Information Collection

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal

IC 181633 under ICR 202506-0651-003 · OMB 0651-0031.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form PTO/SB/30 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal	Form and Instruction
Form PTO/SB/30 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal	Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/30 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal sb0030.pdf www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0030e_fill.pdf	Form and Instruction
PTO/SB/30 Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal sb0030.pdf www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0030e_fill.pdf	Form and Instruction

IC Title:

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Transmittal

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 1.114

Information Collection Instruments:

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO/SB/30			http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/sb0030e_fill.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: 132,000

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 396

Affected Public: Private Sector

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

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	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	132,000	132,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	39,600	39,600
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	255,554,144	255,554,144

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