OMB Control No:  0651-0009ICR Reference No: 
201712-0651-021 
Status:  Historical ActivePrevious ICR Reference No:  201607-0651-008  
Agency/Subagency:  DOC/PTOAgency Tracking No:  
Title:  Applications for Trademark
Registration 
Type of Information Collection: 
Revision of a currently approved collectionCommon Form ICR:   No 
Type of Review Request:  Regular 
OIRA Conclusion Action:  Approved
without changeConclusion Date:  02/08/2018 
Retrieve
Notice of Action (NOA) Date Received in OIRA: 
12/29/2017 
Terms of Clearance:  
  
Inventory as of this Action 
Requested 
Previously Approved 
 
Expiration Date 02/28/2021 
36 Months From Approved 
02/28/2018 
 
Responses 437,599 
0 
425,122 
 
Time Burden (Hours) 205,856 
0 
161,273 
 
Cost Burden (Dollars) 109,770,652 
0 
118,525,744 
 
 
Abstract:  The United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) is submitting this request to update this
information collection. The USPTO has determined that the response
estimates used to calculate the hour and cost burdens in the 2011
renewal (approved by OMB on December 6, 2011) were based on the
total number of classes filed instead of the total number of
applications filed. Since the number of classes was used for the
response estimates, the USPTO estimates that the response, burden
hour, and cost estimates reported in the renewal were greater than
the actual trademark submissions. The USPTO is therefore submitting
this request to adjust the current inventory estimates for this
collection. 
 
Associated Rulemaking
Information  
RIN: Stage of Rulemaking: Federal Register Citation: Date:  
Not associated with rulemaking 
 
 
Federal Register Notices &
Comments  
60-day Notice: Federal Register Citation: Citation Date:  
  
82 FR
45579 09/29/2017 
 
30-day Notice: Federal Register Citation: Citation Date:  
82 FR
60589 12/21/2017 
 
Did the Agency receive public comments on
this ICR?  No 
 
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this
ICR:  12  
IC Title 
Form No. 
Form Name 
 
Applications for
Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (Paper) PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form
1478 
Trademark/Service
Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 under 44)  ,  
Certification Mark
Application (15 U.S.C 1051, 1126 under 44)  ,   Collective Membership Mark
Application (1051, 1126 under 44)  ,   Collective Trademark/Service
Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 under 44)  
Use-Based
Trademark/Service Mark Applications (Paper) PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form
4.9 
Use-Based
Collective Membership Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d)
& (e)  ,   Use-Based Certification Mark
Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) & (e)  ,  
Use-Based
Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d)
&(e)  ,   Use-Based Collective
Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 (d) &
(e)  
Use-Based
Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS Plus) PTO Form 1478 
Trademark/Servicemark
Application, Principal Register  
Intent to Use
Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS Plus) PTO Form 1478 
Trademark/Servicemark
Application, Principal Register  
Intent to Use
Trademark/Service Mark Application (Paper) PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form
1478 
Intent to Use
Collective Membership Mark Application (15 U.S.C 1051, 1126 (d)
& (e)  ,   Intent to Use Certification
Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126 (d) & (e)  ,  
Intent to Use
Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C. 1051, 1126(d) &
(e)  ,   Intent
to Use Collective Trademark/Service Mark Application (15 U.S.C.
1051, 1126(d) & (e)  
Applications for
Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS) PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form
4.8 
Trademark/Servicemark
Application, Principal Register  ,   Collective
Trademark/Servicemark Form, Principal Register  ,  
Collective Membership
Mark Form, Principal Register  ,   Certification Mark Form,
Principal Register  
Applications for
Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS
Plus) PTO Form 1478 
Trademark/Servicemark
Application, Principal Register  
Use-Based
Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS) PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form 4.9, PTO Form 1478, PTO
Form 1478(a) 
Trademark/Servicmark Form,
Supplemental Register  ,   Trademark/Servicemark
Application, Principal Register  ,   Collective
Trademark/Servicemark Form, Principal Register  ,  
Collective Membership
Mark Form, Principal Register  ,   Certification Mark Form,
Principal Register  
Intent to Use
Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS) PTO Form 1478(a), PTO Form 1478, PTO Form 4.8, PTO Form
4.9 
Trademark/Servicemark
Application, Principal Register  ,   Collective
Trademark/Servicemark Form, Principal Register  ,  
Collective Membership
Mark Form, Principal Register  ,   Certification Mark Form,
Principal Register  
Application for
Registration of Trademark/Service Mark under §44 (TEAS RF) PTO Form 1478 
TEAS RF Application
for Registration  
Use-Based
Trademark/Service Mark Applications (TEAS RF) PTO 1478 
TEAS RF  
Intent to Use
Trademark/Service Mark Application (TEAS RF) PTO Form 1478 
TEAS RF  
 
 
 
ICR Summary of Burden 
  
Total Approved 
Previously Approved 
Change Due to New Statute 
Change Due to Agency Discretion 
Change Due to Adjustment in
Estimate 
Change Due to Potential Violation of
the PRA 
 
Annual Number of Responses 
437,599 
425,122 
0 
0 
12,477 
0 
 
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 
205,856 
161,273 
0 
0 
44,583 
0 
 
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 
109,770,652 
118,525,744 
0 
0 
-8,755,092 
0 
 
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency
Discretion:  No 
Burden Increase Due to:  
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency
Discretion:  No 
Burden Reduction Due to:  
Short Statement:  
Annual Cost to Federal Government:  $881,561 
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ
statistical methods?  No 
Does this ICR request any personally identifiable
information (see OMB Circular No. A-130  for an
explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's
privacy program when making this determination. 
    No 
Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act
Statement (see 5
U.S.C. §552a(e)(3) )? Please consult with your agency's privacy
program when making this determination.     
No 
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L.
111-148 & 111-152]?  No 
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?  No 
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?  No 
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? 
Uncollected 
Agency Contact:  Catherine Cain 571 272-8946
catherine.cain@uspto.gov