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appropriate documents and submit the
completed request to the USPTO.
Needs and Uses: The Trademark Law
Treaty Implementation Act of 1998
(Pub. L. 105–330, 302, 112 Stat. 3071)
required the USPTO to study issues
surrounding the protection of the
official insignia of federally and staterecognized Native American tribes
under trademark law. At the direction of
Congress, the USPTO created a database
containing the official insignia of
recognized Native American tribes.
The USPTO database of official tribal
insignias provides evidence of what a
federally or state-recognized Native
American tribe considers to be its
official insignia. The database thereby
assists trademark examining attorneys
in their examination of applications for
trademark registration by serving as a
reference for determining the
registrability of a mark that may falsely
suggest a connection to the official
insignia of a Native American tribe. The
entry of an official insignia into the
database does not confer any rights to
the tribe that submitted the insignia,
and entry is not the legal equivalent of
registering the insignia as a trademark
under 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.
This information collection is used by
the USPTO to enter an official insignia
submitted by a federally or staterecognized Native American tribe into
the database. There are no forms
associated with this collection.
Affected Public: Tribal governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
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 the Information Collection
Review page at www.reginfo.gov.
Paper copies can be obtained by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0048 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• 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.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent on
or before February 27, 2014 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.
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Dated: January 23, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Response to Office Action and
Voluntary 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 comment on this 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:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0050
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• 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.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Catherine Cain,
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 571–272–8946, or
by email at Catherine.Cain@uspto.gov.
Additional information about this
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information is
required by 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
such marks, or intend to use such
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marks, in interstate commerce may file
an application to register their marks
with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO). In some
cases, the USPTO issues Office Actions
to applicants who have applied for a
trademark application, requesting
additional information that was not
provided with the initial submission but
is required before the issuance of a
registration. Also, the USPTO may
determine that a mark is not entitled to
registration, pursuant to one or more
provisions of the Trademark Act. In
such cases, the USPTO will issue an
Office Action advising the applicant of
the refusal to register the mark.
Applicants reply to these Office Actions
by providing the required information
and/or by putting forth legal arguments
as to why the refusal of registration
should be withdrawn.
The USPTO administers the
Trademark Act through Chapter 37 of
the Code of Federal Regulations. These
rules allow the USPTO to request and
receive information required to process
applications. These rules also allow
applicants to submit certain
amendments to their applications.
Applicants may also supplement their
applications and provide further
information by filing a Voluntary
Amendment Not in Response to USPTO
Office Action/Letter, a Request for
Reconsideration after Final Office
Action, a Post-Publication Amendment,
a Petition to Amend Basis PostPublication, and a Suspension Inquiry
or Letter of Suspension, or by
submitting a Substitute Trademark/
Servicemark, Substitute Certification
Mark, or Substitute Collective
Membership Mark application.
Thus, this collection includes
information that was not submitted with
the initial application and is needed by
the USPTO to review applications for
trademark registration.
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. TEAS Global
Forms are available for the items where
a TEAS form with dedicated data fields
is not yet available. 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 1771, 1822,
1957, 1960, and 1966.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
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complexity of the situation, to gather the
necessary information, prepare the
appropriate documents, and submit the
information required for this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 132,122 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $51,395,458. The USPTO
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
271,783 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public from 10 to 40 minutes (0.17 to
0.67 hours), depending on the
expects that the information in this
collection will be prepared by attorneys
at an estimate rate of $389 per hour.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the
respondent cost burden for this
collection will be approximately
$51,395,458 per year.
Estimated time
for response
(minutes)
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Response to Office Action (TEAS) ..............................................................................................
Response to Office Action (Paper) ..............................................................................................
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register (TEAS Global) ...................
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register (Paper) ...............................
Substitute Certification Mark (TEAS Global) ...............................................................................
Substitute Certification Mark (Paper) ..........................................................................................
Substitute Collective Membership Mark ......................................................................................
(TEAS Global) ..............................................................................................................................
Substitute Collective Membership Mark (Paper) .........................................................................
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark (TEAS Global) ....................................................
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark (Paper) ...............................................................
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter (TEAS) ......................
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter (Paper) ......................
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (TEAS) ..................................................
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (Paper) ..................................................
Post-Publication Amendment (TEAS) .........................................................................................
Post-Publication Amendment (Paper) .........................................................................................
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (TEAS Global) ..........................................................
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (Paper) ......................................................................
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (TEAS) .............................................
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (Paper) ............................................
30
35
30
30
30
30
218,540
10,927
1
1
1
1
109,270
6,338
1
1
1
1
30
30
30
30
20
25
35
40
25
30
15
20
10
15
1
1
1
1
11,000
224
15,000
625
2,900
59
3,000
125
9,000
375
1
1
1
1
3,630
94
8,700
419
1,218
30
750
41
1,530
94
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
........................
