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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
[Docket No. PTO–T–2023–0016]
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
Public Hearing on the Proposed
Trademark Fee Schedule
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) is
announcing the date, time, and place of
a public hearing that will be held by the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee
(TPAC) on the USPTO’s proposed
setting or adjusting of trademark fees
pursuant to the USPTO’s fee setting
authority under section 10 of the LeahySmith America Invents Act (AIA). The
USPTO will make its proposed
trademark fees available—as set forth in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice—before the TPAC hearing.
The public is invited to testify at the
hearing and submit written comments
regarding proposed trademark fees.
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A hybrid public hearing will be
held on Monday, June 5, 2023, from 1–
3 p.m. ET. The USPTO will publish a
proposed trademark fee schedule and
related supplementary information for
public viewing no later than May 19,
2023, on the fee setting and adjusting
section of the USPTO website,
www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting. Anyone wishing to present
oral testimony at the hearing must
submit a written request for an
opportunity to do so no later than May
26, 2023. Written comments on
proposed trademark fees will be
accepted until June 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
held in person in the Clara Barton
Auditorium at the USPTO, 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. The
hearing will also be available via live
feed for those wishing to attend
remotely. Information on remote
attendance will be posted on the TPAC
section of the USPTO website,
www.uspto.gov/tpac, before the hearing.
DATES:
Requests To Present Oral Testimony
The public is invited to testify at the
TPAC hearing regarding proposed
trademark fees. Anyone wishing to
present oral testimony at the hearing
must submit a request in writing no
later than May 26, 2023. Requests to
testify should indicate:
A. The name of the person wishing to
testify;
B. The person’s contact information
(telephone number and email address);
C. The organization(s) the person
represents, if any;
D. An indication of the amount of
time needed for the testimony; and
E. An indication of whether testimony
will be provided in person or remotely.
Speaking slots are limited, and the
USPTO may be unable to honor all
requests. Requests to testify must be
submitted by email to Charles Joyner at
TMExec@uspto.gov. If more requests to
provide oral testimony are received than
time allows, requestors will be invited
to submit written comments. Time slots
will be at least five minutes each.
Speakers providing testimony at the
hearing should submit a written copy of
their testimony for inclusion in the
record of the proceedings no later than
June 12, 2023.
An agenda for witness testimony will
be sent to testifying requesters and
posted on the fee setting and adjusting
section of the USPTO website,
www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting. If time permits, the TPAC
may permit unscheduled testimony as
well.
The hearing will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
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Individuals requiring accommodation,
such as sign language interpretation or
other ancillary aids, should
communicate their needs to the
individuals listed under the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice at least seven (7) business
days prior to the hearing.
Written Comments
Written comments on proposed
trademark fees must be submitted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
at www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via the portal, commenters
should enter docket number PTO–T–
2023–0016 on the homepage and select
the Search button. The site will provide
search results listing all documents
associated with this docket.
Commenters can find a reference to this
document and select the Comment icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach their comments. Attachments
to electronic comments will be accepted
in Adobe portable document format
(PDF) or Microsoft Word format.
Information that you do not want to
make public, such as an address or
phone number, should not be included
in the comments to protect your
privacy.
Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal
for additional instructions on providing
comments via the portal. If electronic
submission of comments is not possible,
please contact the USPTO using the
contact information below at the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice for special instructions.
Recordings
A recording of the public hearing will
be posted on the fee setting and
adjusting section of the USPTO website,
www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting, shortly after the hearing.
Transcripts
A transcript of the hearing will be
available on the fee setting and
adjusting section of the USPTO website,
www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting, shortly after the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brendan Hourigan, Director, Office of
Planning and Budget, at 571–272–8966,
or at Brendan.Hourigan@uspto.gov; or
Dianne Buie, Director, Forecasting and
Analysis Division, at 571–272–6301, or
at Dianne.Buie@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USPTO is authorized under section 10
of the AIA to set or adjust by rule all
patent and trademark fees established,
authorized, or charged under title 35 of
the United States Code and the
Trademark Act of 1946, respectively.
