82 FR 45579 - Applications for Trademark Registration
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 188 (September 29, 2017)
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 188 (September 29, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-20836 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 45579-45581] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-20836] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Applications for Trademark Registration ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on a proposed extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0009 (Applications for Trademark Registration). DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 28, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651- 0009 comment'' in the subject line of the message. Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance Division Director, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Catherine Cain, Attorney Advisor, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-8946; or by email to [email protected] with ``0651-0009 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'' SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION I. Abstract 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 who use their marks, or intend to use their marks, in commerce regulated by Congress may file an application with the USPTO to register their marks. Registered marks remain on the register indefinitely, so long as the owner of the registration files the necessary maintenance documents. The rules implementing the Trademark Act are set forth in 37 CFR part 2. The Act and rules mandate that each certificate of registration include the mark, the particular goods and/or services for which the mark is registered, the owner's name, dates of use of the mark in commerce, and certain other information. The USPTO also provides similar information to the public concerning pending applications. Individuals or businesses may determine the availability of a mark by accessing the register through the USPTO's Web site: www.uspto.gov/trademark. Accessing and reviewing the USPTO's publicly available information may reduce the possibility of initiating use of a mark previously registered or adopted by another. Thus, the Federal trademark registration process reduces unnecessary litigation and its associated costs and burdens. Trademarks can be registered on either the Principal or Supplemental Register. Registrations on the Principal Register confer all of the benefits of registration provided under the Trademark Act. Certain marks that are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register, but are capable of functioning as a trademark, may be registered on the Supplemental Register. Registrations on the Supplemental Register cannot be transferred to the Principal Register, but owners of registrations on the Supplemental Register may apply for registration of their marks on the Principal Register. The information in this collection can be submitted in paper format or electronically through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). Applicants who file using the TEAS RF or TEAS Plus forms pay a lower filing fee than applicants who file using the TEAS Regular form. These applicants must agree to file certain communications regarding the application through TEAS and to receive communications by email. TEAS Plus users must also file a ``complete'' application, select their identification(s) of goods/services from the USPTO's Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual, and pay the fees for all classes at the time of filing. TEAS Plus applications are only available for trademark/service mark applications. There are no TEAS Plus application forms available for certification marks, collective marks, collective membership marks, and applications for registration on the Supplemental Register at this time. II. Method of Collection Electronically via TEAS forms, by mail, or by hand delivery. III. Data OMB Number: 0651-0009. Instrument Number(s): PTO Forms 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1482. Type of Review: Extension of a Previously Existing Information Collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; not-for-profit institutions; individuals. Estimated Number of Respondents: 437,599 responses per year. Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that it takes the public approximately 23 minutes (0.38 hours) to 35 minutes (0.58 hours) to complete this information, depending on the application. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, prepare the application, and submit the complete request to the USPTO. 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. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 205,854.64 hours per year. Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $90,164,332.32. The USPTO expects that associated attorneys will complete these applications. The professional hourly rate for attorneys is $438. The rate is established by estimates in the 2017 Report on the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Using this hourly rate, the USPTO estimates that the total respondent cost burden for this collection is $90,164,332.32 per year. [[Page 45580]] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated time for Estimated Estimated Estimated IC No. Item responses (hours) responses burden hours Rate respondent cost (a)...................... (b) (c) (d) (e) (a) x (b) (c) x (d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1............................. Use-Based Trademark/ 0.58 (35 minutes)........ 58 33.64 $438.00 $14,734.32 Service Mark Applications (Paper). 1............................. Use-Based Trademark/ 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 7,752 3,876.00 438.00 1,697,688.00 Service Mark Applications (TEAS). 1............................. Use-Based Trademark/ 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 94,756 47,378.00 438.00 20,751,564.00 Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF). 1............................. Use-Based Trademark/ 0.58 (35 minutes)........ 82,053 47,590.74 438.00 20,844,744.12 Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus). 2............................. Intent to Use Trademark/ 0.47 (28 minutes)........ 70 32.90 438.00 14,410.20 Service Mark Application (Paper). 2............................. Intent to Use Trademark/ 0.38 (23 minutes)........ 9,390 3,568.20 438.00 1,562,871.60 Service Mark Application (TEAS). 2............................. Intent to Use Trademark/ 0.38 (23 minutes)........ 114,779 43,616.02 438.00 19,103,816.76 Service Mark Application (TEAS RF). 2............................. Intent to Use Trademark/ 0.47 (28 minutes)........ 99,392 46,714.24 438.00 20,460,837.12 Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus). 3............................. Applications for 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 9 4.50 438.00 1,971.00 Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under Sec. 44 (Paper). 3............................. Applications for 0.40 (24 minutes)........ 1,232 492.80 438.00 215,846.40 Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under Sec. 44 (TEAS). 3............................. Applications for 0.40 (24 minutes)........ 