Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c)) EFS-Web

Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c)) EFS-Web Form
PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Ma sb0066e_fill.pdf www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0066e_fill.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c)) EFS-Web	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 1.20(e)-(g) and (i)(2) 37 CFR 1.362, 1.366 37 CFR 1.378(a), (c) and (d)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/66	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c)) EFS-Web	sb0066e_fill.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0066e_fill.pdf	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: 800	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	800	800
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	800	800
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,312,100	1,312,100

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