[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 230 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76540-76541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26349]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Trademark Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding
Attorney Representation
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on September 29, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce.
Title: Trademark Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding
Attorney Representation.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0056.
Form Number(s):
PTO Form 2201 (TEAS Request for Withdrawal as Attorney of
Record/Update of USPTO's Database After Power of Attorney Ends)
PTO Form 2300 (TEAS Change Address or Representation Form)
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 204,323 respondents per year.
Average Hour per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public between 12 minutes (0.2 hours) and 1 hour to complete a
response, depending upon the complexity of the situation. This includes
the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the appropriate
documents, and submit the completed response to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 50,437 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $1,369.
Needs and Uses: The USPTO administers the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C.
1051 et seq., which provides for the Federal registration of
trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks and service marks,
collective membership marks, and certification marks. Individuals and
businesses that use or intend to use such marks in commerce may file an
application to register their marks with the USPTO.
Such individuals and businesses may also submit various
communications to the USPTO regarding their pending applications or
registered trademarks, including providing additional information
needed to process a pending application, filing amendments to the
applications, or filing the papers necessary to keep a trademark in
force. In the majority of circumstances, individuals and businesses
retain attorneys to handle these matters. As such, these parties may
also submit
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communications to the USPTO regarding the appointment of attorneys to
represent applicants or registrants in the application and post-
registration processes or, in the case of applicants or registrants who
are not domiciled in the United States, the appointment of domestic
representatives on whom may be served notices of process in proceedings
affecting the mark, the revocation of an attorney's or domestic
representative's appointment, and requests for permission to withdraw
from representation.
Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0056.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0056 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313- 1450.
Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2020-26349 Filed 11-27-20; 8:45 am]
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