15,064 6,025.60 438.00 2,639,212.80 Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under Sec. 44 (TEAS RF). 3............................. Applications for 0.50 (30 minutes)........ 13,044 6,522.00 438.00 2,867,636.00 Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under Sec. 44 (TEAS Plus). ------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals.................... ......................... ......................... 437,599 205,854.64 .............. 90,164,332.32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual (Non-hour) Respondent Cost Burden: $109,770,653.13. There are no capital start-up, maintenance, or operating fees associated with this information collection. However, this collection does have annual (non-hour) cost burden in the form of filing fees, processing fees, and postage costs. The USPTO amended its rules to set, increase or decrease certain trademark fees, effective January 14, 2017 affecting many of the fees in this collection. There is also an annual (non-hour) cost burden associated with this collection in the form of filing fees. Applicants who file their applications electronically instead of submitting them on paper pay a reduced filing fee. Those who choose to file TEAS RF or TEAS Plus applications pay a further reduced fee. An application must include a filing fee for each class of goods and services. Therefore, the total filing fees associated with this collection can vary depending on the number of classes in each application. The total filing fees of $109,561,086.00, shown in the table below, reflect the minimum filing fees associated with this information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total filing fee IC No. Item Responses Filing fee cost (a) (b) (c) (a) x (b) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1................................ Use-Based Trademark/Service 58 $600.00 $34,800.00 Mark Applications (Paper). 1................................ Use-Based Trademark/Service 7,752 400.00 3,100,800.00 Mark Applications (TEAS). [[Page 45581]] 1................................ Use-Based Trademark/Service 94,756 275.00 26,057,900.00 Mark Applications (TEAS RF). 1................................ Use-Based Trademark/Service 82,053 225.00 18,461,925.00 Mark Applications (TEAS Plus). 2................................ Intent to Use Trademark/ 70 600.00 42,000.00 Service Mark Application (Paper). 2................................ Intent to Use Trademark/ 9,390 400.00 375,600.00 Service Mark Application (TEAS). 2................................ Intent to Use Trademark/ 114,779 275.00 31,564,225.00 Service Mark Application (TEAS RF). 2................................ Intent to Use Trademark/ 99,392 225.00 22,363,200.00 Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus). 3................................ Applications for 9 600.00 5,400.00 Registration of Trademark/ Service Mark under Sec. 44 (Paper). 3................................ Applications for 1,232 400.00 492,800.00 Registration of Trademark/ Service Mark under Sec. 44 (TEAS). 3................................ Applications for 15,064 275.00 4,127,536.00 Registration of Trademark/ Service Mark under Sec. 44. (TEAS RF).................. 3................................ Applications for 13,044 225.00 2,934,900.00 Registration of Trademark/ Service Mark under Sec. 44 (TEAS Plus). ------------------------------------------------- Totals....................... ........................... 437,599 .............. 109,561,086.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition, the USPTO charges a processing fee of $125.00 per class for certain TEAS RF and TEAS Plus applications. If an applicant files a TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application that does not satisfy the relevant requirements for TEAS RF or TEAS Plus, they will be required to submit the additional $125 processing fee to bump the application back up to TEAS Regular. The total processing fees associated with this collection can vary depending on the number of classes in each application. The total processing fees of $209,500, shown in the table below, reflect the minimum processing fees associated with this information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total IC No. Item Responses Processing processing fee fees (a) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1................................. Processing fee for 898 $125.00 $112,250.00 applications that fail to meet the additional filing and processing requirements for the reduced filing fee (TEAS RF). 1................................. Processing fee for 778 125.00 97,250.00 applications that fail to meet the additional filing and processing requirements for reduced filing fee (TEAS Plus). ----------------------------------------------- Totals........................ ............................ 1,676 .............. 209,500.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applicants incur postage costs when submitting the non-electronic information covered by this collection to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO expects that approximately 99 percent of the responses in this collection will be submitted electronically. The USPTO estimates that the overwhelming majority of the paper forms are submitted to the USPTO via first-class mail. The USPTO estimates that 137 will be mailed with a first-class-postage cost of $0.49 per submission. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the postage costs for this collection will be $67.13. Therefore, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) cost burden for this collection in the form of filing fees ($109,561,086), processing fees ($209,500), and postage costs ($67.13) is $109,770,653.13. IV. Requests for Comments Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection. They also will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimation of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, e.g., the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Marcie Lovett, Records and Information Governance Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. 2017-20836 Filed 9-28-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-P
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interpretation or other auxiliary aids the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et receive communications by email. TEAS
should be directed to Virginia seq., which provides for the Federal Plus users must also file a ‘‘complete’’
Henriksen at (301) 278–9013. registration of trademarks, service application, select their identification(s)
Dated: September 22, 2017. marks, collective trademarks and service of goods/services from the USPTO’s
Brian C. Moyer,
marks, collective membership marks, Acceptable Identification of Goods and
and certification marks. Individuals and Services Manual, and pay the fees for all
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
businesses who use their marks, or classes at the time of filing. TEAS Plus
[FR Doc. 2017–20970 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am]
intend to use their marks, in commerce applications are only available for
BILLING CODE 3510–06–P regulated by Congress may file an trademark/service mark applications.
