Petition to the Director

Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form PTO 2301 Petition to the Director Form and Instruction
PTO 2301 Petition to Director 0651-0054 PTO 2301 Petition-to-Director.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Form-MEF-Petition-to-Director.pdf Form and Instruction
PTO 2301 Petition to Director 0651-0054 PTO 2301 Petition-to-Director.pdf www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Form-MEF-Petition-to-Director.pdf Form and Instruction

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Petition to the Director	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.165, 2.176, 2.186 37 CFR Part 2, 2.35, 2.63, 2.84 37 CFR 2.101, 2.102, 2.146, 2.147 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	PTO 2301	Petition to Director	0651-0054 PTO 2301 Petition-to-Director.pdf	https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/TM-Form-MEF-Petition-to-Director.pdf	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: Economic Development

Subfunction: Intellectual Property Protection

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: COMMERCE/USPTO-26: Trademark Application and Registration Records	FR Citation: 85 FR 8847

Number of Respondents: 2,385	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 596

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Not-for-profit institutions, Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	2,385	-815	3,200
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	2,385	-495	2,880
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	596,600	-203,400	800,000

Documents for IC

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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.