Information Collection

Patent Processing (Updating)

IC 4717 under ICR 200703-0651-001 · OMB 0651-0031.

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2026-08-25 - No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
2026-06-24 - No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection

Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form PTO/SB/08/08A/ Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/171 Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/17P Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) & (h) Transmittal Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/21-27 Transmittal Form Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/24B Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/30-32 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/35-39 Nonpublication Request Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i) Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/42-43 Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form PTO/SB/61-64 Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably under 37 CFR 1.137(a) Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
Form 08B Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant Patent Processing (Updating)	Form
PTO/SB/08/08A/ Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant sb0008a.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0008a.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/171 Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal sb0017i.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0017i.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/17P Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) & (h) Transmittal sb0017p.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0017p.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/21-27 Transmittal Form sb0021.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0021.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/24B Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund sb0024b.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0024B.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/30-32 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal sb0030.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0030.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/35-39 Nonpublication Request Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i) sb0035.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0035.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/42-43 Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent sb0042.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0042.pdf	Form
PTO/SB/61-64 Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abando sb0061.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0061.pdf	Form
08B Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant sb0008b.pdf	Form

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IC Title:

Patent Processing (Updating)

Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No

IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation:

Information Collection Instruments:

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/08/08A/	Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant	sb0008a.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0008a.pdf	No	Fillable Printable
Form	PTO/SB/171	Processing Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(i) Transmittal	sb0017i.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0017i.pdf	No	Printable Only
Form	PTO/SB/17P	Petition Fee Under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g) & (h) Transmittal	sb0017p.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0017p.pdf	No	Printable Only
Form	PTO/SB/21-27	Transmittal Form	sb0021.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0021.pdf	No	Fillable Printable
Form	PTO/SB/24B	Petition for Express Abandonment to Obtain a Refund	sb0024b.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0024B.pdf	No	Printable Only
Form	PTO/SB/30-32	Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal	sb0030.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0030.pdf	No	Fillable Printable
Form	PTO/SB/35-39	Nonpublication Request Under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i)	sb0035.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0035.pdf	No	Printable Only
Form	PTO/SB/42-43	Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent	sb0042.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0042.pdf	No	Printable Only
Form	PTO/SB/61-64	Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned Unavoidably under 37 CFR 1.137(a)	sb0061.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0061.pdf	No	Printable Only
Form	08B	Information Disclosure Statement by Applicant	sb0008b.pdf	htrtp://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0008b.pdf	No	Fillable Printable

Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Module

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records

Title:

FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 2,495,139

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 3 %

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	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	2,495,139	-13,100	2,508,239
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	3,472,791	-55,200	3,527,991
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	113,518,186	-4,084,814	117,603,000

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