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print and retain a copy of the 

acknowledgment receipt that appears on 

the screen after a successful submission. 

Customers will also receive an 

electronic copy of this receipt. The 

USPTO estimates that it will take 5 

seconds (0.001 hours) to print a copy of 

the acknowledgment receipt and that 

approximately 35,278 submissions per 

year will be completed via EFS, EPAS, 

and ETAS, for a total of approximately 

35 hours per year for printing this 

receipt. The USPTO expects that these 

receipts will be printed by 

paraprofessionals at an estimated rate of 

$81 per hour, for a recordkeeping cost 

of $2,835 per year for printing the 

acknowledgment receipts. Therefore, 

this collection has a total recordkeeping 

cost of $2,916.

This collection has filing fees 

associated with submitting patent and 

trademark assignment documents to be 

recorded. The filing fees for recording 

patent and trademark assignments are 

the same for both paper and electronic 

submissions. However, the filing cost 

for recording patent or trademark 

assignments varies according to the 

number of properties involved in each 

submission. The filing fee for submitting 

a trademark assignment as indicated by 

37 CFR 2.6(b)(6) is $40 for recording the 

first property in a document and $25 for 

each additional property in the same 

document. The USPTO estimates that 

the average trademark assignment filing 

has one property plus five additional 

properties, for an average filing cost of 

$165 for a trademark assignment 

submission. 

The filing fee for submitting a patent 

assignment as indicated by 37 CFR 

1.21(h) is $40 for recording each 

property in a document. The USPTO 

estimates that paper and electronic 

patent assignment filings contain an 

average of 1.5 properties per 

submission, for an average filing cost of 

$60. The USPTO also estimates that 

oversized patent assignment requests on 

CD contain an average of 100 properties 

per submission, for an average filing 

cost of $4,000. The total estimated filing 

cost for this collection is $23,056,435 

per year.

Item Form number 

Estimated

annual

responses 

Average fee 

amount 

Estimated annual 

filing costs 

Patent Recordation Form Cover Sheet .................................................... PTO–1595 ........ 277,098 $60.00 $16,625,880.00 

Trademark Recordation Form Cover Sheet ............................................. PTO–1594 ........ 18,908 165.00 3,119,820.00 

Electronic Patent Assignment Recordation request (EFS) ...................... None ................. 5,651 60.00 339,060.00 

Patent Assignment Recordation Request (CD) ........................................ None ................. 10 4,000.00 40,000.00 

Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) ........................................ PTO–1595 ........ 18,636 60.00 1,118,160.00 

Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETA) .................................... PTO–1594 ........ 10,991 165.00 1,813,515.00 

Totals ................................................................................................. ........................... 331,294 ........................ $23,056,435.00 

Customers may incur postage costs 

when submitting a patent or trademark 

assignment request to the USPTO by 

mail. The USPTO expects that some 

assignment requests will be submitted 

by fax but that approximately 215,622 of 

the 296,006 paper assignment requests 

per year will be submitted by mail. The 

USPTO estimates that the average firstclass postage cost for a mailed Patent or 

Trademark Recordation Form Cover 

Sheet submission is 49 cents. The 

USPTO further estimates that 10 patent 

assignment requests on CD will be 

mailed to the USPTO per year and that 

the average first-class postage cost for a 

mailed CD submission is $1.52. The 

total postage cost for this collection is 

$105,670 per year. 

The total non-hour respondent cost 

burden for this collection in the form of 

capital start-up costs, recordkeeping 

costs, filing fees, and postage costs is 

estimated to be $23,165,071 per year. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record.

Dated: October 4, 2004. 

Susan K. Brown, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Office of Data 

Architecture and Services, Data 

Administration Division.

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The next meeting of the Commission 

of Fine Arts is scheduled for 21 October 

2004 at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s 

offices at the National Building 

Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary Square, 

401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20001–2728. Items of discussion 

affecting the appearance of Washington, 

DC, may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http://

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Frederick J. Lindstrom, Acting 

Secretary, Commission of Fine Arts, at 

the above address or call (202) 504–

2200. Individuals requiring sign 

language interpretation for the hearing 

impaired should contact the Secretary at 

least 10 days before the meeting date.

Dated in Washington, DC, 28 September 

2004. 

Frederick J. Lindstrom, 

Acting Secretary.

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