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pdfSUPPORTING STATEMENT
United States Patent and Trademark Office
International Design Applications (Hague Agreement)
OMB CONTROL NUMBER 0651-00xx
(Final)
A.
JUSTIFICATION
1.
Necessity of Information Collection
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of
proposed rulemaking titled “Changes to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning
International Registration of Industrial Designs” (RIN 0651-AC87) in the Federal
Register. In the notice, the USPTO proposed changes to the rules of practice to
implement title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012.
The Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA) amends the patent laws
to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning
International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague Agreement) in title 1, and the
Patent Law Treaty (PLT) in title II. The Hague Agreement facilitates obtaining
intellectual property protection for industrial designs by applicants in countries and
intergovernmental organizations that are Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement
through a single standardized application filed directly with the International Bureau (IB)
of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or indirectly through an
appropriate Contracting Party’s Office, such as the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO). It is administered by the IB of WIPO located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Thus, under the Hague Agreement, a U.S. applicant could file an international design
application in English with the USPTO, which will forward the application to the IB. The
industrial design or designs will be eligible for protection in the all the Contracting
Parties designated by the applicant.
The IB ascertains whether the international design application complies with formal
requirements, registers the international design in the International Register, and
publishes the international registration in the International Designs Bulletin. The
international registration contains all of the data of the international application, any
reproduction of the industrial design, date of the international registration, number of the
international registration, and relevant class of the International Classification.
The IB will provide a copy of the publication of the international registration to each
Contracting Party designated by the applicant. A designated Contracting Party may
perform a substantive examination of the design application. The USPTO will perform a
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substantive examination for patentability of the international design application, as in the
case of regular U.S. design applications.
The Hague Agreement enables applicants from a Contracting Party to obtain protection
of their designs with minimal formality and expense. Additionally, under the Hague
Agreement, the international registration can be centrally maintained by the IB. For
example, through the IB, applicants can record changes of their representative or
changes in ownership, and renew their international registration.
This collection of information is required by the provisions of the Geneva Act of the
Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs which
was adopted on July 2, 1999. The U.S. Senate ratified the Hague Agreement on
December 7, 2007. However, the Hague Agreement did not enter into force as to the
United States upon ratification in 2007 as the Hague Agreement is not a self-executing
treaty. Title I of the PLTIA, enacted on December 18, 2012, amended Title 35, United
States Code, in order to implement the Hague Agreement. The provisions implemented
by the United States are in Part V of Title 35 of the U.S. Code (§§ 381-390) and Subpart
I of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (37 CFR 1.1001-1.1070).
In support of the proposed rulemaking, the USPTO is submitting this new information
collection, International Design Applications (Hague Agreement). This collection of
information covers all international design applications received by the USPTO as an
office of indirect filing, regardless of whether the United States is designated.
The information items in this collection are unique to the Hague rulemaking. Three fees
(the basic fee, applicable designation fees for other countries designated, and
publication fee) may be collected by the USPTO as an office of indirect filing, and the
USPTO forwards the fees to WIPO. These non-USPTO fees are combined into a single
estimated fee amount in item 1. If the U.S. is designated, a first part individual
designation fee is part of the applicable designation fees that USPTO forwards to
WIPO. Fees collected under 37 U.S.C. 1.16 for design applications are accounted for in
0651-0072.
The statutes and regulations necessitating the USPTO to collect this information are
provided in Table 1 below.
2.
Needs and Uses
The information requested in this collection is necessary for respondents to file an
international design application and for the USPTO to process international design
applications and related correspondence under the Hague Agreement.
If this
information were not collected, the USPTO would not be able to fulfill its obligations
under the Hague Agreement. The IB also uses this information to administer the treaty.
Some of the information in this collection has associated forms as indicated in Table 2
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below. Use of the forms is not mandatory, but the USPTO suggests applicants use
these forms to ensure that all of the necessary information is provided and to assist the
USPTO in processing international design applications quickly and efficiently.
