Trademark Petitions

ICR 202408-0651-006

OMB: 0651-0061

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
0651-0061 202408-0651-006
Received in OIRA 202107-0651-004
DOC/PTO
Trademark Petitions
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 09/16/2024
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 11/30/2024
5,813 6,221
7,893 6,953
313,260 393,875

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) administers the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which provides for the registration of trademarks, service marks, collective trademarks and collective 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. This information collection covers various trademark related communications to the USPTO, including letters of protest, requests to make special, responses to petition inquiry letters, petitions to make special, requests to restore a filing date, and requests for reinstatement. The information is used by the public for a variety of private business purposes related to establishing and enforcing trademark rights. Information relating to the registration of a trademark is made available to the public by the USPTO. However, the release of information in a letter of protest is controlled and may be available only upon request. A letter of protest is a procedure whereby third parties who object to the registration of a mark in a pending application may bring to the attention of the USPTO evidence bearing on the registrability of the mark. A letter of protest must identify the application being protested and the proposed grounds for refusing registration and include relevant evidence to support the protest. A request to make special may be submitted where an applicant requests that initial examination of an application be advanced out of its regular order because the mark in the application was the subject of an inadvertently cancelled or expired previous registration. A response to a petition inquiry letter is submitted by a petitioner who is responding to a notice of deficiency that the USPTO issued after receiving an incomplete petition to the Director. A petition may be considered incomplete if, for example, it does not include the fee required by 37 CFR 2.6 or if it includes an unverified assertion that is not supported by evidence. The USPTO generally examines applications in the order in which they are received. A petition to make special is a request by the applicant to advance the initial examination of an application out of its regular order. A request to restore a filing date is submitted by an applicant who previously filed an application that was denied a filing date. The request must include evidence showing that the applicant is entitled to the earlier filing date. If an applicant has proof that an application was abandoned due to a USPTO error, an applicant may file a request to reinstate the application instead of a petition to revive. To support such a request, the applicant must include evidence of the USPTO error.

US Code: 15 USC 1051 Name of Law: Trademark Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  89 FR 56739 07/10/2024
89 FR 75533 09/16/2024
No

  Total Request 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 5,813 6,221 0 230 -638 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 7,893 6,953 0 882 58 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 313,260 393,875 0 76,000 -156,615 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
Change in Responses, Hourly Burden, and (Non-hour) Costs due to Agency Discretion This renewal request incorporates some items currently included in information collection 0651-0086 (Changes to Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020). Some of these items also have burden estimates located in this information collection. This move action allows for those items to be combined in information collection. Additionally, petitions for ex parte expungement or reexamination are similar to the items already within this information collection; moving them into this control number provides a more complete picture of trademarks petitions. As a result of this addition, the information collection is increasing by 230 responses, 882 burden hours, and $76,000.

$648,404
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Catherine Cain 571 272-8946 [email protected]

  No

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.
09/16/2024


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