[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 48496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22620]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Substantive
Submissions Made During the Prosecution of the Trademark Application
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) 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: Substantive Submissions Made During the Prosecution of the
Trademark Application.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0054.
Form Number(s):
PTO 1553
PTO 1581
PTO 2194
PTO 2195
PTO 2200
PTO 2202
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Annual Respondents: 374,972 responses.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO expects that it will take the
public approximately 10 to 35 minutes (0.17 to 0.58 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).
Burden Hours: 101,400.37 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $42,650,873.51.
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 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 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; not-for-profit
institutions; individuals.
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 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-
0054 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance
Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology 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 17, 2017 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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2017-22620 Filed 10-17-17; 8:45 am]
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