Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)

Admittance to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam) Form
PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the Unit Applic Regis.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)	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 11.6-11.7

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO-158	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office	Applic Regis.pdf		No		Paper Only

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice Before the Office	FR Citation: 70 FR 69520

Number of Respondents: 4,420	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	4,420	0	920	3,500
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	2,210	0	460	1,750
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	294,364	114,868	37,466	142,030

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.