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IC No. Information collection 

instrument 

Estimated time 

for response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated annual 

burden hours 

Rate 

($/hr) 

Total cost 

($) 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) (d) (c) × (d) = (e) 

Total ........... ................................................... ........................ 3,000 6,000 ........................ 2,334,000.00 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden 

(Non-Hourly): $504.00. There are no 

capital startup, maintenance, or 

operating fees are associated with this 

collection. There are, however, postage 

costs associated with this collection. 

Specifically, customers may incur 

postage costs when submitting the 

information in this collection to the 

USPTO by mail through the United 

States Postal Service. The USPTO 

estimates that the average first class 

postage cost for a mailed one-pound 

submission will be $5.60 and 

approximately 90 submissions will be 

submitted to the USPTO requiring 

postage. 

No. Information collection instrument Responses 

(yr) Postage costs 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(yr) 

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c) 

1 ........................ Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.28(c) .......................................... 45 $5.60 $252.00 

2 ........................ Submissions Under 37 CFR 1.29(k) .......................................... 45 5.60 252.00 

Total ........... ..................................................................................................... 90 .............................. 504.00 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that 

the total annual (non-hour) cost burden 

for this collection, in the form of postage 

costs is $504.00 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, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (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, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 13, 2015. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Post Patent Provisions of the LeahySmith America Invents Act 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on proposed and/ 

or continuing information collections, 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0067 Post 

Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith 

America Invents Act’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Raul Tamayo, 

Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent 

Legal Administration, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450; by telephone at 571–272–7728; or 

by email at Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov 

with ‘‘Paperwork’’ in the subject line. 

Additional information about this 

collection is also available at http://

www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information 

Collection Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is required 

by 35 U.S.C. 131 et seq. to examine an 

application for patent and, when 

appropriate, issue a patent. The 

provisions of 35 U.S.C. 301 and 37 CFR 

1.501 govern the ability of a person to 

submit into the file of an issued patent 

(i) prior art consisting of patents or 

printed publications which that person 

believes to have a bearing on the 

patentability of any claim of a patent 

and (ii) written statements of a patent 

owner filed in a proceeding before a 

Federal court or the USPTO in which 

the patent owner took a position on the 

scope of any claim of the patent. 

The information in this collection can 

be submitted electronically through 

EFS-Web, the USPTO’s web-based 

electronic filing system, as well as on 

paper. The USPTO therefore accounts 

for both electronic and paper 

submissions in this collection. 

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II. Method of Collection 

Electronically if applicants submit the 

information using the TEAS forms. By 

mail or hand delivery if applicants 

choose to submit the information in 

paper form. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0067. 

IC Instruments: The individual 

instruments in this collection, as well as 

their associated forms, are listed in the 

table below. 

IC No. Information collection instrument Form(s) 

1 ................................. Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent (paper and electronic) ............................................................ • PTO/SB/42. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Responses: The USPTO 

estimates that it will receive a total of 

240 responses to this information 

collection annually, of which 60 will be 

filed by small entities. The USPTO 

estimates that 230 of the 240 responses 

will be filed electronically. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public 10 hours to complete the 

collection of information. This includes 

time to gather the necessary 

information, create the document, and 

submit the completed request to the 

USPTO. The USPTO calculates that, on 

balance, it takes the same amount of 

time to gather the necessary 

information, create the document, and 

submit it to the USPTO, whether the 

applicant submits the information in 

paper form or electronically. 

The time per response, estimated 

annual responses, and estimated annual 

hour burden associated with each 

instrument in this information 

collection is shown in the table below. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

2,400 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden 

(Hourly): $933,600. The USPTO expects 

that attorneys will complete the 

instruments associated with this 

information collection. The professional 

hourly rate for attorneys is $389. Using 

this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates 

$933,600 per year for the total hourly 

costs associated with respondents. 

No. Information collection instrument 

Estimated time 

for response 

(minutes) 

Estimated annual 

responses 

Estimated annual 

burden hours 

(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) 

1 ........................ Electronic Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent ............... 600 230 2,300 

2 ........................ Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent ................................ 600 10 100 

Total .......... ..................................................................................................... .............................. 240 2,400 

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden 

(Non-Hourly): $57.50. There are postage 

costs associated with information 

disclosure citations in a patent. 

Customers may incur postage costs 

when submitting the information in this 

collection to the USPTO by mail 

through the United States Postal 

Service. The USPTO estimates that the 

average postage cost for a mailed onepound submission will be $5.75 and 

approximately 10 submissions will be 

submitted to the USPTO requiring 

postage. The estimated postage cost for 

this collection will be $57.50. 

No. Information collection instrument Responses 

(yr) 

Postage fee 

($) 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(yr) 

(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) 

1 ........................ Information Disclosure Citation in a Patent ................................ 10 $5.75 $57.50 

Total .......... ..................................................................................................... 10 .............................. 57.50 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that 

the total annual (non-hour) cost burden 

for this collection, in the form of postage 

is $57.50 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, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (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, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 13, 2015. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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