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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Response to Office Action
and Preliminary Amendment Forms
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment
request.
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 revision 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)).
SUMMARY:
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
* E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov.
Include ‘‘0651–0050 Electronic
Response to Office Action and
Preliminary Amendment Forms
collection 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, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
* Federal 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 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313–1450, by telephone at 571–272–
9573, or by e-mail to
Janis.Long@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), pursuant to
the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et
seq. and Chapter 37 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, issues Office
Actions in which it requests that
applicants for trademark registration
furnish information that is required for
the issuance of a registration but that
was not provided with the initial
submission of the application for
registration. The Response to Office
Action form may be used to reply to an
Office Action that was issued in
connection with an application for
registration or after the submission of a
Statement of Use.
Additionally, applicants may
supplement their applications by
providing additional information
voluntarily. When such information is
provided before the USPTO has
reviewed the application, the
submission is in the nature of a
Preliminary Amendment.
The Request for Reconsideration after
Final Action is filed after issuance of a
final Office Action but before the
deadline for filing an appeal. Filing the
Request for Reconsideration early in the
six-month response period can
eliminate the need for some appeals or
petitions and reduce the need for
remands and transfers of applications
on appeal.
Applicants may also file a Post
Publication Amendment in order to
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Response to Office Action (TEAS) ............................................................
Preliminary Amendment (TEAS) ...............................................................
Request for Reconsideration after Final Action (TEAS) ...........................
Post Publication Amendment (TEAS) .......................................................
Post Publication Amendment (paper) ........................................................
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (TEAS) ...........
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (paper) ...........
TOTAL ................................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $1,126. There
are no capital start-up, operation,
maintenance or record keeping costs,
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II. Method of Collection
The forms in this collection are
available in electronic format through
the Trademark Electronic Application
System (TEAS), which may be accessed
on the USPTO Web site. Applicants may
also submit the information in paper
form by mail, fax or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0050.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1771,
1822, 1957, 1960 and 1966.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Primarily business or
other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
208,360 per year.
Estimated Time Per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours)
to 23 minutes (0.38 hours) to gather the
necessary information, create the
document, and submit the completed
request, depending on whether the
information is submitted electronically
or on paper.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 57,416 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $17,798,960. The USPTO
believes that attorneys will complete the
information in this collection. The
professional hourly rate for attorneys in
private firms is $310. This is a fullyloaded hourly rate. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the respondent
cost burden for this collection will be
approximately $17,798,960 per year.
Estimated
time for
response
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submit a proposed amendment to an
application that has already been
approved for publication by the
examining attorney. If an applicant
receives a Suspension Inquiry or Letter
of Suspension from the USPTO, the
applicant may use the response form to
file a reply.
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16,500
3,600
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1,840
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3,080
4,620
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1,649
405
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208,360
57,416
nor are there filing fees associated with
this information collection.
Customers incur postage costs when
submitting non-electronic information
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annual
responses
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to the USPTO by mail through the
United States Postal Service. The
USPTO estimates that the majority of
submissions for these paper forms are
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made via first class mail at a cost of 44
cents per submission. Therefore, the
total estimated postage cost for this
collection is $1,126 (2560 responses ×
$0.44).
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, including through 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: November 5, 2009.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–27331 Filed 11–12–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XS78
Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals;
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental
to the Explosive Removal of Offshore
Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of a letter of
authorization.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) and implementing regulations,
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued a one-year Letters of
Authorization (LOA) to take marine
mammals incidental to the explosive
removal of offshore oil and gas
structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico.
DATES: This authorization is effective
from November 10, 2009 through
November 9, 2010.
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The application and LOAs
are available for review by writing to P.
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits,
Conservation, and Education Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3235 or by telephoning the
contact listed here (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. Documents cited in this
notice may be viewed, by appointment,
during regular business hours, at the
aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard Goldstein or Ken Hollingshead,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
301–713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) directs the NMFS to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by United States
citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region,
if certain findings are made by NMFS
and regulations are issued. Under the
MMPA, the term ‘‘taking’’ means to
harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to
attempt to harass, hunt capture, or kill
marine mammals.
