[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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