[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32540-32541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14083]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; ``Trademark 
Petitions''

    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, Commerce.
    Title: Trademark Petitions.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0061.
    Form Number(s):
     N/A.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 2,988 per year.
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the items in 
this collection have an average response time of 55 minutes (0.92 
hours), and that it will take approximately 35 minutes (0.58 hours) to 
75 minutes (1.25 hours) to complete this information. This includes the 
time to gather the necessary information, create the documents, and 
submit the completed request to the USPTO.
    Burden Hours: 2,749.67.
    Cost Burden: $22,660.19.
    Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) administers the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which 
provides for the registration of trademarks, service marks, collective 
trademarks and collective 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 
marks with the USPTO.
    Individuals and businesses may also submit various communications 
to the USPTO, including letters of protest, requests to make special, 
responses to petition inquiry letters, petitions to make special, 
requests to restore a filing date, and requests for reinstatement.
    The USPTO uses the information described in this collection to 
process letters of protest, requests to make special, responses to 
petition inquiry letters, petitions to make special, requests to 
restore filing date, and requests for reinstatement. The information is 
used by the public for a variety of private business purposes related 
to establishing and enforcing trademark rights. Information relating to 
the registration of a trademark is made publicly available by the 
USPTO. The release of information in a letter of protest is controlled 
and may be available upon request only.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households; Businesses and other 
for-profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions.

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    Frequency: Annually.
    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 reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0061 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director, 
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 July 9, 2015 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: June 1, 2015.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-14083 Filed 6-8-15; 8:45 am]
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