Authorization for incidental taking, in
the form of annual LOAs, may be
granted by NMFS for periods up to five
years if NMFS finds, after notification
and opportunity for public comment,
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s) of
marine mammals, and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses (where relevant). In
addition, NMFS must prescribe
regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means
effecting the least practicable adverse
impact on the species and its habitat
(i.e., mitigation), and on the availability
of the species for subsistence uses,
paying particular attention to rookeries,
mating rounds, and areas of similar
significance. The regulations also must
include requirements pertaining to the
monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Regulations governing the taking
incidental to EROS were published on
June 19, 2008 (73 FR 34889), and remain
in effect through July 19, 2013. For
detailed information on this action,
please refer to that Federal Register
notice. The species that applicants may
take in small numbers during EROS
activities are bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus), Atlantic spotted
dolphins (Stenella frontalis),
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pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella
attenuata), Clymene dolphins (Stenella
clymene), striped dolphins (Stenella
coeruleoalba), spinner dolphins
(Stenella longirostris), rough-toothed
dolphins (Steno bredanensis), Risso’s
dolphins (Grampus griseus), melonheaded whales (Peponocephala electra),
short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus), and sperm whales
(Physeter macrocephalus).
Pursuant to these regulations, NMFS
has issued an LOA to Tarpon Operating
& Development, L.L.C. Issuance of the
LOA is based on a finding made in the
preamble to the final rule that the total
taking by these activities (with
monitoring, mitigation, and reporting
measures) will result in no more than a
negligible impact on the affected species
or stock(s) of marine mammals and will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on subsistence uses. NMFS also finds
that the applicant will meet the
requirements contained in the
implementing regulations and LOA,
including monitoring, mitigation, and
reporting requirements.
Dated: November 6, 2009.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9–27316 Filed 11–12–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XS84
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council and Alaska Board of Fisheries.
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and the
Alaska Board of Fisheries will meet in
Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
December 8, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd
Avenue, Aleutian Room, Anchorage,
AK.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
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[FR Doc No: E9-27331]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary Amendment
Forms
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.
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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 revision 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 January 12,
2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
* E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0050 Electronic
Response to Office Action and Preliminary Amendment Forms collection
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, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
* Federal 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 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, by
telephone at 571-272-9573, or by e-mail to Janis.Long@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), pursuant to
the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq. and Chapter 37 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, issues Office Actions in which it requests that
applicants for trademark registration furnish information that is
required for the issuance of a registration but that was not provided
with the initial submission of the application for registration. The
Response to Office Action form may be used to reply to an Office Action
that was issued in connection with an application for registration or
after the submission of a Statement of Use.
Additionally, applicants may supplement their applications by
providing additional information voluntarily. When such information is
provided before the USPTO has reviewed the application, the submission
is in the nature of a Preliminary Amendment.
The Request for Reconsideration after Final Action is filed after
issuance of a final Office Action but before the deadline for filing an
appeal. Filing the Request for Reconsideration early in the six-month
response period can eliminate the need for some appeals or petitions
and reduce the need for remands and transfers of applications on
appeal.
Applicants may also file a Post Publication Amendment in order to
submit a proposed amendment to an application that has already been
approved for publication by the examining attorney. If an applicant
receives a Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension from the USPTO,
the applicant may use the response form to file a reply.
II. Method of Collection
The forms in this collection are available in electronic format
through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), which may
be accessed on the USPTO Web site. Applicants may also submit the
information in paper form by mail, fax or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0050.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1771, 1822, 1957, 1960 and 1966.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Primarily business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 208,360 per year.
Estimated Time Per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
approximately 10 minutes (0.17 hours) to 23 minutes (0.38 hours) to
gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the
completed request, depending on whether the information is submitted
electronically or on paper.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 57,416 hours per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $17,798,960. The
USPTO believes that attorneys will complete the information in this
collection. The professional hourly rate for attorneys in private firms
is $310. This is a fully-loaded hourly rate. Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection will be
approximately $17,798,960 per year.
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Estimated Estimated
Item Estimated time for response annual annual burden
responses hours
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Response to Office Action (TEAS).............. 17 minutes...................... 165,000 46,200
Preliminary Amendment (TEAS).................. 17 minutes...................... 11,000 3,080
Request for Reconsideration after Final Action 17 minutes...................... 16,500 4,620
(TEAS).
Post Publication Amendment (TEAS)............. 20 minutes...................... 3,600 1,188
Post Publication Amendment (paper)............ 23 minutes...................... 720 274
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of 10 minutes...................... 9,700 1,649
Suspension (TEAS).
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of 13 minutes...................... 1,840 405
Suspension (paper).
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TOTAL..................................... ................................ 208,360 57,416
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $1,126.
There are no capital start-up, operation, maintenance or record keeping
costs, nor are there filing fees associated with this information
collection.
Customers 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 submissions for these
paper forms are
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made via first class mail at a cost of 44 cents per submission.
Therefore, the total estimated postage cost for this collection is
$1,126 (2560 responses x $0.44).
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, including through 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: November 5, 2009.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-27331 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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