January 2016 0651-0033 Change Worksheet

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Post Allowance and Refiling

January 2016 0651-0033 Change Worksheet

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JUSTIFICATION FOR NONMATERIAL/NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGE

Post Allowance and Refiling

OMB Control Number 0651-0033


Background


The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is submitting this request to update the current inventory of information collection 0651-0033 Post Allowance and Refiling. The fees in 0651-0033 had been moved into collection 0651-0072 American Invents Act Section 10 Patent Fee Adjustments (approved by OMB in January, 2013). This request is to return these fees to 0651-0033 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 0651-0033 and are to be removed from 0651-0072, pending its discontinuation:


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


Item

Responses

Cost

0033 Basic filing fee – Reissue

679

$164,920.00

0033 Reissue Search Fee

679

$353,400.00

0033 Reissue independent claims in excess of three

1,067

$402,780.00

0033 Reissue claims in excess of 20

6,736

$461,780.00

0033 Reissue Application Size Fee - for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets

26

$10,200.00

0033 Reissue Examination Fee

679

$1,272,240.00

0033 Publication fee for early, voluntary, or normal publication

91,258

$0.00

0033 Utility issue fee

318,791

$271,901,040.00

0033 Design issue fee

22,854

$9,398,340.00

0033 Plant issue fee

902

$538,840.00

0033 Reissue issue fee

813

$656,880.00

0033 Certificate of correction

13,020

$1,302,000.00

Total

457, 504

$286,462,420.00


Summary of Changes


The addition of $286,462,420 in fees to collection 0651-0033 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

457,504

457,504

Fees

$0.00

$286,462,420.00

$286,462,420.00


Adding these fees to 0651-0033 (that are currently accounted for in the discontinued 0651-0072) will increase the annual (non-hour) cost estimates originally reported for in the renewal.


Consequently, this collection takes a net burden increase of $286,462,420 in annual (non-hour) costs as a program change.


The 0651-0033 revised total burden is as follows:


  • 457,504 responses

  • $286,462,420 in annual (non-hour) fees



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