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IC No. Item 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Filing fee 

($) 

Total non-hour 

cost burden 

(a) (b) (c) = (a) × (b) 

9 ............. Petitions to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer 

than All the Applicants.

10 400.00 4,000.00 

Total .................................................................................................................................. 20 ........................ 8,000.00 

Postage Costs 

Although the USPTO prefers that the 

items in this collection be submitted 

electronically, responses may be 

submitted by mail through the United 

States Postal Service (USPS). The 

USPTO estimates that 2% of the 501,305 

items will be submitted in the mail and 

that all 600 of the customer number 

upload spreadsheets will be submitted 

by mail. The existing first-class postage 

costs are $0.49 per submission. In 

addition, the customer number 

uploaded spreadsheets are submitted to 

the USPTO by mail, with a postage rate 

of $1.73 per submission. 

There is a total of $5,950.74 in postage 

costs associated with this collection. 

Item Responses Postage cost Total postage 

costs 

Non-electronic Responses ........................................................................................................... 10,026 0.49 4,912.74 

Customer Number Upload Spreadsheets ................................................................................... 600 1.73 1,038.00 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 10,626 ........................ 5,950.74 

Therefore, the USPTO estimates that 

the total annual (non-hour) cost burden 

for this collection, in the forms of filing 

fees ($8,000) and postage costs 

($5,950.74), is $13,950.74 per year. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this 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. 

Comments are required 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 costs) 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. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records and Information Governance 

Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22618 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; ‘‘Patent Examiner 

Employment Application’’ 

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, Commerce. 

Title: Patent Examiner Employment 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0042. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular. 

Number of Respondents: 10,660 

responses per year. 

Average Hours per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the response time 

for the employment application will 

take the public approximately 30 

minutes (0.50 hours) to complete. This 

includes the time to gather the 

necessary information, create the 

document, and submit the completed 

request to the USPTO. 

Burden Hours: 5,330 hours. 

Cost Burden: $0.00. There are no 

filing fees or start-up, maintenance, 

record keeping, or postage costs 

associated with this information 

collection. 

Needs and Uses: The use of 

automated application submissions 

provides a user-friendly electronic 

candidate inventory that allows 

management to review potential 

applications in real time. An applicant 

seeking a patent examiner position 

supplies information to the USPTO that 

assists Human Resource Specialists and 

hiring managers and demonstrates 

whether or not the applicant possess the 

basic qualifications for the position for 

which they are applying. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondents: 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 reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–00## copy 

request’’ 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. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before November 17, 2017 to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, 

via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 202–395– 


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5167, marked to the attention of 

Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22619 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Admission To Practice and Roster of 

Registered Patent Attorneys and 

Agents Admitted To Practice Before 

the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, invites comments on a proposed 

information collection proposed 

extension of an existing information 

collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before December 18, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0012 

comment’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and 

Information Governance Division 

Director, Office of the Chief Technology 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Dahlia George, 

Office of Enrollment and Discipline, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 

22313–1450; by telephone at 571–272– 

4097; or by email to Dahlia.George@

uspto.gov with ‘‘0651–0012 comment’’ 

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 

This collection of information is 

required by 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(D), which 

permits the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) to establish 

regulations governing the recognition 

and conduct of agents, attorneys or 

other persons representing applicants or 

other parties before the USPTO. This 

statute also permits the USPTO to 

require information from applicants that 

shows that they are of good moral 

character and reputation and have the 

necessary qualifications to assist 

applicants with the patent process and 

to represent them before the USPTO. 

The USPTO administers the statute 

through 37 CFR 1.21, 10.14 and 11.5 

through 11.12. These rules address the 

requirements to apply for the 

examination for registration and to 

demonstrate eligibility to be a registered 

attorney or agent before the USPTO, 

including the fee requirements. The 

Office of Enrollment and Discipline 

(OED) collects information to determine 

the qualifications of individuals entitled 

to represent applicants before the 

USPTO in the preparation and 

prosecution of applications for a patent. 

The OED also collects information to 

administer and maintain the roster of 

attorneys and agents registered to 

practice before the USPTO. Information 

concerning registered attorneys and 

agents is published by the OED in a 

public roster that can be accessed 

through the USPTO Web site. The 

information in this collection is used by 

the USPTO to review applications for 

the examination for registration and to 

determine whether an applicant may be 

added to, or an existing practitioner may 

remain on, the Register of Patent 

Attorneys and Agents. 

II. Method of Collection 

Individuals desiring to participate in 

the Register of Patent Attorneys may 

submit material in electronic form or by 

mail following guidance provided by 

the Office of Enrollment and Discipline. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0012. 

IC Instruments and Forms: PTO–158, 

PTO–158A, PTO–158T, PTO–107A, 

PTO–107R, PTO–107S, PTO–275, PTO– 

1209, PTO–2126, PTO–2149 and PTO– 

2150. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

Previously Existing Information 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 18,458. Estimates for 

numbers of annual responses are based 

on the previously received number of 

responses and the anticipated 

participation trends over the next three 

years. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it takes the public 

approximately 1 minute (0.01 hours) to 

40 hours to complete this information, 

depending upon the application (see 

Table 1 below). This includes the time 

to gather the necessary information, 

prepare the forms, and submit the items 

to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 18,559.39 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

(Hourly) Cost Burden: $8,090,661.34. 

The USPTO expects that attorneys will 

complete the items in this collection. 

The professional hourly rate for 

attorneys is $438. The rate is established 

by estimates in the 2017 Report for the 

Economic Survey of the American 

Intellectual Property Law Association. 

Using this hourly rate, the USPTO 

estimates that the total respondent cost 

burden for this collection is 

$8,090,661.34 per year. 

TABLE 1—RESPONDENT COSTS

IC No. Item Hours Responses 

(yr) 

Burden 

(hrs/yr) 

Rate 

($/hr) 

Estimated 

respondent 

cost 

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

1 ............. Application for Registration to Practice Before 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office (includes both the computerized 

exam and the USPTO-administered exam) 

Form PTO–158.

0.50 2,611 1,305.50 $438 $571,809.00 


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