The Information Quality Guidelines from Section 515 of Public Law 106-554, Treasury
and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001, apply to this
information collection, and this information collection and its supporting statement
comply with applicable information quality guidelines.
Table 1 outlines how this collection of information is used by the public and the USPTO:
Table 1: Information Requirements and Needs and Uses
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Item/Form and Function
Statute
Rule
Form #
Needs and Uses
Application for International
Registration
35 U.S.C
§§ 382 and
383
37 CFR
1.1022
WIPO DM/1
2
3
Claim and Reproductions
(Drawings)
Transmittal Letter
35 U.S.C
§§ 382 and
383
37 CFR
1.1021
No Form
35 U.S.C §
2(b)(2)
37 CFR 1.4,
1.5
No Form
4
Appointment of a
Representative
35 U.S.C §
2(b)(2)
37 CFR
1.1041
No Form
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Used by the public to supply the
information required for an
international design application under
the Hague Agreement.
Used by the USPTO to process and
forward the international design
application to the IB according to the
Hague Agreement.
Used by the public as part of the
international design application.
Used by the USPTO to process the
international design application
according to the Hague Agreement.
Used by the public as a cover letter to
supply a certification if the design
application was submitted via Express
Mail and entitles an applicant to obtain
a filing date as of the date of deposit
with the postal authorities.
Used by the public as a transmittal
letter for power of attorney, fee
payments, and other items.
Used by the public to allow for the
appointment of an agent to represent
an applicant for a given international
design application filed under the
Hague Agreement.
Used by the USPTO to accept the
appointment of an attorney or agent to
represent an applicant for a given
international design application filed
under the Hague Agreement.
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Item/Form and Function
Statute
Rule
Form #
Needs and Uses
Petition to Excuse a Failure
to Comply with a Time Limit
35 U.S.C §
387
37 CFR
1.1051
No Form
6
Petition to Convert to a
Design Application under 35
U.S.C. Chapter 16
35 U.S.C §
384(a)
37 CFR
1.1052
No Form
7
Petition to Review a Filing
Date
35 U.S.C §
384(b)
37 CFR
1.1023(b)
No Form
8
Fee Authorization
35 U.S.C §
382(b)
37 CFR
1.125
No Form
9
Petitions to the
Commissioner
35 U.S.C §
2(b)(2)
37 CFR
1.181, 1.182
and 1.183
No Form
Used by the public to seek relief by the
USPTO due to an applicant’s failure to
act within prescribed time limits under
the Hague Agreement in connection
with requirements pertaining to an
international design application.
Used by the USPTO to grant an
applicant’s requested relief from the
prescribed time limits when the delay
in applicant’s failure to act was
unintentional.
Used by the public to treat the
international design application as an
application for a design patent under
35 U.S.C. Chapter 16.
Used by the USPTO to grant an
applicant’s request to treat the
international design application as an
application for a design patent under
35 U.S.C. Chapter 16.
Used by the public where the applicant
believes the international design
application is entitled under the Hague
Agreement to a filing date in the United
States other than the date of
international registration.
Used by the USPTO to grant an
applicant’s requested relief for a
different filing date.
Used by the public to charge the
applicant’s deposit account along with
instructions concerning how much to
charge and for what purpose.
Used by the USPTO Finance Branch
to apply the charged fees to the
applicant’s deposit account.
Used by the public to petition for relief
due to Office error, for questions not
otherwise provided for, and for relief in
exceptional circumstances.
Used by the USPTO to grant relief due
to Office error, for questions not
otherwise provided for, and for relief in
in exceptional circumstances.
3. Use of Information Technology
The items in this collection may be submitted online using EFS-Web, the USPTO’s
Web-based electronic filing system.
