81 FR 56610 - Post Allowance and Refiling

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)

Page Range		56610-56612
FR Document		2016-19921
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 take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Post Allowance and Refiling

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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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 take this 
opportunity to comment on the continuing information collection, 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 October 21, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0033 comment'' 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, 
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-7728; 
or by email to [email protected]. 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 encompasses the action an applicant 
must take to submit an issue fee payment to the USPTO. The United 
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 
and 151 to examine applications and, when appropriate, allow 
applications and issue them as patents. When an application for a 
patent is allowed by the USPTO, the USPTO issues a notice of allowance 
and the applicant must pay the specified issue fee (including the 
publication fee, if applicable) within three months to avoid 
abandonment of the application. If the appropriate fees are paid within 
the proper time period, the USPTO can then issue the patent. If the 
fees are not paid within the designated time period, the application is 
abandoned (applicant may petition the Director to accept a delayed 
payment with a satisfactory showing that the delay was unintentional; 
the Petition for Revival of an Application for Patent Abandoned 
Unintentionally (Form PTO/SB/64) is approved under information 
collection 0651-0031). The rules outlining the procedures for payment 
of the issue fee and issuance of a patent are found at 37 CFR 1.18 and 
1.311-1.317.
    This collection of information also encompasses several actions 
that may be taken after issuance of a patent, pursuant to Chapter 25 of 
Title 35 U.S.C. A certificate of correction may be requested to correct 
an error or errors in the patent. If the USPTO determines that the 
request should be approved, the USPTO will issue a certificate of 
correction. For an original patent that is believed to be wholly or 
partly inoperative or invalid, the assignee(s) or inventor(s) may apply 
for reissue of the patent, which entails several formal requirements, 
including provision of an oath or declaration specifically identifying 
at least one error being relied upon as the basis for reissue and 
stating the reason for the belief that the original patent is wholly or 
partly inoperative or invalid (e.g., a defective specification or 
drawing, or claiming more or less than the patentee had the right to 
claim in the patent). The rules outlining these procedures are found at 
37 CFR 1.171-1.178 and 1.322-1.325.

II. Method of Collection

    By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically to the USPTO.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0651-0033.
    Form Number(s): PTO/SB/44/50/51/51S/52/53/56/141, PTO/AIA/05/06/07, 
and PTOL-85B.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other 
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 379,600 responses per year. The 
USPTO estimates that approximately 25% of these responses will be from 
small entities (22%) and micro entities (3%).
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take 
the public from 12 minutes (0.20 hours) to 5 hours to gather the 
necessary information, prepare the appropriate form or document, and 
submit the information to the USPTO.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 207,065 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $35,734,150.00. The 
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared 
by attorneys at an estimated rate of $410 per hour, except for the 
Issue Fee Transmittal, which will be prepared by paraprofessionals at 
an estimated rate of $125 per hour. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that 
the respondent cost burden for this collection will be approximately 
$35,734,150.00 per year.

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                                                                                         Estimated       Estimated
         IC No.                     Item           Estimated time for  response (hr)      annual       annual burden    Rate ($/hr)    Total cost burden
                                                                                         responses         hours                            ($/hr)
                                                   (a)..............................             (b)     (a) x (b) =             (d)     (c) x (d) = (e)
                                                                                                                 (c)
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1.......................  Certificate of           1................................          28,000       28,000.00         $410.00      $11,480,000.00
                           Correction (PTO/SB/44).
2.......................  Petition to Correct      0.50 (30 minutes)................             850          425.00          410.00          174,250.00
                           Assignee After Payment
                           of Issue Fee (37 CFR
                           3.81(b)) (PTO/SB/141).
3.......................  Reissue Documentation..  5................................             950        4,750.00          410.00        1,947,500.00
4.......................  Reissue Patent           0.20 (12 minutes)................             950          190.00          410.00           77,900.00
                           Application
                           Transmittal (PTO/SB/
                           50)Office (RO/US) (PTO-
                           1382).

