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Petition to Accept Unavoidably Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b))

IC 187813 under ICR 201505-0651-002 · OMB 0651-0016.

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Document Name	Document Type
Form PTO/SB/65 Petition to Accept Unavoidably Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b))	Form
PTO/SB/65 Petition to Accept Unavoidably Delayed Payment of Mainte sb0065a.pdf www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0065.pdf	Form

IC Title:

Petition to Accept Unavoidably Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b))

Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No

IC Status: Removed

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.378(a), (b) and (d) 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g) and (i)(1) 37 CFR 1.362, 1.366

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/65	Petition to Accept Unavoidably Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b))	sb0065a.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/web/forms/sb0065.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records

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Number of Respondents: 172

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 36

Affected Public: Private Sector

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 60 %

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	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	-172	172
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	-1,376	1,376
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	-31	31

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