[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63286-63287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26307]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States 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: Applications for Trademark Registration.
    Form Number(s): PTO Forms 4.8, 4.9, 1478, and 1478(a).
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0009.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 132,106 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 380,289 responses per year, with 374,020 
responses filed electronically.

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    Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the 
public approximately 18 to 30 minutes (0.30 to 0.50 hours) to complete 
the applications in this collection, depending on the application. This 
includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the 
application, and submit the completed application to the USPTO.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is required by the 
Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq. The rules implementing the 
Trademark Act are set forth in 37 CFR part 2. The Act and rules provide 
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 commerce regulable by Congress, may file 
an application with the USPTO to register their marks. The USPTO uses 
the information in this collection to process the applications for the 
various marks and to determine whether the marks may be registered. 
This collection contains three paper forms and six electronic forms. 
The electronic forms are available through the Trademark Electronic 
Application System (TEAS). The information in this collection is 
available to the public.
    Affected Public: 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: 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-
0009 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
     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 November 14, 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: October 6, 2011.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-26307 Filed 10-11-11; 8:45 am]
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