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5.......................  Reissue Application      0.50 (30 minutes)................           1,350          675.00          410.00          276,750.00
                           Declaration by the
                           Inventor or the
                           Assignee (PTO/SB/51/52
                           and PTO/AIA/05/06) or
                           Substitute Statement
                           in Lieu of an Oath or
                           Declaration for
                           Reissue Patent
                           Application (35 U.S.C.
                           Sec.   115(d) and 37
                           CFR 1.64) (PTO/AIA/07).
6.......................  Supplemental             0.30 (18 minutes)................             250           75.00          410.00           30,750.00
                           Declaration for
                           Reissue Patent
                           Application to Correct
                           ``Errors'' Statement
                           (37 CFR 1.175) (PTO/SB/
                           51S).
7.......................  Reissue Application:     0.20 (12 minutes)................           1,300          260.00          410.00          106,600.00
                           Consent of Assignee;
                           Statement of Non-
                           assignment (PTO/SB/53).
8.......................  Reissue Application Fee  0.20 (12 minutes)................             950          190.00          410.00           77,900.00
                           Transmittal Form (PTO/
                           SB/56).
9.......................  Issue Fee Transmittal    0.50 (30 minutes)................          35,000       17,500.00          125.00        2,187,500.00
                           (PTOL-85B).
10......................  Issue Fee Transmittal    0.50 (30 minutes)................         310,000      155,000.00          125.00       19,375,000.00
                           (electronic) (PTOL-
                           85B).
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    Totals..............  .......................  .................................         379,600      207,065.00  ..............       35,734,150.00
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    Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: 
$274,403,312.19. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or 
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection. 
However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the forms 
of postage costs.

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                                                                              Estimated annual                                    Total non-hour cost
               IC No.                 Information collection instrument          responses                Filing fee ($)              burden (yr)
                                                                                               (a)                        (b)            (a) x (b) = (c)
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1..................................  Certificate of correction.........                     12,200                    $100.00              $1,220,000.00
3..................................  Basic filing fee--Reissue (Large                          850                     280.00                 238,000.00
                                      entity).
3..................................  Basic filing fee--Reissue (Small                          250                     140.00                  35,000.00
                                      entity).
3..................................  Basic filing fee--Reissue (Micro                           10                      70.00                     700.00
                                      entity).
3..................................  Reissue Search Fee (Large entity).                        850                     600.00                 510,000.00
3..................................  Reissue Search Fee (Small entity).                        250                     300.00                  75,000.00
3..................................  Reissue Search Fee (Micro entity).                         10                     150.00                   1,500.00
3..................................  Reissue independent claims in                           1,150                     420.00                 483,000.00
                                      excess of three (Micro entity).
3..................................  Reissue independent claims in                             200                     210.00                  42,000.00
                                      excess of three (Small entity).
3..................................  Reissue independent claims in                              15                     105.00                   1,575.00
                                      excess of three (Micro entity).
3..................................  Reissue claims in excess of 20                          7,535                      80.00                 602,800.00
                                      (Large entity).
3..................................  Reissue claims in excess of 20                          2,030                      40.00                  81,200.00
                                      (Small entity).
3..................................  Reissue claims in excess of 20                             90                      20.00                   1,800.00
                                      (Micro entity).
8..................................  Reissue Application Size Fee--for                          25                     400.00                  10,000.00
                                      each additional 50 sheets that
                                      exceeds 100 sheets (Large entity).
8..................................  Reissue Application Size Fee--for                           5                     200.00                   1,000.00
                                      each additional 50 sheets that
                                      exceeds 100 sheets (Small entity).
8..................................  Reissue Application Size Fee--for                           0                     100.00                       0.00
                                      each additional 50 sheets that
                                      exceeds 100 sheets (Micro entity).
8..................................  Reissue Examination Fee (Large                            840                   2,160.00               1,814,400.00
                                      entity).
8..................................  Reissue Examination Fee (Small                            245                   1,080.00                 264,600.00
                                      entity).
8..................................  Reissue Examination Fee (Micro                             10                     540.00                   5,400.00
                                      entity).

