Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications

Initial Patent Applications

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/05 Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications Form
PTO/SB/05 Utility Patent Application Transmittal sb0005_fill.pdf www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0005_fill.pdf Form
PTO/SB/17 Fee Transmittal Form sb0017.pdf www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0017.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Utility Continuation/Divisional Applications	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 1.71 through 1.77 37 CFR 1.81 through 1.84 37 CFR 1.42, 1.43, 1.47 37 CFR 1.53 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/05	Utility Patent Application Transmittal	sb0005_fill.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0005_fill.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Form	PTO/SB/17	Fee Transmittal Form	sb0017.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0017.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: 2,620	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 655

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

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	2,620	0	-54,310	56,930
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	8,646	0	-162,144	170,790
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,557,932	206,325	1,280,468	1,071,139

Documents for IC

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