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TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO INDIVIDUAL AND HOUSEHOLD RESPONDENTS
Item No.
1 ........................
Item
Respondents ...........
Estimated
annual
respondent
Responses
per
respondent
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Estimated
burden
(hour/year)
Rate 2
($/hour)
Estimated
annual
respondent
cost burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(f)
(e) × (f) = (g)
150,000
1
150,000
0.17
25,500
$252.12
$6,429,060
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0. There are
no capital start-up, maintenance costs,
recordkeeping costs, filing fees, or
postage costs associated with this
information collection.
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IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice are a matter of public
record. The USPTO will include or
summarize each comment in the request
to OMB to approve this information
collection. Before including an address,
phone number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information (PII)
in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment—including PII—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask in your comment to
withhold PII from public view, the
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Recording Assignments
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the
extension and revision of an existing
information collection: 0651–0027
(Recording Assignments). The purpose
of this notice is to allow 60 days for
public comment preceding submission
of the information collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before
August 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
• Email: InformationCollection@
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0027
comment’’ in the subject line of the
message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Request for additional information
should be directed to Joyce R. Johnson,
Manager, Assignment Division, United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–
1450; by telephone at 703–756–1265 or
by email at Joyce.Johnson@uspto.gov
with ‘‘0651–0027 comment’’ in the
subject line. Additional information
about this information collection is also
SUMMARY:
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under ‘‘Information Collection Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information is
required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262 for
patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for
trademarks. These statutes authorize the
United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) to record patent and
trademark assignment documents,
including transfers of properties (i.e.,
patents and trademarks), liens, licenses,
assignments of interest, security
interests, mergers, and explanations of
transactions or other documents that
record the transfer of ownership of a
particular patent or trademark property
from one party to another. Assignments
are recorded for applications, patents,
and trademark registrations.
The USPTO administers these statutes
through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171, and 37
CFR part 3. These regulations permit the
public, corporations, other federal
agencies, and government-owned or
government-controlled corporations to
submit patent and trademark
assignment documents and other
documents related to title transfers to
the USPTO to be recorded. In
accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the
recording of an assignment document by
the USPTO is an administrative action
and not a determination of the validity
of the document or of the effect that the
document has on the title to an
application, patent, or trademark.
Once the assignment documents are
recorded, they are available for public
inspection. The only exceptions are
those documents that are sealed under
secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58,
or related to unpublished patent
applications maintained in confidence
under 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14.
The public uses these records to
conduct ownership and chain-of-title
searches. The public may view these
records either at the USPTO Public
Search Facility or at the National
Archives and Records Administration,
depending on the date they were
recorded. The public may also search
patent and trademark assignment
information online through the USPTO
website.
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This information collection covers the
recordation of patent and trademark
assignments. In order to record an
assignment, the respondent must submit
an assignment document along with the
appropriate cover sheet. The USPTO
provides two forms for this purpose, the
Recordation Form Cover Sheet—
Trademarks Only (PTO–1594), and the
Recordation Form Cover Sheet—Patents
Only (PTO–1595), which capture all of
the necessary data for accurately
recording various assignments.
Customers may submit assignments
electronically by using Assignment
Center, which is available on the
USPTO website.1 This system allows
customers to fill out the required cover
sheet information online using webbased forms and then attach the
assignment documents to be submitted
for recordation. The USPTO also
provides paper forms that may be used
to record an assignment. These forms
may be downloaded in PDF format from
the USPTO website.2
II. Method of Collection
The items in this information
collection can be submitted
electronically, or in paper form by mail
or fax.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651–0027.
Forms:
• PTO–1594 (Recordation Form Cover
Sheet—Trademarks Only)
• PTO–1595 (Recordation Form Cover
Sheet—Patents Only)
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 724,442 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 724,442 responses.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: The
USPTO estimates that the responses in
this information collection will take the
public approximately 30 minutes (0.5
hours) to complete. This includes the
time to gather the necessary
information, create the document, and
submit the completed request to the
USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Burden Hours: 362,222 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Hourly Cost Burden: $103,233,270.
TABLE 1—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS AND HOURLY COSTS TO PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONDENTS
Item No.
