Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (ePetition))

Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/66e Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (ePetition)) Form
PTO/SB/66e Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Ma sb0066e_fill.pdf www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0066e_fill.pdf Form
ePetition Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Ma Sample Screenshots for the ePetition for Unintentionally Delayed Payment.pdf www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/guidance/epetition-info.jsp Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (ePetition))	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g) 37 CFR 1.362, 1.366 37 CFR 1.378(a) and (b)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/66e	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c)) EFS-Web	sb0066e_fill.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0066e_fill.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Form	ePetition	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(c))	Sample Screenshots for the ePetition for Unintentionally Delayed Payment.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/guidance/epetition-info.jsp	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 1,800	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 375

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	1,800	300	1,500
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	1,800	300	1,500
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,362,500	2,362,500	0

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