Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (TEAS)

Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms (formerly Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary Amendment Forms)

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO Form 1960 Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (TEAS) Form and Instruction
PTO Form 1960 Request for Reconsideration After Final Action Request for Reconsideration after Final Action.pdf teasroa.uspto.gov/rfr/ Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (TEAS)	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 2.61(b) 37 CFR 2.62 37 CFR 2.64 37 CFR 2.71 abd 2,72 37 CFR 2.75

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO Form 1960	Request for Reconsideration After Final Action	Request for Reconsideration after Final Action.pdf	http://teasroa.uspto.gov/rfr/	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: 15,000	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	15,000	-400	15,400
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	8,700	1,000	7,700
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.