This authority was extended through
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September 15, 2026, by the Study of
Underrepresented Classes Chasing
Engineering and Science Success Act of
2018 (Pub. L. 115–273). Patent and
trademark fees set or adjusted by rule
under section 10 of the AIA may only
recover the aggregate estimated costs to
the USPTO for processing, activities,
services, and materials relating to
patents and trademarks, respectively,
including administrative costs of the
office with respect to each. Congress set
forth the process for the USPTO to
follow in setting or adjusting patent and
trademark fees by rule under section 10
of the AIA, including additional
procedural steps in the rulemaking
proceeding for the issuance of
regulations under this section. Congress
requires the relevant advisory
committee to hold a public hearing
regarding proposed fees after receiving
them from the USPTO. Congress,
likewise, requires the relevant advisory
committee to prepare a written report on
proposed fees and the USPTO to
consider the relevant advisory
committee’s report before setting or
adjusting fees.
The USPTO is planning to exercise its
fee setting authority to set or adjust
trademark fees. The USPTO will publish
a proposed trademark fee schedule and
related supplementary information for
public viewing no later than May 19,
2023, on the fee setting and adjusting
section of the USPTO website,
www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting. The TPAC will hold a public
hearing regarding the proposed
trademark fee schedule on the date
indicated in this notice. The USPTO
will assist the TPAC in holding the
hearing by providing resources to
organize the hearing and notifying the
public. Following the TPAC public
hearing and considering all comments,
advice, and recommendations, the
USPTO, if it continues with the fee
setting process, will publish a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal
Register, setting forth its proposed
trademark fees.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
BUREAU
[Docket No. CFPB–2023–0031]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is
requesting the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB’s) approval for a
new information collection titled
‘‘Student Loan Survey.’’
DATES: Written comments are
encouraged and must be received on or
before June 26, 2023 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection, OMB Control Number (see
below), and docket number (see above),
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: PRA_Comments@cfpb.gov.
Include Docket No. CFPB–2023–0031 in
the subject line of the email.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Comment Intake, Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA
Office), 1700 G Street NW, Washington,
DC 20552. Because paper mail in the
Washington, DC area and at the Bureau
is subject to delay, commenters are
encouraged to submit comments
electronically.
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
accepted. In general, all comments
received will become public records,
including any personal information
provided. Sensitive personal
information, such as account numbers
or Social Security numbers, should not
be included.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Anthony May,
PRA Officer, at (202) 435–7278, or
email: CFPB_PRA@cfpb.gov. If you
require this document in an alternative
electronic format, please contact CFPB_
Accessibility@cfpb.gov. Please do not
submit comments to these email boxes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Student Loan
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 3170–00XX.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
SUMMARY:
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,750.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,238.
Abstract: Under the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, the Bureau is charged with
researching, analyzing, and reporting on
topics including consumer behavior,
consumer awareness, and developments
in markets for consumer financial
products and services. To improve its
understanding of how consumers
engage with financial markets, the
Bureau has successfully used credit
record data as a sampling frame to
survey people about their experiences in
consumer credit markets.
The Bureau now seeks to obtain
approval for a new survey of student
loan borrowers to understand their
borrowing decisions, their experience
managing their loans, and their
expectations for the future. The survey
will be sent to a random sample selected
from individuals in the Bureau’s new
Consumer Credit Information Panel
(CCIP) which is itself a sample of deidentified credit records from one of the
nationwide consumer reporting
agencies. The survey responses will be
matched to the Bureau’s CCIP data to
provide a more complete picture of
borrowers’ financial standings. The
survey will follow similar methods as in
the Bureau’s prior Making Ends Meet
Survey (approved under OMB Control
Number 3170–0066) and Consumer
Views on Debt Survey (approved under
OMB Control Number 3170–0047) but
sample a different population of
borrowers and focus primarily on
student loans. The Bureau expects to
recruit about 15,000 participants to
participate in the survey. The Bureau
will collect demographics, measures of
financial well-being, consumers’
feelings about their financial well-being,
experiences with the student loan
system, and behavioral measures related
to seeking out financial information or
willingness to take financial-related
actions.
Request for Comments: Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Bureau, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the Bureau’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methods and the assumptions used;
(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, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-T-2023-0016]
Trademark Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the
Proposed Trademark Fee Schedule
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
announcing the date, time, and place of a public hearing that will be
held by the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) on the USPTO's
proposed setting or adjusting of trademark fees pursuant to the USPTO's
fee setting authority under section 10 of the Leahy-Smith America
Invents Act (AIA). The USPTO will make its proposed trademark fees
available--as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice--before the TPAC hearing. The public is invited to testify
at the hearing and submit written comments regarding proposed trademark
fees.
