Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector)

Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector) Form
PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Ma sb0066.pdf www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/applying-online/epetition-resource-page Form
PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Ma sb0066.pdf www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/applying-online/epetition-resource-page Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector)	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 1.362, 1.366 37 CFR 1.378(a) and (b) 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/66	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c)) EFS-Web	sb0066.pdf	https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/applying-online/epetition-resource-page	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: COMMERCE/PAT-TM-7 Patent Application Files	FR Citation: 78 FR 19243

Number of Respondents: 2,500	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 625

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	2,500	212	2,288
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	2,500	212	2,288
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,576,954	-130,731	2,707,685

Documents for IC

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