[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52637-52638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21047]
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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: Substantive Submissions Made During the Prosecution of the
Trademark Application.
Form Number(s): PTO-1553, 1581, 2194, 2195, 2200, 2202.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-0054.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 63,981 hours annually.
Number of Respondents: 292,706 responses per year.
Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO expects that it will take the
public approximately 5 to 30 minutes (0.08 to 0.50 hours) to gather the
necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed
request, depending upon the type of request and the method of
submission (electronic or paper).
Needs and Uses: This collection of information is required by the
Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which provides for the Federal
registration of trademarks, service
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marks, collective trademarks and servicemarks, 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 marks 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 Trademark Act
are set forth in 37 CFR Part 2.
The forms in this collection are available in electronic format
through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).
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. The information
is available at USPTO facilities and can also be accessed at the USPTO
Web site.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
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-
0054 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, 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 October 6, 2014 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
[email protected], or by fax to 202-395-
5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: August 27, 2014.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-21047 Filed 9-3-14; 8:45 am]
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