EFS-Web allows customers to file patent applications and associated documents
electronically through their standard Web browser without downloading special
software, changing their document preparation tools, or altering their workflow
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processes. Typically, the customer will prepare the documents as standard PDF files
and then upload them to the USPTO servers using the secure EFS-Web interface.
EFS-Web offers many benefits to filers, including immediate notification that a
submission has been received by the USPTO, automated processing of requests, and
avoidance of postage or other paper delivery costs.
4.
Efforts to Identify Duplication
This information is collected only when an applicant or representative submits an
international design application and is not collected elsewhere.
Duplication of
identifying information is required on subsequent correspondence to ensure that the
correspondence can be associated with the correct application. In general, submissions
under the Hague Agreement are designed to minimize the need for duplication by
allowing an applicant to file a single design application that has the effect of a national
design application filed in multiple countries or intergovernmental organizations that are
Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement.
5.
Minimizing the Burden to Small Entities
The information in this collection is necessary in order to process requests related to
international industrial design applications. The same type of information relating to
design applications is required from every applicant and is not available from any other
source.
Applicants who file an international design application must pay the same fees
applicable to domestic applicants. These existing fees include small and micro entity
discounts. See 37 CFR 1.27-1.29, 37 CFR 1.9, 1.17, and 1.1031.
No significant burden is placed on small entities, in that small entities must only identify
themselves as such in order to obtain these benefits, and micro entities must only
provide a certification of micro entity status. An assertion of small or micro entity status
only needs to be filed once in an application (although a fee may be paid in the micro
entity amount only if the applicant is still entitled to micro entity status on the date the
fee is paid).
Two new fees are associated with this collection of information under 35 U.S.C. 41(d).
The office is proposing to set a fee for transmitting applications to the International
Bureau of WIPO and for converting an international design application to a domestic
design application. No small or micro entity discounts are available for these two fees
set at cost recovery.
6.
Consequences of Less Frequent Collection
The information is collected only when an applicant or representative submits
information under the Hague Agreement. This collection of information is necessary to
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process design applications and could not be conducted less frequently. If this
information were not collected, the USPTO would not be able to process the application
as required by the PLTIA.
7.
Special Circumstances in the Conduct of Information Collection
There are no special circumstances associated with this collection of information.
8.
Consultations Outside the Agency
The USPTO published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled “Changes to Implement
the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs” (RIN
0651-AC87) in the Federal Register and is seeking comments from the public on the
notice of proposed rulemaking and will consider any comments received in development
of the final rule.
9.
Payment or Gifts to Respondents
This information collection does not involve a payment or gift to any respondent.
10.
Assurance of Confidentiality
The confidentiality of international design patent applications is governed by Article
10(4) of the Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement, 35 U.S.C. § 122 and 37 CFR
1.11 and 1.14. The USPTO has a legal obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the
contents of unpublished design applications and related documents. Until international
publication of the international registration takes place, generally six months after the
date of the international registration of the international design application, no third party
or authority is allowed access to the international design application unless such access
is requested or authorized by the applicant. Upon publication of an international design
application or issuance of a design application, the patent application file is made
available to the public.
11.
Justification of Sensitive Questions
None of the required information in this collection is considered to be sensitive.
12.
Estimate of Hour and Cost Burden to Respondents
Table 3 calculates the burden hours and costs of this information collection to the
public, based on the following factors:
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Respondent Calculation Factors
The USPTO estimates that it will receive approximately 3,310 responses per
year for this collection, with approximately 50% of these responses submitted by
small entities.
These estimates are based on the Agency’s long-standing institutional
knowledge of and experience with the type of information collected by these
items.
Burden Hour Calculation Factors
The USPTO estimates that the responses in this collection will take the public
approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to 6 hours to complete. This includes the
time to gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the
completed request to the USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on balance, it
takes the same amount of time to gather the necessary information, create the
document, and submit it to the USPTO, whether the public submits the
information on paper form or electronically.
