[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55930-55931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14902]


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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; Trademark Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding 
Attorney Representation

    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 comments 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 April 17, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 
FR 27420). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comment.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Trademark Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding 
Attorney Representation.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0056.
    Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) administers the Trademark Act (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 regarding their pending applications or 
registered trademarks, including providing additional information 
needed to process a pending application, filing amendments to the 
application, or filing the papers necessary to keep a trademark in 
force.
    In the majority of circumstances, individuals and businesses retain 
attorneys to handle these matters. As such, these parties may also 
submit communications to the USPTO regarding the appointment of 
attorneys to represent applicants or registrants in the application or 
post-registration processes or, in the case of applicants or 
registrants who are not domiciled in the United States, the appointment 
of domestic representatives on whom may be served notices of process in 
proceedings affecting the mark, the revocation of an attorney's or 
domestic representative's appointment, and requests for permission to 
withdraw from representation.
    The regulations implementing the Act are set forth in 37 CFR part 
2. Regulations regarding representation of others before the USPTO are 
also set forth in 37 CFR part 11. In addition to governing the 
registration of trademarks, the Act and regulations govern the 
appointment and revocation of attorneys and domestic representatives 
and provide the specifics for filing requests for permission to 
withdraw as the attorney of record. The information in

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this information collection is available to the public.
    This information collection covers various actions concerning the 
appointment and retention of attorneys and domestic representatives in 
trademark registrations. The information in this collection is also a 
matter of public record and is utilized by the public for a variety of 
private business purposes related to establishing and enforcing 
trademark rights.
    Forms:

 PTO-2201 (Request for Withdrawal as Attorney of Record/Update 
of USPTO's Database After Power of Attorney Ends)
 PTO-2300 (Change Address or Representation Form)

    Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Affected Public: Private sector.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 486,000 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 486,000 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses 
in this information collection will take the public approximately 
between 15 minutes (0.25 hours) and 1 hour to complete. This includes 
the time to gather the necessary information, create the appropriate 
documents, and submit the completed request to the USPTO.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 156,650 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $508.
    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 function and entering either the title of the information 
collection or the OMB Control Number, 0651-0056.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0056 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-14902 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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