Certificate Self-Recovery Form

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Certificate Self-Recovery Form

OMB: 0651-0045

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First time users: please complete the registration process found at Customer Number and Digital Certificates
and have your Reference number and Authorization code available.
Use this site to:
- Create and Recover your Digital Certificate
- Change your password
- Setup 7 self-recovery codes
- Update your registered e-mail address

Create/Recover your Digital Certificate
Manage your Digital Certificate
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(I have never had a digital certificate
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Recover with Self-Recovery Code

Update Registered E-mail Address

(I want to change my registered e-mail address)

Change User Password

(I want to change my digital certificate password)

(I want to use one of my 7 self-recovery codes to recover my digital
certificate)

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Call the Patent Electronic Business Center at (866) 217-9197 (toll free) or e-mail [email protected] for specific
questions about Patent e-Filing.
Send general questions about USPTO programs to the USPTO Contact Center (UCC) .
If you experience technical difficulties or problems with this application, please report them via e-mail to
Electronic Business Support or call 1 800-786-9199.
Approved for use through 02/28/2009. OMB 0651-0045. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. This collection of information is required under 35
U.S.C. § 2 and § 122. This information is provided by the public in order to perform self-recovery of a private
encryption key and is used by the USPTO to process the request. The information provided will be treated
confidentially to the extent allowed under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA), and the Privacy Act. The form is estimated to take 10 minutes to complete, including gathering and
preparing the necessary information and submitting the form to the USPTO. Any comments on the amount of
time you require to complete the form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden should be sent to the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
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Please enter the requested information below to recover your DIGITAL CERTIFICATE profile.
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Authorization code:
*Registered E-mail Address:
(See Below)

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c I understand that technology and/or software included in patent applications may be subject to U.S. dual-use
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export controls, which are set out in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. parts 730-774). Access to
such technology and/or software by any person located outside the United States or by a foreign national inside the
United States constitutes an export that may require a license from the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS). I affirm that I am not accessing or permitting access by others to technology or
software in a manner that would violate or circumvent the Export Administration Regulations.
Information regarding U.S. dual-use export controls and their application to technology and software included in
patent applications is available from BIS. Please see BIS's website, available at www.bis.doc.gov, or contact BIS's
Office of Export Services at 202-482-4811.
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Privacy Act Statement:
This information is collected under the authority of 35 USC 2 and 122. This information is also being
collected in conjunction with the provisions of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. This
information will only be used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) staff to issue and revoke
digital certificates and to recover keys. It is requested that you supply this information so that the
USPTO can authorize the creation of a digital certificate. This digital certificate enables the USPTO to
issue the cryptographic “keys” necessary to provide you with a digital identity and to support
encrypted communication between you and the USPTO. This information will be used to construct a
unique name (distinguished name) and to communicate with you about the certificate grant and
software distribution process. Furnishing the information on this form is voluntary, but failure to do
so may result in disapproval of this request.
The information provided by you in this form will be subject to the following routine uses:
1. This information may be disclosed to Federal, state, local, or foreign agencies responsible for
investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or implementing laws, contracts, rules, or regulations, if
these records indicate a violation or a potential violation of a law or contract. These violations
or potential violations can be civil, criminal, or regulatory in nature and can arise from general
or particular program statutes or contracts, rules, regulations, or from the necessity of
protecting an interest of the Department.
2. A record from this system of records may be disclosed to a Federal, state or local agency
maintaining civil, criminal or other relevant enforcement information or other pertinent
information, such as current licenses, if necessary to obtain information relevant to a
Department decision concerning the assignment, hiring or retention of an individual, the
issuance of a security clearance, the letting of a contract, or the issuance of a license, grant or
other benefit.
3. A record from this system of records may be disclosed in the course of presenting evidence to
a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal, including disclosures to opposing counsel in the
course of settlement negotiations.
4. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a member of Congress or to a
congressional staff member in response to an inquiry of the Congressional office made at the
written request of the constituent about whom the record is maintained.
5. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the Office of Management and Budget
in connection with the review of private relief legislation (as set forth in OMB Circular No. A-19)
at any stage of the legislative coordination and clearance process as described in the Circular.
6. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice to determine
whether disclosure is required by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
7. The information may be disclosed to the agency contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, or
volunteers who have been engaged by the agency to assist in the performance of a service
related to this system of records and who have need to have access to the records in order to
perform the activity.
Recipients of information shall be required to comply with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, pursuant to 5 USC 552a(m).
8. The information may be disclosed to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for personnel
research purposes as a data source for management information, for the production of
summary descriptive statistics and analytical studies in support of the function for which the
records are collected and maintained, or for related man-power studies.

9. Records from this system of records may be disclosed to the National Archives and Records
Administration or to the General Services Administration for records management inspections
conducted under 44 USC §§ 2904 and 2906.
10. When a record on its face, or in conjunction with other records, indicates a violation or potential
violation of law, whether it is civil, criminal, or regulatory in nature, and whether it arises from a
general or particular program statute, a regulation, rule, or order, the record may be disclosed
to the appropriate Federal, foreign, state, local or tribal agency, or to other public authorities
responsible for enforcing, investigating, or prosecuting violations, or to those agencies charged
with enforcing or implementing statutes, rules, regulations, or orders, if it is determined that the
information is relevant to any enforcement, regulatory, investigative, or prosecutive
responsibility of the receiving entity.

File Type	application/pdf
File Title	https://sas.uspto.gov/ptosas/
File Modified	2009-01-12
File Created	2009-01-12