271,783
132,122
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $5,916. There
are no capital start-up, maintenance, or
record keeping costs associated with
this information collection, nor are there
filing fees. However, this collection does
have annual (non-hour) costs in the
form of postage costs.
Customers incur postage costs when
submitting non-electronic information
to the USPTO by mail through the
United States Postal Service. The
USPTO expects that the majority
(roughly 98%) of the paper forms are
submitted to the USPTO via first-class
mail. The USPTO estimates that these
submissions will typically weigh
approximately one ounce and that the
first-class postage rate for these
submissions is 49 cents.
Responses
Postage costs
($)
Total
(non-hour)
cost burden
(a)
Item
(b)
(a × b) = (c)
10,708
1
1
1
1
220
613
58
123
368
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
5,247.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
108.00
300.00
28.00
60.00
169.00
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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Response to Office Action ...........................................................................................................
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register ............................................
Substitute Certification Mark ........................................................................................................
Substitute Collective Membership Mark ......................................................................................
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark .............................................................................
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter ...................................
Request for Reconsideration after Final Office Action ................................................................
Post-Publication Amendment ......................................................................................................
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication ...................................................................................
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension ..........................................................
12,094
........................
5,916.00
There are no filing fees associated
with this collection.
The USPTO estimates that the total
(non-hour) respondent cost burden for
this collection in the form of postage
costs is $5,916 per year.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
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The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to: (a) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the
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accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Dated: January 23, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–01520 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Global Markets Advisory Committee
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) announces
that on February 12, 2014, from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m., the Global Markets Advisory
Committee (GMAC) will hold a public
meeting at the CFTC’s Washington, DC,
headquarters. The GMAC will discuss
the CFTC staff’s advisory issued on
November 14, 2013, related to the
CFTC’s cross-border guidance
addressing the applicability of certain
Commission regulations.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 12, 2014, from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. Members of the public
who wish to submit written statements
in connection with the meeting should
submit them by February 6, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s
headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC
20581. Written statements should be
submitted by electronic mail to:
secretary@cftc.gov. Statements may also
be submitted by mail to: Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20581, attention: Office
of the Secretary. Please use the title
‘‘Global Markets Advisory Committee’’
in any written statement you submit.
Any statements submitted in connection
with the committee meeting will be
made available to the public, including
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by publication on the CFTC Web site,
www.cftc.gov.
Ted
Serafini, GMAC Designated Federal
Officer, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC
20581; (202) 418–5010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CFTC
GMAC will hold a public meeting on
Wednesday, February 12, 2014, from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. at the CFTC’s
Washington, DC headquarters. The
GMAC meeting will focus on the CFTC
staff’s advisory issued on November 14,
2013, related to the CFTC’s cross-border
guidance addressing the applicability of
certain Commission regulations.
The meeting will be open to the
public with seating on a first-come, firstserved basis. Persons requiring special
accommodations to attend the meeting
because of a disability should notify the
contact person listed above.
Members of the public may also listen
to the meeting by telephone by calling
a domestic toll-free telephone or
international toll or toll-free number to
connect to a live, listen-only audio feed.
Call-in participants should be prepared
to provide their first name, last name,
and affiliation. The call-in information
is as follows:
Domestic Toll Free: 1–866–844–9416
International Toll and Toll Free: Will
be posted on the CFTC’s Web site,
https://www.cftc.gov, on the page for the
meeting, under Related Documents.
Conference ID: 3964578
Pass Code/Pin Code: 96457
After the meeting, a transcript of the
meeting will be published through a
link on the CFTC’s Web site, https://
www.cftc.gov. All written submissions
provided to the CFTC in any form will
also be published on the CFTC’s Web
site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix, Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Sec. 10(a)(2)).
Dated: January 23, 2014.
Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014–01575 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351–01–P
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
10 a.m., Friday, January
31, 2014.
PLACE: 1155 21st St. NW., Washington,
DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference
Room
STATUS: Closed
TIME AND DATE:
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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Surveillance, Enforcement Matters, and
Examinations. In the event that the
times, dates or locations of this or any
future meetings change, an
announcement of the change, along with
the new time, date and location of the
meeting will be posted on the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.cftc.gov.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Melissa D. Jurgens, 202–418–5516.
Natise Stowe,
Executive Assistant.
