Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter "USPTO" or "Agency") will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OM...
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of information collection; request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter “USPTO” or “Agency”) 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 comments on the information collection renewal of 0651-0065, which helps the USPTO assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden to the public. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register
on April 20, 2026, during a 60-day comment period (91 FR 20984). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES:
To ensure consideration, you must submit comments regarding this information collection on or before November 5, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
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, 0651-0065. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
This information collection request may be viewed atwww.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Mail:
Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Telephone:
Kortney Hammonds, 571-272-1626.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title:
Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys.
OMB Control Number:
0651-0065.
Abstract:
The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) was established in 2006 and is a critical resource of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for encouraging the development of effective and balanced intellectual property (IP) systems around the world. Through targeted international technical assistance activities, GIPA helps to promote both domestic and international IP rights. GIPA's activities cover every aspect of intellectual property law and policy, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, commercialization, and enforcement. By participating in GIPA courses, foreign government officials learn about global intellectual property rights protection and enforcement and
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discuss strategies to handle the protection and enforcement issues in their respective countries. GIPA is an important tool the USPTO uses to achieve its objective of halting intellectual property theft and advancing intellectual property right policies.
The surveys in this information collection are conducted to measure the effectiveness of each activity or intervention. Specifically, the GIPA surveys help to demonstrate the impact of the specific activity on each participant's work and the relevance of each activity to the country's efforts to improve systems for protecting and enforcing IP rights. The survey information is then used to further tailor and improve future interventions. The data captured is also used to help meet organizational performance and accountability goals through the following legislative mandates and performance:
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; [1]
Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRMA); [2]
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy Making Act of 2018.[4]
Evaluations and measurement efforts provide methodologically rigorous data activity and analyses in lieu of more subjective, ad hoc, non-standardized anecdotal material.
These voluntary surveys support various business goals developed by the USPTO to fulfill customer service and performance goals; to assist the USPTO in strategic planning for future initiatives; to verify existing service standards, and to establish new ones. The USPTO also uses these surveys to implement Executive Order 12862 of September 11, 1993,
Setting Customer Service Standards,
published in the
Federal Register
on September 14, 1993 (58 FR 48257).[5]
Forms:
None.
Type of Review:
Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.
Affected Public:
Indivdiuals or households.
Respondent's Obligation:
Voluntary.
Frequency:
On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents:
14,508 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses:
14,508 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
The USPTO estimates that the responses in this information collection will take the public approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed item to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours:
3,627 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden:
$0.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 63530
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys,” thefederalregister.org (October 6, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-20471/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for-review-and-approval-comme.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
www.congress.gov/103/statute/STATUTE-107/STATUTE-107-Pg285.pdf
www.performance.gov/blog/2025-pma-impact-report/
tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/fedreg/fr058/fr058176/fr058176.pdf