application with the USPTO to register There are no TEAS Plus application
their marks. Registered marks remain on forms available for certification marks,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
the register indefinitely, so long as the collective marks, collective membership
United States Patent and Trademark owner of the registration files the marks, and applications for registration
Office necessary maintenance documents. The on the Supplemental Register at this
rules implementing the Trademark Act time.
Applications for Trademark are set forth in 37 CFR part 2.
II. Method of Collection
Registration The Act and rules mandate that each
certificate of registration include the Electronically via TEAS forms, by
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment mark, the particular goods and/or mail, or by hand delivery.
request. services for which the mark is III. Data
registered, the owner’s name, dates of
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and OMB Number: 0651–0009.
use of the mark in commerce, and
Trademark Office (USPTO), as required Instrument Number(s): PTO Forms
certain other information. The USPTO
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1482.
also provides similar information to the
1995, invites comments on a proposed Type of Review: Extension of a
public concerning pending applications.
extension of an existing information Previously Existing Information
Individuals or businesses may
collection: 0651–0009 (Applications for Collection.
determine the availability of a mark by
Trademark Registration). Affected Public: Businesses or other
accessing the register through the
DATES: Written comments must be USPTO’s Web site: www.uspto.gov/ for-profits; not-for-profit institutions;
submitted on or before November 28, trademark. Accessing and reviewing the individuals.
2017. USPTO’s publicly available information Estimated Number of Respondents:
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments may reduce the possibility of initiating 437,599 responses per year.
by any of the following methods: use of a mark previously registered or Estimated Time per Response: The
• Email: InformationCollection@ adopted by another. Thus, the Federal USPTO estimates that it takes the public
uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0009 trademark registration process reduces approximately 23 minutes (0.38 hours)
comment’’ in the subject line of the unnecessary litigation and its associated to 35 minutes (0.58 hours) to complete
message. costs and burdens. this information, depending on the
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// Trademarks can be registered on application. This includes the time to
www.regulations.gov. either the Principal or Supplemental gather the necessary information,
• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records and Register. Registrations on the Principal prepare the application, and submit the
Information Governance Division Register confer all of the benefits of complete request to the USPTO. The
Director, Office of the Chief Technology registration provided under the time estimates shown for the electronic
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Act. Certain marks that are forms in this collection are based on the
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, not eligible for registration on the average amount of time needed to
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. Principal Register, but are capable of complete and electronically file the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: functioning as a trademark, may be associated form.
Requests for additional information registered on the Supplemental Register. Estimated Total Annual Respondent
should be directed to Catherine Cain, Registrations on the Supplemental Burden Hours: 205,854.64 hours per
Attorney Advisor, Office of the Register cannot be transferred to the year.
Commissioner for Trademarks, United Principal Register, but owners of Estimated Total Annual Respondent
States Patent and Trademark Office, registrations on the Supplemental Cost Burden: $90,164,332.32. The
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– Register may apply for registration of USPTO expects that associated
1450; by telephone at 571–272–8946; or their marks on the Principal Register. attorneys will complete these
by email to Catherine.Cain@uspto.gov The information in this collection can applications. The professional hourly
with ‘‘0651–0009 comment’’ in the be submitted in paper format or rate for attorneys is $438. The rate is
subject line. Additional information electronically through the Trademark established by estimates in the 2017
about this collection is also available at Electronic Application System (TEAS). Report on the Economic Survey,
http://www.reginfo.gov under Applicants who file using the TEAS RF published by the Committee on
‘‘Information Collection Review.’’ or TEAS Plus forms pay a lower filing Economics of Legal Practice of the
fee than applicants who file using the American Intellectual Property Law
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
TEAS Regular form. These applicants Association. Using this hourly rate, the
I. Abstract must agree to file certain USPTO estimates that the total
The United States Patent and communications regarding the respondent cost burden for this
Trademark Office (USPTO) administers application through TEAS and to collection is $90,164,332.32 per year.
