilization and Compensation Survey Report published by the
National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA). Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection will be
approximately $37,691,207.50 per year.
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Estimated Estimated
IC No. Item Estimated time for response (hr) annual annual burden Rate ($/hr) Total cost
responses hours burden ($/hr)
........................ (a)............................. (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) = (e)
(c)
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1.......................... Certificate of 1............................... 29,000 29,000.00 $438.00 $12,702,000.00
Correction (PTO/SB/44).
2.......................... Petition to Correct 0.50 (30 minutes)............... 800 400.00 438.00 175,200.00
Assignee After Payment
of Issue Fee (37 CFR
3.81(b)) (PTO/SB/141).
3.......................... Reissue Documentation... 5............................... 900 4,500.00 438.00 1,971,000.00
4.......................... Reissue Patent 0.20 (12 minutes)............... 900 180.00 438.00 78,840.00
Application Transmittal
(PTO/SB/50)Office (RO/
US) (PTO-1382).
5.......................... Reissue Application 0.50 (30 minutes)............... 1,150 575.00 438.00 251,850.00
Declaration by the
Inventor or the
Assignee (PTO/SB/51/52
and PTO/AIA/05/06) or
Substitute Statement in
Lieu of an Oath or
Declaration for Reissue
Patent Application (35
U.S.C. Sec. 115(d)
and 37 CFR 1.64) (PTO/
AIA/07).
6.......................... Supplemental Declaration 0.30 (18 minutes)............... 50 15.00 438.00 6,570.00
for Reissue Patent
Application to Correct
``Errors'' Statement
(37 CFR 1.175) (PTO/SB/
51S).
7.......................... Reissue Application: 0.20 (12 minutes)............... 950 190.00 438.00 83,220.00
Consent of Assignee;
Statement of Non-
assignment (PTO/SB/53).
8.......................... Reissue Application Fee 0.20 (12 minutes)............... 900 180.00 438.00 78,840.00
Transmittal Form (PTO/
SB/56).
9.......................... Issue Fee Transmittal 0.50 (30 minutes)............... 35,750 17,875.00 125.00 2,234,375.00
(PTOL-85B).
10......................... Issue Fee Transmittal 0.50 (30 minutes)............... 321,749 160,874.50 125.00 20,109,312.50
(electronic) (PTOL-85B).
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Totals................. ........................ ................................ 392,149 213,789.50 .............. 37,691,207.50
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Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden:
$305,708,615. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection.
However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form
of filing fees and postage costs.
Filing Fees: There are filing fees associated with this collection.
The items with filing fees are listed in the table below.
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Estimated Total non-hour
IC No. Information collection annual Filing fee cost burden
instrument responses ($) (yr)
............................. (a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c)
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1............................... Certificate of correction.... 10,395 $150.00 $1,559,250.00
3............................... Basic filing fee--Reissue 672 300.00 201,600.00
(Large entity).
3............................... Basic filing fee--Reissue 225 150.00 33,750.00
(Small entity).
3............................... Basic filing fee--Reissue 11 75.00 825.00
(Micro entity).
3............................... Reissue Search Fee (Large 669 660.00 441,540.00
entity).
3............................... Reissue Search Fee (Small 226 330.00 74,580.00
entity).
3............................... Reissue Search Fee (Micro 11 165.00 1,815.00
entity).
3............................... Reissue independent claims in 694 460.00 319,240.00
excess of three (Large
entity).
3............................... Reissue independent claims in 228 230.00 52,440.00
excess of three (Small
entity).
3............................... Reissue independent claims in 10 115.00 1,150.00
excess of three (Micro
entity).
3............................... Reissue claims in excess of 5,374 100.00 537,400.00
20 (Large entity).
3............................... Reissue claims in excess of 1,588 50.00 79,400.00
20 (Small entity).
3............................... Reissue claims in excess of 82 25.00 2,050.00
20 (Micro entity).
3, 4............................ Reissue Application Size Fee-- 41 400.00 16,400.00
for each additional 50
sheets that exceeds 100
sheets (Large entity).
3, 4............................ Reissue Application Size Fee-- 9 200.00 1,800.00
for each additional 50
sheets that exceeds 100
sheets (Small entity).
3, 4............................ Reissue Application Size Fee-- 1 100.00 100.00
for each additional 50
sheets that exceeds 100
sheets (Micro entity).
3............................... Reissue Examination Fee 670 2,200.00 1,474,000.00
(Large entity).
3............................... Reissue Examination Fee 222 1,100.00 244,200.00
(Small entity).
3............................... Reissue Examination Fee 11 550.00 6,050.00
(Micro entity).
9, 10........................... Utility issue fee (Large 248,775 1,000.00 248,775,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Utility issue fee (Small 63,994 500.00 31,997,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Utility issue fee (Micro 7,952 250.00 1,988,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Design issue fee (Large 16,668 700.00 11,667,600.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Design issue fee (Small 12,415 350.00 4,345,250.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Design issue fee (Micro 2,586 175.00 452,550.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Plant issue fee (Large 768 800.00 614,400.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Plant issue fee (Small 650 400.00 260,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Plant issue fee (Micro 15 200.00 3,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Reissue issue fee (Large 463 1,000.00 463,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Reissue issue fee (Small 132 500.00 66,000.00
entity).
9, 10........................... Reissue issue fee (Micro 2 250.00 500.00
entity).
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Total....................... ............................. 375,559 .............. 305,679,890
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Postage Costs: Customers may also incur postage costs when
submitting the information in this collection by the USPTO by mail. The
USPTO estimates the average USPS Priority Mail postage cost for a legal
flat rate envelop is estimated to be $7.65 and that approximately 1%
(3,755) of the submissions will be mailed to the USPTO per year, for a
total estimated postage cost of $28,725 per year.
The total annual (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this
collection is estimated to be approximately $305,708,615 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
USPTO invites public comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(b) Accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information, including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(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, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Marcie Lovett,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Records and Information
Governance Branch, USPTO.
[FR Doc. 2019-24617 Filed 11-12-19; 8:45 am]
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