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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Third-Party Submissions and
Protests
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the
extension and revision of an existing
information collection: 0651–0062
(Third-Party Submissions and Protests).
The purpose of this notice is to allow 60
days for public comment preceding
submission of the information collection
to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before
September 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0062
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Request for additional information
should be directed to Jeffrey West,
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 571–272–2226; or by email
at jeffrey.west@uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–
0062 comment’’ in the subject line.
Additional information about this
information 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) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an
application for patent and, when
appropriate, issue a patent. The
provisions of 35 U.S.C. 122(c), 122(e),
131, and 151, as well as 37 CFR 1.290
and 1.291, limit the ability of a thirdparty to have information entered and
considered in, or to protest, a patent
application pending before the USPTO.
37 CFR 1.290 provides a mechanism
for third parties to submit to the USPTO
for consideration and inclusion in the
record of a patent application, any
patents, published patent applications,
or other printed publications of
potential relevance to the examination
of the application.
A third-party submission under 37
CFR 1.290 may be made in any
nonprovisional utility, design, and plant
application, including any continuing
application. A third-party submission
under 37 CFR 1.290 must include a
concise description of the asserted
relevance of each document submitted,
and must be submitted within a certain
statutorily specified time period.
37 CFR 1.291 permits a member of the
public to file a protest against a pending
application. Protests pursuant to 37 CFR
1.291 are supported by a separated
statutory provision from third-party
submissions under 37 CFR 1.290. As a
result, there are several differences
between protests and third-party
submissions, as explained in the table
below.
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TABLE 1—COMPARISON OF THIRD-PARTY SUBMISSIONS AND PROTESTS
Comparison
Third-party submission
Statute/Regulation ................
Content .................................
35 U.S.C. 122(e), 37 CFR 1.290 ....................................
Printed publications .........................................................
Remarks ...............................
Concise description of relevance (limited to a concise
description of each document’s relevance).
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TABLE 1—COMPARISON OF THIRD-PARTY SUBMISSIONS AND PROTESTS—Continued
Comparison
Third-party submission
Protest
Timing ..................................
The earlier of—(A) the date of a notice of allowance; or
(B) the later of—(i) 6 months after the date of PreGrant Publication, or (ii) the date of the first rejection
of any claim during the examination of the application
for patent.
(1) Prior to the date of Pre-Grant Publication or the
date of a notice of allowance, whichever occurs first,
or (2) accompanied by written consent of the applicant and prior to the date of a notice of allowance.
For example, 37 CFR 1.291 permits
the submission of information that is
not permitted in a third-party
submission under 37 CFR 1.290.
Specifically, 37 CFR 1.291 provides for
the submission of information other
than publications, including any facts or
information adverse to patentability.
Unlike the concise explanation of the
relevance required for a preissuance
submission under 37 CFR 1.290, which
is limited to a description of a
document’s relevance, the concise
explanation for a protest under 37 CFR
1.291 allows for arguments against
patentability. Additionally, the
specified time period for submitting a
protest differs from the time period for
submitting third-party submissions and
is impacted by whether the protest is
accompanied by the written consent of
the applicant.
This information collection covers the
items used by the public to submit
information and protests regarding
patent applications to the USPTO. This
information collection is necessary so
that the public can contribute to the
quality of issued patents. The USPTO
will use this information, as
appropriate, to assist in evaluating the
patent application as it moves through
the patent examination process.
II. Method of Collection
The items in this information
collection may be submitted
electronically, or on paper by either
mail or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651–0062.
Forms: (SB = Specimen Book)
• PTO/SB/429 (Third-Party Submission
Under 37 CFR 1.290)
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 1,033 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,033 responses.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public approximately 10 hours to
complete. This includes the time to
gather the necessary information, create
the document, and submit the
completed item to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 10,330 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Hourly Cost Burden: $4,617,510.
TABLE 2—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS
Item No.
1 .................
2 .................
Totals ..
Item
Estimated
annual
respondents
Responses per
respondent
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Estimated
burden
(hour/year)
Rate 1
($/hour)
Estimated
annual
respondent
cost burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(f)
(e) × (f) = (g)
Third-Party Submissions in
Nonissued Applications
Under 37 CFR 1.290.
Protests by the Public
Against Pending Applications Under 37 CFR
1.291.
1,017
1
1,017
10
10,170
$447
$4,545,990
16
1
16
10
160
447
71,520
.............................................
1,033
..........................
1,033
........................
10,330
........................
4,617,510
1 2023
Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);
pg. F–41. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual property work in all firms which is $447 per hour (https://www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/
economic-survey).
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-hourly Cost Burden: $153,686.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance costs, or recordkeeping
costs associated with this information
collection. However, the USPTO
estimates that the total annual non-hour
cost burden for this information
collection, in the form of filing fees and
postage, is $153,686.
Filing Fees
The filing fees associated with this
information collection are listed in the
table below.