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Total filing
IC No. Item Responses Filing fee fee cost
(a) (b) (c)
(a) × (b)
1 ........................ Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF) ................ 94,756 275.00 26,057,900.00
1 ........................ Use-Based Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus) .............. 82,053 225.00 18,461,925.00
2 ........................ Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (Paper) ..................... 70 600.00 42,000.00
2 ........................ Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS) ..................... 9,390 400.00 375,600.00
2 ........................ Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS RF) ............... 114,779 275.00 31,564,225.00
2 ........................ Intent to Use Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus) ............. 99,392 225.00 22,363,200.00
3 ........................ Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44 9 600.00 5,400.00
(Paper).
3 ........................ Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44 1,232 400.00 492,800.00
(TEAS).
3 ........................ Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44 ...... 15,064 275.00 4,127,536.00
(TEAS RF) ................................................................................................
3 ........................ Applications for Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under § 44 13,044 225.00 2,934,900.00
(TEAS Plus).
Totals ......... ................................................................................................................... 437,599 ........................ 109,561,086.00
In addition, the USPTO charges a requirements for TEAS RF or TEAS depending on the number of classes in
processing fee of $125.00 per class for Plus, they will be required to submit the each application.
certain TEAS RF and TEAS Plus additional $125 processing fee to bump The total processing fees of $209,500,
applications. If an applicant files a the application back up to TEAS shown in the table below, reflect the
TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application that Regular. The total processing fees minimum processing fees associated
does not satisfy the relevant associated with this collection can vary with this information collection.
Total
Processing
IC No. Item Responses processing
fee fees
(a)
1 ........................ Processing fee for applications that fail to meet the additional filing and 898 $125.00 $112,250.00
processing requirements for the reduced filing fee (TEAS RF).
1 ........................ Processing fee for applications that fail to meet the additional filing and 778 125.00 97,250.00
processing requirements for reduced filing fee (TEAS Plus).
Totals ......... ....................................................................................................................... 1,676 ........................ 209,500.00
Applicants incur postage costs when They also will become a matter of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
submitting the non-electronic public record.
information covered by this collection Comments are invited on: United States Patent and Trademark
to the USPTO by mail. The USPTO (a) Whether the proposed collection of Office
expects that approximately 99 percent information is necessary for the proper
of the responses in this collection will performance of the functions of the Submission for OMB Review;
be submitted electronically. The USPTO agency, including whether the Comment Request; Patent Petitions
estimates that the overwhelming information shall have practical utility; Related to Application and
majority of the paper forms are (b) The accuracy of the agency’s Reexamination Processing Fees
submitted to the USPTO via first-class estimation of the burden (including The United States Patent and
mail. The USPTO estimates that 137 hours and cost) of the proposed Trademark Office (USTPO) will submit
will be mailed with a first-class-postage collection of information; to the Office of Management and Budget
cost of $0.49 per submission. Therefore, (c) Ways to enhance the quality, (OMB) for clearance the following
the USPTO estimates that the postage utility, and clarity of the information to proposal for collection of information
costs for this collection will be $67.13. be collected; and under the provisions of the Paperwork
Therefore, the USPTO estimates that (d) Ways to minimize the burden of Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
the total annual (non-hour) cost burden the collection of information on
for this collection in the form of filing Title: Patent Petitions Related to
respondents, e.g., the use of automated Application and Reexamination
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
fees ($109,561,086), processing fees collection techniques or other forms of
($209,500), and postage costs ($67.13) is Processing Fees.
information technology. OMB Control Number: 0651–0059.
$109,770,653.13.
Marcie Lovett, Form Number(s):
IV. Requests for Comments Records and Information Governance • PTO/SB/17P
Comments submitted in response to Division Director, OCTO, United States Patent • PTO/SB/23
this notice will be summarized or and Trademark Office. • PTO/SB/24a
included in the request for OMB [FR Doc. 2017–20836 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am] • PTO/SB/28 (EFS-Web only)
approval of this information collection. BILLING CODE 3510–16–P • PTO/SB/140 (EFS-Web only)
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| Dates | Written comments must be submitted on or before November 28, 2017. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information should be directed to Catherine Cain, Attorney Advisor, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450; by telephone at 571-272-8946; or by email to [email protected] with ``0651-0009 comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this collection is also available at http://www.reginfo.gov under ``Information Collection Review.'' | |
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