[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44326-44327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15195]


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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: Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the 
Trademark Application.
    Form Number(s): PTO Form 1553, 1581, 2000, 2194, 2195, 2200, 2202.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-00xx.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 29,174 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 183,710 responses.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 3 to 20 minutes. This includes time to 
gather the necessary information, create the documents, and mail the 
completed request. The time estimates shown 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: The information in this collection 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. At this time, the USPTO is proposing to split collection 0651-
0009, Trademark Processing, into four separate collections based upon 
the structure of the Trademark business processes. The USPTO believes 
that dividing this extensive collection into smaller, more manageable, 
information collection requests will result in a more efficient 
updating and renewal process. This new collection is one of the newly 
created, or ``split'' groups.
    The USPTO is proposing to add two paper submissions into this 
collection, namely ``Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to 
Use'' and ``Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of 
Application.'' The electronic versions of these submissions were 
additions to collection 0651-0009, which was recently approved by OMB 
on December 2, 2004.
    The USPTO is also proposing to add a new category into this 
collection, ``Other Petitions.'' ``Other Petitions'' includes all 
petitions other than ``Petitions to Revive.'' ``Other Petitions'' 
cannot be submitted electronically.
    The remaining 12 items in this collection were part of the existing 
approved 0651-0009 collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms, the Federal Government, and 
State, local or 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 ``0651-0031 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.

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    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before September 1, 2005 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 25, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data 
Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 05-15195 Filed 8-1-05; 8:45 am]
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