[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35533-35535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14511]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark
Application
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. Sec.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 22, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0054 comment'' 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.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of Catherine Cain, Attorney
Advisor, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451,
by telephone at 571-272-8946, or by email to [email protected].
Additional information about this collection is also available at
http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) administers
the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 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
mark with the USPTO.
Such individuals and businesses may also submit various
communications to the USPTO, including providing additional information
needed to process a request to delete a particular filing basis from an
application or to divide an application identifying multiple goods and/
or services into two or more separate applications. Applicants may seek
a six-month extension of time to file a statement that the mark is in
use in commerce or submit a petition to revive an application that
abandoned for failure to submit a timely response to an office action
or a timely statement of use or extension request. In some
circumstances, an applicant may expressly abandon an application by
filing a written request for withdrawal of the application.
The rules implementing the Act are set forth in 37 CFR Part 2.
These rules mandate that each register entry include the mark, the
goods and/or services in connection with which the mark is used,
ownership information, dates of use, and certain other information. The
USPTO also provides similar information concerning pending
applications. The register and pending application information may be
accessed by an individual or by businesses to determine the
availability of a mark. By accessing the USPTO's information, parties
may reduce the possibility of initiating use of a mark previously
adopted by another. The Federal trademark registration process may
thereby reduce the number of filings between both litigating parties
and the courts.
II. Method of Collection
The forms in this collection are available in electronic format
through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), which may
be accessed on the USPTO Web site. TEAS Global Forms are available for
the items where a TEAS form with dedicated data fields is not yet
available. Applicants may also submit the information in paper form by
mail, fax, or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0054.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1553, 1581, 2194, 2195, 2200, and 2202.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 292,706 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 5 minutes (0.083 hours) to 30 minutes (0.50 hours),
depending on the complexity of the situation, to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate documents, and submit the
information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 63,981.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $24,888,609. The
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared
by attorneys at an estimated rate of $389 per hour. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection
will be approximately $24,888,609 per year.
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Estimated
time for Estimated Estimated
Item No. Item response annual annual burden
(minutes) responses hours
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1............................... Trademark/Service Mark 25 1,704 710
Allegation of Use (Statement
of Use/Amendment to Allege
Use) (Paper).
1............................... Trademark/Service Mark 20 80,733 26,911
Allegation of Use (Statement
of Use/Amendment to Allege
Use) (TEAS).
2............................... Request for Extension of Time 12 1,819 363.8
to File a Statement of Use
(Paper).
2............................... Request for Extension of Time 10 180,047 30,007.83
to File a Statement of Use
(TEAS).
3............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 20 348 116
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action (Paper).
3............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 15 18,548 4,637
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action (TEAS).
4............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 15 34 8.5
Application--Failure to File
Timely Statement of Use or
Extension Request (Paper).
4............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 12 159 31.8
Application--Failure to File
Timely Statement of Use or
Extension Request (TEAS).
5............................... Request to Delete Section 1(b) 10 26 4.33
Basis, Intent to Use (Paper).
5............................... Request to Delete Section 1(b) 5 1,300 108.33
Basis, Intent to Use (TEAS).
6............................... Request for Express 10 100 16.67
Abandonment (Withdrawal) of
Application (Paper).
6............................... Request for Express 5 4,900 408.33
Abandonment (Withdrawal) of
Application (TEAS).
7............................... Request to Divide Application 15 39 9.75
(Paper).
7............................... Request to Divide Application 10 1,922 320.33
(TEAS Global).
8............................... Response to Intent-to-Use 30 1 .5
(ITU) Divisional Unit Office
Action (Paper).
8............................... Response to Intent-to-Use 30 1 .5
(ITU) Divisional Unit Office
Action (TEAS Global).
9............................... Response to Petition to Revive 20 5 1.67
Deficiency Letter (Paper).
9............................... Response to Petition to Revive 15 250 62.5
Deficiency Letter (TEAS
Global).
10.............................. Petition to the Director Under 25 12 5
Trademark Rule 2.146 (Paper).
10.............................. Petition to the Director Under 20 600 200
Trademark Rule 2.146 (TEAS
Global).
