[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30556-30557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12188]
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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: Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms.
Form Number(s): PTO 1771, 1822, 1957, 1960, and 1966.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0050.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 132,122 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 271,783 responses per year.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately 10 to 40 minutes (0.17 to 0.67 hours) to complete
the submission, depending on the request. This includes time to gather
the necessary information, prepare the responses, substitute
applications, amendments, petitions, or additional papers, and submit
the completed request to the USPTO, depending on the complexity of the
situation.
Needs and Uses: This information is required by the Trademark Act
of 1946, Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 23, 26, 27, 44, and, 60, 15
U.S.C. 1051, 1053, 1054, 1056, 1061, 1062, 1091, 1094, 1095, 1126 and
1141, respectively. The information in this collection is a matter of
public record and is used by the public for a variety of private
business purposes related to establishing and enforcing trademark
rights. This information is important to the public, as both common-law
trademark owners and Federal trademark registrants must actively
protect their own rights. This collection includes the information
needed by the USPTO to review the various types of responses,
substitute applications, amendments, petitions and other papers filed
in connection with applications for registration.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits or non-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: [email protected].
Once submitted, the request will be publicly available in
electronic format through the Information Collection Review page at
www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0050 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 June 27, 2014 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
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[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to
the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: May 21, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12188 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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