[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5146-5147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00943]
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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; Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees
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 comment 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 October 1, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0059.
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Form Number(s): (AIA = American Invents; SB = Specimen Book).
PTO/AIA/17P (Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and
(h) Transmittal).
PTO/AIA/24A (Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid
Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)).
PTO/SB/17P (Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and
(h) Transmittal).
PTO/SB/23 (Petition for Extension of Time Under 37 CFR
1.136(b)).
PTO/SB24A, (Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid
Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)).
PTO/SB/28 (Petition to Make Special Under Accelerated
Examination Program).
PTO/SB/140 (Petition to Withdraw an Application from Issue
1.313).
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 40,922 respondents per year.
Average Hour per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public between 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 12 hours to complete a
response, depending on the complexity of the particular item. This
includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the
appropriate documents, and submit the completed response to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 72,958 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $3,195,134.
Needs and Uses: 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 USPTO also is
required to publish patent applications, with certain exceptions,
promptly after the expiration of a period of 18 months from the
earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under Title 35,
U.S.C.
Many actions taken by the USPTO during its examination of an
application for patent or for reissue of a patent, or during its
reexamination of a patent, are subject to review by an appeal to the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board. For other USPTO actions, review is in
the form of administrative review obtained via submission of a petition
to the USPTO. USPTO petitions practice also provides an opportunity for
a patent applicant or owner to supply additional information that may
be required in order for the USPTO to further process an application or
patent.
This information collection covers petitions filed in patent
applications and reexamination proceedings that, when submitted to the
USPTO, must be accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g),
or (h). This information collection also covers the transmittals for
the petition fees.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0059.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0059 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-00943 Filed 1-15-21; 8:45 am]
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