Request for Ex Parte Reexamination

Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental Examinations, and Post Patent Submissions

Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/57 Request for Ex Parte Reexamination Form
PTO/SB/57 Request for Ex Parte Reexamination Transmittal Form sb0057.pdf www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0057.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Request for Ex Parte Reexamination	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 1.510-1.570

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/57	Request for Ex Parte Reexamination Transmittal Form	sb0057.pdf	http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0057.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: COMMERCE/PAT-TM-7 Patent Application Files	FR Citation: 78 FR 19243

Number of Respondents: 332	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 133

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Requested	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	332	155	177
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	18,260	8,525	9,735
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,240,430	1,534,301	1,706,129

Documents for IC

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