[Federal Register: August 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 154)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Title: Post Registration (Trademark Processing).
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Form Number(s): PTO Form 1583, 1963, 4.16, PTO/TM/1593, 4.16.
Agency Approval Number: 0651-00xx.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 19,748 hours.
Number of Respondents: 129,787 responses.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 3 to 30 minutes. This includes time to
gather the necessary information, create the documents, and mail the
completed request. The time estimates shown for the electronic forms in
this collection are based on the average amount of time needed to
complete and electronically file the associated form.
Needs and Uses: The information in this collection is a matter of
public record and is used by the public for a variety of private
business purposes related to establishing and enforcing trademark
rights. At this time, the USPTO is proposing to split collection 0651-
0009, Trademark Processing, into four separate collections based upon
the structure of the Trademark business processes. The USPTO believes
that dividing this extensive collection into smaller, more manageable,
information collection requests will result in a more efficient
updating and renewal process. This new collection is one of the newly
created, or ``split'' groups.
The USPTO has split the amendments/corrections/surrenders category
to include amendments and corrections as one category. Surrenders are
treated as a separate category. The remaining eight items in this
collection were part of the existing approved 0651-0009 collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions; farms, the Federal Government, and
State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Susan.Brown@uspto.gov. Include ``0651-0031 copy
request'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan Brown.
Mail: Susan K. Brown, Records Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data
Administration Division, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent on or before September 12, 2005 to David
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Susan K. Brown,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of Data Architecture and Services, Data
Administration Division.
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