[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11508-11509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03915]
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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; Applications for Trademark Registration
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 December 18, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Applications for Trademark Registration.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0009.
Form Numbers:
PTO 1478 (Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal
Register)
PTO 1479 (Trademark/Service Mark Form, Supplemental Register)
PTO 1480 (Certification Mark Form, Principal Register)
PTO 1481 (Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register)
PTO 1482 (Collective Trademark/Service Mark Form, Principal
Register)
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 506,837 respondents per year.
Average Hour per Response: The USPTO estimates that it takes the
public approximately 40 minutes (0.67 hours) to 50 minutes (0.83
hours), depending on the complexity of the situation, to gather the
necessary information, prepare the appropriate documents, and submit
the information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 377,830 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $151,994,532.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(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 who use their
marks, or intend to use their marks, in commerce regulated by Congress
may file an application with the USPTO to register their marks.
Registered marks remain on the register indefinitely, so long as the
owner of the registration files the necessary maintenance documents.
This information collection addresses submissions required by the
regulations at 37 CFR part 2 for initial applications regarding the
registration of trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks and
service marks, collective membership marks, and certification marks.
Trademarks can be registered on either the Principal or Supplemental
Register. The Trademark Act and regulations mandate that each
certificate of registration include the mark, the goods and/or services
in connection with which the mark is used, ownership information, dates
of use, and certain other information. The USPTO also provides similar
information concerning pending applications. The register and pending
application information may be accessed by an individual or by
businesses to determine the availability of a mark. By accessing the
USPTO's information, parties may reduce the possibility of initiating
use of a mark previously adopted by another.
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
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function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 0651-0009.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0009 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. 2021-03915 Filed 2-24-21; 8:45 am]
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