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 37 CFR 2 (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: 3,729	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 932

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

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	3,799	1,414	2,385
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	3,396	1,011	2,385
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	950,100	353,500	596,600

Documents for IC

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