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Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Thu, Dec 29 2005 11:00:00 GMT

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has submitted 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: Patent Processing (Updating).

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/08, PTO/SB/17i, PTO/SB/17P, PTO/SB/2127, PTO/SB/24B, PTO/SB/3032, PTO/SB/3539, PTO/SB/4243, PTO/SB/6164, PTO/SB/64a, PTO/SB/6768, PTO/SB/9192, PTO/SB/9697, PTO2053A/B, PTO2054A/B, PTO2055A/B, PTOL/413A.

Agency Approval Number: 06510031.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 2,807,641 hours.

Number of Respondents: 2,317,539 responses.

Avg. Hours per Response: 1 minute 48 seconds to 12 hours. The USPTO estimates that it will take 12 hours to complete the examination support document covering the independent claims and the designated dependent claims; 2 hours to compl

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Thu, Dec 29 2005 11:00:00 GMT

Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Title: Patent and Trademark Financial Transactions (formerly Payment of Patent and Trademark Office Fees by Credit Card).

Form Number(s): PTO2038, PTO2231, PTO2232, PTO2233, PTO2234, PTO2236.

Agency Approval Number: 06510043.

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Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 58,116 hours annually.

Number of Respondents: 1,928,705 responses per year.

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the public approximately two to four minutes (0.03 to 0.07 hours) to gather the necessary information, prepare, and submit the items in this collection.

Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113, as