Federal Register: January 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 16)
DOCID: fr27ja09-16 FR Doc E9-1617
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr27ja09-16
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/45/47/65/66.
Agency Approval Number: 06510016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 33,426 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 470,397 responses per year.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately 20 seconds (0.006 hours) to eight hours to complete this information, depending on the form or petition. This includes time to gather the necessary information, prepare the form or petition, and submit the completed request.
Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.20(e)(i) and
1.3621.378, the USPTO charges fees for maintaining in force all
utility patents based on applications filed on or after December 12, 1980. Payment of these maintenance
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fees is due at 3\1/2\, 7\1/2\, and 11\1/2\ years after the date the
patent was granted. If the USPTO does not receive payment of the
appropriate maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge within a grace
period of six months following each of the above intervals, the patent
will expire and no longer be enforceable. The public uses this
collection to submit patent maintenance fee payments, to file petitions
regarding delayed or refused payments, and to designate an address to be used for feerelated correspondence.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other forprofits; and notforprofit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion and three times at fouryear intervals following the grant of the patent.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: Nicholas_A._ Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent on or before February 25, 2009 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email at Nicholas_A._
Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 2023955167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: January 15, 2009.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services Division.
[FR Doc. E91617 Filed 12609; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Rules for Patent Maintenance Fees.
Form Number(s): PTO/SB/45/47/65/66.
Agency Approval Number: 06510016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 33,426 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 470,397 responses per year.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately 20 seconds (0.006 hours) to eight hours to complete this information, depending on the form or petition. This includes time to gather the necessary information, prepare the form or petition, and submit the completed request.
Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.20(e)(i) and
1.3621.378, the USPTO charges fees for maintaining in force all
utility patents based on applications filed on or after December 12, 1980. Payment of these maintenance
[[Page 4738]]
fees is due at 3\1/2\, 7\1/2\, and 11\1/2\ years after the date the
patent was granted. If the USPTO does not receive payment of the
appropriate maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge within a grace
period of six months following each of the above intervals, the patent
will expire and no longer be enforceable. The public uses this
collection to submit patent maintenance fee payments, to file petitions
regarding delayed or refused payments, and to designate an address to be used for feerelated correspondence.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other forprofits; and notforprofit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion and three times at fouryear intervals following the grant of the patent.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: Nicholas_A._ Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent on or before February 25, 2009 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email at Nicholas_A._
Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 2023955167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: January 15, 2009.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services Division.
[FR Doc. E91617 Filed 12609; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 351016P