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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| Author | Gunther, Sarah (AMBIT) |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-01-21 |