These estimates are based on the Agency’s long-standing institutional
knowledge of and experience with the type of information collected and the
length of time necessary to complete responses containing similar or like
information.
Cost Burden Calculation Factors
The USPTO uses a professional rate of $389 per hour for respondent cost
burden calculations, which is the mean rate for attorneys in private firms as
shown in the 2013 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee
on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law
Association (AIPLA).
Based on the Agency’s long-standing institutional knowledge of and experience
with the type of information collected, the Agency uses the estimate of $389 to
calculate the estimated cost per hour for respondents.
Table 2: Burden Hours/Burden Costs to Respondents
Item
Hours
(a)
Responses
(yr)
(b)
Burden
(hrs/yr)
(c)
(a x b)
Rate
($/hr)
(d)
Total Cost
($/yr)
(e)
(c x d)
1
Application for International Registration
6.00
1,000
6,000
$389.00
$2,334,000.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
4.00
1,000
4,000
$389.00
$1,556,000.00
Transmittal Letter
2.00
900
1,800
$389.00
$700,200.00
3
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Item
Hours
(a)
Responses
(yr)
(b)
Burden
(hrs/yr)
(c)
(a x b)
Rate
($/hr)
(d)
Total Cost
($/yr)
(e)
(c x d)
4
Appointment of a Representative
0.25
100
25
$389.00
$9,725.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply
with a Time Limit
4.00
50
200
$389.00
$77,800.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design
Application under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16
4.00
20
80
$389.00
$31,120.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
4.00
20
80
$389.00
$31,120.00
8
Fee Authorization
0.25
200
50
$389.00
$19,450.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
Totals
13.
4.00
20
80
$389.00
$31,120.00
------
3,310
12,315
------
$4,790,535.00
Total Annual (Non-hour) Cost Burden
The total annual (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this collection is calculated in
Table 3 below. This collection has no capital start-up, maintenance, or record keeping
costs.
Postage
The USPTO estimates that the average postage cost for a paper submission will be
$5.60 (USPS Priority Mail, flat rate envelope) and that 81 submissions will be mailed to
the USPTO per year.
Table 3: Annual (Non-Hour) Cost Burden
Type of Cost
Estimated
Annual
Responses
Amount
Totals
FEE
1
Application for International Registration* (electronic)
a)
b)
c)
490
Average Fee per registration to WIPO (collecting
for WIPO)
Designation Fee (first part) for the U.S. (collecting for
WIPO)
Transmittal Fee (set by and collected by USPTO)
8
$1,672.00
$760.00
$130.00
$2,562.00
$1,255,380.00
Type of Cost
1
Application for International Registration* (non-electronic)
a)
b)
c)
1
b)
c)
b)
c)
1
b)
c)
1
b)
c)
$1,672.00
$760.00
$130.00
$2,562.00
$25,620.00
$1,672.00
$380.00
$130.00
$2,182.00
$534,590.00
5
Average Fee per registration to WIPO (collecting
for WIPO)
Designation Fee (first part) for the U.S.(collecting for
WIPO)
Transmittal Fee (set by and collected by USPTO)
$1,672.00
$380.00
$130.00
$2,182.00
$10,910.00
245
Average Fee per registration to WIPO (collecting
for WIPO)
Designation Fee (first part) for the U.S. (collecting for
WIPO)
Transmittal Fee (set by and collected by USPTO)
Application for International Registration*
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
a)
10
Average Fee per registration to WIPO (collecting
for WIPO)
Designation Fee (first part) for the U.S. (collecting for
WIPO)
Transmittal Fee (set by and collected by USPTO)
Application for International Registration*
(micro entity) (electronic)
a)
Totals
245
Application for International Registration*
(small entity) (non-electronic)
a)
Amount
Average Fee per registration to WIPO (collecting
for WIPO)
Designation Fee (first part) for the U.S. (collecting for
WIPO)
Transmittal Fee (set by and collected by USPTO)
Application for International Registration*
(small entity) (electronic)
a)
1
Estimated
Annual
Responses
$1,672.00
$190.00
$130.00
$1,992.00
$488,040.00
5
Average Fee per registration to WIPO (collecting
for WIPO)
Designation Fee (first part) for the U.S. (collecting for
WIPO)
Transmittal Fee (set by and collected by USPTO)
$1,672.00
$190.00
$130.00
$1,992.00
$9,960.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
(electronic)
490
$0.00
