[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1343]
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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: Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions.
Form Number(s): PTO 2120, 2151, 2153, and 2188 through 2190.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0040.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 14,423 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 71,743 responses per year, with an estimated
61,900 responses filed electronically.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the
public between 10 to 30 minutes (0.17 to 0.50 hours) to provide this
information, depending upon the request. This includes the time to
gather the necessary information, prepare the petitions, notices,
extensions, or additional papers, and submit the completed request to
the USPTO. The USPTO estimates that it will take the same amount of
time (and possibly less time) to gather the necessary information,
prepare the submission, and submit it electronically as it does to
submit the information in paper form.
Needs and Uses: Individuals or entities who believe that they would
be damaged by the registration of a mark may file an opposition to the
registration of that mark, or an extension of time to file an
opposition, under Section 13 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1063. If a
mark is successfully opposed, registration will not take place. Section
14 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1064, allows individuals and
entities, who believe that they are or will be damaged by the
registration of a mark, to file a petition to cancel the registration
of that mark.
Individuals or entities may file an appeal from any final decision
of the Trademark Examining Attorney assigned to review an application
for registration of a mark under Section 20 of the Trademark Act, 15
U.S.C. 1070.
These petitions, notices, extensions, and additional papers are
filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), an
administrative tribunal empowered to determine the right to register as
the issue may be presented in such cases.
There are no paper forms associated with this collection. However,
this collection does contain two suggested formats and six electronic
forms that are available through the Electronic System for Trademark
Trials and Appeals (ESTTA).
Affected Public: Businesses, other for-profits, and non-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, e-mail: [email protected].
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at
http://www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0040 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan K.
Fawcett.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, 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 February 23, 2011 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail to [email protected]
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
Fraser.
Dated: January 19, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-1343 Filed 1-21-11; 8:45 am]
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