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of a marine mammal in a manner
prohibited by this IHA, such as an
injury (Level A harassment), serious
injury, or mortality, SCWA shall
immediately cease the specified
activities and report the incident to the
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
and the West Coast Regional Stranding
Coordinator, NMFS. The report must
include the following information:
A. Time and date of the incident;
B. Description of the incident;
C. Environmental conditions (e.g.,
wind speed and direction, Beaufort sea
state, cloud cover, and visibility);
D. Description of all marine mammal
observations in the 24 hours preceding
the incident;
E. Species identification or
description of the animal(s) involved;
F. Fate of the animal(s); and
G. Photographs or video footage of the
animal(s).
Activities shall not resume until
NMFS is able to review the
circumstances of the prohibited take.
NMFS will work with SCWA to
determine what measures are necessary
to minimize the likelihood of further
prohibited take and ensure MMPA
compliance. SCWA may not resume
their activities until notified by NMFS.
i. In the event that SCWA discovers
an injured or dead marine mammal, and
the lead observer determines that the
cause of the injury or death is unknown
and the death is relatively recent (e.g.,
in less than a moderate state of
decomposition), SCWA shall
immediately report the incident to the
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
and the West Coast Regional Stranding
Coordinator, NMFS.
The report must include the same
information identified in 6(b)(i) of this
IHA. Activities may continue while
NMFS reviews the circumstances of the
incident. NMFS will work with SCWA
to determine whether additional
mitigation measures or modifications to
the activities are appropriate.
ii. In the event that SCWA discovers
an injured or dead marine mammal, and
the lead observer determines that the
injury or death is not associated with or
related to the activities authorized in the
IHA (e.g., previously wounded animal,
carcass with moderate to advanced
decomposition, or scavenger damage),
SCWA shall report the incident to the
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
and the West Coast Regional Stranding
Coordinator, NMFS, within 24 hours of
the discovery. SCWA shall provide
photographs or video footage or other
documentation of the stranded animal
sighting to NMFS.
iii. Pursuant to sections 6(b)(ii–iii),
SCWA may use discretion in
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determining what injuries (i.e., nature
and severity) are appropriate for
reporting. At minimum, SCWA must
report those injuries considered to be
serious (i.e., will likely result in death)
or that are likely caused by human
interaction (e.g., entanglement,
gunshot). Also pursuant to sections
6(b)(ii–iii), SCWA may use discretion in
determining the appropriate vantage
point for obtaining photographs of
injured/dead marine mammals.
7. Validity of this Authorization is
contingent upon compliance with all
applicable statutes and permits,
including NMFS’ 2008 Biological
Opinion for water management in the
Russian River watershed. This
Authorization may be modified,
suspended or withdrawn if the holder
fails to abide by the conditions
prescribed herein, or if the authorized
taking is having a more than a negligible
impact on the species or stock of
affected marine mammals.
Request for Public Comments
We request comment on our analysis,
the draft authorization, and any other
aspect of this Notice of Proposed IHA
for SCWA’s estuary management
activities. Please include with your
comments any supporting data or
literature citations to help inform our
final decision on SCWA’s request for an
MMPA authorization.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–04863 Filed 3–4–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Substantive Submissions Made During
Prosecution of the Trademark
Application
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 the 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 May 5, 2014.
DATES:
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You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0054
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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to the attention of
Catherine Cain, 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 571–272–8946, or by email
to 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
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 mark with
the USPTO.
Such individuals and businesses may
also submit various communications to
the USPTO, including providing
additional information needed to
process a request to delete a particular
filing basis from an application or to
divide an application identifying
multiple goods and/or services into two
or more separate applications.
Applicants may seek a six-month
extension of time to file a statement that
the mark is in use in commerce or
submit a petition to revive an
application that abandoned for failure to
submit a timely response to an office
action or a timely statement of use or
extension request. In some
circumstances, an applicant may
expressly abandon an application by
filing a written request for withdrawal
of the application.
