[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69893-69894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26503]


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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: Native American Tribal Insignia Database.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0048.

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    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 15 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that a federally- or 
state-recognized Native American tribe will require an average of 10 to 
12 minutes (0.17 to 0.20 hours) to complete a request to record an 
official insignia, including gathering the information, preparing the 
appropriate documents, and submitting the completed request.
    Needs and Uses: The Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act (Pub. 
L. 105-330, section 302, 112 Stat. 3071 (1998)) required the USPTO to 
study issues surrounding the protection of the official insignia of 
federally- and state-recognized Native American tribes under trademark 
law. At the direction of Congress, the USPTO created a database 
containing the official insignia of recognized Native American tribes. 
The insignia database serves as a reference for examining attorneys 
when determining the registrability of a mark that may be similar to 
the official insignia of a Native American tribe. The entry of an 
official insignia into the database does not confer any rights to the 
tribe that submitted the insignia, and entry is not the legal 
equivalent of registering the insignia as a trademark under 15 U.S.C. 
1051 et seq. This information collection is used by the USPTO to enter 
an official insignia submitted by a federally- or state-recognized 
Native American tribe into the database. There are no forms associated 
with this collection.
    Affected Public: Tribal governments.
    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 any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0048 copy 
request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before January 3, 2005 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 23, 2004.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office 
of Data Architecture and Services, Data Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26503 Filed 11-30-04; 8:45 am]
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