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Petition to Restore the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Provisional Application under 37 CFR 1.178(a)(1)(ii)

IC 206329 under ICR 202201-0651-002 · OMB 0651-0073.

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Document Name	Document Type
0073 EFS web user page.mht efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered	Other-website
0073 EFS web user page.mht efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered	Other-website
OMB Clearance and PRA Burden Statement - ePetitions USPTO.htm www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/applying-online/omb-clearance-and-pra-burden-statement	Other-PRA statement
OMB Clearance and PRA Burden Statement - ePetitions USPTO.htm www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/applying-online/omb-clearance-and-pra-burden-statement	Other-PRA statement
PTO/SB/459 PETITION TO RESTORE THE BENEFIT OF A PROVISIONAL APPLICA USPTO Form 459 20220131.docx	Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/459 PETITION TO RESTORE THE BENEFIT OF A PROVISIONAL APPLICA USPTO Form 459 20220131.docx	Form and Instruction

IC Title:

Petition to Restore the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Provisional Application under 37 CFR 1.178(a)(1)(ii)

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 1.178(a)(1)(ii)

Information Collection Instruments:

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Other-website			0073 EFS web user page.mht	https://efs.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIUnregistered/EFSWebUnregistered	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable
Other-PRA statement			OMB Clearance and PRA Burden Statement - ePetitions USPTO.htm	https://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/applying-online/omb-clearance-and-pra-burden-statement	Yes	No	Printable Only
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/459	PETITION TO RESTORE THE BENEFIT OF A PROVISIONAL APPLICATION (37 CFR 1.78(b)) OR TO RESTORE THE PRIORITY TO A FOREIGN APPLICATION (37 CFR 1.55(c))	USPTO Form 459 20220131.docx		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable

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: 315

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 55

Affected Public: Private Sector

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

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	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	315	315
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	315	315
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	560,001	560,001

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