Request for Supplemental Examination

Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental Examinations, and Post Patent Submissions

Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/59 Request for Supplemental Examination Form
PTO/SB/59 Request for Supplemental Examination Transmittal Form sb0059.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0059.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Request for Supplemental Examination	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 1.601-1.625

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/59	Request for Supplemental Examination Transmittal Form	sb0059.pdf	https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sb0059.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable

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: 30	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 12

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Requested	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	30	0	30
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	750	0	750
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	259,433	18,133	241,300

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