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
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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
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: 0651–0054.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1553,
1581, 2194, 2195, 2200, and 2202.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
292,706 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public from 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 30
minutes (0.50 hours), depending on the
complexity of the situation, to gather the
necessary information, prepare the
appropriate documents, and submit the
information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 64,305.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $25,014,645. The USPTO
expects that the information in this
collection will be prepared by attorneys
at an estimated rate of $389 per hour.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the
respondent cost burden for this
collection will be approximately
$25,014,645 per year.
Estimated time
for response
(minutes)
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Item No.
Item
1 ........................
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment
to Allege Use) (Paper).
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/Amendment
to Allege Use) (TEAS).
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use (Paper) ............
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use (TEAS) ............
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to
Office Action (Paper).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond Timely to
Office Action (TEAS).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request (Paper).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request (TEAS).
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use (Paper) ......................
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use (TEAS) ......................
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application (Paper) ....
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application (TEAS) ....
Request to Divide Application (Paper) .........................................................
Request to Divide Application (TEAS Global) ..............................................
Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU) Divisional Unit Office Action (Paper) .......
Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU) Divisional Unit Office Action (TEAS Global).
Response to Petition to Revive Deficiency Letter (Paper) ...........................
Response to Petition to Revive Deficiency Letter (TEAS Global) ...............
Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 (Paper) ....................
Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 (TEAS Global) .........
Due Diligence Petition Under Trademark Rule 2.66 (Paper) .......................
Due Diligence Petition Under Trademark Rule 2.66 (TEAS Global) ...........
Petition to Revive with Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or to Delete
ITU Goods/Services After NOA (Paper).
Petition to Revive with Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or to Delete
ITU Goods/Services After NOA (TEAS Global).
25
1,704
716
20
80,733
26,642
12
10
20
1,819
180,047
348
364
30,608
115
15
18,548
4,637
15
34
9
12
159
32
10
5
10
5
15
10
30
30
26
1,300
100
4,900
39
1,922
1
1
4
104
17
392
10
327
1
1
20
15
25
20
25
20
30
5
250
12
600
2
130
1
2
63
5
198
1
43
1
30
25
13
.......................................................................................................................
........................
292,706
64,305
1 ........................
2 ........................
2 ........................
3 ........................
3 ........................
4 ........................
4 ........................
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
9 ........................
9 ........................
10 ......................
10 ......................
11 ......................
11 ......................
12 ......................
12 ......................
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Totals .........
Estimated Total Annual (Non-Hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $28,705,256.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance or recordkeeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) cost
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burden in the form of postage costs and
filing fees.
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
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the paper forms are submitted to the
USPTO via first-class mail at a rate of 49
cents per ounce. Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the postage costs for the
paper submissions in this collection
will be $2,006.
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Responses
(yr)
Item
1 ........................
Postage costs
Total cost
(yr)
(a)
Item No.
(b)
(a × b)
4 ........................
5 ........................
6 ........................
7 ........................
8 ........................
9 ........................
10 ......................
11 ......................
12 ......................
1,704
$0.49
$835.00
1,819
348
0.49
0.49
891.00
171.00
34
0.49
17.00
26
100
0.49
0.49
13.00
49.00
39
1
5
12
2
1
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
19.00
1.00
2.00
6.00
1.00
1.00
Totals ............................................................................................................
2 ........................
3 ........................
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 Application ......................................................................
Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU) Divisional Unit Office Action ....................
Response to Petition to Revive Deficiency Letter ........................................
Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 .................................
Due Diligence Petition Under Trademark Rule 2.66 ....................................
Petition to Revive with Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or to Delete
ITU Goods/Services After NOA.
4,091
........................
2,006.00
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 $28,703,250 shown here
are the minimum fees associated with
this information collection.
1 ................................
2 ................................
2 ................................
2 ................................
3 ................................
3 ................................
4 ................................
4 ................................
5 ................................
5 ................................
6 ................................
6 ................................
7 ................................
7 ................................
8 ................................
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8 ................................
9 ................................
9 ................................
10 ..............................
10 ..............................
11 ..............................
11 ..............................
12 ..............................
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Responses
(yr)
Item
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/
Amendment to Allege Use) (Paper).
