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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Madrid Protocol
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: 0651–0051 (Madrid
Protocol).
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 11,
2019.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0051
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Catherine Cain, Attorney
Advisory, Office of the Commissioner
for Trademarks, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450.
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
with ‘‘0651–0051 comment’’ in the
subject line. Additional information
about this collection is also available at
https://www.reginfo.gov under
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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I. Abstract
This collection of information is
required by the Trademark Act of 1946,
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 the marks with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO).
The Protocol Relating to the Madrid
Agreement Concerning the International
Registration of Marks (‘‘Madrid
Protocol’’) is an international treaty that
allows a trademark owner to seek
registration in any of the participating
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countries by filing a single international
application. The International Bureau
(IB) of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) in Geneva,
Switzerland, administers the
international registration system. The
Madrid Protocol Implementation Act of
2002 amended the Trademark Act to
provide that: (1) The owner of a U.S.
application or registration may seek
protection of its mark in any of the
participating countries by submitting a
single international application to the IB
through the USPTO, and (2) the holder
of an international registration may
request an extension of protection of the
international registration to the United
States. The Madrid Protocol became
effective in the United States on
November 2, 2003, and is implemented
under 15 U.S.C. 1141 et seq., and 37
CFR part 2 and part 7.
An international application
submitted through the USPTO must be
based on an active U.S. application or
registration and must be filed by the
owner of the application or registration.
The USPTO reviews the international
application to certify that it corresponds
to the data contained in the existing
U.S. application or registration before
forwarding the international application
to the IB. The IB then reviews the
international application to determine
whether the Madrid filing requirements
have been met and the required fees
have been paid. If the international
application is unacceptable, the IB will
send a notice of irregularity to the
USPTO and the applicant. The
applicant must respond to the
irregularities to avoid abandonment,
unless a response from the USPTO is
required. After any irregularities are
corrected and the application is
accepted, the IB issues an international
registration number, publishes the
registration in the WIPO Gazette of
International Marks, and sends the
certificate to the holder.
When the international registration is
issued, the IB notifies each country
designated in the application of the
request for extension of protection. Each
designated country then examines the
request under its own laws. Once an
international registration exists, the
holder may also file subsequent
designations to request an extension of
protection to additional countries or
request extension of goods/services not
already extended to previously
designated countries.
Under Section 71 of the Trademark
Act, 15 U.S.C. 1141(k), a registered
extension of protection to the United
States will be cancelled unless the
holder of the international registration
periodically files affidavits of continued
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use in commerce or excusable nonuse.
The first affidavit must be filed on or
between the fifth- or sixth-year
anniversaries of the date on which the
USPTO registers an extension of
protection.
This collection includes the
information necessary for the USPTO to
process applications for international
registration and related requests under
the Madrid Protocol. The USPTO
provides electronic forms for filing the
items in this information collection
online (except for the Request to Record
an Assignment or Restriction of a
Holder’s Right to Dispose of an
International Registration) using the
Trademark Electronic Application
System (TEAS), which is available
through the USPTO website.
Applicants may also submit the items
in this collection on paper or by using
the forms provided by the IB, which are
available on the WIPO website. The IB
requires Applications for International
Registration and Applications for
Subsequent Designation that are filed on
paper to be submitted on the official IB
forms.
II. Methods of Collection
Electronically, if applicants submit
the information using the TEAS forms.
By mail or hand delivery, if applicants
choose to submit the information in
paper form.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651–0051.
IC Instruments: PTO–1663, PTO–
1683, PTO–2131, PTO–2132, PTO–2133,
TEAS Global Forms.
Type of Review: Extension of an
existing information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14,691 responses per year. Of this total,
the USPTO expects that 14,682 response
will be submitted electronically via the
TEAS system and 9 will be submitted
on paper.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that it will take the
public approximately between 20
minutes (0.33 hours) to seventy-five
minutes (1.25 hours) to complete the
information in this collection, including
the time to gather the necessary
information, prepare the forms or
documents, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 4,878.97 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
(Hourly) Cost Burden: $2,136,988.86.
The USPTO expects that an attorney
will complete the instruments
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associated with this information
collection. The professional hourly rate
for an intellectual property attorney in
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Totals
Item
Application for International Registration (TEAS).
Application for International Registration (paper).
Application for Subsequent Designation (TEAS).