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9, 10..............................  Utility issue fee (Large entity)..                    236,380                     960.00             226,924,800.00
9, 10..............................  Utility issue fee (Small entity)..                     57,830                     480.00              27,758,400.00
9, 10..............................  Utility issue fee (Micro entity)..                      5,625                     240.00               1,350,000.00
9, 10..............................  Design issue fee (Large entity)...                     15,230                     560.00               8,528,800.00
9, 10..............................  Design issue fee (Small entity)...                     11,150                     280.00               3,122,000.00
9, 10..............................  Design issue fee (Micro entity)...                      2,210                     140.00                 309,400.00
9, 10..............................  Plant issue fee (Large entity)....                        610                     760.00                 463,600.00
9, 10..............................  Plant issue fee (Small entity)....                        655                     380.00                 248,900.00
9, 10..............................  Plant issue fee (Micro entity)....                         10                     190.00                   1,900.00
9, 10..............................  Reissue issue fee (Large entity)..                        265                     960.00                 254,400.00
9, 10..............................  Reissue issue fee (Small entity)..                         90                     480.00                  43,200.00
9, 10..............................  Reissue issue fee (Micro entity)..                          5                     240.00                   1,200.00
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    Total..........................  ..................................                    356,625  .........................             274,394,575.00
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    Customers may incur postage costs when submitting the information 
in this collection by the USPTO by mail. The USPTO estimates that the 
average first-class postage cost for a mailed submission will be 49 
cents and that approximately 5% submissions will be mailed to the USPTO 
per year, for a total estimated postage cost of $8,737.19 per year.
    The total annual (non-hour) respondent cost burden for this 
collection is estimated to be approximately $274,403,312.19 per year.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will 
become a matter of public record.
    The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
    (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) 
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE I. Abstract relied upon as the basis for reissue and
This collection of information stating the reason for the belief that the
Patent and Trademark Office encompasses the action an applicant original patent is wholly or partly
must take to submit an issue fee inoperative or invalid (e.g., a defective
Post Allowance and Refiling specification or drawing, or claiming
payment to the USPTO. The United
States Patent and Trademark Office more or less than the patentee had the
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment right to claim in the patent). The rules
request. (USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 131
and 151 to examine applications and, outlining these procedures are found at
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and when appropriate, allow applications 37 CFR 1.171–1.178 and 1.322–1.325.
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its and issue them as patents. When an II. Method of Collection
continuing effort to reduce paperwork application for a patent is allowed by
and respondent burden, invites the the USPTO, the USPTO issues a notice By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or
general public and other Federal of allowance and the applicant must pay electronically to the USPTO.
agencies to take this opportunity to the specified issue fee (including the III. Data
comment on the continuing information publication fee, if applicable) within
three months to avoid abandonment of OMB Number: 0651–0033.
collection, as required by the Paperwork
the application. If the appropriate fees Form Number(s): PTO/SB/44/50/51/
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
are paid within the proper time period, 51S/52/53/56/141, PTO/AIA/05/06/07,
13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
the USPTO can then issue the patent. If and PTOL–85B.
DATES: Written comments must be Type of Review: Revision of a
the fees are not paid within the
submitted on or before October 21, currently approved collection.
designated time period, the application
2016. Affected Public: Individuals or
is abandoned (applicant may petition
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments the Director to accept a delayed households; businesses or other for-
by any of the following methods: payment with a satisfactory showing profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
• Email: InformationCollection@ that the delay was unintentional; the Estimated Number of Respondents:
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0033 Petition for Revival of an Application 379,600 responses per year. The USPTO
comment’’ in the subject line of the for Patent Abandoned Unintentionally estimates that approximately 25% of
message. (Form PTO/SB/64) is approved under these responses will be from small
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records information collection 0651–0031). The entities (22%) and micro entities (3%).
Management Division Director, Office of rules outlining the procedures for Estimated Time per Response: The
the Chief Information Officer; United payment of the issue fee and issuance of USPTO estimates that it will take the
States Patent and Trademark Office; a patent are found at 37 CFR 1.18 and public from 12 minutes (0.20 hours) to
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 1.311–1.317. 5 hours to gather the necessary
1450. This collection of information also information, prepare the appropriate
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// encompasses several actions that may be form or document, and submit the
www.regulations.gov. taken after issuance of a patent, information to the USPTO.
pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 35 Estimated Total Annual Respondent
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.C. A certificate of correction may be Burden Hours: 207,065 hours.
Requests for additional information requested to correct an error or errors in Estimated Total Annual Respondent
should be directed to Raul Tamayo, the patent. If the USPTO determines Cost Burden: $35,734,150.00. The
Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent that the request should be approved, the USPTO expects that the information in
Legal Administration, United States USPTO will issue a certificate of this collection will be prepared by
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box correction. For an original patent that is attorneys at an estimated rate of $410
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450; by believed to be wholly or partly per hour, except for the Issue Fee
telephone at 571–272–7728; or by email inoperative or invalid, the assignee(s) or Transmittal, which will be prepared by
to Raul.Tamayo@uspto.gov. Additional inventor(s) may apply for reissue of the paraprofessionals at an estimated rate of
information about this collection is also patent, which entails several formal $125 per hour. Therefore, the USPTO
available at http://www.reginfo.gov requirements, including provision of an estimates that the respondent cost
under ‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ oath or declaration specifically burden for this collection will be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: identifying at least one error being approximately $35,734,150.00 per year.