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TABLE 3—FILING FEES
Item No.
1 ...............
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Fee
code
1818
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Filing fee
($)
Non-hourly
cost burden
($)
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
Third-Party Submissions in Nonprovisional Applications Under 37 CFR
1.290 (undiscounted).
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$133,560
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TABLE 3—FILING FEES—Continued
Item No.
Fee
code
1 ...............
2818
2 ...............
1830
2 ...............
2830
2 ...............
3830
Totals
............
Item
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Filing fee
($)
Non-hourly
cost burden
($)
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
Third-Party Submissions in Nonprovisional Applications Under 37 CFR
1.290 (small and micro entities).
Protest by the Public Against Pending Applications Under 37 CFR 1.291—
second or subsequent protest by the same real party in interest
(undiscounted).
Protest by the Public Against Pending Applications Under 37 CFR 1.291—
second or subsequent protest by the same real party in interest (small
entity).
Protest by the Public Against Pending Applications Under 37 CFR 1.291—
second or subsequent protest by the same real party in interest (micro
entity).
275
72
19,800
1
140
140
1
56
56
1
28
28
........................................................................................................................
1,020
....................
153,584
Postage Costs
Although the USPTO prefers that the
items in this information collection be
submitted electronically, responses may
be submitted by mail through the
United States Postal Service (USPS).
The USPTO estimates that 1% of the
1,033 items will be submitted in the
mail resulting in 10 mailed items. The
USPTO estimates that the average
postage cost for a mailed submission,
using a Priority Mail legal flat rate
envelope, will be $10.15. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates the total mailing costs
for this information collection at $102.
IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to:
(a) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, 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.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice are a matter of public
record. The USPTO will include or
summarize each comment in the request
to OMB to approve this information
collection. Before including an address,
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phone number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information (PII)
in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment—including PII—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask in your comment to
withhold PII from public view, the
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Fastener Quality Act Insignia
Recordal Process
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
USPTO invites comments on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s reporting
burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on April 23, 2024 during a 60day comment period (89 FR 30324).
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comment.
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Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Fastener Quality Act Insignia
Recordal Process.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0028.
Needs and Uses: Under Section 5 of
the Fastener Quality Act (FQA) of
1999,1 15 U.S.C. 5401 et seq., certain
industrial fasteners must bear an
insignia identifying the manufacturer. It
is also mandatory for manufacturers of
fasteners covered by the FQA to submit
an application to the USPTO for
recordal of the insignia on the Fastener
Insignia Register.
The procedures for the recordal of
fastener insignia under the FQA are set
forth in 15 CFR 280.300 et seq. The
purpose of requiring both the insignia
and the recordation is to ensure that
certain fasteners can be traced to their
manufacturers and to protect against the
sale of mismarked, misrepresented, or
counterfeit fasteners.
The insignia may be a unique
alphanumeric designation that the
USPTO will issue upon request or a
trademark that is registered at the
USPTO or is the subject of an
application to obtain a registration.
After a manufacturer submits a
complete application for recordal, the
USPTO issues a Certificate of Recordal.
These certificates remain active for five
years. Applications to renew the
certificates must be filed within six
months of the expiration date or, upon
payment of an additional surcharge,
within six months following the
expiration date.
If a recorded alphanumeric
designation is assigned by the
manufacturer to a new owner, the
designation becomes ‘‘inactive’’ and the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Third-Party Submissions and Protests
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice 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 and revision of an existing information collection: 0651-
0062 (Third-Party Submissions and Protests). The purpose of this notice
is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the
information collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before September 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0062 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
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 Jeffrey West, 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 571-272-2226;
or by email at [email protected] with ``0651-0062 comment'' in the
subject line. Additional information about this information 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) is required
by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an application for patent and, when
appropriate, issue a patent. The provisions of 35 U.S.C. 122(c),
122(e), 131, and 151, as well as 37 CFR 1.290 and 1.291, limit the
ability of a third-party to have information entered and considered in,
or to protest, a patent application pending before the USPTO.
37 CFR 1.290 provides a mechanism for third parties to submit to
the USPTO for consideration and inclusion in the record of a patent
application, any patents, published patent applications, or other
printed publications of potential relevance to the examination of the
application.
A third-party submission under 37 CFR 1.290 may be made in any
nonprovisional utility, design, and plant application, including any
continuing application. A third-party submission under 37 CFR 1.290
must include a concise description of the asserted relevance of each
document submitted, and must be submitted within a certain statutorily
specified time period.
37 CFR 1.291 permits a member of the public to file a protest
against a pending application. Protests pursuant to 37 CFR 1.291 are
supported by a separated statutory provision from third-party
submissions under 37 CFR 1.290. As a result, there are several
differences between protests and third-party submissions, as explained
in the table below.
Table 1--Comparison of Third-Party Submissions and Protests
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Third-party
Comparison submission Protest
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Statute/Regulation.......... 35 U.S.C. 122(e), 37 35 U.S.C. 122(c), 37
CFR 1.290. CFR 1.291.
