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Filing fee
Total filing
fee cost
(a)
IC No.
(b)
(c)
(a) × (b)
Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF) ................
Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus) ..............
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (Paper) .....................
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS) .....................
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS RF) ...............
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus) .............
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44
(Paper).
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44
(TEAS).
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44 ......
(TEAS RF) ................................................................................................
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44
(TEAS Plus).
94,756
82,053
70
9,390
114,779
99,392
9
275.00
225.00
600.00
400.00
275.00
225.00
600.00
26,057,900.00
18,461,925.00
42,000.00
375,600.00
31,564,225.00
22,363,200.00
5,400.00
1,232
400.00
492,800.00
15,064
275.00
4,127,536.00
13,044
225.00
2,934,900.00
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437,599
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109,561,086.00
In addition, the USPTO charges a
processing fee of $125.00 per class for
certain TEAS RF and TEAS Plus
applications. If an applicant files a
TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application that
does not satisfy the relevant
requirements for TEAS RF or TEAS
Plus, they will be required to submit the
additional $125 processing fee to bump
the application back up to TEAS
Regular. The total processing fees
associated with this collection can vary
IC No.
Item
depending on the number of classes in
each application.
The total processing fees of $209,500,
shown in the table below, reflect the
minimum processing fees associated
with this information collection.
Responses
Processing
fee
Total
processing
fees
(a)
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Processing fee for applications that fail to meet the additional filing and
processing requirements for the reduced filing fee (TEAS RF).
Processing fee for applications that fail to meet the additional filing and
processing requirements for reduced filing fee (TEAS Plus).
IV. Requests for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
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They also will become a matter of
public record.
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
estimation of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed
collection of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, e.g., the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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$125.00
$112,250.00
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125.00
97,250.00
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Applicants incur postage costs when
submitting the non-electronic
information covered by this collection
to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO
expects that approximately 99 percent
of the responses in this collection will
be submitted electronically. The USPTO
estimates that the overwhelming
majority of the paper forms are
submitted to the USPTO via first-class
mail. The USPTO estimates that 137
will be mailed with a first-class-postage
cost of $0.49 per submission. Therefore,
the USPTO estimates that the postage
costs for this collection will be $67.13.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection in the form of filing
fees ($109,561,086), processing fees
($209,500), and postage costs ($67.13) is
$109,770,653.13.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Patent Petitions
Related to Application and
Reexamination Processing Fees
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USTPO) will submit
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).
Title: Patent Petitions Related to
Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0059.
Form Number(s):
• PTO/SB/17P
• PTO/SB/23
• PTO/SB/24a
• PTO/SB/28 (EFS-Web only)
• PTO/SB/140 (EFS-Web only)
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Type of Request: Revision of a
currently existing collection.
Number of Respondents: 374,972
responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it takes the public
approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to
12 hours to complete items in this
collection, depending on the petition.
This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, prepare the
petitions and petition fee transmittals,
and submit them to the USPTO. The
USPTO estimates that it takes the same
amount of time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the submission,
and submit it electronically as it does to
submit the information in paper form.
Burden Hours: 42,195 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $3,147,594.80.
Needs and Uses: USPTO petitions
practice provides patent applicants the
ability to request certain administrative
reviews of USPTO decisions and also
supply additional information to
applications currently being processed.
The public uses the information in this
collection to petition for various actions
under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g), and (h), such
as petitioning for a suspension of the
rules, requesting access to an
assignment record, or requesting the
withdrawal of an application from issue
either before or after paying the issue
fee. In addition, the public uses these
petitions to request accelerated
examination, to request abandonment of
an application to avoid publication of
said application, and to request certain
extensions of time. The public uses the
transmittal form to remit the required
fees for the various petitions. The
USPTO uses the information collected
from the petitions and transmittal form
to determine whether to grant the
various requests and to ensure that the
proper fees have been remitted and are
processed accordingly.
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 ‘‘0651–0059 copy
request’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and
Information Governance Division
Director, Office of the Chief Technology
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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 October 30, 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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance
Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Defense Advisory Committee on
Investigation Prosecution and Defense
of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces;
Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting
General Counsel of the
Department of Defense, 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 Advisory Committee on
Investigation Prosecution and Defense
of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces
will take place.
DATES: Day 1—Open to the public,
Thursday, October 19, 2017 from 1:15
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Day 2—Open to the
public, Friday, October 20, 2017 from
8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
ADDRESSES: One Liberty Center, 875 N.