Estimated time for Estimated Estimated Rate Total cost burden
IC No. Item response annual annual burden ($/hr) ($/hr)
(hr) responses hours

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

1 .................. Certificate of Correction (PTO/ 1 ................................ 28,000 28,000.00 $410.00 $11,480,000.00
SB/44).
2 .................. Petition to Correct Assignee 0.50 (30 minutes) ...... 850 425.00 410.00 174,250.00
After Payment of Issue Fee
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(37 CFR 3.81(b)) (PTO/SB/
141).
3 .................. Reissue Documentation ......... 5 ................................ 950 4,750.00 410.00 1,947,500.00
4 .................. Reissue Patent Application 0.20 (12 minutes) ...... 950 190.00 410.00 77,900.00
Transmittal (PTO/SB/
50)Office (RO/US) (PTO–
1382).

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Estimated annual Filing fee Total non-hour cost burden
IC No. Information collection instrument responses ($) (yr)

(a) (b) (a) × (b) = (c)

9, 10 ............ Utility issue fee (Large entity) ................ 236,380 960.00 226,924,800.00
9, 10 ............ Utility issue fee (Small entity) ................ 57,830 480.00 27,758,400.00
9, 10 ............ Utility issue fee (Micro entity) ................ 5,625 240.00 1,350,000.00
9, 10 ............ Design issue fee (Large entity) .............. 15,230 560.00 8,528,800.00
9, 10 ............ Design issue fee (Small entity) .............. 11,150 280.00 3,122,000.00
9, 10 ............ Design issue fee (Micro entity) .............. 2,210 140.00 309,400.00
9, 10 ............ Plant issue fee (Large entity) ................. 610 760.00 463,600.00
9, 10 ............ Plant issue fee (Small entity) ................. 655 380.00 248,900.00
9, 10 ............ Plant issue fee (Micro entity) ................. 10 190.00 1,900.00
9, 10 ............ Reissue issue fee (Large entity) ............ 265 960.00 254,400.00
9, 10 ............ Reissue issue fee (Small entity) ............ 90 480.00 43,200.00
9, 10 ............ Reissue issue fee (Micro entity) ............ 5 240.00 1,200.00

