[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5635-5636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01851]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Post Allowance and 
Refiling

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 
following proposal for a collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Post Allowance and Refiling.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0033.
    Form Numbers: (AIA= American Invents Act, SB = Specimen Book).

 PTO/AIA/05: (Reissue Application Declaration by the Inventor)
 PTO/AIA/06: (Reissue Application Declaration by the Assignee)
 PTO/AIA/07: (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/SB/44: (Certificate of Correction)
 PTO/AIA/50: (Reissue Patent Application Transmittal)
 PTO/SB/50: (Reissue Patent Application Transmittal)
 PTO/SB/51: (Reissue Application Declaration by the Inventor)
 PTO/SB/52: (Reissue Application Declaration by the Assignee)
 PTO/SB/51S: (Supplemental Declaration for Reissue Patent 
Application to Correct ``Errors'' Statement)
 PTO/AIA/53: (Reissue Application: Consent of Assignee; 
Statement of Non-Assignment)
 PTO/SB/53: (Reissue Application: Consent of Assignee; 
Statement of Non-Assignment)
 PTO/SB/56: (Reissue Application Fee Transmittal Form)
 PTOL-85B: (Issue Fee Transmittal)
 PTO/SB/141: (Petition to Correct Assignee After Payment of 
Issue Fee)

    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 388,249 respondents and 392,149 responses 
per year. The USPTO estimates that approximately 25% of these 
respondents will be small entities.
    Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the public from 30 minutes (0.50 hours) to 5.3 hours to gather the 
necessary information, prepare the appropriate form or document, and 
submit the information to the USPTO.
    Burden Hours: 331,434 hours.
    Hourly Cost Burden: $145,168,092.
    Annual (non-hour) Cost: $306,268,779.
    Needs and Uses: The public uses this information collection to 
request corrections of errors in issued patents, to submit applications 
for reissue patents, and to submit issue fee payments. The information 
in this information collection can be submitted using the USPTO's 
electronic filing system (EFS-Web) for patent applications and related 
documents. The information collected, maintained, and used in this 
information collection is based on OMB and USPTO guidelines. This 
includes the basic information quality standards established in the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, in OMB Circular A-130, and in the 
USPTO OMB quality guidelines.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for 
profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 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 information collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0033 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.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed

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information collection should be sent on or before March 2, 2020 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,
Chief, Records and Information Governance Branch, Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, Office of Administrative Services, Strategic 
and Data Transport Division, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2020-01851 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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