Information Collection

EFS-Web Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal

IC 181609 under ICR 201910-0651-004 · OMB 0651-0031.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form PTO/SB/30EFS EFS-Web Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal	Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/30EFS Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal (Sub sb0030e_fill RCE EFS-Web.pdf www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0030e_fill.pdf	Form and Instruction

IC Title:

EFS-Web Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal

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 1.114

Information Collection Instruments:

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/30EFS	Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal (Submitted Only via EFS-Web)	sb0030e_fill RCE EFS-Web.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0030e_fill.pdf	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: 170,000

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 41,250

Affected Public: Private Sector

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

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	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	170,000	5,000	165,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	51,000	1,500	49,500
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	224,718,000	17,004,625	207,713,375

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