Utility Examination Fee

Initial Patent Applications

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Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Utility Examination Fee	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: New

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16(o)

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 330,259	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 65,647

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 97 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	330,259	330,259
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	10,964,599	10,964,599
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	198,277,340	198,277,340

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