Application for Subsequent Designation (paper).
Response to Notice of Irregularity
(TEAS).
Response to Notice of Irregularity
(paper).
Replacement Request (TEAS Global)
Replacement Request (paper) ..........
Request to Record an Assignment or
Restriction of a Holder’s Right to
Dispose of an International Registration (TEAS Global).
Request to Record an Assignment or
Restriction of a Holder’s Right to
Dispose of an International Registration (paper).
Transformation Request (TEAS RF
Global).
Transformation Request (paper) .......
Petition to Director to Review Denial
of Certification of International Application (TEAS Global).
Petition to Director to Review Denial
of Certification of International Application (paper).
Declaration of Continued Use/Excused Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section 71 (TEAS).
Declaration of Continued Use/Excused Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under Section 71 (paper).
Combined Declaration of Continued
Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability Under Sections 71 and
15 (TEAS).
Combined Declaration of Continued
Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability Under Sections 71 and
15 (paper).
............................................................
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour)
Respondent Cost Burden:
$12,182,254.50. The collection has
annual (non-hour) costs in the forms of
postage costs and filing fees.
Postage Costs
Customers may incur postage costs
when submitting some of the items
covered by this collection to the USPTO
by mail. The USPTO expects that
approximately 98% of the responses in
this collection will be submitted
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private firms in $438. Using this hourly
rate, the USPTO estimates that the total
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Estimated time
for responses
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
annual
burden hours
(a)
(b)
(c)
Rate
Estimated
annual
respondent
cost
(d)
(a) × (b)
(e)
(c) × (d)
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
8,540
2,818.20
$438.00
$1,234,371.60
0.58 (35 minutes) ......
1
0.58
438.00
254.04
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
930
306.90
438.00
134,422.20
0.58 (35 minutes) ......
1
0.58
438.00
254.04
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
315
103.95
438.00
45,530.10
0.55 (33 minutes) ......
1
0.55
438.00
240.90
0.50 (30 minutes) ......
0.75 (45 minutes) ......
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
1
1
3
0.50
0.75
0.99
438.00
438.00
438.00
219.00
328.50
433.62
0.50 (30 minutes) ......
1
0.50
438.00
219.00
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
1
0.33
438.00
144.54
0.55 (33 minutes) ......
1 (60 minutes) ...........
1
42
0.55
42.00
438.00
438.00
240.90
18,396.00
1.25 (75 minutes) ......
1
1.25
438.00
547.50
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
3,250
1,072.50
438.00
469,755.00
0.42 (25 minutes) ......
1
0.42
438.00
183.96
0.33 (20 minutes) ......
1,600
528.00
438.00
231,264.00
0.42 (25 minutes) ......
1
0.42
438.00
183.96
....................................
14,691
4,878.97
........................
2,136,988.86
electronically. Of the remaining 1
percent, the vast majority will be
submitted by mail, for a total of 9
mailed submissions. The average firstclass USPS postage cost for a mailed
submission will be $0.50. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates that the postage costs
for the mailed submissions in this
collection will total $4.50.
Filing Fees
The USPTO charges fees for
processing international applications
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respondent cost burden for this
collection is $2,136,988.86 per year.
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and related requests under the Madrid
Protocol, as set forth in 37 CFR 2.6 and
37 CFR 7.6. Most of these fees are
charged per class of goods or services.
Therefore, the total fees can vary
depending on the number of classes.
Based on the minimum fee of one class
per relevant document, the USPTO
estimates that the total filing fees
associated with this collection will be
approximately $12,182,250 per year, as
calculated in the table below.
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Totals
Item
Application for International Registration (for certifying an international application based on a single basic application or registration, per international
class) (TEAS).
Application for International Registration (for certifying an international application based on a single basic application or registration, per international
class) (paper).
Application for International Registration (for certifying an international application based on more than one basic application or registration, per international class) (TEAS).
Application for International Registration (for certifying an international application based on more than one basic application or registration, per international class) (paper).
Request for Extension of Protection of International Registration to the United
States—Filed at WIPO.
Transmitting a Subsequent Designation under Section 7.21 (TEAS) ..................
Transmitting a Subsequent Designation under Section 7.21 (paper) ...................
Notice of Replacement under Section 7.28 (per international class) (TEAS) ......
Notice of Replacement under Section 7.28 (per international class) (paper) ......
