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OMB Control No: 0651-0051	ICR Reference No: 202505-0651-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202411-0651-003
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Madrid Protocol
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/04/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/02/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	06/30/2025	06/30/2025
Responses	54,085	0	54,082
Time Burden (Hours)	48,673	0	48,671
Cost Burden (Dollars)	30,987,455	0	30,987,155

Abstract: This collection of information is required by the Trademark Act of 1946, 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. The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) is an international treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration in any of the participating countries by filing a single international application. The International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, administers the international registration system. The Madrid Protocol Implementation Act of 2002 amended the Trademark Act to provide that: (1) The owner of a U.S. application or registration may seek protection of its mark in any of the participating countries by submitting a single international application through the USPTO and (2) the holder of an international registration may request an extension of protection of the international registration to the United States. The Madrid Protocol came into effect in the United States on November 2, 2003, and is implemented under 15 U.S.C. 1141 et seq. and 37 CFR parts 2 and 7. Individuals and businesses that use or intend to use such marks in commerce may file an application to register the marks with the USPTO. Both the register and the information provided in pending applications for registration can be accessed by the public in order to determine the availability of a mark and lessen the likelihood of initiating the use of a mark previously adopted by another.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 1141 Name of Law: Trademark Act of 1946, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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:
	87 FR 7430	02/09/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 84284	04/25/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	54,085	54,082	3
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	48,673	48,671	2
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	30,987,455	30,987,155	300

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In support of 0651-0AD82 (Partial Replacement of an Earlier National Registration or Registration), the USPTO is increasing the number of respondents associated with an item in this information collection, resulting in an additional increase in respondent burden hours and non-hourly costs. Summary of Changes The USPTO is increasing the respondents associated with the Replacement Requests (Item 4) from 11 to 14 respondents. This increases the estimated burden hours by 2 hours and adds $300 in fees to the estimated non-hourly cost burdens. As a result of this rule, the total annual respondent burden hours will increase from 48,671 hours to 48,673 hours. Likewise, the total non-hourly cost burden will also increase from $30,987,155 to $30,987,455.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $244,225

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. 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

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