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 PTO SB 20TW.docx www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020tw.pdf Form
PTO/SB/20TW REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT PROSECUTION HIGH PTO SB 20TW.docx www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0020tw.pdf Form
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 Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) and the USPTO (Private Sector)	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 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	PTO SB 20TW.docx	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	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	46	46
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	92	92
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.