Request for Participation in the PPH Program Between the Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property (NRIP) and the USPTO (Individuals or Households)

Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/20NI Request for Participation in the PPH Program Between the Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property (NRIP) and the USPTO (Individuals or Households) Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/20NI REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGH sb0020ni.pdf www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/international-protection/patent-prosecution-highway-pph-fast-track Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/20NI REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGH sb0020ni.pdf www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/international-protection/patent-prosecution-highway-pph-fast-track Form and Instruction
EFS Web screenshot.docx EFS Web screenshot IC Document
EFS Web screenshot.docx EFS Web screenshot IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Request for Participation in the PPH Program Between the Nicaraguan Registry of Intellectual Property (NRIP) and the USPTO (Individuals or Households)	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: New

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 and Instruction	PTO/SB/20NI	REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY (PPH) PILOT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE NICARAGUAN REGISTRY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (NRIP) AND THE USPTO	sb0020ni.pdf	https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/international-protection/patent-prosecution-highway-pph-fast-track	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

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

Number of Respondents: 1	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Individuals or Households

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	1	1
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	2	2
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	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.