EFS-Web IDS (Information Disclosure Statements) that do not require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/08a EFS-Web IDS (Information Disclosure Statements) that do not require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/08a Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant (Not for s updated_IDS EFS-Web.pdf www.uspto.gov.patents/process/file/efs/guidance/updated_IDS.pdf Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	EFS-Web IDS (Information Disclosure Statements) that do not require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p)	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 1.56 37 CFR 1.98 37 CFR 1.97

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/08a	Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant (Not for submission under 37 CFR 1.99)	updated_IDS EFS-Web.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov.patents/process/file/efs/guidance/updated_IDS.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: 635,000	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 15,875

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	635,000	635,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	1,270,000	1,270,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.