Notice2026-11575
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions
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June 10, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentPatent and Trademark Office
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter "USPTO" or "Agency"), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on the extension of an existing information collection: 0651-0040 (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions). The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comments preceding submission of the information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35180-35183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11575]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter
``USPTO'' or ``Agency''), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, invites comments on the extension of an
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existing information collection: 0651-0040 (Trademark Trial and Appeal
Board (TTAB) Actions). The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days
for public comments preceding submission of the information collection
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: To ensure consideration, you must submit comments regarding this
information collection on or before August 10, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
any of the following methods. Do not submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fd6f1f9f0edf2feebf6f0f1dcf0f3f3fafcebf6f0f1dfeaecefebf0b1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91d8fff7fee3fcf0e5f8feffd2fefdfdf4f2e5f8feffd1e4e2e1e5febff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``0651-
0040 comment'' in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
<bullet> Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
<bullet> Telephone: LaToya Brown, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,
571-272-4283.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to LaToya Brown, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450; 571-272-4283; or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d599b481baacb4fb97a7baa2bb95a0a6a5a1bafbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0bc91a49f8991deb2829f879eb0858380849fde979f86">[email protected]</span></a> with ``0651-0040
comment'' in the subject line. Additional information about this
information collection is also available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a>
under ``Information Collection Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The USPTO administers the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et
seq., as amended, which provides for the federal registration of
trademarks, service marks, collective 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. Section 13 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1063, allows
individuals and entities who believe that they would be damaged by the
registration of a mark to file an extension of time to file an
opposition, and to file an opposition, to the registration of the mark.
Section 14 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1064, allows individuals and
entities to file a petition to cancel a registration of a mark. Section
20 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1070, allows individuals and
entities to appeal any final decision of the examiner in charge of the
registration of marks or a final decision by an examiner in an ex parte
expungement proceeding or ex parte reexamination proceeding.
The USPTO administers certain provisions of the Trademark Act of
1946 through the regulations at 37 CFR part 2, which contains the
various rules that govern the filings identified above and other
submissions filed in connection with inter partes and ex parte
proceedings. These petitions, notices, extensions, and additional
papers are filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), an
administrative tribunal empowered to determine the right to register
and subsequently determine the validity of a trademark. The information
in this collection must be submitted electronically through the TTAB's
electronic filing system. If applicants or entities wish to submit the
petitions, notices, extensions, and additional papers in inter partes
and ex parte cases, they may use the forms provided through the TTAB's
electronic filing system. This information collection includes the
items needed for individuals or entities to file inter partes and ex
parte proceedings regarding federal registration of their trademarks or
service marks. Information is collected in view of the provisions of
the Trademark Act of 1946. The responses in this information collection
are a matter of public record and are used by the public for a variety
of private business purposes related to establishing and enforcing
trademark rights. This information is important to the public, as both
common law trademark owners and federal trademark registrants must
actively protect their own rights.
II. Method of Collection
Items in this information collection must be submitted through the
TTAB's electronic filing system. However, in certain circumstances,
information may be submitted in paper form by mail or hand delivery.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0651-0040.
Forms:
<bullet> PTO-2120 (Notice of Opposition)
<bullet> PTO-2151 (Papers in Inter Partes Cases)
<bullet> PTO-2153 (Request for Extension of Time to File an Opposition)
<bullet> PTO-2188 (Petition for Cancellation)
<bullet> PTO-2189 (Ex Parte Appeal General Filing)
<bullet> PTO-2190 (Notice of Appeal)
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 44,550 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 76,000 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately 10
minutes (0.17 hours) to 21 hours to complete. This includes the time to
gather the necessary information, create the document, and submit the
completed item(s) to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 1,016,891 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Hourly Cost Burden: $347,776,722.
Table 1--Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Private Sector Respondents
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Estimated
Estimated Responses per Estimated Estimated time for Estimated Rate \1\ annual
Item No. Item annual respondent annual response (hours) burden (hour/ ($/hour) respondent
respondents responses year) cost burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) = (d)........................ (c) x (d) = (f) (e) x (f) =
(c) (e) (g)
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1.......... Petition to Cancel: 2,600 1 2,600 18......................... 46,800 $342 $16,005,600
PTO-2188.
2.......... Notice of Opposition: 6,900 1 6,900 18......................... 124,200 342 42,476,400
PTO-2120.
3.......... Request for Extension 9,350 2 18,700 0.17 (10 minutes).......... 3,179 342 1,087,218
of Time to File an
Opposition: PTO-2153.
4.......... Submissions in Inter 20,000 2 40,000 21......................... 840,000 342 287,280,000
Partes Cases,
including:
<bullet> Answers..
<bullet>
Amendments to
Pleadings.
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<bullet> Amendment
of Application or
Registration
During Proceeding.
<bullet> Motions
(such as consent
motions, motions
to extend,
motions to
suspend, etc.).
<bullet> Evidence.
<bullet> Briefs...
<bullet> Oral
hearing requests.
<bullet> Surrender
of Registration.
<bullet>
Abandonment of
Application.
