Information Collection

Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)

IC 205463 under ICR 202208-0651-002 · OMB 0651-0031.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form PTO/SB/37 Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)	Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/37 Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examinat sb0037.pdf	Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/37 Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examinat sb0037.pdf	Form and Instruction

IC Title:

Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination Under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d)

Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No

IC Status: Unchanged

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 156 37 CFR 1.97 37 CFR 1.98

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/37	Request for Suspension of Action or Deferral of Examination under 37 CFR 1.103(b), (c), or (d))	sb0037.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: 832

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 188

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	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	832	832
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	166	166
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	155,870	155,870

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