[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7248]


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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: Madrid Protocol.
    Form Number(s): PTO-2131, PTO, 2132 and PTO-2133.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-XXXX.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 4,552 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 22,630 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 15 minutes (0.25 hours) to complete the 
international trademark application; 3 minutes (0.05 hours) for the 
subsequent designations; 10 minutes (0.17 hours) for the response to 
notice of irregularities by the International Bureau (IB) of the World 
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in connection with 
international applications; 2 minutes (0.03 hours) for the request that 
the USPTO replace a U.S. registration with a subsequently registered 
extension of protection to the United States; 5 minutes (0.08 hours) 
for the request to record an assignment of restriction of a holder's 
right to dispose of an international registration, and a request that 
the USPTO transform a cancelled extension of protection into an 
application for registration under section 1 or 44 of the Act, 
depending upon the nature of the particular information being provided. 
This includes time to gather the necessary information, create the 
documents, and submit the completed request. Regarding the affidavit of 
continued use or excusable nonuse under section 71 of the Act, the 
public won't be able/required to submit this until five years from the 
date the statute takes effect, at the earliest; hence, no projections 
are being calculated at this time.
    Needs and Uses: The information in this collection is a matter of 
public record, and is used by the public for a variety business 
purposes related to establishing and enforcing international 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 April 25, 2003 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: March 18, 2003.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 03-7248 Filed 3-25-03; 8:45 am]
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