Initial Patent Applications

ICR 201009-0651-002

OMB: 0651-0032

Federal Form Document

IC Document Collections
IC ID
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37408 Modified
194714
New
194712
New
194710
New
194708
New
194602
New
194601
New
194600
New
194599
New
194598
New
194597
New
194596
New
194595
New
178845 Modified
178843
Modified
178646
Modified
178645
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178644 Modified
178643 Modified
178642 Modified
178641 Modified
178640 Modified
178639 Modified
178638 Modified
178637 Modified
178636 Modified
178635 Modified
178634 Modified
178633 Modified
178632 Modified
ICR Details
0651-0032 201009-0651-002
Historical Active 200702-0651-008
DOC/PTO
Initial Patent Applications
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 01/18/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 09/30/2010
Before the next renewal of this collection PTO should conduct outreach to stakeholders regarding the burden of the Initial Patent Applications collection and ways to potentially reduce it and include the results of this outreach in the next ICR submission for review.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
01/31/2014 36 Months From Approved 01/31/2011
513,221 0 543,591
11,553,888 0 10,677,624
772,798,833 0 243,201,076

This information collection is necessary to conduct a thorough examination of patent applications, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 131 and 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84. An applicant must provide sufficient information so the USPTO can properly examine the application to determine whether it meets the requirements outlined in the patent statutes and regulations. This collection covers new original utility, plant, design, provisional, design continued prosecution applications, continuations/divisionals of international applications, utility, plant, and design continuation/divisional applications, utility, plant, and design continuation-in-part applications and provisional applications. This collection also covers papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41, 1.48, and 1.53(c)(2), in addition to petitions. These applications can be filed electronically through the USPTO's electronic filing system. The electronic submissions of the design continued prosecution applications, the continuations/divisionals of international applications, the continuations/divisionals, and the continuation-in-part applications, in addition to the papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41, 1.48, and 1.53(c)(2) are being added into the collection at this time. The USPTO believes that the primary respondents to this information collection will be businesses and other for-profits.

US Code: 35 USC 131 Name of Law: null
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  75 FR 23227 05/03/2010
75 FR 60073 09/29/2010
Yes

