[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 7987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3880]


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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: Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary 
Amendment Forms.
    Form Number(s): PTO Form 1966 and PTO Form 1957.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-XXXX.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 6,258 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 36,815 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The time needed to respond to the response 
to office action form and the preliminary amendment form is estimated 
to be 10 minutes each. 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. In some cases, the USPTO may issue Office Actions 
requesting missing information, or advising applicants of the refusal 
to register the mark. Applicants may also submit additional information 
voluntarily by providing a Preliminary Amendment. The USPTO administers 
the Trademark Act through 37 CFR Part 2, which contains the rules that 
implement the Act.
    This collection of information is a matter of public record, and is 
used by the public for a variety of private business purposes related 
to establishing and enforcing trademark rights.
    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 contacting Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of Data 
Architecture and Services, Data Administration Division, USPTO, 
Washington, DC 20231, by phone at 703-308-7400, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before March 21, 2003 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 11, 2003.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 03-3880 Filed 2-18-03; 8:45 am]
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