0651-0027 CWS Nov 2017

JUSTIFICATION FOR NONMATERIAL/NONSUBSTATNIVE CHANGE

Recording Assignments

OMB Control Number 0651-0027

Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (UPSTO) administers the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), Section 10, which sets or adjusts patent fees established authorized, or charged under Title 35, United States Code (U.S.C.). Section 10 prescribes that fees may be set or adjusted only to recover the aggregate estimated costs to the Office for processing, activities, services, and materials related to patent. Section 10 authorities also includes flexibility to set individual fees in a way that furthers key policies factors, while taking into account the cost of the respective services.

The request is to update a fee (Recording Each Patent Assignment, Agreement or Other Paper, per Property if not Submitted Electronically) attached to this collection that that is being updated as a result of the rulemaking action NPRM 0651-AD02.

Table 1: Total Fee and Respondent Increases

IC #	Item	Responses	Fee	Non-hour Burden ($)
1	Recording Each Patent Assignment, Agreement or Other Paper, per Property if not Submitted Electronically	9,649	$50	$482,450

Table 2: Increases in Fee Amounts

IC #	Item	Current Fee	Proposed Fee	Fee Increase
1	Recording Each Patent Assignment, Agreement or Other Paper, per Property if not Submitted Electronically	$40	$50	$10

Table 3: Increases in Non-Hourly Costs (Fees)

IC #	Item	Current Total Cost ($)	Proposed Total Cost ($)	Total Cost Increase
1	Recording Each Patent Assignment, Agreement or Other Paper, per Property if not Submitted Electronically	$0	$482,450	$482,450

Summary of Changes

The revision of one fee and the increase of $482,450 in non-hourly costs to collection 0651-0027 account for the changes following the rulemaking action NPRM 0651-AD02.

Changes in Burden

Burden Type	Currently Approved	Proposed Change	New Estimate
Responses	524,298	0	524,298
Burden Hours	262,150	0	262,150
Non-hourly Cost	$2,958,886.12	$482,450	$3,441,336.12

The 0651-0027 revised numbers are as follows:

• 524,298 respondents

• 262,150 burden hours

• $3,441,336.12 in annual (non-hour) costs

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