[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1727]


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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).
    Title: Post Registration (Trademark Processing).
    Form Number(s): PTO-1583, PTO/TM/1583, PTO-1597, PTO-1963, PTO-
4.16, PTO/TM/4.16.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0055.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 21,097 hours annually, including 1,349 hours per year for 
Section 7 Requests.
    Number of Respondents: 133,587 responses per year, including 3,800 
responses per year for Section 7 Requests.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO estimates that the public will 
require approximately 20 to 23 minutes (0.33 to 0.38 hours) to supply 
the information required for a Section 7 Request, depending upon the 
amount and type of information requested in a particular case.
    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). Such individuals and 
businesses may also submit various communications to the USPTO, 
including requests to correct or amend their registrations.
    The USPTO is proposing to add one form to this information 
collection for Section 7 Requests (PTO-1597). Registrants may use a 
Section 7 Request to request a correction or amendment to the 
information appearing on the certificate of registration. Requests for 
changes that would result in a material alteration of the registration 
are not permitted under Section 7. Registrants may submit the proposed 
new form to the USPTO electronically through the USPTO Web site or 
submit the required information for the Section 7 Request 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 ``0651-0055 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 March 3, 2008 to David Rostker, 
OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 24, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services 
Division.
[FR Doc. E8-1727 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]
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