JUSTIFICATION FOR NONMATERIAL/NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGE
Initial Patent Application
OMB Control Number 0651-0032
Background
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is submitting this request to update the current inventory of information collection 0651-0032 Initial Paten Application. The fees in 0651-0032 had been moved into collection 0651-0072 America Invents Act Section 10 Patent Fee Adjustments (approved by OMB in January, 2013). This request is to return these fees to 0651-0032 from 0651-0072 to provide appropriate accounting of the fees with the discontinuation of 0651-0072.
This request is only to return the affected fees to the annual (non-hour) cost burden. The table below details the fees that have been moved to 0651-0032 and are to be removed from 0651-0072, pending its discontinuation:
Fees for Respondents – Annual (Non-hour) Cost Burden
Item |
Responses |
Cost |
0032 Basic filing fee – Utility |
272,887 |
$69,057,450.00 |
0032 Basic filing fee – Utility (electronic filing for small entities) |
58,200 |
$4,074,000.00 |
0032 Surcharge – Late filing fee, search fee, examination fee or oath of declaration |
90,828 |
$10,798,480.00 |
0032 Basic filing fee – Design |
30,948 |
$3,962,115.00 |
0032 Basic filing fee – Design (CPA) |
957 |
$122,580.00 |
0032 Basic filing fee – Plant |
1,024 |
$129,015.00 |
0032 Provisional application filing fee |
172,970 |
$28,610,205.00 |
0032 Surcharge – Late provisional filing fee or cover sheet |
5,978 |
$249,360.00 |
0032 Non-English specifications |
1,856 |
$230,895.00 |
0032 Utility Search Fee |
328,440 |
$164,201,250.00 |
0032 Design Search Fee |
30,948 |
$2,641,410.00 |
0032 Plant Search Fee |
1,024 |
$272,365.00 |
0032 Utility Examination Fee |
330,259 |
$198,227,340.00 |
0032 Design Examination Fee |
30,948 |
$10,125,405.00 |
0032 Plant Examination Fee |
1,024 |
$415,715.00 |
0032 Independent claims in excess of three |
137,674 |
$51,038,925.00 |
0032 Claims in excess of 20 |
924,635 |
$63,330,800.00 |
0032 Multiple dependent claims |
4,639 |
$3,100,890.00 |
0032 Utility Application Size Fee – for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets |
16,986 |
$5,516,300.00 |
0032 Design Application Size Fee – for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets |
122 |
$44,600.00 |
0032 Plant Application Size Fee – for each additional 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets |
1 |
$400.00 |
0032 Provisional Application Size Fee – for each application 50 sheets that exceeds 100 sheets |
8,464 |
$2,427,200.00 |
0032 Processing fee for provisional applications |
2,818 |
$140,900.00 |
Total |
2,453,630 |
$618,717,600.00 |
Summary of Changes
The addition of $618,717,600 in fees to collection 0651-0032 is to account for these fees following the discontinuation of collection 0651-0072.
Changes in Burden
Burden Type |
Currently Approved |
Proposed Change |
New Estimate |
Responses |
0 |
2,453,630 |
2,453,902 |
Fees |
$0.00 |
$618,782,453.00 |
$618,782,453.00 |
Adding these fees to 0651-0032 (that are currently accounted for in the discontinued 0651-0072) will increase the annual (non-hour) cost estimates originally reported for in the renewal.
Consequently, this collection takes a net burden increase of $618,782,453 in annual (non-hour) costs as a program change.
The 0651-0032 revised total burden is as follows:
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| Author | Gunther, Sarah (AMBIT) |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-01-22 |