Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
04/19/2024
02/28/2024
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2027
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2024
373,293
0
337,382
265,556
0
211,639
43,517,005
0
39,702,140
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 mark with the USPTO. Such individuals and businesses may also submit various communications to the USPTO during the prosecution of an application.
This information collection covers the various communications that may be submitted by the applicant, including providing additional information needed to process a request to delete a particular filing basis from an application or to divide an application identifying multiple goods and/or services into two or more separate applications. This information collection also covers requests for a 6-month extension of time to file a statement that the mark is in use in commerce or petitions to revive an application that abandoned for failure to submit a timely response to an office action or a timely statement of use or extension request. This information collection also covers circumstances in which an applicant may expressly abandon an application by filing a written request for withdrawal of the application.
Change in Respondents and Hourly Burden due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
The total number of respondents has increased by 35,911 due to estimated fluctuations in the number of responses/submissions in this information collection. This increase in the number of respondents and responses results in an increase of 53,917 hours in the annual time burden estimates.
Changes in Annual (Non-hour) Costs Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
The total number of annual non-hour costs has increased by $3,814,865 due to the estimated fluctuations in the number of responses/submission in this information collection.
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:
(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;
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.