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Office (USPTO), which will forward the 

applications to the IB or ‘‘directly’’ with 

the IB. The IB ascertains whether the 

international design application 

complies with formal requirements, 

registers the international design in the 

International Register, and publishes the 

international registration in the 

International Designs Bulletin. The 

international registration contains all of 

the data of the international application, 

any reproduction of the industrial 

design, date of the international 

registration, number of the international 

registration, and relevant class of the 

International Classification. 

The IB will provide a copy of the 

publication of the international 

registration to each Contracting Party 

designated by the applicant. A 

designated Contracting Party may 

perform a substantive examination of 

the design application. The USPTO will 

perform a substantive examination for 

patentability of the international design 

application, as in the case of regular 

U.S. design applications. The industrial 

design or designs will be eligible for 

protection in all the Contracting Parties 

designated by applicants. 

In addition, this information 

collection covers the various fees related 

to the processing of International design 

applications, such as the: (1) basic fee; 

(2) standard designation fee(s); (3) 

individual designation fee(s); and (4) 

publication fee. Also, an additional fee 

is required where the applications 

contain a description that exceeds 100 

words, and a transmittal fee is required 

for international design applications 

filed through an office of indirect filing. 

The fees required by the IB may be paid 

either directly to the IB or through the 

USPTO as an office of indirect filing in 

the amounts specified on the WIPO 

website. If applicants want to pay the 

required fees through USPTO as an 

office of indirect filing, the fees must be 

paid no later than the date of payment 

of the transmittal fee. The fees will then 

be forwarded to the IB. 

The Hague Agreement enables 

applicants from Contracting Parties to 

obtain protection of their designs with 

minimal formalities and expenses in 

multiple countries and/or regions. The 

Hague Agreement is administered by the 

IB, which simplifies the management of 

an industrial design registration. For 

example, through the IB, applicants can 

record changes of their representatives 

or changes in ownership, and renew 

their international registration. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 0651–0075. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0075 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Initial Patent Applications 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on September 29, 2020 during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Initial Patent Applications. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0032. 

Form Number(s): (AIA = American 

Invents; SB = Specimen Book). 

• PTO/AIA/01 (Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63) for Utility or Design Patent 

Application using an Application 

Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01CN (Chinese Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01DE (German Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01ES (Spanish Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01FR (French Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01IT (Italian Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01JP (Japanese Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01KR (Korean Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using An 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTOAIA/01NL (Dutch Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01RU (Russian Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using An 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/01SE (Swedish Language 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility 

or Design Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/02 (Substitute Statement in 

Lieu of an Oath or Declaration for 

Utility or Design Patent Application 

(35 U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02CN (Chinese (simplified) 

Language Substitute Statement in 

Lieu of an Oath or Declaration for 

Utility or Design Patent Application 

(35 U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02DE (German Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02ES (Spanish Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 


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Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02FR (French Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02IT (Italian Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02KR (Korean Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02NL (Dutch Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02RU (Russian Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/02SE (Swedish Language 

Substitute Statement in Lieu of an 

Oath or Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64) 

• PTO/AIA/03 (Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63) for Plant Patent Application 

using an Application Data Sheet (37 

CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/04 (Substitute Statement in 

Lieu of an Oath or Declaration for 

Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64)) 

• PTO/AIA/08 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63)) 

• PTO/AIA/09 (Plant Patent 

Application (35 U.S.C. 161) 

Declaration (37 CFR 1.162)) 

• PTO/AIA/10 (Supplemental Sheet for 

Declaration) 

• PTO/AIA/10 (Declaration 

(supplemental sheet for PTO/SB/ 

AIA09)) 

• PTO/AIA/11 (Substitute Statement 

Supplemental Sheet) 

• PTO/AIA/11 (Substitute Statement 

Supplemental Sheet (supplemental 

sheet for PTO/SB/AIA04)) 

• PTO/AIA/14 (Application Data Sheet 

(37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/AIA/14 (EFS-Web (Application 

Data Sheet Form) 

• PTO/AIA/15 (Utility Patent 

Application Transmittal) 

• PTO/AIA/18 (Design Patent 

Application Transmittal) 

• PTO/AIA/19 (Plant Patent 

Application Transmittal) 

• PTO/SB/01 (Declaration for Utility or 

Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63)—applications filed before 

September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/01A (Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63) for Utility or Design Application 

Using an Application Data Sheet (37 

CFR 1.76)—applications filed on or 

before September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/02 (Declaration (Additional 

Inventors) and Supplemental Priority 

Data Sheet—applications filed before 

September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/02A, 02B (Declaration— 

Additional Inventors—Supplemental 

Sheet) 

• PTO/SB/02CN (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheets 

(Chinese Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors) 

• PTO/SB/02DE (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheets 

(German Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02ES (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Spanish Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02FR (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(French Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02IT (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Italian Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02JP (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Japanese Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02KR (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Korean Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02NL (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Dutch Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02RU (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Russian Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02SE (Declaration 

(Additional Inventors) and 

Supplemental Priority Data Sheet 

(Swedish Language Declaration for 

Additional Inventors)) 