Trademark/Service Mark Allegation of Use (Statement of Use/
Amendment to Allege Use) (TEAS).
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use
(Paper).
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use
(TEAS).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond
Timely to Office Action (Paper).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to Respond
Timely to Office Action (TEAS).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely
Statement of Use or Extension Request (Paper).
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application—Failure to File Timely
Statement of Use or Extension Request (TEAS).
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use (Paper) ........
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent to Use (TEAS) ........
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application
(Paper).
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application
(TEAS).
Request to Divide Application (Paper) ...........................................
Request to Divide Application (TEAS Global) ................................
Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU) Divisional Unit Office Action
(Paper).
Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU) Divisional Unit Office Action
(TEAS Global).
Response to Petition to Revive Deficiency Letter (Paper) ............
Response to Petition to Revive Deficiency Letter (TEAS Global)
Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 (Paper) ......
Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 (TEAS
Global).
Due Diligence Petition Under Trademark Rule 2.66 (Paper) ........
Due Diligence Petition Under Trademark Rule 2.66 (TEAS Global).
Petition to Revive with Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or
to Delete ITU Goods/Services After NOA (Paper).
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Filing fees
Total cost
(yr)
(a)
Item No.
(b)
(a × b)
1,704
$100.00
$170,400.00
80,733
100.00
8,073,300.00
1,819
150.00
272,850.00
180,047
150.00
18,004,700.00
348
100.00
34,800.00
18,548
100.00
1,854,800.00
34
100.00
3,400.00
159
100.00
15,900.00
26
1,300
100
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4,900
0.00
0.00
39
1,922
1
100.00
100.00
0.00
3,900.00
192,200.00
0.00
1
0.00
0.00
5
250
12
600
0.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
1,200.00
60,000.00
2
130
100.00
100.00
200.00
13,000.00
1
100.00
100.00
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Responses
(yr)
Item
Filing fees
Total cost
(yr)
(a)
Item No.
(b)
(a × b)
12 ..............................
Petition to Revive with Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or
to Delete ITU Goods/Services After NOA (TEAS Global).
25
100.00
2,500.00
Totals .................
.........................................................................................................
292,706
........................
28,703,250.00
* Note: All filing fees are based on per class filing.
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
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: February 28, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by May
5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
National and Community Service;
Attention Amy Borgstrom, Room
10508B; 1201 New York Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the
mail address given in paragraph (1)
above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
(3) Electronically through
www.regulations.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722
DATES:
[FR Doc. 2014–04814 Filed 3–4–14; 8:45 am]
SUMMARY:
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirement on respondents can be
properly assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting
comments concerning its proposed
renewal of the following proposed
Generic Information Collection Request
(Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery’’ for
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.
seq.). This collection was developed as
part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process for
seeking feedback from the public on
service delivery. This notice announces
our intent to submit this collection to
OMB for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the
proposed information collection,
Copies of the information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed in the Addresses section
of this Notice or on
www.regulations.gov.
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between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through www.regulations.gov.
For this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
information. If you send an email
comment, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
Internet. Please note that responses to
this public comment request containing
any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication
will be treated as public comments that
may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Borgstrom, 202–606–6930, or by
email at aborgstrom@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are expected to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
(e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses).
Background
CNCS seeks to continue to use this
information collection to seek feedback
on the agency’s service delivery from
grantees and other stakeholders.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark
Application
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 the
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 May 5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0054 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 the attention of Catherine Cain, 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 571-272-8946, or by email to 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
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
mark with the USPTO.
Such individuals and businesses may also submit various
communications to the USPTO, including providing additional information
needed to process a request to delete a particular filing basis from an
application or to divide an application identifying multiple goods and/
or services into two or more separate applications. Applicants may seek
a six-month extension of time to file a statement that the mark is in
use in commerce or submit a petition to revive an application that
abandoned for failure to submit a timely response to an office action
or a timely statement of use or extension request. In some
circumstances, an applicant may expressly abandon an application by
filing a written request for withdrawal of the application.
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
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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
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: 0651-0054.
Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1553, 1581, 2194, 2195, 2200, and 2202.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 292,706 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public from 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 30 minutes (0.50 hours),
depending on the complexity of the situation, to gather the necessary
information, prepare the appropriate documents, and submit the
information to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 64,305.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $25,014,645. The
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared
by attorneys at an estimated rate of $389 per hour. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection
will be approximately $25,014,645 per year.
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Estimated time Estimated Estimated
Item No. Item for response annual annual burden
(minutes) responses hours
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1................................. Trademark/Service Mark 25 1,704 716
Allegation of Use
(Statement of Use/Amendment
to Allege Use) (Paper).
1................................. Trademark/Service Mark 20 80,733 26,642
Allegation of Use
(Statement of Use/Amendment
to Allege Use) (TEAS).
2................................. Request for Extension of 12 1,819 364
Time to File a Statement of
Use (Paper).
2................................. Request for Extension of 10 180,047 30,608
Time to File a Statement of
Use (TEAS).
3................................. Petition to Revive Abandoned 20 348 115
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action (Paper).
3................................. Petition to Revive Abandoned 15 18,548 4,637
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action (TEAS).
4................................. Petition to Revive Abandoned 15 34 9
Application--Failure to
File Timely Statement of
Use or Extension Request
(Paper).
4................................. Petition to Revive Abandoned 12 159 32
Application--Failure to
File Timely Statement of
Use or Extension Request
(TEAS).
5................................. Request to Delete Section 10 26 4
1(b) Basis, Intent to Use
(Paper).
5................................. Request to Delete Section 5 1,300 104
1(b) Basis, Intent to Use
(TEAS).
6................................. Request for Express 10 100 17
Abandonment (Withdrawal) of
Application (Paper).
6................................. Request for Express 5 4,900 392
Abandonment (Withdrawal) of
Application (TEAS).
7................................. Request to Divide 15 39 10
Application (Paper).
7................................. Request to Divide 10 1,922 327
Application (TEAS Global).
8................................. Response to Intent-to-Use 30 1 1
(ITU) Divisional Unit
Office Action (Paper).
8................................. Response to Intent-to-Use 30 1 1
(ITU) Divisional Unit
Office Action (TEAS Global).
9................................. Response to Petition to 20 5 2
Revive Deficiency Letter
(Paper).
9................................. Response to Petition to 15 250 63
Revive Deficiency Letter
(TEAS Global).
10................................ Petition to the Director 25 12 5
Under Trademark Rule 2.146
(Paper).
10................................ Petition to the Director 20 600 198
Under Trademark Rule 2.146
(TEAS Global).
11................................ Due Diligence Petition Under 25 2 1
Trademark Rule 2.66 (Paper).
11................................ Due Diligence Petition Under 20 130 43
Trademark Rule 2.66 (TEAS
Global).
12................................ Petition to Revive with 30 1 1
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA
(Paper).
12................................ Petition to Revive with 30 25 13
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA
(TEAS Global).
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Totals........................ ............................ .............. 292,706 64,305
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-Hour) Respondent Cost Burden:
$28,705,256. There are no capital start-up, maintenance or
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection.
However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) cost burden in the
form of postage costs and filing fees.
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 at a rate of 49 cents per
ounce. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the postage costs for the
paper submissions in this collection will be $2,006.
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Responses Total cost
Item No. Item (yr) Postage costs (yr)
(a) (b) (a x b)
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1................................. Trademark/Service Mark 1,704 $0.49 $835.00
Allegation of Use
(Statement of Use/Amendment
to Allege Use).
2................................. Request for Extension of 1,819 0.49 891.00
Time to File a Statement of
Use.
3................................. Petition to Revive Abandoned 348 0.49 171.00
Application--Failure to
Respond Timely to Office
Action.
4................................. Petition to Revive Abandoned 34 0.49 17.00
Application--Failure to
File Timely Statement of
Use or Extension Request.
5................................. Request to Delete Section 26 0.49 13.00
1(b) Basis, Intent to Use.
6................................. Request for Express 100 0.49 49.00
Abandonment.
(Withdrawal of Application).
7................................. Request to Divide 39 0.49 19.00
Application.