DATES: A hybrid public hearing will be held on Monday, June 5, 2023,
from 1-3 p.m. ET. The USPTO will publish a proposed trademark fee
schedule and related supplementary information for public viewing no
later than May 19, 2023, on the fee setting and adjusting section of
the USPTO website, www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd Adjusting. Anyone
wishing to present oral testimony at the hearing must submit a written
request for an opportunity to do so no later than May 26, 2023. Written
comments on proposed trademark fees will be accepted until June 12,
2023.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in person in the Clara
Barton Auditorium at the USPTO, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia
22314. The hearing will also be available via live feed for those
wishing to attend remotely. Information on remote attendance will be
posted on the TPAC section of the USPTO website, www.uspto.gov/tpac,
before the hearing.
Requests To Present Oral Testimony
The public is invited to testify at the TPAC hearing regarding
proposed trademark fees. Anyone wishing to present oral testimony at
the hearing must submit a request in writing no later than May 26,
2023. Requests to testify should indicate:
A. The name of the person wishing to testify;
B. The person's contact information (telephone number and email
address);
C. The organization(s) the person represents, if any;
D. An indication of the amount of time needed for the testimony;
and
E. An indication of whether testimony will be provided in person or
remotely.
Speaking slots are limited, and the USPTO may be unable to honor
all requests. Requests to testify must be submitted by email to Charles
Joyner at [email protected]. If more requests to provide oral testimony
are received than time allows, requestors will be invited to submit
written comments. Time slots will be at least five minutes each.
Speakers providing testimony at the hearing should submit a written
copy of their testimony for inclusion in the record of the proceedings
no later than June 12, 2023.
An agenda for witness testimony will be sent to testifying
requesters and posted on the fee setting and adjusting section of the
USPTO website, www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd Adjusting. If time permits,
the TPAC may permit unscheduled testimony as well.
The hearing will be physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodation, such as sign
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, should communicate
their needs to the individuals listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice at least seven (7) business days prior
to the hearing.
Written Comments
Written comments on proposed trademark fees must be submitted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. To
submit comments via the portal, commenters should enter docket number
PTO-T-2023-0016 on the homepage and select the Search button. The site
will provide search results listing all documents associated with this
docket. Commenters can find a reference to this document and select the
Comment icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach their
comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Adobe
portable document format (PDF) or Microsoft Word format. Information
that you do not want to make public, such as an address or phone
number, should not be included in the comments to protect your privacy.
Visit the Federal eRulemaking Portal for additional instructions on
providing comments via the portal. If electronic submission of comments
is not possible, please contact the USPTO using the contact information
below at the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice for
special instructions.
Recordings
A recording of the public hearing will be posted on the fee setting
and adjusting section of the USPTO website, www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting, shortly after the hearing.
Transcripts
A transcript of the hearing will be available on the fee setting
and adjusting section of the USPTO website, www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd
Adjusting, shortly after the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Hourigan, Director, Office of
Planning and Budget, at 571-272-8966, or at [email protected];
or Dianne Buie, Director, Forecasting and Analysis Division, at 571-
272-6301, or at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USPTO is authorized under section 10 of
the AIA to set or adjust by rule all patent and trademark fees
established, authorized, or charged under title 35 of the United States
Code and the Trademark Act of 1946, respectively. This authority was
extended through
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September 15, 2026, by the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing
Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-273). Patent
and trademark fees set or adjusted by rule under section 10 of the AIA
may only recover the aggregate estimated costs to the USPTO for
processing, activities, services, and materials relating to patents and
trademarks, respectively, including administrative costs of the office
with respect to each. Congress set forth the process for the USPTO to
follow in setting or adjusting patent and trademark fees by rule under
section 10 of the AIA, including additional procedural steps in the
rulemaking proceeding for the issuance of regulations under this
section. Congress requires the relevant advisory committee to hold a
public hearing regarding proposed fees after receiving them from the
USPTO. Congress, likewise, requires the relevant advisory committee to
prepare a written report on proposed fees and the USPTO to consider the
relevant advisory committee's report before setting or adjusting fees.
The USPTO is planning to exercise its fee setting authority to set
or adjust trademark fees. The USPTO will publish a proposed trademark
fee schedule and related supplementary information for public viewing
no later than May 19, 2023, on the fee setting and adjusting section of
the USPTO website, www.uspto.gov/FeeSettingAnd Adjusting. The TPAC will
hold a public hearing regarding the proposed trademark fee schedule on
the date indicated in this notice. The USPTO will assist the TPAC in
holding the hearing by providing resources to organize the hearing and
notifying the public. Following the TPAC public hearing and considering
all comments, advice, and recommendations, the USPTO, if it continues
with the fee setting process, will publish a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in the Federal Register, setting forth its proposed
trademark fees.
Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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