1 ...............
2 ...............
Item
Estimated
annual
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
time for
response
(hours)
Estimated
annual burden
(hours/year)
Rate 3
($/hour)
Estimated
annual burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
(d)
(c) × (d) = (e)
(f)
(e) × (f) = (g)
Patent Assignments
Trademark Assignments.
637,311
87,131
1
1
637,311
87,131
0.5 (30 minutes) .....
0.5 (30 minutes) .....
318,656
43,566
$285
285
$90,816,960
12,416,310
Totals ..............
724,442
....................
724,442
.................................
362,222
....................
103,233,270
Estimated Total Annual Respondent
Non-hourly Cost Burden: $9,148,303.
There are no capital start-up costs,
maintenance costs, or recordkeeping
costs associated with this information
collection. However, the USPTO
estimates that the total annual non-hour
cost burden for this information
collection, in the form of filing fees and
postage, is $9,148,303.
Filing Fees
The filing fees in this information
collection are listed in the table below.
TABLE 2—FILING FEES
Item No.
Fee
code
1 ...............
8021
2 ...............
8521
2 ...............
8522
Item
Estimated
annual
responses
Estimated
cost
Estimated non-hour
cost burden
(a)
(b)
(a) × (b) = (c)
Recording each patent assignment, agreement or other paper, per property—if not submitted electronically.
Recording trademark assignment, agreement or other ownership document, first mark per
document.
Recording trademark assignment, agreement or other ownership document, second and
subsequent marks in the same document.
Totals ..............................................................................................................................
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Postage Costs
Although the USPTO prefers that the
items in this information collection be
submitted electronically, responses may
be submitted by mail through the
1 https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov.
2 https://www.uspto.gov/forms/pto1595.pdf
and
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/
pto1594.pdf, respectively.
3 In this information collection the USPTO uses
an average of the rates for intellectual property
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$50
$10,700
87,131
40
3,485,240
226,081
25
5,652,025
313,426
....................
9,147,965
United States Postal Service (USPS).
The USPTO estimates that
approximately 243 items will be
submitted in the mail. The USPTO
estimates that the average postage cost
for a mailed submission, using a oneounce large flat envelope mailed First
Class, will be $1.39. Therefore, the
USPTO estimates the total mailing costs
for this information collection at $338.
attorneys and paralegals/paraprofessionals. The
USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual
property work in all firms, which is $447 per hour
(https://www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/
economic-survey. 2023 Report of the Economic
Survey, published by the Committee on Economics
of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual
Property Law Association (AIPLA); pg. F–41.). The
USPTO uses the average billing rate for paralegals/
paraprofessionals, which is $122 per hour (https://
nala.org/paralegal-info/). 2022 National Utilization
and Compensation Survey Report published by the
National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA);
pg. 38.
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IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public
comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice are a matter of public
record. The USPTO will include or
summarize each comment in the request
to OMB to approve this information
collection. Before including an address,
phone number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information (PII)
in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment—including PII—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask in your comment to
withhold PII from public view, the
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend
Collection 3038–0021, Regulations
Governing Bankruptcies of Commodity
Brokers
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC or
Commission) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed extension of the collection of
certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
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(PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection, and
to allow 60 days for public comment.
This notice solicits comments on the
collection of information provided for
by the Commission’s regulations
governing bankruptcies of commodity
brokers.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OMB Control No. 3038–
0021, by any of the following methods:
• The agency’s website, at https://
www.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments through the
website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail, above.
Please submit your comments using
only one of these methods. All
comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments will be
posted as received to https://
www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert B. Wasserman, Chief Counsel
and Senior Advisor, Division of Clearing
and Risk, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, (202) 418–5092; email:
rwasserman@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB control number.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CFTC is publishing
notice of the proposed extension of the
collection of information listed below.