Request to Record an Assignment or Restriction, or Release of a Restriction,
under Sections 7.23 and 7.24 (TEAS) (paper).
Request to Record an Assignment or Restriction, or Release of a Restriction,
under Sections 7.23 and 7.24 (paper).
Transformation Request (per international class ( TEAS RF Global) ..................
Transformation Request (per international class) (paper) ....................................
Petition to Director to Review Denial of Certification of International Application
(TEAS).
Petition to Director to Review Denial of Certification of International Application
(paper).
Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under
Section 71 (per international class) (TEAS).
Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse of Mark in Commerce Under
Section 71 (per international class) (paper).
Surcharge for Filing Affidavit Under Section 71 of the Act During the Grace Period, per international class (TEAS).
Surcharge for Filing Affidavit Under Section 71 of the Act During the Grace Period, per international class (paper).
Combined Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability Under Sections 71 and 15 (per international class) (TEAS).
Combined Declaration of Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and Incontestability Under Sections 71 and 15 (per international class) (paper).
................................................................................................................................
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden
for this collection, in the form of postage
costs ($4.50) and filing fees
($12,182,250), is $12,182,254.50 per
year.
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IV. Request for Comments
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.
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
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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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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
PO 00000
Estimated
annual
responses
Fee amount
(a)
(b)
Estimated
annual
filing costs
(c)
(a) × (b)
7,313
$100.00
$731,300.00
1
200.00
200.00
1,227
150.00
184,050.00
1
250.00
250.00
25,600
400.00
10,240,000.00
930
1
1
1
3
100.00
200.00
100.00
200.00
100.00
93,000.00
200.00
100.00
200.00
300.00
1
200.00
200.00
1
1
42
275.00
600.00
100.00
275.00
600.00
4,200.00
1
200.00
200.00
3,250
125.00
406,250.00
1
225.00
100.00
1
100.00
100.00
1
200.00
200.00
1,600
325.00
520,000.00
1
525.00
525.00
39,978
........................
12,182,250.00
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Practitioner Conduct and Discipline
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 this
proposed extension of an existing
information collection.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 11,
2019.
DATES:
Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Madrid Protocol
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: 0651-0051
(Madrid Protocol).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 11,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0051 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Catherine Cain, Attorney Advisory, Office of the
Commissioner for Trademarks, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
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 [email protected] with ``0651-0051 comment'' in
the subject line. 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 of
1946, 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 the marks with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the
International Registration of Marks (``Madrid Protocol'') is an
international treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration
in any of the participating countries by filing a single international
application. The International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, administers the
international registration system. The Madrid Protocol Implementation
Act of 2002 amended the Trademark Act to provide that: (1) The owner of
a U.S. application or registration may seek protection of its mark in
any of the participating countries by submitting a single international
application to the IB through the USPTO, and (2) the holder of an
international registration may request an extension of protection of
the international registration to the United States. The Madrid
Protocol became effective in the United States on November 2, 2003, and
is implemented under 15 U.S.C. 1141 et seq., and 37 CFR part 2 and part
7.
An international application submitted through the USPTO must be
based on an active U.S. application or registration and must be filed
by the owner of the application or registration. The USPTO reviews the
international application to certify that it corresponds to the data
contained in the existing U.S. application or registration before
forwarding the international application to the IB. The IB then reviews
the international application to determine whether the Madrid filing
requirements have been met and the required fees have been paid. If the
international application is unacceptable, the IB will send a notice of
irregularity to the USPTO and the applicant. The applicant must respond
to the irregularities to avoid abandonment, unless a response from the
USPTO is required. After any irregularities are corrected and the
application is accepted, the IB issues an international registration
number, publishes the registration in the WIPO Gazette of International
Marks, and sends the certificate to the holder.
When the international registration is issued, the IB notifies each
country designated in the application of the request for extension of
protection. Each designated country then examines the request under its
own laws. Once an international registration exists, the holder may
also file subsequent designations to request an extension of protection
to additional countries or request extension of goods/services not
already extended to previously designated countries.
Under Section 71 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1141(k), a
registered extension of protection to the United States will be
cancelled unless the holder of the international registration
periodically files affidavits of continued use in commerce or excusable
nonuse. The first affidavit must be filed on or between the fifth- or
sixth-year anniversaries of the date on which the USPTO registers an
extension of protection.
