January 2016 0651-0020 Change Worksheet

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Patent Term Extension

January 2016 0651-0020 Change Worksheet

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JUSTIFICATION FOR NONMATERIAL/NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGE

Patent Term Extension

OMB Control Number 0651-0020


Background


The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is submitting this request to update the current inventory of information collection 0651-0020 Patent Term Extension. The fees in 0651-0020 had been moved into collection 0651-0072 America Invents Act Section 10 Patent Fee Adjustments (approved by OMB in January, 2013).This request is to return these fees to 0651-0020 from 0651-0072 to provide appropriate accounting of the fees with the discontinuation of 0651-0072.


This request is only to return the affected fees to the annual (non-hour) cost burden. The table below details the fees that have been moved to 0651-0020 and are to be removed from 0651-0072, pending its discontinuation:


Fees for Respondents – Annual (Non-hour) Cost Burdens


Item

Responses

Cost

0020 Filing an application for patent term adjustment

1,367

$273,400.00

0020 Request for reinstatement of term reduced

10

$4,000.00

0020 Extension of term of patent

60

$67,200.00

0020 Initial application for interim extension (see 37 CFR 1.790)

1

$420.00

0020 Subsequent application for interim extension (see 37 CFR 1.790)

1

$220.00

Total

1,439

$345,240.00


Summary of Changes


The addition of $345,240 in fees to collection 0651-0020 is to account for these fees following the discontinuation of collection 0651-0072.


Changes in Burden


Burden Type

Currently Approved

Proposed Change

New Estimate

Responses

0

1,439

1,439

Fees

$0.00

$345,240.00

$345,240.00


Adding these fees to 0651-0020 (that are currently accounted for in the discontinuing 0651-0072) will increase the annual (non-hour) cost estimates originally reported for the renewal.


Consequently, this collection takes a net burden increase of $345,240 in annual (non-hour) costs as a program change.


The 0651-0020 revised total burden is as follows:


  • 1,439 responses

  • $345,240 in annual (non-hour) fees



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