$0.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
(non-electronic)
10
$0.00
$0.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
(small entity) (electronic)
245
$0.00
$0.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
(small entity) (non-electronic)
5
$0.00
$0.00
9
Type of Cost
Estimated
Annual
Responses
Amount
Totals
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
(micro entity) (electronic)
245
$0.00
$0.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
5
$0.00
$0.00
3
Transmittal Letter
(electronic)
441
$0.00
$0.00
3
Transmittal Letter
(non-electronic)
9
$0.00
$0.00
3
Transmittal Letter
(small entity) (electronic)
220
$0.00
$0.00
3
Transmittal Letter
(small entity) (non-electronic)
5
$0.00
$0.00
3
Transmittal Letter
(micro entity)
220
$0.00
$0.00
3
Transmittal Letter
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
5
$0.00
$0.00
4
Appointment of a Representative (electronic)
49
$0.00
$0.00
4
Appointment of a Representative (non-electronic)
1
$0.00
$0.00
4
Appointment of a Representative
(small entity) (electronic)
24
$0.00
$0.00
4
Appointment of a Representative
(small entity) (non-electronic)
1
$0.00
$0.00
4
Appointment of a Representative
(micro entity) (electronic)
24
$0.00
$0.00
4
Appointment of a Representative
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
1
$0.00
$0.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
(electronic)
24
$1,700.00
$40,800.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
(non-electronic)
1
$1,700.00
$1,700.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
(small entity) (electronic)
12
$850.00
$10,200.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
(small entity) (non-electronic)
1
$850.00
$850.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
(micro entity) (electronic)
11
$850.00
$9,350.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
1
$850.00
$850.00
10
Type of Cost
Estimated
Annual
Responses
Amount
Totals
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
(electronic)
8
$180.00
$1,440.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
(non-electronic)
2
$180.00
$360.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
(small entity) (electronic)
4
$180.00
$720.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
(small entity) (non-electronic)
1
$180.00
$180.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
(micro entity) (electronic)
4
$180.00
$720.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
1
$180.00
$180.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
(electronic)
8
$400.00
$3,200.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
(non-electronic)
2
$400.00
$800.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
(small entity) (electronic)
4
$200.00
$800.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
(small entity) (non-electronic)
1
$200.00
$200.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
(micro entity) (electronic)
4
$100.00
$400.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
1
$100.00
$100.00
8
Fee Authorization
(electronic)
98
$0.00
$0.00
8
Fee Authorization
(non-electronic)
2
$0.00
$0.00
8
Fee Authorization
(small entity) (electronic)
49
$0.00
$0.00
8
Fee Authorization
(small entity) (non-electronic)
1
$0.00
$0.00
8
Fee Authorization
(micro entity) (electronic)
49
$0.00
$0.00
8
Fee Authorization
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
1
$0.00
$0.00
11
Type of Cost
Estimated
Annual
Responses
Amount
Totals
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
(electronic)
8
$400.00
$3,200.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
(non-electronic)
2
$400.00
$800.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
(small entity) (electronic)
4
$200.00
$800.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
(small entity) (non-electronic)
1
$200.00
$200.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
(micro entity) (electronic)
4
$100.00
$400.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
(micro entity) (non-electronic)
1
$100.00
$100.00
3,310
------
$2,402,850.00
Total Fees
POSTAGE
1
Application for International Registration
20
$5.60
$112.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
20
$5.60
$112.00
3
Transmittal Letter
19
$5.60
$106.00
4
Appointment of a Representative
3
$5.60
$17.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with a Time Limit
3
$5.60
$17.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application under 35 U.S.C.
