Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form PTO 158 Application for Registration to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO 158RA Request for Reasonable Accommodation	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
Form PTO-158LS Application for Registration in the USTPO Law School Program for Law Students to Pratice before the USPTO under 37 CFR 11.14(c)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form PTO-158T Application for Recognition to Practice before the USTPO under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Resident	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO-158T Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Attorney or Agent	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO-2150 Certification of Attendance at United States Patent and Trademark Office Approved CLE Training	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-2149 Sponsor Application for United States Patent and Trademark Office Continuing Legal Education (CLE)	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Available
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Available
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form PTO-107A Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO-107R Reinstatment Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO-1209 Oath or Affirmation	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form Form PTO - 107A Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO/107A Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO-275 Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b)	Form	Modified	Available
Form Form PTO-158A Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO-158A Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office under 37 CFR 10.6(c) by a Foreign Resident	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office	Form	Modified	Repair queued
0012 Supporting Statement November_2014_final.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2014-11-26	Available
OED_General Requirements Bulletin 0012.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2014-08-06	Available
0651-0012_FeeRuleCWSMay2013.doc	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2013-05-17	Available
USPTO-infoqualityguide.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2007-09-27	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
37380	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Application for Registration to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
37380	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)	Form	Modified	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
214042	Reasonable Accomodation		New
213095	Non-Refundable Application Fee for Enrollement and /or Reinstatement to Practice Before the USPTO under 37 CRF 1.21(a)(10)		New
197899	Request for Reasonable Accommodation	Form and Instruction	Removed	Request for Reasonable Accommodation
192971	Application for Registration in the USPTO Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the Unied States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Application for Registration in the USTPO Law School Program for Law Students to Pratice before the USPTO under 37 CFR 11.14(c)
192968	Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by A foreign Attorney or Agent	Form	Modified	Application for Recognition to Practice before the USTPO under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Resident
192968	Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by A foreign Attorney or Agent	Form and Instruction	Modified	Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Attorney or Agent
192953	Change of Address (electronic submission)	Other-Change of Address Notification	Removed
192952	Cover pages used for submitting correspondence to OED (for documents submitted with applications, request for reconsideration, and petitions)		Modified
182144	Practitioner's supporting documentation for a motion to hold in abeyance a disciplinary proceeding because of a current disability or addiction		Modified
182142	Paper Version of the CLE		Removed
182141	Online Version of the Seminar CLE		Removed
182140	Practitioner Request for Paper Version of CLE		Removed
182139	Certification of Attendance at USPTO-approved CLE Training	Form	Removed	Certification of Attendance at United States Patent and Trademark Office Approved CLE Training
182138	Sponsor Application for USPTO Continuing Legal Education (CLE)	Form	Removed	Sponsor Application for United States Patent and Trademark Office Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
182137	Reinstatement Fee (fee required to be paid after the due date of the required annual fee)	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
182136	Delinquency Fee for Annual Fee	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
182135	Balance of Annual Fee Due on Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
182134	Request for Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
182133	Voluntary Inactive Status	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
182132	Annual Fee, Limited Recognition	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
182131	Annual Practitioner Maintenance Fee	Form	Removed	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
181419	Petition for Reinstatement after Disciplinary Removal under 37 CFR 11.7(h)		Modified
181418	Petition to the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline under 37 CFR 11.12(c)		Unchanged
181417	Written Request for Reconsideration and Further Review of Disapproval Notice of Application		Modified
181416	Reinstatement to the Register (PTO-107A)	Form	Modified	Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
181416	Reinstatement to the Register (PTO-107A)	Form	Modified	Reinstatment Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
181415	Oath or Affirmation	Form	Modified	Oath or Affirmation
181412	Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	Form	Modified	Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
181412	Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	Form	Modified	Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
181410	Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b)	Form	Modified	Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b)
181409	Registration Examination to Become a Registered Practitioner		Unchanged
181408	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident (applicant does not take the exam)	Form	Modified	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident
181408	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident (applicant does not take the exam)	Form	Modified	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office under 37 CFR 10.6(c) by a Foreign Resident
181407	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (former examiners; examination waived)	Form	Modified	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0651-0012	ICR Reference No: 201407-0651-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201404-0651-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/23/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/11/2014
Terms of Clearance: Updated supporting statement.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2014
Responses	21,935	0	93,380
Time Burden (Hours)	34,934	0	98,088
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,372,052	0	1,304,774

