OMB Control No: 0651-0032
ICR Reference No:
200702-0651-008
Status: Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No: 200509-0651-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO
Agency Tracking No:
Title: Initial Patent
Applications
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved
without change
Conclusion Date: 06/05/2007
Retrieve
Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
02/28/2007
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
06/30/2010
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2007
Responses
543,591
0
454,287
Time Burden (Hours)
10,677,624
0
4,171,568
Cost Burden (Dollars)
243,201,076
0
575,550,000
Abstract: This information collection is
necessary to conduct a thorough examination of patent applications,
in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 131 and 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84. An
applicant must provide sufficient information so the USPTO can
properly examine the application to determine whether it meets the
requirements outlined in the patent statutes and regulations. This
collection covers new original utility, plant, design, provisional,
continued prosecution applications (design) and provisional
applications, in addition to petitions. The utility, design, and
provisional applications can be filed electronically. Two new fees
from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, five existing fees
and surcharges previously overlooked, and one petition that was
previously overlooked are being added to the collection at this
time. The USPTO believes that the primary respondents to this
information collection will be individuals or households.
Authorizing Statute(s): US Code:
35
USC 131 Name of Law: null
Citations for New Statutory
Requirements: US Code: 35 USC 41(d)(1)(D) Name of Law:
Consolidated Appropriations Act
Associated Rulemaking
Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
Not associated with rulemaking
Federal Register Notices &
Comments
60-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
71 FR
53669
09/12/2006
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
72 FR
8355
02/26/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on
this ICR? No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this
ICR: 18
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Utility
Continuation/Divisional Applications
PTO/SB/05, PTO/SB/17
Utility Patent
Application Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Plant
Continuation/Divisional Applications
PTO/SB/19, PTO/SB/17
Plant Patent
Application Transmittal , Fee Transmital Form
Provisional
Application for Patent Cover Sheet
PTO/SB/16
Provisional
Application for Patent Cover Sheet
Design
Continuation/Divisional Applications
PTO/SB/18, PTO/SB/17
Design Patent
Application Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Utility
Continuation-in-Part Applications
PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/101, PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/110, PTO/SB/05,
PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/108, PTO/SB/109, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/04,
PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/105, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B,
PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/102
Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration Supplemental Sheet
for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased
or Incapacitated Inventor , Declaration for Utility or
Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) , Declaration - Additional
Inventors - Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental
Priority Data Sheet , Supplemental Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,
Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Chinese Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Japanese Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Russian Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Utility Patent Application
Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Plant
Continuation-in-Part Applications
PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/19, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/02LR,
PTO/SB/03
Declaration -
Additional Inventors - Supplemental Sheet and Declaration -
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet , Declaration Supplemental Sheet
for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased
or Incapacitated Inventor , Plant Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 161) Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) , Plant Patent Application
Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Design
Continuation-in-Part Applications
PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/18, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/04, PTO/SB/01,
PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B
Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,
Declaration - Additional
Inventors - Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental
Priority Data Sheet , Declaration Supplemental Sheet
for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 11) on Behalf of a Deceased or
Incapacitated Inventor , Supplemental Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,
Design Patent
Application Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Petition to Accept
Unintentionally Delayed Priority Claim
Petition to Accept
Non-Signing Inventors or Legal Representatives/Filing by Other Than
All the Inventors or a Person not the Inventor
Petition under 37 CFR
1.6(f) to Accord the Application under 37 CFR 1.495(b) a National
Stage Entry Date
Continued Prosecution
Applications - Design (Request Transmittal and Receipt)
PTO/SB/29, PTO/SB/29A
For Design
Applications Only: Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Request
Transmittal , For Design Applications Only
Receipt for Facsimile Transmitted CPA
Original New Design
Applications - No Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/105, PTO/SB/18,
PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/04
Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,
Declaration - Additional
Inventors-Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental
Priority Data Sheet , Declaration Supplemental Sheet
for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased
or Incapacitated Inventor , Supplemental Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,
Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Design Patent Application
Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Original New Utility
Applications - No Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/108, PTO/SB/05, PTO/SB/102, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B,
PTO/SB/04, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/110, PTO/SB/17,
PTO/SB/109, PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/105,
PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/101
Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration for Utility or
Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) , Declaration - Additional
Inventors-Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental
Priority Data Sheet , Declaration Supplemental Sheet
for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C 117) on Behalf of a Deceased or
Incapacitated Inventor , Supplemental Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,
Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Chinese Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Dutch Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - German Language Declaration ,
Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Italian Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - French Language Declaration ,
Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Japanese Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Russian Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Utility Patent Application
Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Form
Original New Utility
Applications - Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/01A, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/14
Application Data
Sheet 37 CFR 1.76 , Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37
CFR 1.76) , Fee Transmittal Form
Original New Plant
Applications - Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/14, PTO/SB/03A
Application Data
Sheet 37 CfR 1.76 , Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Plant Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)
, Fee Transmittal
Form
Original New Design
Applications - Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/01A, PTO/SB/14, PTO/SB/17
Application Data
Sheet 37 CFR 1.76 , Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37
CFR 1.76) , Fee Transmittal Form
Continuation/Divisional of an
International Application - No Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/102, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/110, PTO/SB/101,
PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/105, PTO/SB/109,
PTO/SB/13/PCT, PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/108,
PTO/SB/04
Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,
Declaration - Additional
Inventors-Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental
Priority Data Sheet , Declaration Supplemental Sheet
for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased
or Incapacitated Inventor , Supplemental Declaration for
Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,
Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Chinese Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Italian Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - French Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Japanese Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Russian Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Swedish Language Declaration
, Declaration and
Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Spanish Language
Declaration , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application - Korean Language Declaration ,
Request for
Filing a Continuation or Division of an International
Application
Original New Plant
Applications - No Application Data Sheet
PTO/SB/03, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/19, PTO/SB/109, PTO/SB/17
Declaration
Supplemental Sheet for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on
Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated Inventor ,
Plant Patent Application
(35 U.S.C. 161) Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) , Declaration and Power of
Attorney for Patent Application , Plant Patent Application
Transmittal , Fee Transmittal Forms
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in
Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of
the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
543,591
454,287
0
10,678
78,626
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
10,677,624
4,171,568
0
53,390
6,452,666
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
243,201,076
575,550,000
2,090
1,260
-332,352,274
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency
Discretion: Yes
Burden Increase Due to: Changing
Regulations
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency
Discretion: No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement: The program change increases
are due to a new application size fee introduced in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005. Applicants can submit
their design applications electronically through EFS-Web. The
introduction of electronic filing for the design applications
accounts for increases in the annual cost burden.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$8,936,439
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ
statistical methods? No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy
Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L.
111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact: Robert Clarke 571 272-7735
robert.clarke@uspto.gov