<bullet> Documents
Related to
Concurrent Use
Applications.
<bullet> Notice of
Intent to Appeal
a TTAB decision.
PTO-2151.............
5.......... Notice of Appeal: PTO- 3,600 1 3,600 0.17 (10 minutes).......... 612 342 209,304
2190.
6.......... Ex Parte Appeal 2,100 2 4,200 0.50 (30 minutes).......... 2,100 342 718,200
General Filing
including:
<bullet> Briefs...
<bullet> Oral
hearing requests.
<bullet> Requests
(such as requests
to extend,
requests to
suspend, etc.).
<bullet> Surrender
of Registration.
<bullet>
Abandonment of
Application.
PTO-2189.............
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Total............. 44,550 .............. 76,000 ........................... 1,016,891 ......... 347,776,722
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Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden:
$10,725,767. There are no capital start-up costs, maintenance costs, or
recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection.
However, the USPTO estimates that the total annual non-hourly cost
burden for this information collection, in the form of filing fees and
postage, is $10,725,767.
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\1\ 2025 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the
Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American
Intellectual Property Law Association; pg. F-35. The USPTO uses the
average billing rate for intellectual property work in all firms
which is $550 per hour (<a href="https://www.aipla.org/detail/journal-issue/2025-report-of-the-economic-survey">https://www.aipla.org/detail/journal-issue/2025-report-of-the-economic-survey</a>).
2024 National Utilization & Compensation Report Executive
Summary published by the National Association of Legal Assistants
(NALA); pg. 2. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for
paralegals/paraprofessionals, which is $134 per hour (<a href="https://nala.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-NALA-Compensation-Utilization-Report-ExecSumm-FINAL-1-15-25.pdf">https://nala.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-NALA-Compensation-Utilization-Report-ExecSumm-FINAL-1-15-25.pdf</a>).
The $342 hourly rate is the average of the two cited rates
above.
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Filing Fees
The fees for this information collection are listed in Table 2
below.
Table 2--Filing Fees
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Estimated
Item No. Fee Item annual Filing fee Non-hourly
code responses ($) cost burden
(a) (b) (a) x (b) =
(c)
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1......................... 6401 Petition to Cancel (Paper 5 $700 $3,500
Submission).
1......................... 7401 Petition to Cancel................. 2,595 600 1,557,000
2......................... 6402 Notice of Opposition (Paper 5 700 3,500
Submission).
2......................... 7402 Notice of Opposition............... 6,895 600 4,137,000
3......................... 6404 Request for Extension of Time to 5 400 2,000
File an Opposition under Sec.
Sec. 2.102(c)(1)(ii) or (c)(2)
(Paper Submission).
3......................... 7404 Request for Extension of Time to 15,195 200 3,039,000
File an Opposition under Sec.
Sec. 2.102(c)(1)(ii) or (c)(2).
3......................... 6405 Request for Extension of Time to 5 500 2,500
File an Opposition under Sec.
2.102(c)(3) (Paper Submission).
3......................... 7405 Request for Extension of Time to 2,495 400 998,000
File an Opposition under Sec.
2.102(c)(3).
4, 6...................... 7408 Request for an Oral Hearing........ 35 500 17,500
5......................... 6403 Ex Parte Appeal to the Trademark 5 325 1,625
Trial and Appeal Board (Paper
Submission).
5......................... 7403 Ex Parte Appeal to the Trademark 3,595 225 808,875
Trial and Appeal Board.
6......................... 6406 Brief in an Ex Parte Appeal to the 5 300 1,500
Board, per Class (Paper
Submission).
6......................... 7406 Brief in an Ex Parte Appeal to the 525 200 105,000
Board, per Class.
6......................... 6407 Second or Subsequent Request for an 5 200 1,000
Extension of Time to File an
Appeal Brief, per Application
(Paper Submission).
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6......................... 7407 Second or Subsequent Request for an 470 100 47,000
Extension of Time to File an
Appeal Brief, per Application.
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Totals............................. 31,840 .......... 10,725,000
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Postage Costs
The USPTO estimates that all submissions in this collection will be
submitted by mail. The USPTO estimates that 308 items will be submitted
by mail in a large envelope. The average first-class postage for a
four-ounce mailed submission in a large envelope is $2.44, resulting in
a total of $752 for submissions other than a Service of Process. The
USPTO estimates that one Service of Process will be submitted by
certified mail in a Priority Mail legal flat-rate envelope with a
return receipt. The USPTO estimates that the average cost for a
certified Priority mail legal flat-rate envelope with a return receipt
is $15.07, resulting in $15 for Service of Process submissions.
Therefore, the USPTO estimates the total combined postage cost for this
collection is $767.
IV. Request for Comments
The USPTO is soliciting public comments to:
(a) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who intend to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
All comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. The USPTO will include or summarize each comment in the
request to OMB to approve this information collection. Before including
an address, phone number, email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in a comment, be advised that the entire
comment--including PII--may be made publicly available at any time.
While one may request in a comment to withhold PII from public view,
the USPTO cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2026-11575 Filed 6-9-26; 8:45 am]
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