8................................. Response to Intent-to-Use 1 0.49 1.00
(ITU) Divisional Unit
Office Action.
9................................. Response to Petition to 5 0.49 2.00
Revive Deficiency Letter.
10................................ Petition to the Director 12 0.49 6.00
Under Trademark Rule 2.146.
11................................ Due Diligence Petition Under 2 0.49 1.00
Trademark Rule 2.66.
12................................ Petition to Revive with 1 0.49 1.00
Request to Delete Section
1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU
Goods/Services After NOA.
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Totals...................... 4,091 .............. 2,006.00
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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 $28,703,250 shown here are the
minimum fees associated with this information collection.
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Responses
Item No. Item (yr) Filing fees Total cost (yr)
(a) (b) (a x b)
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1................................... Trademark/Service Mark 1,704 $100.00 $170,400.00
Allegation of Use
(Statement of Use/
Amendment to Allege
Use) (Paper).
2................................... Trademark/Service Mark 80,733 100.00 8,073,300.00
Allegation of Use
(Statement of Use/
Amendment to Allege
Use) (TEAS).
2................................... Request for Extension 1,819 150.00 272,850.00
of Time to File a
Statement of Use
(Paper).
2................................... Request for Extension 180,047 150.00 18,004,700.00
of Time to File a
Statement of Use
(TEAS).
3................................... Petition to Revive 348 100.00 34,800.00
Abandoned Application--
Failure to Respond
Timely to Office
Action (Paper).
3................................... Petition to Revive 18,548 100.00 1,854,800.00
Abandoned Application--
Failure to Respond
Timely to Office
Action (TEAS).
4................................... Petition to Revive 34 100.00 3,400.00
Abandoned Application--
Failure to File Timely
Statement of Use or
Extension Request
(Paper).
4................................... Petition to Revive 159 100.00 15,900.00
Abandoned Application--
Failure to File Timely
Statement of Use or
Extension Request
(TEAS).
5................................... Request to Delete 26 0.00 0.00
Section 1(b) Basis,
Intent to Use (Paper).
5................................... Request to Delete 1,300 0.00 0.00
Section 1(b) Basis,
Intent to Use (TEAS).
6................................... Request for Express 100 0.00 0.00
Abandonment
(Withdrawal) of
Application (Paper).
6................................... Request for Express 4,900 0.00 0.00
Abandonment
(Withdrawal) of
Application (TEAS).
7................................... Request to Divide 39 100.00 3,900.00
Application (Paper).
7................................... Request to Divide 1,922 100.00 192,200.00
Application (TEAS
Global).
8................................... Response to Intent-to- 1 0.00 0.00
Use (ITU) Divisional
Unit Office Action
(Paper).
8................................... Response to Intent-to- 1 0.00 0.00
Use (ITU) Divisional
Unit Office Action
(TEAS Global).
9................................... Response to Petition to 5 0.00 0.00
Revive Deficiency
Letter (Paper).
9................................... Response to Petition to 250 0.00 0.00
Revive Deficiency
Letter (TEAS Global).
10.................................. Petition to the 12 100.00 1,200.00
Director Under
Trademark Rule 2.146
(Paper).
10.................................. Petition to the 600 100.00 60,000.00
Director Under
Trademark Rule 2.146
(TEAS Global).
11.................................. Due Diligence Petition 2 100.00 200.00
Under Trademark Rule
2.66 (Paper).
11.................................. Due Diligence Petition 130 100.00 13,000.00
Under Trademark Rule
2.66 (TEAS Global).
12.................................. Petition to Revive with 1 100.00 100.00
Request to Delete
Section 1(b) Basis or
to Delete ITU Goods/
Services After NOA
(Paper).
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12.................................. Petition to Revive with 25 100.00 2,500.00
Request to Delete
Section 1(b) Basis or
to Delete ITU Goods/
Services After NOA
(TEAS Global).
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Totals.......................... ....................... 292,706 .............. 28,703,250.00
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* Note: All filing fees are based on per class filing.
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 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: February 28, 2014.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-04814 Filed 3-4-14; 8:45 am]
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