Randolph Street, Suite 1432, Arlington,
Virginia 22203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dwight Sullivan, 703–695–1055 (Voice),
703–693–3903 (Facsimile),
dwight.h.sullivan.civ@mail.mil (Email).
Mailing address is DACIPAD, One
Liberty Center, 875 N. Randolph Street,
Suite 150, Arlington, Virginia 22203.
Web site: https://dacipad.whs.mil/. The
most up-to-date changes to the meeting
agenda can be found on the Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
SUMMARY:
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1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: In section 546
of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113–
291), as modified by section 537 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114–92),
Congress tasked the DAC–IPAD to
advise the Secretary of Defense on the
investigation, prosecution, and defense
of allegations of rape, forcible sodomy,
sexual assault, and other sexual
misconduct involving members of the
Armed Forces. This will be the fourth
public meeting held by the DAC–IPAD.
On the first day of the meeting, the
Committee will hear testimony from a
former senior airman who is a sexual
assault survivor. The Committee will
then receive a briefing on the
Department of Defense and Military
Services’ sexual assault-related
expedited transfer policies. For the last
session of the day, the Committee will
hear from senior military special
victims’ counsel and victims’ legal
counsel about their experiences
assisting clients with expedited
transfers and their perspectives on the
victims’ counsel program. On the
second day of the meeting, the
Committee will hear from a panel of
company, squadron, or Service
equivalent commanders and their senior
enlisted advisors about the sexual
assault military justice and response
training they received and their
experience dealing with sexual assault
allegations. Next, the Committee will
hear from a panel of special courtmartial convening authorities regarding
the sexual assault military justice and
response training they received and
their experience dealing with sexual
assault allegations and making initial
case disposition decisions. For the last
session, the DAC–IPAD Case Review
Working Group will update the
Committee on the working group
members’ review of sample sexual
assault cases. Agenda: Thursday,
October 19, 2017: 1:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Public Meeting Begins—Welcome and
Introduction; 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Perspective of a Sexual Assault
Survivor; 2:30 p.m.–3:20 p.m. Briefing
on the Department of Defense (DoD) and
Military Services’ Expedited Transfer
Policies; 3:20 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Break; 3:30
p.m.–5:00 p.m. Service Special Victims’
Counsel/Victims’ Legal Counsel (SVC/
VLC) Perspectives on the Expedited
Transfer Policy and SVC/VLC Program;
5:00 p.m. Public Meeting Adjourned.
Friday, October 20, 2017: 8:45 a.m.–
9:00 a.m. Public Meeting Begins—
Welcome and Introduction: 9:00 a.m.—
11:30 a.m. Company, Squadron, or
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Patent Petitions
Related to Application and Reexamination Processing Fees
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) will submit
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).
Title: Patent Petitions Related to Application and Reexamination
Processing Fees.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0059.
Form Number(s):
PTO/SB/17P
PTO/SB/23
PTO/SB/24a
PTO/SB/28 (EFS-Web only)
PTO/SB/140 (EFS-Web only)
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Type of Request: Revision of a currently existing collection.
Number of Respondents: 374,972 responses per year.
Average Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that it takes the
public approximately 5 minutes (0.08 hours) to 12 hours to complete
items in this collection, depending on the petition. This includes the
time to gather the necessary information, prepare the petitions and
petition fee transmittals, and submit them to the USPTO. The USPTO
estimates that it takes the same amount of time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the submission, and submit it electronically as it
does to submit the information in paper form.
Burden Hours: 42,195 hours annually.
Cost Burden: $3,147,594.80.
Needs and Uses: USPTO petitions practice provides patent applicants
the ability to request certain administrative reviews of USPTO
decisions and also supply additional information to applications
currently being processed. The public uses the information in this
collection to petition for various actions under 37 CFR 1.17(f), (g),
and (h), such as petitioning for a suspension of the rules, requesting
access to an assignment record, or requesting the withdrawal of an
application from issue either before or after paying the issue fee. In
addition, the public uses these petitions to request accelerated
examination, to request abandonment of an application to avoid
publication of said application, and to request certain extensions of
time. The public uses the transmittal form to remit the required fees
for the various petitions. The USPTO uses the information collected
from the petitions and transmittal form to determine whether to grant
the various requests and to ensure that the proper fees have been
remitted and are processed accordingly.
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-
0059 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 October 30, 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.
Marcie Lovett,
Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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