This collection includes the information necessary for the USPTO to
process applications for international registration and related
requests under the Madrid Protocol. The USPTO provides electronic forms
for filing the items in this information collection online (except for
the Request to Record an Assignment or Restriction of a Holder's Right
to Dispose of an International Registration) using the Trademark
Electronic Application System (TEAS), which is available through the
USPTO website.
Applicants may also submit the items in this collection on paper or
by using the forms provided by the IB, which are available on the WIPO
website. The IB requires Applications for International Registration
and Applications for Subsequent Designation that are filed on paper to
be submitted on the official IB forms.
II. Methods of Collection
Electronically, if applicants submit the information using the TEAS
forms. By mail or hand delivery, if applicants choose to submit the
information in paper form.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0651-0051.
IC Instruments: PTO-1663, PTO-1683, PTO-2131, PTO-2132, PTO-2133,
TEAS Global Forms.
Type of Review: Extension of an existing information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,691 responses per year. Of this
total, the USPTO expects that 14,682 response will be submitted
electronically via the TEAS system and 9 will be submitted on paper.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it will take
the public approximately between 20 minutes (0.33 hours) to seventy-
five minutes (1.25 hours) to complete the information in this
collection, including the time to gather the necessary information,
prepare the forms or documents, and submit the completed request to the
USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 4,878.97 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent (Hourly) Cost Burden:
$2,136,988.86. The USPTO expects that an attorney will complete the
instruments
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associated with this information collection. The professional hourly
rate for an intellectual property attorney in private firms in $438.
Using this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that the total respondent
cost burden for this collection is $2,136,988.86 per year.
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Estimated
Estimated Estimated annual
# Item Estimated time for responses annual annual burden Rate respondent
responses hours cost
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(a) x (b) (c) x (d)
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1...................... Application for 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 8,540 2,818.20 $438.00 $1,234,371.60
International
Registration (TEAS).
1...................... Application for 0.58 (35 minutes)................... 1 0.58 438.00 254.04
International
Registration (paper).
2...................... Application for 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 930 306.90 438.00 134,422.20
Subsequent Designation
(TEAS).
2...................... Application for 0.58 (35 minutes)................... 1 0.58 438.00 254.04
Subsequent Designation
(paper).
3...................... Response to Notice of 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 315 103.95 438.00 45,530.10
Irregularity (TEAS).
3...................... Response to Notice of 0.55 (33 minutes)................... 1 0.55 438.00 240.90
Irregularity (paper).
4...................... Replacement Request (TEAS 0.50 (30 minutes)................... 1 0.50 438.00 219.00
Global).
4...................... Replacement Request 0.75 (45 minutes)................... 1 0.75 438.00 328.50
(paper).
5...................... Request to Record an 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 3 0.99 438.00 433.62
Assignment or
Restriction of a
Holder's Right to
Dispose of an
International
Registration (TEAS
Global).
5...................... Request to Record an 0.50 (30 minutes)................... 1 0.50 438.00 219.00
Assignment or
Restriction of a
Holder's Right to
Dispose of an
International
Registration (paper).
6...................... Transformation Request 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 1 0.33 438.00 144.54
(TEAS RF Global).
6...................... Transformation Request 0.55 (33 minutes)................... 1 0.55 438.00 240.90
(paper).
7...................... Petition to Director to 1 (60 minutes)...................... 42 42.00 438.00 18,396.00
Review Denial of
Certification of
International
Application (TEAS
Global).
7...................... Petition to Director to 1.25 (75 minutes)................... 1 1.25 438.00 547.50
Review Denial of
Certification of
International
Application (paper).
8...................... Declaration of Continued 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 3,250 1,072.50 438.00 469,755.00
Use/Excused Nonuse of
Mark in Commerce Under
Section 71 (TEAS).
8...................... Declaration of Continued 0.42 (25 minutes)................... 1 0.42 438.00 183.96
Use/Excused Nonuse of
Mark in Commerce Under
Section 71 (paper).
9...................... Combined Declaration of 0.33 (20 minutes)................... 1,600 528.00 438.00 231,264.00
Continued Use/Excusable
Nonuse and
Incontestability Under
Sections 71 and 15
(TEAS).
9...................... Combined Declaration of 0.42 (25 minutes)................... 1 0.42 438.00 183.96
Continued Use/Excusable
Nonuse and
Incontestability Under
Sections 71 and 15
(paper).