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Electronic New Design Applications - Application Data Sheet
Electronic Original New Utility Applications - Application Data Sheet
Electronic Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications
Electronic Design Continuation/Divisional Applications
Electronic Continued Prosecution Applications - Design (Request Transmittal and Receipt)
Original New Plant Applications - No Application Data Sheet PTO/SB/03, PTO/SB/19 Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 161) Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) ,   Plant Patent Application Transmittal
Original New Design Applications - No Application Data Sheet PTO/SB/18, PTO/SB/04 Supplemental Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,   Design Patent Application Transmittal
Original New Utility Applications - No Application Data Sheet PTO/SB/02JP, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/105, PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/02SE, PTO/SB/02CN, PTO/SB/02NL, PTO/SB/02RU, PTO/SB/02FR, PTO/SB/05, PTO/SB/108, PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/110, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/109, PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/04, PTO/SB/102, PTO/SB/101, PTO/SB/02KR, PTO/SB/02IT, PTO/SB/02DE, PTO/SB/02ES Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,   Declaration - Additional Inventors-Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental Priority Data Sheet ,   Declaration Supplemental Sheet for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C 117) on Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated Inventor ,   Supplemental Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Chinese Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Dutch Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - German Language Declaration ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Sheets (Chinese Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheets (German Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Spanish Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (French Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Italian Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Japanese Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Korean Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Dutch Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Russian Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration (Additional Inventors) and Supplemental Priority Data Sheet (Swedish Language Declaration for Additional Inventors) ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Italian Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - French Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Japanese Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Russian Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Swedish Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Spanish Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Korean Language Declaration ,   Utility Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmittal Form
Original New Utility Applications - Application Data Sheet PTO/SB/14, PTO/SB/01A Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76 ,   Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)
Plant Continuation-in-Part Applications PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/03, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/19, PTO/SB/17 Declaration - Additional Inventors - Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental Priority Data Sheet ,   Declaration Supplemental Sheet for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated Inventor ,   Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 161) Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) ,   Plant Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmittal Form
Electronic Original Design Applications - No Application Data Sheet
Electronic Continuation/Divisional of an International Application
Design Continuation-in-Part Applications PTO/SB/04, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/18, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,   Declaration - Additional Inventors - Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental Priority Data Sheet ,   Declaration Supplemental Sheet for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 11) on Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated Inventor ,   Supplemental Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,   Design Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmittal Form
Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet PTO/SB/16, PTO/SB/16 Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet ,   Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet
Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Priority/Benefit Claim
Petition to Accept Non-Signing Inventors or Legal Representatives/Filing by Other Than All the Inventors or a Person not the Inventor
Petition under 37 CFR 1.6(g) to Accord National Stage Correspondence Required by 37 CFR 1.495(b) a Receipt Date
Continued Prosecution Applications - Design (Request Transmittal and Receipt) PTO/SB/29, PTO/SB/29A For Design Applications Only Receipt for Facsimile Transmitted CPA ,   For Design Applications Only: Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) Request Transmittal
Electronic Original New Utility Applications - No Application Data Sheet
Electronic Design Continuation-in-Part Applications
Electronic Utility Continuation-in-Part Applications
Electronic Provisional Application for Patent Cover Sheet
Papers filed under 1.41, 1.48, and 1.53(c)(2)
Original New Plant Applications - Application Data Sheet PTO/SB/03A, PTO/SB/14 Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76 ,   Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Plant Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)
Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/05 Utility Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmittal Form
Plant Continuation/Divisional Applications PTO/SB/19, PTO/SB/17 Plant Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmital Form
Design Continuation/Divisional Applications PTO/SB/18, PTO/SB/17 Design Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmittal Form
Utility Continuation-in-Part Applications PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/105, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/102, PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/101, PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/110, PTO/SB/05, PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/04, PTO/SB/108, PTO/SB/109 Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Korean ,   Utility Patent Application Transmittal ,   Fee Transmittal Form ,   Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,   Declaration - Additional Inventors - Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental Priority Data Sheet ,   Declaration Supplemental Sheet for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated Inventor ,   Supplemental Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Chinese Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Italian ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - French ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Japanese Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Russian Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Swedish ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Spanish
Original New Design Applications - Application Data Sheet PTO/SB/17, PTO/SB/14, PTO/SB/01A Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76 ,   Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76) ,   Fee Transmittal Form
Continuation/Divisional of an International Application PTO/SB/02A and PTO/SB/02B, PTO/SB/108, PTO/SB/13/PCT, PTO/SB/107, PTO/SB/01, PTO/SB/102, PTO/SB/106, PTO/SB/110, PTO/SB/02LR, PTO/SB/105, PTO/SB/109, PTO/SB/101, PTO/SB/103, PTO/SB/104, PTO/SB/04 Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.63) ,   Declaration - Additional Inventors-Supplemental Sheet and Declaration - Supplemental Priority Data Sheet ,   Declaration Supplemental Sheet for Legal Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated Inventor ,   Supplemental Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67) ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Chinese Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Italian Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - French Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Japanese Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Russian Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Swedish Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Spanish Language Declaration ,   Declaration and Power of Attorney for Patent Application - Korean Language Declaration ,   Request for Filing a Continuation or Division of an International Application

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 513,221 543,591 0 65,850 -96,220 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 11,553,888 10,677,624 0 327,841 548,423 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 772,798,833 243,201,076 0 101,572,312 428,025,445 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
The USPTO estimates that the burden hours for this collection will increase by 876,264 hours per year, but that the total responses will decrease by 30,370 responses per year. New electronic submissions for the design continued prosecution applications, the continuation/divisional of an international application, continuation/divisional applications, and the continuation-in-part applications, in addition to papers filed under 37 CFR 1.41, 1.48, and 1.53, have been added into the collection as part of this renewal. These new submissions, however, are offset by an overall reduction in filings. Despite the reduction in responses, the total burden hours have increased due to new estimated completion times for many of the applications and the new items being added into the collection. The USPTO estimates that the annual (non-hour) costs for this collection will increase by $81,650,975 per year as a result of the new items and increases in the fees. The currently approved burden for this collection is 543,591 responses, 10,677,624 burden hours, and $691,147,858 ($243,201,076) in annual (non-hour) costs. The USPTO estimates that this renewal will have 513,221 responses, 11.553,888 burden hours, and $772,798,833 in annual (non-hour) costs. This is a decrease of 30,370 responses, but an increase of 876,264 burden hours and $81,650,975 in annual (non-hour) costs.

$9,198,561
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Raul Tamayo 5712727728 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that 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).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding 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.
09/30/2010


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