11.............................. Due Diligence Petition Under 25 2 .83
Trademark Rule 2.66 (Paper).
11.............................. Due Diligence Petition Under 20 130 43.33
Trademark Rule 2.66 (TEAS
Global).
12.............................. Petition to Revive with 30 1 .5
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA
(Paper).
12.............................. Petition to Revive with 30 25 12.5
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA
(TEAS Global).
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TOTALS...................... .............................. .............. 292,706 63,981
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-Hour) Respondent Cost Burden:
$37,707,606. There are no capital start-up, maintenance or
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection.
However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) cost burden in the
form of postage costs and filing fees.
Applicants incur postage costs when submitting information to the
USPTO by mail through the United States Postal Service. The USPTO
estimates that the majority of the paper forms are submitted to the
USPTO via first-class mail at a rate of 49 cents per ounce. Therefore,
the USPTO estimates that with 4,091 total paper submissions, the
postage costs in this collection will be $2,006.
The filing fees for several items in this collection are charged
per class of goods and/or services; therefore, the filing fees will
vary for each respondent depending on the number of classes. The total
filing fees of $37,705,600 shown here are based on the minimum fee of
one class for those items for which a fee is required.
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Total cost
Item No. Item Responses (yr) Filing fees (yr)
(a) (b) (a x b)
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1............................... Trademark/Service Mark 1,704 $100.00 $170,400.00
Allegation of Use (Statement
of Use/Amendment to Allege
Use) (Paper).
2............................... Trademark/Service Mark 80,733 100.00 8,073,300.00
Allegation of Use (Statement
of Use/Amendment to Allege
Use) (TEAS).
2............................... Request for Extension of Time 1,819 150.00 272,850.00
to File a Statement of Use
(Paper).
2............................... Request for Extension of Time 180,047 150.00 27,007,050.00
to File a Statement of Use
(TEAS).
3............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 348 100.00 34,800.00
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action (Paper).
3............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 18,548 100.00 1,854,800.00
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action (TEAS).
4............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 34 100.00 3,400.00
Application--Failure to File
Timely Statement of Use or
Extension Request (Paper).
4............................... Petition to Revive Abandoned 159 100.00 15,900.00
Application--Failure to File
Timely Statement of Use or
Extension Request (TEAS).
5............................... Request to Delete Section 1(b) 26 0.00 0.00
Basis, Intent to Use (Paper).
5............................... Request to Delete Section 1(b) 1,300 0.00 0.00
Basis, Intent to Use (TEAS).
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6............................... Request for Express 100 0.00 0.00
Abandonment (Withdrawal) of
Application (Paper).
6............................... Request for Express 4,900 0.00 0.00
Abandonment (Withdrawal) of
Application (TEAS).
7............................... Request to Divide Application 39 100.00 3,900.00
(Paper).
7............................... Request to Divide Application 1,922 100.00 192,200.00
(TEAS Global).
8............................... Response to Intent-to-Use 1 0.00 0.00
(ITU) Divisional Unit Office
Action (Paper).
8............................... Response to Intent-to-Use 1 0.00 0.00
(ITU) Divisional Unit Office
Action (TEAS Global).
9............................... Response to Petition to Revive 5 0.00 0.00
Deficiency Letter (Paper).
9............................... Response to Petition to Revive 250 0.00 0.00
Deficiency Letter (TEAS
Global).
10.............................. Petition to the Director Under 12 100.00 1,200.00
Trademark Rule 2.146 (Paper).
10.............................. Petition to the Director Under 600 100.00 60,000.00
Trademark Rule 2.146 (TEAS
Global).
11.............................. Due Diligence Petition Under 2 100.00 200.00
Trademark Rule 2.66 (Paper).
11.............................. Due Diligence Petition Under 130 100.00 13,000.00
Trademark Rule 2.66 (TEAS
Global).
12.............................. Petition to Revive with 1 100.00 100.00
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA
(Paper).
12.............................. Petition to Revive with 25 100.00 2,500.00
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA
(TEAS Global).
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TOTALS...................... .............................. 292,706 .............. 37,705,600
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to: (a) Evaluate whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Dated: June 17, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-14511 Filed 6-20-14; 8:45 am]
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