Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent

Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental Examinations, and Post Patent Submissions

Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO/SB/42 Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent Form
PTO/SB/42 Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent sb0042.pdf Form

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent	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 1.501

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	PTO/SB/42	Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent	sb0042.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable

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: 32	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 13

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Requested	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	48	48
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	480	480
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.