Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/37 Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d) Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/37 Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examinat sb0037.pdf Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)	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 1.103(c) 37 CFR 1.1103(d) 37 CFR 1.103(b)

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/37	Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d))	sb0037.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: 630	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 145

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Requested	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	630	0	630
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	126	0	126
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	846,930	782,782	64,148

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