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the TTAB. The Office also invites any
other input the public wishes to convey
about the topics addressed in this
Request for Comments.
collection is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov under ‘‘Information
Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: May 10, 2017.
Michelle K. Lee,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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
services marks, collective membership
marks, and certification marks.
Individuals and business 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). This collection
generally contains information that is
not submitted with the initial trademark
application but is associated with, or
required for, the USPTO review of
applications for registration.
In some cases, the USPTO issues
Office Actions to applicants who have
applied to register a mark, requesting
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withdrawn.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-Approval/Publication/
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Responses to Office Action and
Voluntary Amendment Forms
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on a proposed
extension of an existing information
collection: 0651–0050 (Responses to
Office Action and Voluntary
Amendment Forms).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before July 17, 2017.
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: Marcie Lovett, Records
Management Division Director, 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.
SUMMARY:
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
Post-Notice of Allowance (NOA)
Amendment, a Petition to Amend Basis
Post-Publication, or a Response to
Suspension Inquiry or Letter of
Suspension. In rare instances, an
applicant may also submit a Substitute
Trademark/Servicemark, Substitute
Certification Mark, Substitute Collective
Membership Mark, or Substitute
Collective Trademark/Servicemark
application.
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 Numbers: PTO–1771, PTO–
1822, PTO–1957, PTO–1960, and PTO–
1966.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; not-for-profit institutions;
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
472,301 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public between 10 minutes (0.16 hours)
and 45 minutes (0.75 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: 266,184 hours per year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Cost Burden: $109,135,440.00. The
USPTO expects that the information in
this collection will be prepared by
attorneys at an estimated rate of $410
per hour. Therefore, the USPTO
estimates that the respondent cost
burden for this collection will be
approximately $109,135,440.00 per
year.
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TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN
Item
1 .....................
1 .....................
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Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Rate
($/hr)
Estimated
annual burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
0.58 (35 minutes)
0.67 (40 minutes)
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410,722
9,847
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238,219
6,597
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$410.00
410.00
$97,699,790.00
2,704,770..00
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TABLE 1—TOTAL HOURLY BURDEN—Continued
Estimated time for
response (hours)
Item
2 .....................
2 .....................
3 .....................
3 .....................
4 .....................
4 .....................
5 .....................
5 .....................
6 .....................
6 .....................
7 .....................
7 .....................
8 .....................
8 .....................
9 .....................
9 .....................
10 ...................
10 ...................
Total ........
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual burden
hours
Rate
($/hr)
Estimated
annual burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
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-Approval/Publication/Post-Notice of Allowance (NOA) Amendment (TEAS).
Post-Approval/Publication/Post-Notice of Allowance (NOA) 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.
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
410.00
410.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
410.00
410.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
410.00
410.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
1
1
410.00
410.00
410.00
410.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
410.00
410.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
410.00
410.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
1
1
410.00
410.00
0.33 (20 minutes)
16,117
5,319
410.00
2,180,790.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
163
82
410.00
33,620.00
0.67 (40 minutes)
17,515
11,735
410.00
4,811,350.00
0.75 (45 minutes)
44
33
410.00
13,530.00
0.42 (25 minutes)
4,541
1,907
410.00
781,870.00
0.50 (30 minutes)
11
6
410.00
2,460.00
0.33 (20 minutes)
800
264
410.00
108,240.00
0.42 (25 minutes)
33
14
410.00
5,740.00
0.16 (10 minutes)
12,499
2,000
410.00
820,000.00
0.25 (15 minutes)
13
3
410.00
1,230.00
..........................................................
.............................
472,300
266,184
........................
109,135,440.00
Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour
Respondent Cost Burden: $113,053.35.
There are no capital start-up,
maintenance, or record-keeping costs
associated with this information
collection. However, this collection
does have annual (non-hour) costs in
the form of postage costs and filing fees.
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 for these submissions
is $0.49 per submission.
TABLE 2—POSTAGE COSTS
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1
2
3
4
5
Item
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
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Response to Office Action ............................................................................
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register .............
Substitute Certification Mark .........................................................................
Substitute Collective Membership Mark .......................................................
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark ..............................................
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Postage costs
($)
Total
(non-hour) cost
burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a × b) = (c)
9,847
1
1
1
1
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$0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
$4,825.03
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
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TABLE 2—POSTAGE COSTS—Continued
Responses
Item
6 .....................
