[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43681-43682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14925]


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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: Applications for Trademark Registration (formerly Trademark 
Processing).
    Form Number(s): PTO Forms 4.8, 4.9, 1478, and 1478(a).
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 74,593 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 253,801 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that the public will 
take approximately 15 to 23 minutes completing the applications in this 
collection, depending on the form and the nature of the information. 
This includes the time to gather the necessary information, create the 
documents, and submit the completed request. The time estimates for the 
electronic forms in this collection are based on the average amount of 
time needed to complete and electronically file the associated form.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is required by the 
Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq. and is implemented through the 
Trademark rules set forth in 37 CFR part 2. It provides for the 
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 USPTO is proposing to split this collection into four separate 
collections, based upon the Trademark business

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processes. This collection will contain the use-based and intent to use 
applications and applications filed under Sec. Sec.  44(d) and (e). In 
addition, this collection includes a reduced filing fee of $275 per 
class for applications filed through TEAS that meet certain 
requirements and a $50 processing fee to process applications that do 
not meet the requirements (see notice of proposed rulemaking, 
``Requirements to Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application 
Through the Trademark Electronic Application System'' (RIN 0651-AB88) 
published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2005).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, individuals or 
households, not-for-profit institutions, farms, 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 any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0009 
Applications for Trademark Registration (formerly Trademark Processing) 
copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan Brown.
     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 August 29, 2005 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 18, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14925 Filed 7-27-05; 8:45 am]
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