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Totals............. ......................... .................................... 14,691 4,878.97 .............. 2,136,988.86
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Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden:
$12,182,254.50. The collection has annual (non-hour) costs in the forms
of postage costs and filing fees.
Postage Costs
Customers may incur postage costs when submitting some of the items
covered by this collection to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO expects that
approximately 98% of the responses in this collection will be submitted
electronically. Of the remaining 1 percent, the vast majority will be
submitted by mail, for a total of 9 mailed submissions. The average
first-class USPS postage cost for a mailed submission will be $0.50.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the postage costs for the mailed
submissions in this collection will total $4.50.
Filing Fees
The USPTO charges fees for processing international applications
and related requests under the Madrid Protocol, as set forth in 37 CFR
2.6 and 37 CFR 7.6. Most of these fees are charged per class of goods
or services. Therefore, the total fees can vary depending on the number
of classes. Based on the minimum fee of one class per relevant
document, the USPTO estimates that the total filing fees associated
with this collection will be approximately $12,182,250 per year, as
calculated in the table below.
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Estimated Estimated
# Item annual Fee amount annual filing
responses costs
(a) (b) (c)
(a) x (b)
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1............................. Application for International 7,313 $100.00 $731,300.00
Registration (for certifying an
international application based
on a single basic application
or registration, per
international class) (TEAS).
1............................. Application for International 1 200.00 200.00
Registration (for certifying an
international application based
on a single basic application
or registration, per
international class) (paper).
1............................. Application for International 1,227 150.00 184,050.00
Registration (for certifying an
international application based
on more than one basic
application or registration,
per international class) (TEAS).
1............................. Application for International 1 250.00 250.00
Registration (for certifying an
international application based
on more than one basic
application or registration,
per international class)
(paper).
1............................. Request for Extension of 25,600 400.00 10,240,000.00
Protection of International
Registration to the United
States--Filed at WIPO.
2............................. Transmitting a Subsequent 930 100.00 93,000.00
Designation under Section 7.21
(TEAS).
2............................. Transmitting a Subsequent 1 200.00 200.00
Designation under Section 7.21
(paper).
4............................. Notice of Replacement under 1 100.00 100.00
Section 7.28 (per international
class) (TEAS).
4............................. Notice of Replacement under 1 200.00 200.00
Section 7.28 (per international
class) (paper).
5............................. Request to Record an Assignment 3 100.00 300.00
or Restriction, or Release of a
Restriction, under Sections
7.23 and 7.24 (TEAS) (paper).
5............................. Request to Record an Assignment 1 200.00 200.00
or Restriction, or Release of a
Restriction, under Sections
7.23 and 7.24 (paper).
6............................. Transformation Request (per 1 275.00 275.00
international class ( TEAS RF
Global).
6............................. Transformation Request (per 1 600.00 600.00
international class) (paper).
7............................. Petition to Director to Review 42 100.00 4,200.00
Denial of Certification of
International Application
(TEAS).
7............................. Petition to Director to Review 1 200.00 200.00
Denial of Certification of
International Application
(paper).
8............................. Declaration of Continued Use/ 3,250 125.00 406,250.00
Excusable Nonuse of Mark in
Commerce Under Section 71 (per
international class) (TEAS).
8............................. Declaration of Continued Use/ 1 225.00 100.00
Excusable Nonuse of Mark in
Commerce Under Section 71 (per
international class) (paper).
8............................. Surcharge for Filing Affidavit 1 100.00 100.00
Under Section 71 of the Act
During the Grace Period, per
international class (TEAS).
8............................. Surcharge for Filing Affidavit 1 200.00 200.00
Under Section 71 of the Act
During the Grace Period, per
international class (paper).
9............................. Combined Declaration of 1,600 325.00 520,000.00
Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse
and Incontestability Under
Sections 71 and 15 (per
international class) (TEAS).
9............................. Combined Declaration of 1 525.00 525.00
Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse
and Incontestability Under
Sections 71 and 15 (per
international class) (paper).
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Totals.................... ................................ 39,978 .............. 12,182,250.00
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Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour)
cost burden for this collection, in the form of postage costs ($4.50)
and filing fees ($12,182,250), is $12,182,254.50 per year.
IV. Request for Comments
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.
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;
(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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