Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
ICR 201712-0651-015 · OMB 0651-0012 · Historical Active
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Admission to Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
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.
The USPTO is proposing to update the current Enrollment forms to include (1) primary e-mail and (2) secondary e-mail after the correspondence/business and daytime area code and phone number on the Change of Address and PTO-158, 158A, and 158T forms. The USPTO is also proposing to update the current Data and Reinstatement and Data Sheets PTO 107A, 107R, 107RR and 107S to add e-mail addresses and a few other fields. There is no expected change in the burden estimates.
Burden has increased due to the addition of a mandatory survey that previous was associated this collection. The survey was removed during the last renewal, but the need for the survey continues. The final rule of the Patent Fee Review has been attached as a supplementary document.
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).
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(ii) Use of information;
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Application for Registration to Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (includes both the computerized exam and the USPTO-administered exam)