Content..................... Printed publications Printed publications
and any facts or
information adverse
to patentability.
Remarks..................... Concise description Concise explanation
of relevance of the relevance
(limited to a (allows for
concise description arguments against
of each document's patentability).
relevance).
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Timing...................... The earlier of--(A) (1) Prior to the
the date of a date of Pre-Grant
notice of Publication or the
allowance; or (B) date of a notice of
the later of--(i) 6 allowance,
months after the whichever occurs
date of Pre-Grant first, or (2)
Publication, or accompanied by
(ii) the date of written consent of
the first rejection the applicant and
of any claim during prior to the date
the examination of of a notice of
the application for allowance.
patent.
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For example, 37 CFR 1.291 permits the submission of information
that is not permitted in a third-party submission under 37 CFR 1.290.
Specifically, 37 CFR 1.291 provides for the submission of information
other than publications, including any facts or information adverse to
patentability. Unlike the concise explanation of the relevance required
for a preissuance submission under 37 CFR 1.290, which is limited to a
description of a document's relevance, the concise explanation for a
protest under 37 CFR 1.291 allows for arguments against patentability.
Additionally, the specified time period for submitting a protest
differs from the time period for submitting third-party submissions and
is impacted by whether the protest is accompanied by the written
consent of the applicant.
This information collection covers the items used by the public to
submit information and protests regarding patent applications to the
USPTO. This information collection is necessary so that the public can
contribute to the quality of issued patents. The USPTO will use this
information, as appropriate, to assist in evaluating the patent
application as it moves through the patent examination process.
II. Method of Collection
The items in this information collection may be submitted
electronically, or on paper by either mail or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651-0062.
Forms: (SB = Specimen Book)
PTO/SB/429 (Third-Party Submission Under 37 CFR 1.290)
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,033 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,033 responses.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately 10
hours to complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary
information, create the document, and submit the completed item to the
USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 10,330 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $4,617,510.
Table 2--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Private Sector Respondents
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Estimated
Estimated Responses per Estimated Estimated time Estimated Rate \1\ ($/ annual
Item No. Item annual respondent annual for response burden (hour/ hour) respondent
respondents responses (hours) year) cost burden
................... (a) (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) = (f) (e) x (f) =
(c) (e) (g)
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1................. Third-Party 1,017 1 1,017 10 10,170 $447 $4,545,990
Submissions in
Nonissued
Applications Under
37 CFR 1.290.
2................. Protests by the 16 1 16 10 160 447 71,520
Public Against
Pending
Applications Under
37 CFR 1.291.
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Totals........ ................... 1,033 ............... 1,033 .............. 10,330 .............. 4,617,510
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\1\ 2023 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA); pg. F-41. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual property work in all firms which is $447 per hour (https://www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/economic-survey).
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden: $153,686.
There are no capital start-up, maintenance costs, or recordkeeping
costs associated with this information collection. However, the USPTO
estimates that the total annual non-hour cost burden for this
information collection, in the form of filing fees and postage, is
$153,686.
Filing Fees
The filing fees associated with this information collection are
listed in the table below.
Table 3--Filing Fees
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Estimated Non-hourly
Item No. Fee Item annual Filing fee cost burden
code responses ($) ($)
....... .............................. (a) (b) (a) x (b) =
(c)
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1............................ 1818 Third-Party Submissions in 742 $180 $133,560
Nonprovisional Applications
Under 37 CFR 1.290
(undiscounted).
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1............................ 2818 Third-Party Submissions in 275 72 19,800
Nonprovisional Applications
Under 37 CFR 1.290 (small and
micro entities).
2............................ 1830 Protest by the Public Against 1 140 140
Pending Applications Under 37
CFR 1.291--second or
subsequent protest by the
same real party in interest
(undiscounted).
2............................ 2830 Protest by the Public Against 1 56 56
Pending Applications Under 37
CFR 1.291--second or
subsequent protest by the
same real party in interest
(small entity).
2............................ 3830 Protest by the Public Against 1 28 28
Pending Applications Under 37
CFR 1.291--second or
subsequent protest by the
same real party in interest
(micro entity).
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Totals................... ....... .............................. 1,020 ........... 153,584
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Postage Costs
Although the USPTO prefers that the items in this information
collection be submitted electronically, responses may be submitted by
mail through the United States Postal Service (USPS). The USPTO
estimates that 1% of the 1,033 items will be submitted in the mail
resulting in 10 mailed items. The USPTO estimates that the average
postage cost for a mailed submission, using a Priority Mail legal flat
rate envelope, will be $10.15. Therefore, the USPTO estimates the total
mailing costs for this information collection at $102.
IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of
the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, 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.
All comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. The USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the
request to OMB to approve this information collection. Before including
an address, phone number, email address, or other personally
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Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-14920 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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