• PTO/SB/02LR (Declaration 

Supplemental Sheet for Legal 

Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on 

Behalf of a Deceased or Incapacitated 

Inventor) 

• PTO/SB/03 (Plant Patent Application 

(35 U.S. C. 161) Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63)) 

• PTO/SB/03A (Declaration (37 CFR 

1.63) for Plant Application Using an 

Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76)) 

• PTO/SB/04 (Supplemental 

Declaration for Utility or Design 

Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67)) 

• PTO/SB/06 (Patent Application Fee 

Determination Record) 

• PTO/SB/07 (Multiple Dependent 

Claim Fee Calculation Sheet) 

• PTO/SB/08a (Information Disclosure 

Statement by Applicant) 

• PTO/SB/09 (Certification and Request 

for Consideration of an Information 

Disclosure Statement Filed After 

Payment of the Issue Fee Under the 

QPIDS Pilot Program) 

• PTO/SB/16 (Provisional Application 

for Patent Cover Sheet—Paper and 

Electronic Filing) 

• PTO/SB/17 (Fee Transmittal) 

• PTO/SB/29 (Continued Prosecution 

Application (CPA) Request 

Transmittal) 

• PTO/SB/29A (Receipt for Facsimile 

Transmitted CPA) 

• PTO/SB/101 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Chinese Language— 

applications filed before September 

16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/102 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Dutch Language—applications 

filed before September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/103 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), German Language— 

applications filed before September 

16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/104 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Italian Language—applications 

filed before September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/105 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), French Language—applications 

filed before September 16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/106 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Japanese Language— 

applications filed before September 

16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/107 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Russian Language— 

applications filed before September 

16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/108 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Swedish Language— 

applications filed before September 

16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/109 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Spanish Language— 


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applications filed before September 

16, 2012) 

• PTO/SB/110 (Declaration for Utility 

or Design Patent Application (37 CFR 

1.63), Korean Language—applications 

filed before September 16, 2012) 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 633,209 

respondents per year. 

Average Hour per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it takes the public 

between 45 minutes (.75 hours) and 40 

hours to complete a single response, 

depending on the complexity of the 

submission. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate documents, and 

to submit the response to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 15,598,813 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $1,205,915,848. 

Needs and Uses: The United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

required by Title 35 of the United States 

Code (U.S.C.) to examine applications 

for patents. The USPTO administers the 

patent statutes relating to examination 

through various regulations in such as 

37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

1.16 through 1.84. Each patent applicant 

must provide sufficient information to 

allow the USPTO to properly examine 

the application to determine whether it 

meets the criteria set forth in the patent 

statutes and regulations for issuance as 

a patent. The patent statutes and 

regulations require that an application 

for patent include the following 

information: 

(1) A specification containing a 

description of the invention and at least 

one claim defining the property right 

sought by the applicant; 

(2) A drawing(s) or photograph(s), 

where necessary, for an understanding 

of the invention; 

(3) An oath or declaration signed by 

the applicant; and 

(4) A filing fee. 

Various types of patent applications 

are covered under this information 

collection: 

• New original utility, plant, design, 

and provisional applications; 

• Continuation/divisional 

applications of international 

applications; 

• Continued prosecution applications 

(design); and 

• Continuation/divisional and 

continuation-in-part applications of 

utility, plant, and design applications. 

In addition, this information 

collection covers certain other papers 

filed by applicants, such as, petitions to 

accept an unintentionally delayed 

priority or benefit claim, petitions to 

accept a filing by other than all of the 

inventors or a person not the inventor, 

and petitions requesting that 

applications filed under 37 CFR 1.495(b) 

be accorded a receipt date. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 0651–0032. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0032 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26364 Filed 11–27–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Trademark Submissions 

Regarding Correspondence and 

Regarding Attorney Representation 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on September 29, 2020 during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office, 

Department of Commerce. 

Title: Trademark Submissions 

Regarding Correspondence and 

Regarding Attorney Representation. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0056. 

Form Number(s): 

• PTO Form 2201 (TEAS Request for 

Withdrawal as Attorney of Record/ 

Update of USPTO’s Database After 

Power of Attorney Ends) 

• PTO Form 2300 (TEAS Change 

Address or Representation Form) 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 204,323 

respondents per year. 

Average Hour per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public between 12 minutes (0.2 hours) 

and 1 hour to complete a response, 

depending upon the complexity of the 

situation. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate documents, and 

submit the completed response to the 

USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 50,437 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Cost Burden: $1,369. 

Needs and Uses: The USPTO 

administers the Trademark Act, 15 

U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which provides for 

the Federal registration of trademarks, 

service marks, collective trademarks and 

service marks, collective membership 

marks, and certification marks. 

Individuals and businesses that use or 

intend to use such marks in commerce 

may file an application to register their 

marks with the USPTO. 

Such individuals and businesses may 

also submit various communications to 

the USPTO regarding their pending 

applications or registered trademarks, 

including providing additional 

information needed to process a 

pending application, filing amendments 

to the applications, or filing the papers 

necessary to keep a trademark in force. 

In the majority of circumstances, 

individuals and businesses retain 

attorneys to handle these matters. As 

such, these parties may also submit 


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