Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms (formerly Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary Amendment Forms)

ICR 201910-0651-005

OMB: 0651-0050

Federal Form Document

IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
4777 Modified
197220
Modified
197219
Modified
197218
Unchanged
197217 Unchanged
197215
Modified
197213 Modified
197210
Unchanged
197191 Unchanged
197190
Unchanged
197189 Unchanged
197188
Unchanged
197187 Unchanged
197186
Unchanged
197185 Unchanged
197184
Modified
182911
Modified
182910 Modified
182908
Modified
182907 Modified
ICR Details
0651-0050 201910-0651-005
Historical Active 201707-0651-001
DOC/PTO
Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms (formerly Electronic Response to Office Action and Preliminary Amendment Forms)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 02/05/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 01/30/2020
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2020 09/30/2020 09/30/2020
472,313 0 472,313
265,726 0 266,187
98,244 0 113,058

This collection of information is required by 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 such marks, or intend to use such marks, in interstate commerce may file an application to register their marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In some cases, the USPTO issues Office Actions to applicants who have applied for a trademark application, requesting additional information that was not provided with the initial submission but is required before the issuance of a registration. Also, the USPTO may determine that a mark is not entitled to registration, pursuant to one or more provisions of the Trademark Act. In such cases, the USPTO will issue an Office Action advising the applicant of the refusal to register the mark. Applicants reply to these Office Actions by providing the required information and/or by putting forth legal arguments as to why the refusal of registration should be withdrawn. The USPTO administers the Trademark Act through Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These rules allow the USPTO to request and receive information required to process applications. These rules also allow applicants to submit certain amendments to their applications. Applicants may also supplement their applications and provide further information by filing a Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter, a Request for Reconsideration after Final Office Action, a Post-Publication Amendment, a Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication, and a Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension, or by submitting a Substitute Trademark/Servicemark, Substitute Certification Mark, or Substitute Collective Membership Mark application. Thus, this collection includes information that was not submitted with the initial application and is needed by the USPTO to review applications for trademark registration.

US Code: 15 USC 1061 and 1062 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1056 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1053 and 1054 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1051 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1091 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1094 and 1095 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1126 Name of Law: Trademark Act
   US Code: 15 USC 1141 Name of Law: Trademark Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  82 FR 22519 05/16/2017
82 FR 34506 07/25/2017
No

20
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Post Publication Amendment (paper)
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (Paper)
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter (TEAS) PTO Form 1966 Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (TEAS) PTO Form 1960 Request for Reconsideration After Final Action
Response to Office Action (Paper)
Substitute Collective Membership Mark (Paper)
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark(Paper)
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register (Paper)
Voluntary Amendment Not in Response to USPTO Office Action/Letter
Substitute Collective Membership Mark (TEAS Global) No form number Substitute collective membership mark
Request for Reconsideration After Final Office Action (Paper)
Substitute Collective Trademark/Servicemark (TEAS Global) No form number Substitute collective trademark/servicemark
Post Publication Amendment (TEAS) PTO-1771 Post Publication Amendment
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (TEAS) PTO-1822 Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension
Response to Office Action (TEAS) PTO-1957 Response to Office Action
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension (paper)
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register (TEAS Global) No form number Substitute trademark/servicemark application, Principal Register
Substitute Certification Mark (TEAS Global) No form number Substitute certification mark
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication (TEAS Global)
Substitute Certification Mark (Paper)

  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 472,313 472,313 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 265,726 266,187 0 -461 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 98,244 113,058 0 -14,814 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
Yes
Changing Regulations
IC lines are being modified to account for rule making actions which result in the reduction in the estimated numbers of paper based fillers and therefore a reduction in postage costs associated with mailing items to USPTO and burden hour due to faster submission process using electronic forms.

$3,396,389
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Catherine Cain 571 272-8946 catherine.cain@uspto.gov

  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.
01/30/2020


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