Representative and Address Provisions

OMB Control No: 0651-0035	ICR Reference No: 202103-0651-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201801-0651-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Representative and Address Provisions
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 04/06/2021

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	226,573	0
Time Burden (Hours)	13,641	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	26,241	0

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Abstract: The public uses this information collection to grant or revoke power of attorney, to withdraw as attorney or agent of record, to authorize a practitioner to act in a representative capacity, to change a correspondence address, to request a Customer Number, and to change the data associated with a Customer Number. The USPTO's Customer Number practice permits applicants, assignees, practitioners of record, and third party requesters to change the correspondence address or representatives of record for a number of applications, patents, or reexamination proceedings with one change request instead of filing separate requests for each application, patent, or reexamination proceeding. The USPTO uses the information in this collection to determine who is authorized to take action in an application, patent, or reexamination proceeding and where to send correspondence regarding an application, patent, or reexamination proceeding.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 344 - 788 98877 Name of Law: America Invents Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 4003	01/15/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 16702	03/31/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 22

IC Title Form No. Form Name Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet Customer Number Upload Spreadsheet (Individuals or Households) Patent – Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address PTO/SB/81 , PTO/AIA/81A, PTO/SB/81A, PTO/AIA/81 Power of Attorney to One or More of The Joint Inventors and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Patent – Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address Patent – Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address (Individuals or Households) PTO/SB/81A, PTO/AIA/81, PTO/SB/81, PTO/AIA/81A Power of Attorney to One or More of The Joint Inventors and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Patent – Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Patent – Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Patent – Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address Petition Under 37 CFR 1.36(a) to Revoke Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants Petition to Waive 37 CFR 1.32(b)(4) and Grant Power of Attorney by Fewer than All the Applicants Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence PTO/AIA/82A/B/C Transmittal for Power of Attorney to One or More Registered Practitioners/Power of Attorney by Applicant Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence (Individuals or Households) PTO/AIA/82A/B/C Transmittal for Power of Attorney to One or More Registered Practitioners/Power of Attorney by Applicant Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO PTO/SB/80, PTO/AIA/80 Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO ,   Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO (Individuals or Households) PTO/AIA/80, PTO/SB/80 Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO ,   Power of Attorney to Prosecute Applications Before the USPTO Reexamination – Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address PTO/SB/81B, PTO/AIA/81B Reexamination – Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Reexamination – Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address Reexamination – Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address (Individuals or Households) PTO/AIA/81B , PTO/SB/81B Reexamination – Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Reexamination – Patent Owner Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address Reexamination – Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address PTO/SB/81C Reexamination – Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address Reexamination – Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address (Individuals or Households) PTO/SB/81C Reexamination – Third Party Requester Power of Attorney or Revocation of Power of Attorney with a New Power of Attorney and Change of Correspondence Address Request for Customer Number PTO/SB/125 Request for Customer Number Request for Customer Number (Individuals or Households) PTO/SB/125 Request for Customer Number Request for Customer Number Data Change PTO/SB/124 Request for Customer Number Data Change Request for Customer Number Data Change (Individuals or Households) PTO/SB/124 Request for Customer Number Data Change Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address PTO/AIA/83 , PTO/SB/83 Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address (Individuals or Households) PTO/SB/83, PTO/AIA/83 Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address ,   Request for Withdrawal as Attorney or Agent and Change of Correspondence Address Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer Number PTO-2248 Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer Number Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer Number (Individuals or Households) PTO-2248 Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer Number

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	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	226,573	0	0	-129,999	-145,333	501,905
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	13,641	0	0	-6,499	-8,340	28,480
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	26,241	0	0	-1,274	13,565	13,950

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Program Changes Due to Agency Discretion With this renewal the USPTO has removed three lines from the information collection that dealt solely with change of address provisions; including 130,065 responses, 6,502 burden hours and $1,274 non-hourly cost burdens. The following items are considered exempt from the PRA under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(1) and removed from the information collection: • Change of Correspondence Address-Application; PTO/SB/122 • Change of Correspondence Adress-Patent; PTO/SB/123 • Patent Owner Change of Correspondence Address-Reexamintion Proceeding; PTO/SB/123A Changes in Responses and Burden Hours due to Agency Estimate • For this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the annual responses will decrease by 145,333 and the total burden hours will decrease by 8,340. These changes are due to the expected volumes estimated by the USPTO based on historical submission volumes. Changes in Annual (Non-hour) Costs due to Agency Estimate For this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) costs will increase by $13,565 (from $13,950.74 to $26,241), with the increase resulting from agency adjustments due to: • The increase is due to the increased postage rates associated with this information collection. The previous postage rate was $0.49 in 2018 and is now estimated at $8.05. However, the overall percentage of items being mailed continues to decrease as the public increasingly adopts electronic submission.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,379,204

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Raul Tamayo 571 272-7728 [email protected]

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:
		(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
		(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
		(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
		(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
		(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
		(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
		(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
			(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;
		(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
		(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
		(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
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.
Certification Date: 04/06/2021

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