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Janis.Long@uspto.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Substantive Submissions Made During
Prosecution of the Trademark
Application
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the extension of a
continuing information collection, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before June 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0054 comment’’ in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the
attention of Susan K. Fawcett.
• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Customer Information Services
Group, Public Information Services
Division, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of
Janis Long, Attorney Advisor, Office of
the Commissioner for Trademarks,
United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
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 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 requests to
amend their registrations to delete goods
or services that are no longer being used
by the registrant. Registered marks
remain on the register for ten years and
can be renewed, but will be cancelled
unless the owner files with the USPTO
a declaration attesting to the continued
use (or excusable non-use) of the mark
in commerce within specific deadlines.
Applicants may also surrender a
registration and, in limited situations,
petition the Director to reinstate a
registration that has been cancelled.
The rules implementing the Act are
set forth in 37 CFR part 2. These rules
mandate that each register entry 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
II. Method of Collection
Electronically if applicants submit the
information using the forms available
through the Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS). By mail or
hand delivery if applicants choose to
submit the information in paper form.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0054.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1553,
1581, 2194, 2195, 2200, and 2202.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Primarily business or
other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
228,115 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 3 minutes (0.05 hours) to
20 minutes (0.33 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.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 34,684 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $10,543,936. The USPTO
believes that associate attorneys will
complete this information. The
professional hourly rate for associate
attorneys in private firms is $304. Using
this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates
that the total respondent cost burden for
this collection is $10,543,936 per year.
Estimated time
for response
(in minutes)
Item
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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. The
Federal trademark registration process
may thereby lessen the filing of papers
in court and between parties.
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment to Allege Use) ......
TEAS Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment to Allege
Use) ..........................................................................................................................................
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use ........................................................
TEAS Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use .............................................
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action ..........
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request ............................................................................................................................
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or
Extension Request ...................................................................................................................
Request to Delete Section 1(/B) Basis, Intent to Use .................................................................
TEAS Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use .......................................................
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application ................................................
TEAS Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application .....................................
Request to Divide ........................................................................................................................
Other Petitions .............................................................................................................................
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
13
10,475
2,305
11
10
9
12
5
54,992
10,211
117,429
2,004
8,015
9,899
1,736
17,614
401
641
12
2,004
401
5
4
3
4
3
5
30
8,015
194
1,100
4,686
6,500
1,990
500
641
14
55
328
325
159
165
........................
228,115
34,684
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Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Respondent Cost Burden (includes
postage costs and filing fees):
$27,958,968. This collection has no
operating or maintenance costs.
Applicants incur postage costs when
submitting non-electronic information
to the USPTO by mail through the
United States Postal Service. The
USPTO estimates that the majority of
the paper forms are submitted to the
USPTO via first class mail. First class
postage will increase to 42 cents
effective May 12, 2008. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the postage costs
for this collection will be $13,468.
Responses
(yr)
Postage costs
Total cost
(yr)
(a)
Item
(b)
(a × b)
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment to Allege Use) ......
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use ........................................................
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action ..........
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request ............................................................................................................................
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use ..................................................................
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application ................................................
Request to Divide ........................................................................................................................
Other Petitions .............................................................................................................................
10,475
10,211
2,004
$0.42
0.42
0.42
$4,400
4,289
842
2,004
194
4,686
1,990
500
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.42
842
81
1,968
836
210
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
32,064
........................
13,468
Filing fees are based on per class
filing of goods and services; therefore,
the total filing fees can vary depending
on the number of classes. The total
filing fees of $27,945,500 shown here
are the minimum fees associated with
this information collection.
Responses
(yr)
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment to Allege Use) ......
TEAS Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment to Allege
Use) ..........................................................................................................................................
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use ........................................................
TEAS Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use .............................................
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action ..........
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request ............................................................................................................................
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or
Extension Request ...................................................................................................................
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use ..................................................................
TEAS Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use .......................................................
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application ................................................
TEAS Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application .....................................
Request to Divide ........................................................................................................................
Other Petitions .............................................................................................................................
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
Filing fees
Total cost
(yr)
(a)
Item
(b)
(a × b)
10,475
$100.00
$1,047,500
54,992
10,211
117,429
2,004
8,015
100.00
150.00
150.00
100.00
100.00
5,499,200
1,531,650
17,614,350
200,400
801,500
2,004
100.00
200,400
8,015
194
1,100
4,686
6,500
1,990
500
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
801,500
0
0
0
0
199,000
50,000
228,115
........................
27,945,500
* Note: All filing fees are based on per class filing.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, e.g., the use of
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 27, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Customer Information
Services Group, Public Information Services
Division.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Renewal of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Corporation for National
and Community Service (hereinafter the
‘‘Corporation’’), has submitted the
following public information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark
Application
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the extension of a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0054
comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan K.
