EFS-Web Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)

Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination Processing Fees

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/24A EFS-Web Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c) Form
PTO/SB/24A Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Un sb0024a.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0024a.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	EFS-Web Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.38(c) 37 CFR 1.211(a)(1)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/24A	Petition for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)	sb0024a.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0024a.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 490	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 127

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, Not-for-profit institutions

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	490	65	425
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	98	13	85
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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