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OMB Control No: 0651-0009	ICR Reference No: 202002-0651-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201912-0651-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Applications for Trademark Registration
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/01/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/26/2021
Terms of Clearance: Supporting statement updated during review to address comments.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2021
Responses	506,837	0	437,599
Time Burden (Hours)	377,830	0	213,496
Cost Burden (Dollars)	152,994,532	0	110,829,100

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	506,837	437,599	69,238
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	377,830	213,496	164,334
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	152,994,532	110,829,100	42,165,432

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: Changes in Responses and Burden Hours For this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the annual responses will increase by 69,238 (from 437,599 to 506,837) and the total burden hours will increase by 164,334 (from 213,496 to 377,830) from the currently approved burden for this information collection. Changes in Respondent Cost Burden The total respondent cost burden for this information collection has increased by $57,621,348 (from $93,510,652 to $151,132,000 from the previous approval of this information collection: • Increase in estimated hourly rates. The previous renewal used an estimated rate of $438 per hour for respondents to this information collection, which was the estimated attorney rate at the time. For the current renewal, the USPTO is using an updated hourly rate of $400 for attorneys. • Increases in estimates burden hours. The total estimated burden hours have increased from 213,496 in the previous approval to 377,830 for the current renewal due to overall increases in the estimated annual responses for this information collection. Changes in Annual (Non-hour) Costs For this renewal, the USPTO estimates that the total annual (non-hour) costs will increase by $42,165,432 (from $110,829,100 to $152,994,532). This change is due to administrative adjustments.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,671,246

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. Yes

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. Yes

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? No

Agency Contact: Catherine Cain 571 272-8946 catherine.cain@uspto.gov