Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet

Initial Patent Applications

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/16 Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet Form
EFS Screens Registered and Unregistered Users.pdf sportal.uspto.gov/authenticate/AuthenticateUserLocalEPF.html Other-Electronic Screen Shots
PTO/SB/16 Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet ptosb0106.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0016_fill.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: New

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.53 37 CFR 1.71 through 1.77 37 CFR 1.81 through 1.84 37 CFR 1.42, 1.43, 1.47 37 CFR 1.63 through 1.69 37 CFR 1.16

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/16	Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet	ptosb0106.pdf	www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0016_fill.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Printable
Other-Electronic Screen Shots			EFS Screens Registered and Unregistered Users.pdf	https://sportal.uspto.gov/authenticate/AuthenticateUserLocalEPF.html	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 138,170	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 85,980

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 8 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	138,170	0	138,170
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	1,381,700	0	1,381,700
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	48,703,085	383	48,702,702

Documents for IC

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