[FR Doc. 2014–01615 Filed 1–24–14; 11:15 am]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0093]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Consumer Opinion
Forum
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC or
Commission) requests comments on a
proposed extension of approval of a
collection of information from persons
who may voluntarily register and
participate in a Consumer Opinion
Forum on the CPSC Web site,
wwww.cpsc.gov. The Commission will
consider all comments received in
response to this notice before requesting
an extension of this collection of
information from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by March 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009–
0093, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit
electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail
(email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The Commission
encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written
submissions in the following way: Mail/
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Response to Office Action and Voluntary 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 comment on
this 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 March 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0050 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
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 Catherine Cain, 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 571-272-8946,
or by email at Catherine.Cain@uspto.gov. Additional information about
this collection is also available at https://www.reginfo.gov under
``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information is required by 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 such marks, or intend to use such marks, in
interstate commerce may file an application to register their marks
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In some
cases, the USPTO issues Office Actions to applicants who have applied
for a trademark application, requesting additional information that was
not provided with the initial submission but is required before the
issuance of a registration. Also, the USPTO may determine that a mark
is not entitled to registration, pursuant to one or more provisions of
the Trademark Act. In such cases, the USPTO will issue an Office Action
advising the applicant of the refusal to register the mark. Applicants
reply to these Office Actions by providing the required information
and/or by putting forth legal arguments as to why the refusal of
registration should be withdrawn.
The USPTO administers the Trademark Act through Chapter 37 of the
Code of Federal Regulations. These rules allow the USPTO to request and
receive information required to process applications. These rules also
allow applicants to submit certain amendments to their applications.
Applicants may also supplement their applications and provide
further information by filing a Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to
USPTO Office Action/Letter, a Request for Reconsideration after Final
Office Action, a Post-Publication Amendment, a Petition to Amend Basis
Post-Publication, and a Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension, or
by submitting a Substitute Trademark/Servicemark, Substitute
Certification Mark, or Substitute Collective Membership Mark
application.
Thus, this collection includes information that was not submitted
with the initial application and is needed by the USPTO to review
applications for trademark registration.
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. TEAS Global Forms are available for
the items where a TEAS form with dedicated data fields is not yet
available. 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 1771, 1822, 1957, 1960, and 1966.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other for profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 271,783 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 10 to 40 minutes (0.17 to 0.67 hours), depending on the
complexity of the situation, to gather the necessary information,
prepare the appropriate documents, and submit the information required
for this collection.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 132,122 hours per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $51,395,458. The
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared
by attorneys at an estimate rate of $389 per hour. Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection will be
approximately $51,395,458 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item for response annual annual burden
(minutes) responses hours
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Response to Office Action (TEAS)................................ 30 218,540 109,270
Response to Office Action (Paper)............................... 35 10,927 6,338
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register 30 1 1
(TEAS Global)..................................................
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register 30 1 1
(Paper)........................................................
Substitute Certification Mark (TEAS Global)..................... 30 1 1
Substitute Certification Mark (Paper)........................... 30 1 1
Substitute Collective Membership Mark........................... 30 1 1
(TEAS Global)...................................................
Substitute Collective Membership Mark (Paper)................... 30 1 1
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark (TEAS Global)....... 30 1 1
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark (Paper)............. 30 1 1
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/ 20 11,000 3,630
Letter (TEAS)..................................................
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/ 25 224 94
Letter (Paper).................................................
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (TEAS).... 35 15,000 8,700
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (Paper)... 40 625 419
Post-Publication Amendment (TEAS)............................... 25 2,900 1,218
Post-Publication Amendment (Paper).............................. 30 59 30
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (TEAS Global).......... 15 3,000 750
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (Paper)................ 20 125 41
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (TEAS)... 10 9,000 1,530
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (Paper).. 15 375 94
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Totals...................................................... .............. 271,783 132,122
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $5,916.
There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or record keeping costs
associated with this information collection, nor are there filing fees.
However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form
of postage costs.
Customers incur postage costs when submitting non-electronic
information to the USPTO by mail through the United States Postal
Service. The USPTO expects that the majority (roughly 98%) of the paper
forms are submitted to the USPTO via first-class mail. The USPTO
estimates that these submissions will typically weigh approximately one
ounce and that the first-class postage rate for these submissions is 49
cents.
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Total (non-
Item Responses Postage costs hour) cost
($) burden
(a) (b) (a x b) = (c)
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Response to Office Action....................................... 10,708 0.49 5,247.00
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register 1 0.49 1.00
Substitute Certification Mark................................... 1 0.49 1.00
Substitute Collective Membership Mark........................... 1 0.49 1.00
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark..................... 1 0.49 1.00
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/ 220 0.49 108.00
Letter.........................................................
Request for Reconsideration after Final Office Action........... 613 0.49 300.00
Post-Publication Amendment...................................... 58 0.49 28.00
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication........................ 123 0.49 60.00
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension.......... 368 0.49 169.00
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Totals...................................................... 12,094 .............. 5,916.00
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There are no filing fees associated with this collection.
The USPTO estimates that the total (non-hour) respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of postage costs is $5,916 per
year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to: (a) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the
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accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Dated: January 23, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01520 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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