7 .....................
8 .....................
9 .....................
10 ...................
Postage costs
($)
Total
(non-hour) cost
burden
(a)
IC #
(b)
(a × b) = (c)
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter ....
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action .................................
Post-Approval/Publication/Post-Notice of Allowance (NOA) Amendment ....
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication ....................................................
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension ...........................
163
44
11
33
13
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
79.87
21.56
5.39
16.17
6.37
Total ..............................................................................................................
9,850
........................
4,953.35
There are three filing fees associated
with the collection, detailed in Table 3
below.
TABLE 3—FILING FEES
Annual
estimated
responses
IC #
Item
2 ..........................
9 ..........................
9 ..........................
Additional fee for application that does not meet TEAS Plus or TEAS RF
filing requirements, per Class.
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (TEAS Global) .........................
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (Paper) ....................................
Total
.............................................................................................................
The USPTO estimates that the total
(non-hour) respondent cost burden for
this collection in the form of both
postage costs and filing fees is
$113,053.35 per year.
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director,
USPTO, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
IV. Request for Comments
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[FR Doc. 2017–09809 Filed 5–15–17; 8:45 am]
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,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Science Board; Notice of
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The Department of Defense
(DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that the following Federal
Advisory Committee meeting of the
Defense Science Board (DSB) will take
place.
DATES: Day 1—Closed to the public
Wednesday, May 17, 2017, from 8:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.; Day 2—Closed to the public
Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 10:00 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
SUMMARY:
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Filing fee
costs
172
$125.00
$21,500.00
800
33
100.00
200.00
80,000.00
6,600.00
1,005
........................
108,100.00
The address of the closed
meeting is the Nunn-Lugar Conference,
Room 3E863, 3140 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Defense Science Board Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) Ms. Karen D.H.
Saunders, (703) 571–0079 (Voice), (703)
697–1860 (Facsimile),
karen.d.saunders.civ@mail.mil (Email).
Mailing address is Defense Science
Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, Room
3B888A, Washington, DC 20301–3140.
Web site: https://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/.
The most up-to-date changes to the
meeting agenda can be found on the
Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to
circumstances beyond the control of the
Designated Federal Officer and the
Department of Defense, the Defense
Science Board was unable to provide
public notification concerning its
meeting on May 17 through 18, 2017, as
required by 41 CFR 102–3.150(a).
Accordingly, the Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR 102–
3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day
notification requirement.
This meeting is being held under the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Responses 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
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a
proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0050
(Responses to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 17, 2017.
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: Marcie Lovett, Records Management Division Director,
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 services marks,
collective membership marks, and certification marks. Individuals and
business 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). This
collection generally contains information that is not submitted with
the initial trademark application but is associated with, or required
for, the USPTO review of applications for registration.
In some cases, the USPTO issues Office Actions to applicants who
have applied to register a mark, requesting 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-Approval/Publication/Post-Notice of Allowance
(NOA) Amendment, a Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication, or a
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension. In rare
instances, an applicant may also submit a Substitute Trademark/
Servicemark, Substitute Certification Mark, Substitute Collective
Membership Mark, or Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark
application.
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 Numbers: PTO-1771, PTO-1822, PTO-1957, PTO-1960, and PTO-1966.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions; individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 472,301 responses per year.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public between 10 minutes (0.16 hours) and 45 minutes (0.75 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: 266,184 hours per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $109,135,440.00. The
USPTO expects that the information in this collection will be prepared
by attorneys at an estimated rate of $410 per hour. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the respondent cost burden for this collection
will be approximately $109,135,440.00 per year.
Table 1--Total Hourly Burden
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Estimated Estimated
IC # Item Estimated time for annual annual burden Rate ($/hr) Estimated
response (hours) responses hours annual burden
(a)...................... (b) (a) x (b) = (d) (c) x (d) = (e)
(c)
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1........................... Response to Office Action 0.58 (35 minutes)........ 410,722 238,219 $410.00 $97,699,790.00
(TEAS).
1........................... Response to Office Action 0.67 (40 minutes)........ 9,847 6,597 410.00 2,704,770..00
(Paper).
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2........................... Substitute Trademark/ 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
Servicemark Application,
Principal Register (TEAS
Global).
