[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11508-11509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03915]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Applications for Trademark Registration

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comment on this 
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 18, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Applications for Trademark Registration.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0009.
    Form Numbers:

 PTO 1478 (Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal 
Register)
 PTO 1479 (Trademark/Service Mark Form, Supplemental Register)
 PTO 1480 (Certification Mark Form, Principal Register)
 PTO 1481 (Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register)
 PTO 1482 (Collective Trademark/Service Mark Form, Principal 
Register)

    Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 506,837 respondents per year.
    Average Hour per Response: The USPTO estimates that it takes the 
public approximately 40 minutes (0.67 hours) to 50 minutes (0.83 
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: 377,830 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden: $151,994,532.
    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 Federal registration of trademarks, service marks, 
collective trademarks and service marks, collective membership marks, 
and certification marks. Individuals and businesses who use their 
marks, or intend to use their marks, in commerce regulated by Congress 
may file an application with the USPTO to register their marks. 
Registered marks remain on the register indefinitely, so long as the 
owner of the registration files the necessary maintenance documents.
    This information collection addresses submissions required by the 
regulations at 37 CFR part 2 for initial applications regarding the 
registration of trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks and 
service marks, collective membership marks, and certification marks. 
Trademarks can be registered on either the Principal or Supplemental 
Register. The Trademark Act and regulations mandate that each 
certificate of registration 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.
    Affected Public: Private sector; individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of 
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search

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function and entering either the title of the information collection or 
the OMB Control Number 0651-0009.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0009 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Kimberly Hardy,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-03915 Filed 2-24-21; 8:45 am]
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