Information Disclosure Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) (Individuals And Households)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/08a Information Disclosure Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) (Individuals And Households) Form and Instruction
Form PTO/SB/08a Information Disclosure Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) (Individuals And Households) Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/08a Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant (Not for s PTOSB08a.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0008a.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/08a Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant (Not for s PTOSB08a.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0008a.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/08b Information Disclosure statement by Applicant PTOSB08b.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0008b.pdf Form
PTO/SB/08b Information Disclosure statement by Applicant PTOSB08b.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0008b.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Information Disclosure Statements that require the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(p) (Individuals And Households)	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 1.56 37 CFR 1.97-98

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)	PTOSB08a.pdf	https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0008a.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Form	PTO/SB/08b	Information Disclosure statement by Applicant	PTOSB08b.pdf	https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0008b.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: Patent Application Files	FR Citation: 78 FR 19243

Number of Respondents: 19,324	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 15,875

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to New Statute	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	19,324	0	19,324
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	38,648	0	38,648
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	90,290	-10,010	100,300

Documents for IC

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