Recording Assignments

ICR 201208-0651-005

OMB: 0651-0027

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Form and Instruction
Unchanged
Form and Instruction
Unchanged
Form and Instruction
Unchanged
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2012-08-07
Supporting Statement A
2012-03-14
Supplementary Document
2012-01-26
ICR Details
0651-0027 201208-0651-005
Historical Active 201201-0651-008
DOC/PTO
Recording Assignments
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 08/28/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/10/2012
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2015 04/30/2015 04/30/2015
468,826 0 468,826
234,414 0 234,414
36,979,716 0 36,979,716

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is submitting this request to update information collection 0651-0027, Recording Assignments. The USPTO is making revisions to two existing approved forms in this collection related to the inventor's oath or declaration: Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet (PTO-1595) and Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS). Section 4 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) amends 35 U.S.C. § 115 to streamline the requirements for the inventor's oath or declaration. For example, amended 35 U.S.C. § 115(e) provides for making the statements required under 35 U.S.C. § 115(b) and (c) in an assignment of record and specifically permits an individual who is under an obligation of assignment of an application to include the required statements in the assignment executed by the individual, in lieu of filing the statements separately. The changes to 35 U.S.C. § 115 in the AIA are effective on September 16, 2012, but apply only to patent applications filed on or after September 16, 2012. In order to accommodate the revised procedure, the USPTO is revising Form PTO-1595 and EPAS to allow the public to indicate that the assignment document serves as an oath or declaration under 37 CFR 1.63. The proposed revisions of these forms will not result in a substantive change in the burden for this collection. The changes will have no effect on the estimated annual responses or estimated time per response for the revised forms.

US Code: 15 USC 1057 and 1060 Name of Law: null
   US Code: 35 USC 261 and 262 Name of Law: null
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  76 FR 55880 09/09/2011
77 FR 14765 03/13/2012
No

  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 468,826 468,826 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 234,414 234,414 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 36,979,716 36,979,716 0 0 0 0
No
No
The administrative adjustments are due to revised estimates for expected annual filings of patent and trademark recordation requests. The program change is due to the removal of costs associated with retaining the acknowledgment receipt for online transactions, which is a suggestion to customers but not a requirement.

$3,943,201
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Joyce Johnson 7033089706 ext. 132 [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.
08/10/2012


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