Request for Participation in the PPH Program Between the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the USPTO (Private Sector)

Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/20TW Request for Participation in the PPH Program Between the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the USPTO (Private Sector) Form
PTO/SB/20TW REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGH sb0020tw.pdf www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020tw.pdf Form
PTO/SB/20TW REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGH sb0020tw.pdf www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020tw.pdf Form
EFS Web screenshot.docx EFS Web screenshot IC Document
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Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Request for Participation in the PPH Program Between the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the USPTO (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 1.55

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/20TW	REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY (PPH) PILOT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE TAIWAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE (TIPO) AND THE USPTO	sb0020tw.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020tw.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: Patent Application Files	FR Citation: 78 FR 19243

Number of Respondents: 23	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: 100 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	46	16	30
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	92	32	60
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
EFS Web screenshot	EFS Web screenshot.docx	06/14/2021

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