Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter "USPTO" or "Agency") 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 the information collection renewal of 0651-0050, which helps the USPTO assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden to the public. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 17, 2026, during a 60-day comment period (91 FR 44830). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72532-72533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22924]


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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; Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms

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'') 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 the information collection renewal of 0651-0050, 
which helps the USPTO assess the impact of its information collection 
requirements and minimize the reporting burden to the public. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 17, 
2026, during a 60-day comment period (91 FR 44830). This notice allows 
for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: To ensure consideration, you must submit comments regarding this 
information collection on or before December 10, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website, <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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, 0651-0050. Do not submit 
Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected 
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    <bullet> This information collection request may be viewed at 
<a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/">https://www.reginfo.gov/</a>. Follow the instructions to view the 
Department of Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under 
review by OMB.
    <bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eea78088819c838f9a878180ad8182828b8d9a878180ae9b9d9e9a81c0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c45626a637e616d786563624f636060696f786563624c797f7c7863226b637a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Include ``0651-
0050 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
    <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: Emily Carlsen, Senior Attorney Advisor, 571-
272-2235.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Response to Office Action and Voluntary Amendment Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0651-0050.
    Abstract: This collection of information is required by the 
Trademark Act (Act), 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., which provides for the 
registration of trademarks, service marks, collective trademark 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 
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This information 
collection generally contains information that is not submitted with 
the initial trademark application but is associated with, or required 
for, the USPTO review of applications for registration.
    In some instances, the USPTO issues Office actions to applicants 
who have applied to register a mark, or to request 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 Act. In such cases, the USPTO will issue an Office action advising 
the applicant of the refusal to register the mark. Applicants respond 
to these Office actions by providing the required information and/or by 
advancing legal arguments as to why the refusal of registration should 
be withdrawn.
    The USPTO administers the Act through Title 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 
additional information by filing a Voluntary Amendment Not in Response 
to USPTO Office Action/Letter, a Request for Reconsideration after 
Final Action, a Post-Approval/Publication/Post-Notice of Allowance 
(NOA) Amendment, a Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of 
Suspension, or a Request for Extension of Time to File a Response.
    Since the publication of the 60-day notice, the USPTO has updated 
the number of responses associated with

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this information collection to remove the PTO-1772 form (Petition to 
Amend Basis Post-Publication). As the PTO-1772 form is no longer in 
use, filers will instead use the PTO-2301 form (Petition to Director), 
which is covered in information collection 0651-0061 (Trademark 
Petitions). For information collection 0651-0050, this action results 
in a decrease of 1,600 respondents and responses, 928 burden hours, and 
$640,100 in non-hourly costs from the previous notice.
    Forms:

<bullet> PTO-1771 (Post-Approval/Publication/Post-Notice of Allowance 
(NOA) Amendment)
<bullet> PTO-1822 (Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of 
Suspension)
<bullet> PTO-1957 (Response to Office Action)
<bullet> PTO-1960 (Request for Reconsideration after Final Action)
<bullet> PTO-1966 (Voluntary Amendment Form)
<bullet> PTO-2313 (Request for Extension of Time to File a Response)

    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: 430,300 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 430,300 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses 
in this information collection will take the public approximately 5 
minutes (0.08 hours) to 50 minutes (0.83 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: 309,034 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden: 
$28,176,590.


Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2026-22924 Filed 11-9-26; 8:45 am]
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