Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (Private Sector)

Recording Assignments

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO-1595 Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (Private Sector) Form and Instruction
PTO-1595 Patents Recordation Form Cover Sheet PTO1595.pdf epas.uspto.gov Form and Instruction
PTO-1595 Patents Recordation Form Cover Sheet PTO1595.pdf epas.uspto.gov Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (Private Sector)	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 3.11, 3.16, 3.25, 3.26, 3.28

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO-1595	Patents Recordation Form Cover Sheet	PTO1595.pdf	http://epas.uspto.gov	Yes	No	Fillable Fileable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: Patent Assignment Records	FR Citation: 78 FR 19244

Number of Respondents: 353,945	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	353,945	351,447	2,498
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	176,973	175,724	1,249
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	41,300	-85,898	127,198

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.