[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 19237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08419]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Initial Patent 
Applications

    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 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Initial Patent Applications.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0032.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/01A, PTO/SB/02, PTO/SB/02A, PTO/
SB/02B, PTO/SB/02CN, PTO/SB/02DE, PTO/SB/02ES, PTO/SB/02FR, PTO/SB/
02IT, PTO/SB/02JP, PTO/SB/02KR, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/02NL, PTO/SB/02RU, 
PTO/SB/02SE, PTO/SB/03, PTO/SB/03A, PTO/SB/04, PTO/SB/06, PTO/SB/07, 
PTO/SB/14 EFS-Web, PTO/SB/16, PTO/SB/16 EFS-Web, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/29, 
PTO/SB/29A, PTO/SB/101, PTO/SB/102, PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/105, 
PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/108, PTO/SB/109, PTO/SB/110, PTO/AIA/01, 
PTO/AIA/02, PTO/AIA/03, PTO/AIA/04, PTO/AIA/08, PTO/AIA/09, PTO/AIA/10, 
PTO/AIA/11, PTO/AIA/14, PTO/AIA/15, PTO/AIA/18, PTO/AIA/19, PTO/AIA/
01CN, PTO/AIA/01DE, PTO/AIA/01ES, PTO/AIA/01FR, PTO/AIA/01IT, PTO/AIA/
01JP, PTO/AIA/01KR, PTO/AIA/01NL, PTO/AIA/01RU, PTO/AIA/01SE, PTO/AIA/
02CN, PTO/AIA/02DE, PTO/AIA/02ES, PTO/AIA/02FR, PTO/AIA/02IT, PTO/AIA/
02JP, PTO/AIA/02KR, PTO/AIA/02NL, PTO/AIA/02RU, and PTO/AIA/02SE.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 636,003.
    Average Hours per Respondent: The USPTO estimate that it takes the 
public approximately between 30 minutes (0.50 hours) to 40 hours to 
complete this information, depending on the complexity of the request. 
This includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the 
application, petition, or paper submissions, and submit the completed 
request to the USPTO.
    Burden Hours: 15,757,081.50 hours.
    Cost Burden: $1,127,541,338.53.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is required by, 
inter alia, 35 U.S.C. 131 and 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84 and 1.495(b). 
Each patent application must provide sufficient information to allow 
the USPTO to examine properly the application, petition, or paper to 
determine whether the application, petition, or paper meets the 
criteria set forth in the patent statutes and regulations. The various 
fee and application transmittal forms, the declarations, the cover 
sheets, the petitions, and the papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41(c), 
1.41(a)(2) (pre-AIA), 1.48(d), 1.53(c)(2), and 1.53(c)(2) (pre-PLT 
(AIA)) permit applicants to supply all of the information necessary to 
process the application and enables the USPTO to ensure that all of the 
information has been provided in order to process the application.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profits; non-profit institutions; and the Federal Government.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraiser, email: 
[email protected].
    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:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0032 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 May 26, 2017 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. 2017-08419 Filed 4-25-17; 8:45 am]
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