[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2965]


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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: 0651-0050.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 19,958 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 117,400 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 (0.17 hours) 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 interstate commerce, 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 any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0050 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, Architecture, Engineering and Technical Services, 
Data Architecture and Services 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 April 3, 2006 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 23, 2006.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Architecture, Engineering and Technical Services, Data Architecture and 
Services Division.
[FR Doc. E6-2965 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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