Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c): Private Sector

Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination Processing Fees

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/AIA/24a Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c): Private Sector Form and Instruction
Form PTO/AIA/24a Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c): Private Sector Form and Instruction
PTO/AIA/24a Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication U PTOAIA24A.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO/AIA/24a Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication U PTOAIA24A.pdf Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c): 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 1.38(c)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO/AIA/24a	Petitions for Express Abandonment to Avoid Publication Under 37 CFR 1.138(c)	PTOAIA24A.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: 570	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 117

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	570	570
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	114	114
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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