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Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Item
.................
.................
.................
.................
Total ....
...........................................................................................................
Estimated
annual
burden hours
(b)
(a) × (b)/60 = (c)
• Documents Related to Concurrent Use Applications.
• Notice of Intent to Appeal a TTAB decision.
Electronic Submissions in Inter Partes Cases .................................
• Answers.
• Amendments to Pleadings.
• Amendment of Application or Registration During Proceeding.
• Motions (such as consent motions, motions to extend, motions to suspend, etc.).
• Evidence.
• Briefs.
• Surrender of Registration.
• Abandonment of Application.
• Documents Related to Concurrent Use Applications.
• Notice of Intent to Appeal a TTAB decision.
Notice of Appeal ...............................................................................
Electronic Notice of Appeal ..............................................................
Miscellaneous Ex Parte Papers .......................................................
Electronic Miscellaneous Ex Parte Submissions .............................
4 .................
5
5
6
6
Estimated
annual
responses
(a)
Number
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden: $5,744,000.00.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or record keeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, some filings in this
collection have filing fees. The petitions
to cancel, the notices of opposition, the
Rate
($/hr)
0.17
40,740
6,790
275.50
0.25
0.25
0.17
0.17
5
3,495
5
5,995
1.25
873.75
0.83
999.17
275.50
275.50
275.50
275.50
..............................
78,000
15,991.67
notices of appeal, the extensions of time
to file an opposition, and the additional
papers filed in inter partes and ex parte
cases must be submitted to the USPTO
electronically or served on other parties
by email. Express or first-class mail
through the United States Postal Service
or hand delivery to the TTAB is only
available under extraordinary
circumstances. There are also filing fees
associated with this collection. This
includes new fees as well as fees being
returned from collection 0651–0072,
which has been discontinued. These
fees are listed in the accompanying table
below.
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Estimated
annual
responses
Item
Filing fee
($)
Total
non-hour
cost burden
($)
(a)
Number
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
............................
Petition to Cancel ......................................................................................................................
Electronic Petition to Cancel .....................................................................................................
Notice of Opposition ..................................................................................................................
Electronic Notice of Opposition .................................................................................................
Ex Parte Appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Filed on Paper ............................
Electronic Ex Parte Appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ....................................
Request for Extension of Time to File an Opposition under § 2.102(c)(3) ...............................
Electronic Request for Extension of Time to File an Opposition under § 2.102(c)(3) ..............
Request for Extension of Time to File an Opposition under § 2.102(c)(1)(ii) or (c)(2) .............
Electronic Request for Extension of Time to File an Opposition § 2.102(c)(1)(ii) or (c)(2) ......
5
1,895
5
6,195
5
3,495
5
9,600
5
4,200
$500.00
400.00
500.00
400.00
300.00
200.00
200.00
100.00
300.00
200.00
$2,500.00
758,000.00
2,500.00
2,478,000.00
1,500.00
699,000.00
1,000.00
960,000.00
1,500.00
840,000.00
Total ...............
....................................................................................................................................................
25,410
........................
5,744,000.00
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection, in the form of filing
fees, is $5,744,000.00 per year.
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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;
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(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 also will
become a matter of public record.
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Dated: March 10, 2017.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Native American
Tribal Insignia Database
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
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to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for clearance the following
proposal for collection of information
under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Native American Tribal Insignia
Database.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0048.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 4 responses
per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that a recognized
Native American tribe will require an
average of 1 hour to complete a request
to record an official insignia, including
time to prepare the appropriate
documents and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 4 hours.
Cost Burden: $4.80.
Needs and Uses: The Trademark Law
Treaty Implementation Act of 1998
(Pub. L. 105–330, sec. 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.
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 reginfo.gov. Follow the
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instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained
by:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0048 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
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 April 21, 2017 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or by
fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the
attention of Nicholas A. Fraser.
Dated: March 10, 2017.
Marcie Lovett,
Director, Records and Information
Governance Division, Office of the Chief
Technology Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Native American
Tribal Insignia Database
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
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to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
Title: Native American Tribal Insignia Database.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0048.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 4 responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that a recognized
Native American tribe will require an average of 1 hour to complete a
request to record an official insignia, including time to prepare the
appropriate documents and submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Burden Hours: 4 hours.
Cost Burden: $4.80.
Needs and Uses: The Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act of 1998
(Pub. L. 105-330, sec. 302, 112 Stat. 3071) required the USPTO to study
issues surrounding the protection of the official insignia of federally
and state-recognized 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 state-recognized Native
American tribe into the database. There are no forms associated with
this collection.
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 reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: InformationCollection@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-
0048 copy request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance
Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology 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 April 21, 2017 to Nicholas A.
Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov,
or by fax to 202-395-5167, marked to the attention of Nicholas A.
Fraser.
Dated: March 10, 2017.
Marcie Lovett,
Director, Records and Information Governance Division, Office of the
Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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