[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37012-37013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
    Title: Trademark Processing.
    Form Number(s): PTO Form 4.8/4.9/4.16/1478/1478(a)/1553/1581/1583/
1963/2000, PTO/TM/4.16/1583.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 144,587 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 677,151 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The time needed to respond is estimated to 
range from 3 to 30 minutes. It is estimated that the time needed to 
complete the paper forms ranges from 5 to 23 minutes, and the time 
needed to complete the electronic forms ranges from 4 to 21 minutes. 
The information collection also includes four items, namely, powers of 
attorney, designations of domestic representatives, trademark 
amendments/corrections/surrenders, and petitions to revive abandoned 
applications, for which forms have not been created. The USPTO 
estimates that completing these items ranges from 3 to 30 minutes. This 
includes time to gather the necessary information, create the 
documents, and submit the completed requests.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is required by 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 regulable by Congress, may file an application to 
register their mark. The

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mark will remain on the register for ten years.
    The USPTO administers the Trademark Act through 37 CFR part 2, 
which contains the rules that implement the Act. These rules mandate 
that each register entry contain the mark, the goods and/or services 
that the mark is used in connection with, identifying ownership 
information, dates of use, and certain other information. The USPTO 
also requires that similar information be provided in applications for 
registration. The register and pending application information may be 
accessed by the public to determine availability of a mark. Use of the 
USPTO's information may lessen the likelihood that a potential 
trademark user will use a mark already adopted by another entity.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms; the federal Government; and 
state, local or tribal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of Data 
Management,Data Administration Division, (703) 308-7400, USPTO, Suite 
310, 2231 Crystal Drive, Washington, DC 20231, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before August 15, 2001 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: July 6, 2001.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Management, Data Administration 
Division.
[FR Doc. 01-17655 Filed 7-13-01; 8:45 am]
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