Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)

Recording Assignments

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO-1595 Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) Form and Instruction
PTO-1595 Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) 0651-0027-EPAS-Mar2012.pdf epas.uspto.gov Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)	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 3

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO-1595	Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)	0651-0027-EPAS-Mar2012.pdf	http://epas.uspto.gov	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: 330,390	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	330,390	0	126,421	203,969
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	165,195	0	63,210	101,985
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	26,431,200	-18,360	13,173,251	13,276,309

Documents for IC

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