Title: Regulations Governing
Bankruptcies of Commodity Brokers
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(OMB Control No. 3038–0021). This is
a request for an extension of a currently
approved information collection.1
Abstract: This collection of
information involves the reporting,
recordkeeping, and third party
disclosure requirements set forth in the
CFTC’s bankruptcy regulations for
commodity broker liquidations, 17 CFR
part 190. These regulations apply to
commodity broker liquidations under
Chapter 7, Subchapter IV of the
Bankruptcy Code.2 The reporting
requirements include, for example,
notices to the Commission regarding the
filing of petitions for bankruptcy and
notices to the Commission regarding the
intention to transfer open commodity
contracts in a commodity broker
liquidation. The recordkeeping
requirements include, for example, the
statements of customer accounts that a
trustee appointed for the purposes of a
commodity broker liquidation (Trustee)
must generate and adjust as set forth in
the regulations. The third party
disclosure requirements include, for
example, the disclosure statement that a
commodity broker must provide to its
customers containing information
regarding the manner in which
customer property is treated under part
190 of the Commission’s regulations in
the event of a bankruptcy and, in the
event of a commodity broker
liquidation, certain notices that a
Trustee must provide to customers and
to the persons to whom commodity
contracts and specifically identifiable
customer property have been or will be
transferred. The information collection
requirements are necessary, and will be
used, to facilitate the effective, efficient,
and fair conduct of liquidation
proceedings for commodity brokers and
to protect the interests of customers in
these proceedings both directly and by
facilitating the participation of the CFTC
in such proceedings. With respect to the
collections of information, the CFTC
invites comments on:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
1 There are two information collections associated
with OMB Control No. 3038–0021. The first
includes the reporting, recordkeeping, and third
party disclosure requirements applicable to a single
respondent in a commodity broker liquidation (e.g.,
a single commodity broker or a single trustee)
within the relevant time period provided for in
Commission regulations 190.02(b)(1), 190.02(b)(2),
190.02(c)(1), 190.02(c)(2), 190.02(c)(4), 190.05(b),
190.05(d), 190.07(b)(5), 190.12(a)(2), 190.12(b)(1),
190.12(b)(2), 190.12(c)(1), 190.12(c)(2), and
190.14(a), and 190.14(d). The second information
collection includes third party disclosure
requirements that are applicable on a regular basis
to multiple respondents (i.e., multiple FCMs)
provided for in Commission regulations 1.41, 1.43
and 1.55(p).
2 11 U.S.C. 761 et seq.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Recording Assignments
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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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
the extension and revision of an existing information collection: 0651-
0027 (Recording Assignments). The purpose of this notice is to allow 60
days for public comment preceding submission of the information
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this information
collection must be received on or before August 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0027 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information
should be directed to Joyce R. Johnson, Manager, Assignment Division,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 703-756-1265 or by email at
[email protected] with ``0651-0027 comment'' in the subject line.
Additional information about this information collection is also
available at https://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection
Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information is required by 35 U.S.C. 261 and 262
for patents and 15 U.S.C. 1057 and 1060 for trademarks. These statutes
authorize the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to
record patent and trademark assignment documents, including transfers
of properties (i.e., patents and trademarks), liens, licenses,
assignments of interest, security interests, mergers, and explanations
of transactions or other documents that record the transfer of
ownership of a particular patent or trademark property from one party
to another. Assignments are recorded for applications, patents, and
trademark registrations.
The USPTO administers these statutes through 37 CFR 2.146, 2.171,
and 37 CFR part 3. These regulations permit the public, corporations,
other federal agencies, and government-owned or government-controlled
corporations to submit patent and trademark assignment documents and
other documents related to title transfers to the USPTO to be recorded.
In accordance with 37 CFR 3.54, the recording of an assignment document
by the USPTO is an administrative action and not a determination of the
validity of the document or of the effect that the document has on the
title to an application, patent, or trademark.
Once the assignment documents are recorded, they are available for
public inspection. The only exceptions are those documents that are
sealed under secrecy orders according to 37 CFR 3.58, or related to
unpublished patent applications maintained in confidence under 35
U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.14. The public uses these records to conduct
ownership and chain-of-title searches. The public may view these
records either at the USPTO Public Search Facility or at the National
Archives and Records Administration, depending on the date they were
recorded. The public may also search patent and trademark assignment
information online through the USPTO website.