Chapter 16
4
$5.60
$22.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
4
$5.60
$22.00
8
Fee Authorization
4
$5.60
$22.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
4
$5.60
$22.00
81
------
$452.00
Total Postage
Total Annual (Non-hour) Cost Burden
----------$2,403,302.00
*The breakout of the Application for International Registration Fee includes the average fees paid to WIPO in 2011, and the
transmittal fee which is set by USPTO under 35 U.S.C. 41(d). WIPO fees are collected by the USPTO (on behalf of WIPO) and then
transmitted to WIPO under the Hague Agreement.
14.
Annual Cost to the Federal Government
The USPTO estimates that it takes a GS-7, step 1, employee approximately 18 minutes
(0.3 hours) to one hour on average to process the items in this collection.
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The hourly rate for a GS-7, step 1, employee is currently $20.22 according to the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) wage chart, including locality pay for the
Washington, DC area. When 30% is added to account for a fully loaded hourly rate
(benefits and overhead), the rate per hour for a GS-7, step 1, employee is $26.29
($20.22 with $6.07 added for benefits and overhead).
Table 4 calculates the burden hours and costs to the Federal Government for
processing this information collection:
Table 4: Burden Hours/Burden Costs to the Federal Government
Item/Form No.
Hours
Responses
(yr)
(b)
(a)
Burden
(hrs/yr)
(c)
(a x b)
Rate
($/hr)
(d)
Total Cost
($/yr)
(e)
(c x d)
1
Application for International Registration
1.0
1,000
1,000
$26.29
$26,290.00
2
Claim and Reproductions (Drawings)
0.5
1,000
500
$26.29
$13,145.00
3
Transmittal Letter
0.5
900
450
$26.29
$11,831.00
4
Appointment of a Representative
0.3
100
30
$26.29
$789.00
5
Petition to Excuse a Failure to Comply with
a Time Limit
0.5
50
25
$26.29
$657.00
6
Petition to Convert to a Design Application
under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16
0.5
20
10
$26.29
$263.00
7
Petition to Review a Filing Date
0.5
20
10
$26.29
$263.00
8
Fee Authorization
0.3
200
60
$26.29
$1,577.00
9
Petitions to the Commissioner
0.5
20
10
$26.29
$263.00
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3,310
2,095
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$55,078.00
Totals
15.
Reason for Changes in Annual Burden
The USPTO is submitting this new information collection request in support of a notice
of proposed rulemaking titled “Changes to Implement the Hague Agreement” (RIN
0651-AC87). In the notice, the USPTO proposed changes to the rules of practice to
implement title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012.
The USPTO estimates that it will receive 3,310 responses for this collection annually
and that the associated burden will be 12,315 hours per year. Therefore, an
additional 12,315 burden hours per year will be added to the USPTO’s current
information collection inventory as a program change.
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There is non-hour cost burden in the form of filing fees and postage costs associated
with this information collection, which amounts to $2,403,302 per year. Therefore, an
additional $2,403,302 per year in the way of non-hour cost burden will be added to
the USPTO’s current information collection inventory as a program change.
16.
Project Schedule
The USPTO does not plan to publish this information for statistical use or any other
purpose.
17.
Display of Expiration Date of OMB Approval
There are no forms in this information collection. Therefore, the display of the OMB
Control Number and the expiration date is not applicable.
18.
Exceptions to the Certificate Statement
This collection of information does not include any exceptions to the certificate
statement.
B.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS
This collection of information does not employ statistical methods.
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| File Type | application/pdf |
| File Title | SF-83 SUPPORTING STATEMENT |
| Author | USPTO |
| File Modified | 2013-11-20 |
| File Created | 2013-11-20 |