[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 67288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23115]


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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) will submit 
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), 
Department of Commerce.
    Title: Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary 
Amendment Forms.
    Form Number(s): PTO-1771, PTO-1882, PTO-1930, PTO-1957 and PTO-
1966.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0050.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 27,240 hours annually, including 495 hours per year for 
Post Publication Amendments and 1,092 hours per year for the Response 
to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension.
    Number of Respondents: 158,300 responses per year, including 1,800 
responses per year for Post Publication Amendments and 5,600 responses 
per year for the Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of 
Suspension.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that the public will 
require approximately 10 to 18 minutes (0.17 to 0.30 hours) to prepare 
and submit the information in this collection. Completion times may 
vary, depending upon the nature and amount of information requested in 
a particular Office Action.
    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 that use or intend to use such marks in 
commerce may file an application to register their marks with the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In some cases, the 
USPTO may issue an Office Action to an applicant in order to request 
additional information that is required before a mark can be 
registered. Applicants may also supplement their applications by 
providing additional information voluntarily.
    The USPTO is proposing to add two forms to this information 
collection, Post Publication Amendment (PTO-1711) and Response to 
Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (PTO-1822). Applicants may 
file a Post Publication Amendment in order to submit a proposed 
amendment to an application that has already been approved for 
publication by the examining attorney. If an applicant receives a 
Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension from the USPTO, the 
applicant may use the proposed response form to file a reply. 
Applicants may submit the two proposed new forms to the USPTO 
electronically through the USPTO Web site or submit the required 
information for the amendment or response to the USPTO on paper.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other 
for-profits, and not-for-profit institutions.
    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 Fawcett.
    Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public 
Information Services Division, United States 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 December 28, 2007 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 21, 2007.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services 
Division.
 [FR Doc. E7-23115 Filed 11-27-07; 8:45 am]
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