Statutory Disclaimers (including terminal disclaimers)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/25 Statutory Disclaimers (including terminal disclaimers) Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/25 Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double Pate sb0025.pdf www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0025.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/26 Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting Reject sb0026.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/43 Disclaimer in Patent Under 37 CFR 1.321(a) PTOSB43.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/63 Terminal Disclaimer to Accompany Petition PTO_SB_63.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/25a Terminal Disclaimer in a Patent or Proceeding in View of sb0025a.pdf Form
PTO/AIA/25 Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double Pate aia0025.pdf Form
PTO/AIA/26 Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting Reject aia0026.pdf Form
PTO/SB/26a Terminal Disclaimer in a Patent or Proceeding in View of sb0026a.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Statutory Disclaimers (including terminal disclaimers)	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 1.321

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/25	Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double Patenting Rejection Over a Pending "Reference" Application	sb0025.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0025.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/26	Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting Rejection over a "Prior" Patent	sb0026.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/43	Disclaimer in Patent Under 37 CFR 1.321(a)	PTOSB43.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/63	Terminal Disclaimer to Accompany Petition	PTO_SB_63.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	PTO/SB/25a	Terminal Disclaimer in a Patent or Proceeding in View of an Application	sb0025a.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Form	PTO/AIA/25	Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Provisional Double Patenting Rejection Over a Pending "Reference" Application	aia0025.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Form	PTO/AIA/26	Terminal Disclaimer to Obviate a Double Patenting Rejection Over a "Prior" Patent	aia0026.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Form	PTO/SB/26a	Terminal Disclaimer in a Patent or Proceeding in View of Another Patent	sb0026a.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: 49,950	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 1,499

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Requested	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	49,950	-7,941	57,891
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	12,488	-1,985	14,473
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	8,491,500	-1,536,800	10,028,300

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