Privacy Act Statement
The Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579) requires that you be given certain information in connection with your
submission of the attached form related to a patent application or patent. Accordingly, pursuant to the
requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1) the general authority for the collection of this information is
35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is voluntary; and (3) the principal purpose for which
the information is used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is to process and/or examine your submission
related to a patent application or patent. If you do not furnish the requested information, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office may not be able to process and/or examine your submission, which m ay result in termination
of proceedings or abandonment of the application or expiration of the patent.
The information provided by you in this form will be subject to the following routine uses:
1. The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the Freedom
of
Inf
ormation Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C 552a). Records from this system of records
may be disclosed to the Department of Justice to determine whether disclosure of these records i
s
r
equired by the Freedom of Information Ac
t.
2. A r
ecord from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, in the course of presenti
ng
ev
idence to a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal, including disclosures to opposing counsel i
n
the c
ourse of settlement negotiations
.
3. A r
ecord in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Member of Congress
submitting a request involving an individual, to whom the record pertains, when the individual
has
r
equested assistance from the Member with respect to the subject matter of the rec
ord.
4. A r
ecord in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a contractor of the Agenc
y
hav
ing need for the information in order to perform a contract. Recipients of information shall be requir
ed
to
comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 , as amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
5. A record related to an International Application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in this sys
tem
of r
ecords may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the International Bureau of the World Intellectua
l
P
roperty Organization, pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty
.
6. A r
ecord in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to another federal agency f
or
purpos
es of National Security review (35 U.S.C. 181) and for review pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act
(
42 U.S.C. 218(c))
.
7. A r
ecord from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the Administrator, G
eneral
S
ervices, or his/her designee, during an inspection of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency’
s
r
esponsibility to recommend improvements in records management practices and programs, under
authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with the GS
A
r
egulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA
or
Comm
erce) directive. Such disclosure shall not be used to make determinations about individuals
.
8. A r
ecord from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after eithe
r
publ
ication of the application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37 CFR 1.14, as a routine use, t
o
the
public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedi
ngs
wer
e terminated and which application is referenced by either a published application, an applicati
on
open to publ
ic inspection or an iss
ued patent.
9. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Federal, State, or local la
w
enf
orcement agency, if the USPTO becomes aware of a violation or potential violation of law or
regulati
on.