Total ..... ................................................................ 356,625 ............................................ 274,394,575.00

Customers may incur postage costs e.g., permitting electronic submission of low income inventors with volunteer
when submitting the information in this responses. patent attorneys across the United
collection by the USPTO by mail. The States.
Marcie Lovett, This information collection will
USPTO estimates that the average first-
Records Management Division Director, ascertain the effectiveness of each
class postage cost for a mailed Office of the Chief Information Officer.
submission will be 49 cents and that individual regional hub with respect to
[FR Doc. 2016–19921 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am] their matchmaking efforts. The USPTO
approximately 5% submissions will be
mailed to the USPTO per year, for a
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P has worked with the Pro Bono Advisory
Council (PBAC) to determine what
total estimated postage cost of $8,737.19
information is necessary to ascertain the
per year. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE effectiveness of each regional pro bono
The total annual (non-hour) hub’s matchmaking operations. PBAC is
respondent cost burden for this United States Patent and Trademark
a well-established group of patent
collection is estimated to be Office
practitioners and patent pro bono
approximately $274,403,312.19 per Submission for OMB Review; regional hub administrators who have
year. Comment Request; ‘‘Pro Bono Survey’’ committed to provide support and
guidance to patent pro bono programs
IV. Request for Comments across the country. The USPTO is
The United States Patent and
Comments submitted in response to Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit responsible for the collection of this
this notice will be summarized and/or to the Office of Management and Budget information, which is collected on a
included in the request for OMB (OMB) for clearance the following quarterly basis.
proposal for collection of information Specifically, the information will
approval. All comments will become a
under the provisions of the Paperwork allow PBAC and the USPTO to ascertain
matter of public record. the origination state of applicants,
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
The USPTO is soliciting public Title: Pro Bono Survey. where applicants are being referred
comments to: OMB Control Number: 0651—New. from, and what portion of applicants are
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed Form Number(s): N/A. completing and returning financial
collection of information is necessary Type of Request: Regular. screening applications. Additionally the
for the proper performance of the Number of Respondents: 20 information will help track the number
functions of the agency, including respondents providing quarterly of invention screenings, disqualified
whether the information will have responses, for a total of 80 responses per applicants, corporations/law firms
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the year. agreeing to accept cases, backlog of
Average Hours per Response: 2 hours. unmatched applicants, hours donated
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
Burden Hours: 160 hours. by lawyer referral service panel
burden of the proposed collection of Cost Burden: $65,600.00 attorneys, and provisional and non-
information, including the validity of Needs and Uses: The Leahy-Smith provisional applications filed, all on a
the methodology and assumptions used; America Invents Act (AIA), Public Law quarterly basis. The information will
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 112–29 § 32 (2011) directs the USPTO to also allow PBAC and the USPTO to
clarity of the information to be work with and support intellectual understand program financial
collected; and (d) Minimize the burden property law associations across the information including project cost, and
of the collection of information on those country in the establishment of pro depth of donor support.
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who are to respond, including through bono programs designed to assist The information, at its highest level,
the use of appropriate automated, financially under-resourced will allow PBAC and the USPTO to
electronic, mechanical, or other independent inventors and small ascertain whether the regional hubs are
technological collection techniques or businesses. In support of this law, the matching qualified low income
other forms of information technology, USPTO, in collaboration with various inventors with volunteer patent
non-profit organizations, has established attorneys. It will also help establish the
a series of autonomous regional hubs total economic benefit derived by low-
that act as matchmakers to help connect income inventors in the form of donated

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Proposed collection; comment request.
Dates		Written comments must be submitted on or before October 21, 2016.
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, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-7728; or by email to [email protected] Additional information about this collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.''
FR Citation		81 FR 56610
81 FR 56610 - Post Allowance and Refiling

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEPatent and Trademark Office

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
