The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C.
Sec. 131 and 151 to examine applications and issue them as patents
when appropriate. The applicant must then pay the required issue
fee to receive the patent and avoid abandonment of the application.
The USPTO can also correct errors in patents and reissue patents as
appropriate appropriate. The USPTO may grant requests for ex parte
and inter panes reexamination proceedings in which third parties
may also participate. The publice uses this collection to request
corrections of errors in issued patents, to request reissue
patents, to request reexamination proceedings, and to
ensure
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.