Applications for Trademark Registration

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form PTO Form 4.8 Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (Paper)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO Form 1478 Application for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS RF)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Missing upstream
Form PTO Form 1478 Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS RF)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO 1478 Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO Form 1478 Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS Plus)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO Form 1478 Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS)	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
Form PTO Form 1478 Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (Paper)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form PTO Form 1478 Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO Form 1478 Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS)	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
Form PTO Form 4.8 Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (Paper)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO Form 1478 Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus)	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form PTO Form 1478 Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS)	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
0651-0009 CWS 2020 combined 1-9-2020 final.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2020-01-24	Available
0651-0009 Supporting Statement December 2017 Final.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2017-12-21	Available
USPTO Information Quality Guidelines.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2017-12-14	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
4668	Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (Paper)	Form and Instruction	Modified
214471	Application for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS RF)	Form and Instruction	Modified
214469	Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS RF)	Form and Instruction	Modified
214468	Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF)	Form and Instruction	Modified
185353	Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS Plus)	Form and Instruction	Modified
185352	Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS)	Form and Instruction	Removed
185351	Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (Paper)	Form and Instruction	Modified
185350	Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus)	Form and Instruction	Modified
185349	Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS)	Form and Instruction	Removed
185348	Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (Paper)	Form and Instruction	Modified
185347	Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus)	Form and Instruction	Modified
185346	Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS)	Form and Instruction	Removed

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0651-0009	ICR Reference No: 201912-0651-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201712-0651-021
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Applications for Trademark Registration
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/05/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/30/2020
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2021	02/28/2021	02/28/2021
Responses	437,599	0	437,599
Time Burden (Hours)	213,496	0	205,856
Cost Burden (Dollars)	110,829,100	0	109,770,652

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Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is submitting this request to update this information collection. The USPTO has determined that the response estimates used to calculate the hour and cost burdens in the 2011 renewal (approved by OMB on December 6, 2011) were based on the total number of classes filed instead of the total number of applications filed. Since the number of classes was used for the response estimates, the USPTO estimates that the response, burden hour, and cost estimates reported in the renewal were greater than the actual trademark submissions. The USPTO is therefore submitting this request to adjust the current inventory estimates for this collection.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 1091 Name of Law: null
   US Code: 15 USC 1061 through 1063 Name of Law: null
   US Code: 15 USC 1094 and 1095 Name of Law: null
   US Code: 15 USC 1051 through 1054 Name of Law: null
   US Code: 15 USC 1126 Name of Law: null
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 45579	09/29/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 60589	12/21/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 9

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS)	PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 1478(a)	Trademark/Servicmark Form, Supplemental Register ,   Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register ,   Collective Trademark/Servicemark Form, Principal Register ,   Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register ,   Certification Mark Form, Principal Register
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS)	PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form 4.8	Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register ,   Collective Trademark/Servicemark Form, Principal Register ,   Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register ,   Certification Mark Form, Principal Register
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (Paper)	PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form 4.8	Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 under 44) ,   Certification Mark Application (15 U.S.C 1051, 1126 under 44) ,   Collective Membership Mark Application (1051, 1126 under 44) ,   Collective Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 under 44)
Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (Paper)	PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 1478(a)	Use-Based Collective Membership Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) & (e) ,   Use-Based Certification Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) & (e) ,   Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) &(e) ,   Use-Based Collective Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 (d) & (e)
Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus)	PTO Form 1478	Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus)	PTO Form 1478	Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (Paper)	PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form 1478	Intent to Use Collective Membership Mark Application (15 U.S.C 1051, 1126 (d) & (e) ,   Intent to Use Certification Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 (d) & (e) ,   Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) & (e) ,   Intent to Use Collective Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) & (e)
Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS Plus)	PTO Form 1478	Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register
Application for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS RF)	PTO Form 1478	TEAS RF Application for Registration
Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF)	PTO 1478	TEAS RF
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS RF)	PTO Form 1478	TEAS RF
Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS)	PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 1478(a)	Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register ,   Collective Trademark/Servicemark Form, Principal Register ,   Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register ,   Certification Mark Form, Principal Register

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	437,599	437,599	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	213,496	205,856	0	7,640	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	110,829,100	109,770,652	0	1,058,448	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: IC lines are being modified to account for two rule making actions which result in: 1) burden increases due to additional time needed to include attorney information on trademark applications 2) fees burden changes as result of discontinuing certain trademark application options and the modification of existing options 3) reduction in the estimated numbers of paper based fillers and therefore a reduction in postage costs associated with mailing items to USPTO

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $881,561

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 01/30/2020

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