Fawcett.
Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public
Information Services Division, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of Janis Long, Attorney Advisor,
Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, by
telephone at 571-272-9573, or by e-mail at Janis.Long@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
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 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 requests to amend their
registrations to delete goods or services that are no longer being used
by the registrant. Registered marks remain on the register for ten
years and can be renewed, but will be cancelled unless the owner files
with the USPTO a declaration attesting to the continued use (or
excusable non-use) of the mark in commerce within specific deadlines.
Applicants may also surrender a registration and, in limited
situations, petition the Director to reinstate a registration that has
been cancelled.
The rules implementing the Act are set forth in 37 CFR part 2.
These rules mandate that each register entry 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. The Federal trademark registration process may
thereby lessen the filing of papers in court and between parties.
II. Method of Collection
Electronically if applicants submit the information using the forms
available through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).
By mail or hand delivery if applicants choose to submit the information
in paper form.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0054.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1553, 1581, 2194, 2195, 2200, and 2202.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Primarily business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 228,115 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 3 minutes (0.05 hours) to 20 minutes (0.33 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.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 34,684 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $10,543,936. The
USPTO believes that associate attorneys will complete this information.
The professional hourly rate for associate attorneys in private firms
is $304. Using this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that the total
respondent cost burden for this collection is $10,543,936 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item for response annual annual burden
(in minutes) responses hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/ 13 10,475 2,305
Amendment to Allege Use).......................................
TEAS Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/ 11 54,992 9,899
Amendment to Allege Use).......................................
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use........ 10 10,211 1,736
TEAS Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use... 9 117,429 17,614
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to Respond 12 2,004 401
Timely to Office Action........................................
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to 5 8,015 641
Respond Timely to Office Action................................
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to File Timely 12 2,004 401
Statement of Use or Extension Request..........................
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to File 5 8,015 641
Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request...................
Request to Delete Section 1(/B) Basis, Intent to Use............ 4 194 14
TEAS Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use........ 3 1,100 55
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application..... 4 4,686 328
TEAS Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application 3 6,500 325
Request to Divide............................................... 5 1,990 159
Other Petitions................................................. 30 500 165
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Totals...................................................... .............. 228,115 34,684
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Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Respondent Cost Burden (includes
postage costs and filing fees): $27,958,968. This collection has no
operating or maintenance costs.
Applicants incur postage costs when submitting non-electronic
information to the USPTO by mail through the United States Postal
Service. The USPTO estimates that the majority of the paper forms are
submitted to the USPTO via first class mail. First class postage will
increase to 42 cents effective May 12, 2008. Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the postage costs for this collection will be $13,468.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Responses Total cost
Item (yr) Postage costs (yr)
(a) (b) (a x b)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/ 10,475 $0.42 $4,400
Amendment to Allege Use).......................................
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use........ 10,211 0.42 4,289
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to Respond 2,004 0.42 842
Timely to Office Action........................................
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to File Timely 2,004 0.42 842
Statement of Use or Extension Request..........................
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use............. 194 0.42 81
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application..... 4,686 0.42 1,968
Request to Divide............................................... 1,990 0.42 836
Other Petitions................................................. 500 0.42 210
-----------------------------------------------
Totals...................................................... 32,064 .............. 13,468
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filing fees are based on per class filing of goods and services;
therefore, the total filing fees can vary depending on the number of
classes. The total filing fees of $27,945,500 shown here are the
minimum fees associated with this information collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Responses Total cost
Item (yr) Filing fees (yr)
(a) (b) (a x b)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/ 10,475 $100.00 $1,047,500
Amendment to Allege Use).......................................
TEAS Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/ 54,992 100.00 5,499,200
Amendment to Allege Use).......................................
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use........ 10,211 150.00 1,531,650
TEAS Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use... 117,429 150.00 17,614,350
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to Respond 2,004 100.00 200,400
Timely to Office Action........................................
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to 8,015 100.00 801,500
Respond Timely to Office Action................................
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to File Timely 2,004 100.00 200,400
Statement of Use or Extension Request..........................
TEAS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application--Failure to File 8,015 100.00 801,500
Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request...................
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use............. 194 0.00 0
TEAS Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use........ 1,100 0.00 0
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application..... 4,686 0.00 0
TEAS Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application 6,500 0.00 0
Request to Divide............................................... 1,990 100.00 199,000
Other Petitions................................................. 500 100.00 50,000
-----------------------------------------------
Totals...................................................... 228,115 .............. 27,945,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Note: All filing fees are based on per class filing.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, e.g., the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 27, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services
Division.
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