Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Applications for Trademark Registration, 55931-55932 [2024-14907]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• Patent and Trademark Office

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55931-55932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14907]


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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; Applications for Trademark Registration

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 
the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of 
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comments on this 
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on April 24, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 
FR 31143). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comment.
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.
    Title: Applications for Trademark Registration.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0009.
    Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO) administers the Trademark Act, 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 their 
marks with the USPTO. Registered marks may remain on the register 
indefinitely, so long as the owner of the registration files the 
necessary maintenance documents.
    This information collection addresses submissions required by the 
regulations at 37 CFR part 2 for initial applications regarding the 
registration of trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks and 
service marks, collective memberships marks, and certification marks. 
Trademarks can be registered on either the Principal or Supplemental 
Register. The Trademark Act and rules mandate that each certificate of 
registration include the mark, the goods and/or services in connection 
with which the mark is used, ownership information, dates of use, and 
certain other information. The USPTO also provides similar information 
concerning pending applications. The register and pending application 
information may be accessed by an individual or by businesses to 
determine the availability of a mark. By accessing the USPTO's 
information, parties may reduce the possibility of initiating use of a 
mark previously adopted by another. The federal trademark registration 
process may thereby reduce the number of filings between both 
litigating parties and the courts.
    Forms:

 PTO-1478 (Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal 
Register)
 PTO-1479 (Trademark/Service Mark Form, Supplemental Register)
 PTO-1480 (Certification Mark Form, Principal Register)
 PTO-1481 (Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register)
 PTO-1482 (Collective Trademark/Service Mark Form, Principal 
Register)

    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.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 581,377 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 581,377 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses 
in this information collection will take the public approximately 
between 45 minutes (0.75 hours) and 1 hour 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: 508,394 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: 
$166,906,580.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of 
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for this information

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collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website, www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function and entering either the title of the information 
collection or the OMB Control Number, 0651-0009.
    Further information can be obtained by:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0009 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Lisa Lawn,
Director, Records and Information Compliance Program Office, Office of 
the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent and Trademark 
Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-14907 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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