2........................... Substitute Trademark/ 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
Servicemark Application,
Principal Register (Paper).
3........................... Substitute Certification Mark 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
(TEAS Global).
3........................... Substitute Certification Mark 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
(Paper).
4........................... Substitute Collective 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
Membership Mark (TEAS Global).
4........................... Substitute Collective 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
Membership Mark (Paper).
5........................... Substitute Collective 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
Trademark/Servicemark (TEAS
Global).
5........................... Substitute Collective 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 1 1 410.00 410.00
Trademark/Servicemark (Paper).
6........................... Voluntary Amendment Not in 0.33 (20 minutes)........ 16,117 5,319 410.00 2,180,790.00
Response to USPTO Office
Action/Letter (TEAS).
6........................... Voluntary Amendment Not in 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 163 82 410.00 33,620.00
Response to USPTO Office
Action/Letter (Paper).
7........................... Request for Reconsideration 0.67 (40 minutes)........ 17,515 11,735 410.00 4,811,350.00
After Final Office Action
(TEAS).
7........................... Request for Reconsideration 0.75 (45 minutes)........ 44 33 410.00 13,530.00
After Final Office Action
(Paper).
8........................... Post-Approval/Publication/Post- 0.42 (25 minutes)........ 4,541 1,907 410.00 781,870.00
Notice of Allowance (NOA)
Amendment (TEAS).
8........................... Post-Approval/Publication/Post- 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 11 6 410.00 2,460.00
Notice of Allowance (NOA)
Amendment (Paper).
9........................... Petition to Amend Basis Post- 0.33 (20 minutes)........ 800 264 410.00 108,240.00
Publication (TEAS Global).
9........................... Petition to Amend Basis Post- 0.42 (25 minutes)........ 33 14 410.00 5,740.00
Publication (Paper).
10.......................... Response to Suspension Inquiry 0.16 (10 minutes)........ 12,499 2,000 410.00 820,000.00
or Letter of Suspension
(TEAS).
10.......................... Response to Suspension Inquiry 0.25 (15 minutes)........ 13 3 410.00 1,230.00
or Letter of Suspension.
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Total................... .............................. ......................... 472,300 266,184 .............. 109,135,440.00
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden:
$113,053.35. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or record-
keeping costs associated with this information collection. However,
this collection does have annual (non-hour) costs in the form of
postage costs and filing fees.
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 for these submissions is $0.49
per submission.
Table 2--Postage Costs
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Total (non-
IC # Item Responses Postage costs hour) cost
($) burden
(a) (b) (a x b) = (c)
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1............................. Response to Office Action...... 9,847 $0.49 $4,825.03
2............................. Substitute Trademark/ 1 0.49 0.49
Servicemark Application,
Principal Register.
3............................. Substitute Certification Mark.. 1 0.49 0.49
4............................. Substitute Collective 1 0.49 0.49
Membership Mark.
5............................. Substitute Collective Trademark/ 1 0.49 0.49
Servicemark.
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6............................. Voluntary Amendment Not in 163 0.49 79.87
Response to USPTO Office
Action/Letter.
7............................. Request for Reconsideration 44 0.49 21.56
After Final Office Action.
8............................. Post-Approval/Publication/Post- 11 0.49 5.39
Notice of Allowance (NOA)
Amendment.
9............................. Petition to Amend Basis Post- 33 0.49 16.17
Publication.
10............................ Response to Suspension Inquiry 13 0.49 6.37
or Letter of Suspension.
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Total.......................... 9,850 .............. 4,953.35
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There are three filing fees associated with the collection,
detailed in Table 3 below.
Table 3--Filing Fees
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Annual
IC # Item estimated Filing Fee Filing fee
responses costs
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2.................................. Additional fee for 172 $125.00 $21,500.00
application that does not
meet TEAS Plus or TEAS RF
filing requirements, per
Class.
9.................................. Petition to Amend Basis 800 100.00 80,000.00
Post-Publication (TEAS
Global).
9.................................. Petition to Amend Basis 33 200.00 6,600.00
Post-Publication (Paper).
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Total ........................ 1,005 .............. 108,100.00
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The USPTO estimates that the total (non-hour) respondent cost
burden for this collection in the form of both postage costs and filing
fees is $113,053.35 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 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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records Management Division Director, USPTO, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-09809 Filed 5-15-17; 8:45 am]
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