Information Collection Request

Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees

ICR 202302-0651-002 · OMB 0651-0016 · Historical Inactive

⚠️ Notice: This information collection may be outdated. More recent filings for OMB 0651-0016 can be found here:

2026-06-24 - No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
2024-11-20 - No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR
Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form PTO/SB/47 Fee Address Indication Form (Individuals or Households)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form PTO/SB/47 Fee Address Indication Form (Individuals or Households)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Form PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Individuals and Households)	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Individuals and Households)	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO/SB/47 Fee Address Indication Form (Private Sector)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form PTO/SB/47 Fee Address Indication Form (Private Sector)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Form PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector)	Form	Modified	Available
Form PTO/SB/66 Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector)	Form	Modified	Repair queued
0651-0016 2023 Patent Fee CWS 2023.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-03-01	Available
0651-0016 2023 Patent Fee CWS 2023.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-03-01	Repair queued
0651-0016 Supporting Statement 2021.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2021-09-22	Available
0651-0016 Supporting Statement 2021.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2021-09-22	Repair queued
Leahy Smith America Invents Act-pub-l112-29.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-09-14	Available
Leahy Smith America Invents Act-pub-l112-29.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-09-14	Repair queued
Information Quality Guidelines _ USPTO.html	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-09-14	Available
Information Quality Guidelines _ USPTO.html	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-09-14	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups
IC ID	Collection	Type	Status
248269	Fee Address Indication Form (Individuals or Households)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
248269	Fee Address Indication Form (Individuals or Households)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
248268	Petition for Reconsideration of Decision on Petition Refusing to Accept Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(d)) (Individuals or Households)		Unchanged
248267	Petition to Review Refusal to Accept Payment of Maintenance Fee Prior to Expiration of Patent (37 CFR 1.377) (Individuals or Households)		Unchanged
248265	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Individuals and Households)	Form	Modified
248265	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Individuals and Households)	Form	Modified
187818	Fee Address Indication Form (Private Sector)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
187818	Fee Address Indication Form (Private Sector)	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
187817	Petition for Reconsideration of Decision on Petition Refusing to Accept Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(d)) (Private Sector)		Unchanged
187816	Petition to Review Refusal to Accept Payment of Maintenance Fee Prior to Expiration of Patent (37 CFR 1.377) (Private Sector)		Unchanged
187815	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector)	Form	Modified
187815	Petition to Accept Unintentionally Delayed Payment of Maintenance Fee in an Expired Patent (37 CFR 1.378(b)) (Private Sector)	Form	Modified

ICR Details

Record metadata
Status	Historical Inactive
Agency/Subagency	DOC/PTO
OMB Control No	0651-0016
Type of Information Collection	Revision of a currently approved collection
Previous ICR Reference No	202107-0651-001
Date Submitted to OIRA	2023-03-22
Requested Expiration Date	1969-12-31