Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)

Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam) Form
PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the Unit Applic Regis.pdf Form
PTO 158 Application for Registration to Practice before the Unit PTO_158 Feb 25 2014 - Pending.pdf Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Unchanged

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 11.6-11.7

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO-158	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office	Applic Regis.pdf		No		Paper Only
Form and Instruction	PTO 158	Application for Registration to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office	PTO_158 Feb 25 2014 - Pending.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Printable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice Before the Office	FR Citation: 70 FR 69520

Number of Respondents: 3,782	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	3,782	-638	4,420
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	1,891	-319	2,210
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	379,788	200,292	179,496

Documents for IC

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