3510-16-P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Applications for
Trademark Registration

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comments on this information
collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact of its information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 24, 2024 during a 60-day
comment period (89 FR 31143). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comment.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce.
Title: Applications for Trademark Registration.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0009.
Needs and Uses: 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 that use or intend
to use such marks in commerce may file an application to register their marks with the

USPTO. Registered marks may remain on the register indefinitely, so long as the owner
of the registration files the necessary maintenance documents.
This information collection addresses submissions required by the regulations at
37 CFR part 2 for initial applications regarding the registration of trademarks, service
marks, collective trademarks and service marks, collective memberships marks, and
certification marks. Trademarks can be registered on either the Principal or Supplemental
Register. The Trademark Act and rules mandate that each certificate of registration
include the mark, the goods and/or services in connection with which the mark is used,
ownership information, dates of use, and certain other information. The USPTO also
provides similar information concerning pending applications. The register and pending
application information may be accessed by an individual or by businesses to determine
the availability of a mark. By accessing the USPTO’s information, parties may reduce the
possibility of initiating use of a mark previously adopted by another. The federal trademark
registration process may thereby reduce the number of filings between both litigating
parties and the courts.
Forms:
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PTO-1478 (Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register)

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PTO-1479 (Trademark/Service Mark Form, Supplemental Register)

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PTO-1480 (Certification Mark Form, Principal Register)

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PTO-1481 (Collective Membership Mark Form, Principal Register)

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PTO-1482 (Collective Trademark/Service Mark Form, Principal Register)

Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 581,377 respondents.

Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 581,377 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses in this
information collection will take the public approximately between 45 minutes (0.75 hours)
and 1 hour to complete. This includes the time to gather the necessary information, create
the document, and submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 508,394 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $166,906,580.
This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of Commerce, USPTO information collections currently
under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website,
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by
selecting “Currently under 30-day Review–Open for Public Comments” or by using the
search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB
Control Number, 0651-0009.
Further information can be obtained by:
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E-mail:

InformationCollection@uspto.gov.

Include

“0651-0009

information

request” in the subject line of the message.
•

Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Lisa Lawn,
Director,
Records and Information Compliance Program Office,
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,

United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-14907 Filed: 7/5/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/8/2024]