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Abstract: Applicants use this collection to apply for the examination for registration and to demonstrate their eligibility to be a registered attorney or agent before the USPTO and the Office of Enrollment and Discipline uses it to determine the qualifications of individuals entitled to represent applicants before the USPTO in the preparation and prosecution of applications for a patent. The USPTO is proposing to update the current Enrollment forms to include (1) primary e-mail and (2) secondary e-mail after the correspondence/business and daytime area code and phone number on the Change of Address and PTO-158, 158A, and 158T forms. The USPTO is also proposing to update the current Data and Reinstatement and Data Sheets PTO 107A, 107R, 107RR and 107S to add e-mail addresses and a few other fields. There is no expected change in the burden estimates.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D)
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 36782	06/30/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 53174	09/08/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 17

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Fee, Limited Recognition	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Annual Practitioner Maintenance Fee	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by A foreign Attorney or Agent	PTO-158T, PTO-158T	Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Attorney or Agent ,   Application for Recognition to Practice before the USTPO under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Resident
Application for Registration in the USPTO Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the Unied States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c)	PTO-158LS	Application for Registration in the USTPO Law School Program for Law Students to Pratice before the USPTO under 37 CFR 11.14(c)
Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (former examiners; examination waived)	PTO-158	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)	PTO-158, PTO 158	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office ,   Application for Registration to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident (applicant does not take the exam)	PTO-158A, Form PTO-158A	Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office under 37 CFR 10.6(c) by a Foreign Resident ,   Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident
Balance of Annual Fee Due on Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Certification of Attendance at USPTO-approved CLE Training	PTO-2150	Certification of Attendance at United States Patent and Trademark Office Approved CLE Training
Change of Address (electronic submission)
Cover pages used for submitting correspondence to OED (for documents submitted with applications, request for reconsideration, and petitions)
Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents	PTO/107A, Form PTO - 107A	Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents ,   Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
Delinquency Fee for Annual Fee	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Non-Refundable Application Fee for Enrollement and /or Reinstatement to Practice Before the USPTO under 37 CRF 1.21(a)(10)
Oath or Affirmation	PTO-1209	Oath or Affirmation
Online Version of the Seminar CLE
Paper Version of the CLE
Petition for Reinstatement after Disciplinary Removal under 37 CFR 11.7(h)
Petition to the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline under 37 CFR 11.12(c)
Practitioner Request for Paper Version of CLE
Practitioner's supporting documentation for a motion to hold in abeyance a disciplinary proceeding because of a current disability or addiction
Reasonable Accomodation
Registration Examination to Become a Registered Practitioner
Reinstatement Fee (fee required to be paid after the due date of the required annual fee)	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Reinstatement to the Register (PTO-107A)	PTO-107A, PTO-107R	Reinstatment Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents ,   Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
Request for Reasonable Accommodation	PTO 158RA	Request for Reasonable Accommodation
Request for Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Sponsor Application for USPTO Continuing Legal Education (CLE)	PTO-2149	Sponsor Application for United States Patent and Trademark Office Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b)	PTO-275	Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b)
Voluntary Inactive Status	PTO-2126	Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Written Request for Reconsideration and Further Review of Disapproval Notice of Application

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	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	21,935	93,380	0	-71,685	240	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	34,934	98,088	0	-63,499	345	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,372,052	1,304,774	0	-13,254	80,532	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The USPTO is no longer collecting certain information and has changed its admission procedures so that various forms and documents are no longer required.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,501,433

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 09/11/2014

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