80 FR 110 pgs. 32540-32541 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; “Trademark Petitions”
Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 110Pages: 32540 - 32541
Pages: 32540, 32541FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-14083 Filed 6-8-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Patent and Trademark Office
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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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.
[top] Affected Public: Individuals and households; Businesses and other for-profit organizations; Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov .
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: InformationCollection@uspto.gov . 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 Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, 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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