Information Collection Request

Admittance to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

ICR 201105-0651-009 · OMB 0651-0012 · Historical Active

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
Form PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam) Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO 158RA Request for Reasonable Accommodation Form and Instruction New Available
Form PTO-158LS Application for Registration in the USPTO Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the Unied States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) Form and Instruction Unchanged Available
Form PTO-158T Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by A foreign Attorney or Agent Form and Instruction Unchanged Available
Form PTO-2150 Certification of Attendance at USPTO-approved CLE Training Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-2149 Sponsor Application for USPTO Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Reinstatement Fee (fee required to be paid after the due date of the required annual fee) Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Delinquency Fee for Annual Fee Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Balance of Annual Fee Due on Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO-2126 Request for Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO-2126 Voluntary Inactive Status Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-2126 Annual Fee, Limited Recognition Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Maintenance Fee Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-107A Reinstatement to the Register (PTO-107A) Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO-1209 Oath or Affirmation Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO/107A Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO/275 Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b) Form Unchanged Repair queued
Form PTO-158A Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident (applicant does not take the exam) Form Unchanged Available
Form PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (former examiners; examination waived) Form Unchanged Available
USPTO-infoqualityguide.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2007-09-27 Repair queued
0651-0012 SupStmt RA Aug 2011.pdf Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2011-08-08 Available
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
37380 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam) Form Unchanged
197899 Request for Reasonable Accommodation Form and Instruction New
192971 Application for Registration in the USPTO Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the Unied States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) Form and Instruction Unchanged
192968 Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by A foreign Attorney or Agent Form and Instruction Unchanged
192953 Change of Address (electronic submission) Unchanged
192952 Cover pages used for submitting correspondence to OED (for documents submitted with applications, request for reconsideration, and petitions) Unchanged
182144 Practitioner's supporting documentation for a motion to hold in abeyance a disciplinary proceeding because of a current disability or addiction Unchanged
182142 Paper Version of the CLE Unchanged
182141 Online Version of the Seminar CLE Unchanged
182140 Practitioner Request for Paper Version of CLE Unchanged
182139 Certification of Attendance at USPTO-approved CLE Training Form Unchanged
182138 Sponsor Application for USPTO Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Form Unchanged
182137 Reinstatement Fee (fee required to be paid after the due date of the required annual fee) Form Unchanged
182136 Delinquency Fee for Annual Fee Form Unchanged
182135 Balance of Annual Fee Due on Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status Form Unchanged
182134 Request for Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status Form Unchanged
182133 Voluntary Inactive Status Form Unchanged
182132 Annual Fee, Limited Recognition Form Unchanged
182131 Annual Practitioner Maintenance Fee Form Unchanged
181419 Petition for Reinstatement after Disciplinary Removal under 37 CFR 11.7(h) Unchanged
181418 Petition to the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline under 37 CFR 11.12(c) Unchanged
181417 Written Request for Reconsideration and Further Review of Disapproval Notice of Application Unchanged
181416 Reinstatement to the Register (PTO-107A) Form Unchanged
181415 Oath or Affirmation Form Unchanged
181412 Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents Form Unchanged
181410 Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b) Form Unchanged
181409 Registration Examination to Become a Registered Practitioner Unchanged
181408 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident (applicant does not take the exam) Form Unchanged
181407 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (former examiners; examination waived) Form Unchanged
ICR Details
0651-0012 201105-0651-009
Historical Active 201004-0651-001
DOC/PTO
Admittance to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 09/28/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/09/2011
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2014 06/30/2013 06/30/2013
93,380 0 93,340
98,088 0 98,028
5,710,174 0 5,710,143

Applicants use this collection to apply for the examination for registration and to demonstrate their eligibility to be a registered attorney or agent before the USPTO and the Office of Enrollment and Discipline uses it to determine the qualifications of individuals entitled to represent applicants before the USPTO in the preparation and prosecution of applications for a patent.

US Code: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D) Name of Law: null
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  76 FR 31306 05/31/2011
76 FR 48147 08/08/2011
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Request for Reasonable Accommodation PTO 158RA Request for Reasonable Accommodation
Annual Practitioner Maintenance Fee PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents PTO/107A Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
Registration Examination to Become a Registered Practitioner
Oath or Affirmation PTO-1209 Oath or Affirmation
Written Request for Reconsideration and Further Review of Disapproval Notice of Application
Reinstatement Fee (fee required to be paid after the due date of the required annual fee) PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Balance of Annual Fee Due on Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Request for Restoration to Active Status from Voluntary Inactive Status PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Practitioner's supporting documentation for a motion to hold in abeyance a disciplinary proceeding because of a current disability or addiction
Cover pages used for submitting correspondence to OED (for documents submitted with applications, request for reconsideration, and petitions)
Annual Fee, Limited Recognition PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Voluntary Inactive Status PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Delinquency Fee for Annual Fee PTO-2126 Annual Practitioner Registration Fee
Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.6(c) by a Foreign Resident (applicant does not take the exam) PTO-158A Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office under 37 CFR 10.6(c) by a Foreign Resident
Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam) PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Petition for Reinstatement after Disciplinary Removal under 37 CFR 11.7(h)
Petition to the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline under 37 CFR 11.12(c)
Practitioner Request for Paper Version of CLE
Sponsor Application for USPTO Continuing Legal Education (CLE) PTO-2149 Sponsor Application for United States Patent and Trademark Office Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Certification of Attendance at USPTO-approved CLE Training PTO-2150 Certification of Attendance at United States Patent and Trademark Office Approved CLE Training
Online Version of the Seminar CLE
Paper Version of the CLE
Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (former examiners; examination waived) PTO-158 Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Reinstatement to the Register (PTO-107A) PTO-107A Data Sheet - Register of Patent Attorneys and Agents
Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b) PTO/275 Undertaking under 37 CFR 11.10(b)
Change of Address (electronic submission)
Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by A foreign Attorney or Agent PTO-158T Application for Reciprocal Recognition to Practice in Trademark Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) by a Foreign Attorney or Agent
Application for Registration in the USPTO Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the Unied States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c) PTO-158LS Application for Registration in the USPTO Law School Program for Law Students to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Under 37 CFR 11.14(c)

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 93,380 93,340 0 40 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 98,088 98,028 0 60 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 5,710,174 5,710,143 0 31 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
The USPTO is introducing a new form, PTO-158RA Request for Reasonable Accommodation, to facilitate an applicant's request for reasonable accommodation when they apply for the examination for registration to practice before the USPTO. This renewal has 93,340 responses, 98,028 burden hours, and $5,710,143 in annualized (non-hour) costs. The USPTO estimates that this new form will add 40 responses, 60 burden hours, and $31 in mailing costs to the collection as a program change. With this proposed addition, the USPTO estimates that the collection will have 93,380 responses, 98,088 burden hours, and $5,710,174 in annualized (non-hour) costs.

$7,033,404
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
William Griffin 571 272-4097 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
08/09/2011