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This information collection covers the recordation of patent and
trademark assignments. In order to record an assignment, the respondent
must submit an assignment document along with the appropriate cover
sheet. The USPTO provides two forms for this purpose, the Recordation
Form Cover Sheet--Trademarks Only (PTO-1594), and the Recordation Form
Cover Sheet--Patents Only (PTO-1595), which capture all of the
necessary data for accurately recording various assignments. Customers
may submit assignments electronically by using Assignment Center, which
is available on the USPTO website.\1\ This system allows customers to
fill out the required cover sheet information online using web-based
forms and then attach the assignment documents to be submitted for
recordation. The USPTO also provides paper forms that may be used to
record an assignment. These forms may be downloaded in PDF format from
the USPTO website.\2\
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\1\ https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov.
\2\ https://www.uspto.gov/forms/pto1595.pdf and https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/pto1594.pdf, respectively.
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II. Method of Collection
The items in this information collection can be submitted
electronically, or in paper form by mail or fax.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651-0027.
Forms:
PTO-1594 (Recordation Form Cover Sheet--Trademarks Only)
PTO-1595 (Recordation Form Cover Sheet--Patents Only)
Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 724,442 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 724,442 responses.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately 30
minutes (0.5 hours) to complete. This includes the time to gather the
necessary information, create the document, and submit the completed
request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 362,222 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $103,233,270.
Table 1--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Private Sector Respondents
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Estimated Responses Estimated annual
Item No. Item annual per Estimated annual Estimated time for burden (hours/ Rate \3\ ($/ Estimated annual
respondents respondent responses response (hours) year) hour) burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c) (d)................... (c) x (d) = (e) (f) (e) x (f) = (g)
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1............ Patent 637,311 1 637,311 0.5 (30 minutes)...... 318,656 $285 $90,816,960
Assignments.
2............ Trademark 87,131 1 87,131 0.5 (30 minutes)...... 43,566 285 12,416,310
Assignments.
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Totals....... 724,442 ........... 724,442 ...................... 362,222 ........... 103,233,270
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Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden:
$9,148,303. There are no capital start-up costs, maintenance costs, or
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection.
However, the USPTO estimates that the total annual non-hour cost burden
for this information collection, in the form of filing fees and
postage, is $9,148,303.
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\3\ In this information collection the USPTO uses an average of
the rates for intellectual property attorneys and paralegals/
paraprofessionals. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for
intellectual property work in all firms, which is $447 per hour
(https://www.aipla.org/home/news-publications/economic-survey. 2023
Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on
Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property
Law Association (AIPLA); pg. F-41.). The USPTO uses the average
billing rate for paralegals/paraprofessionals, which is $122 per
hour (https://nala.org/paralegal-info/). 2022 National Utilization
and Compensation Survey Report published by the National Association
of Legal Assistants (NALA); pg. 38.
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Filing Fees
The filing fees in this information collection are listed in the
table below.
Table 2--Filing Fees
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Estimated
Item No. Fee Item annual Estimated Estimated non-hour
code responses cost cost burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (c)
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1......................... 8021 Recording each patent 214 $50 $10,700
assignment, agreement or
other paper, per property--
if not submitted
electronically.
2......................... 8521 Recording trademark 87,131 40 3,485,240
assignment, agreement or
other ownership document,
first mark per document.
2......................... 8522 Recording trademark 226,081 25 5,652,025
assignment, agreement or
other ownership document,
second and subsequent marks
in the same document.
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Totals.................... 313,426 ........... 9,147,965
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Postage Costs
Although the USPTO prefers that the items in this information
collection be submitted electronically, responses may be submitted by
mail through the United States Postal Service (USPS). The USPTO
estimates that approximately 243 items will be submitted in the mail.
The USPTO estimates that the average postage cost for a mailed
submission, using a one-ounce large flat envelope mailed First Class,
will be $1.39. Therefore, the USPTO estimates the total mailing costs
for this information collection at $338.
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IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of
the 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.
All comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. The USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the
request to OMB to approve this information collection. Before including
an address, phone number, email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in a comment, be aware that the entire
comment--including PII--may be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask in your comment to withhold PII from public view, the
USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-13275 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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