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 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:	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: Unchanged

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.18(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 Printable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 10	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 3

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	10	10
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	2	2
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	16	16

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