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OMB Control No: 0651-0054	ICR Reference No: 202607-0651-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202409-0651-007
Agency/Subagency: DOC/PTO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application
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: 09/21/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/11/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2027	04/30/2027	04/30/2027
Responses	349,122	0	374,707
Time Burden (Hours)	241,728	0	266,567
Cost Burden (Dollars)	44,387,903	0	51,143,805

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) administers the Trademark Act, 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. Individuals and businesses that use or intend to use such marks in commerce may file an application to register their mark with the USPTO. Such individuals and businesses may also submit various communications to the USPTO during the prosecution of an application. This information collection covers the various communications that may be submitted by the applicant, including providing additional information needed to process a request to delete a particular filing basis from an application or to divide an application identifying multiple goods and/or services into two or more separate applications. This information collection also covers requests for a 6-month extension of time to file a statement that the mark is in use in commerce or petitions to revive an application that abandoned for failure to submit a timely response to an office action or a timely statement of use or extension request. This information collection also covers circumstances in which an applicant may expressly abandon an application by filing a written request for withdrawal of the application.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 1051(d)(1-4) Name of Law: Lanham Trademark Act of 1946

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:
	88 FR 84132	12/04/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 14634	02/28/2024
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	349,122	374,707	-25,585
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	241,728	266,567	-24,839
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	44,387,903	51,143,805	-6,755,902

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Using Information Technology

Short Statement: The USPTO is consolidating and streamlining its petitions and request forms to make these processes more efficient. Changes to the information systems allow the Petition to the Director to collect requests to make special, petitions to make special, requests to restore filing dates, and petitions to change filing basis, which were previously stand-alone forms, into a single petition form. However, each petition must be submitted separately, even if they use the same basic format and form request instrument (PTO-2301). As a part of this effort, the USPTO is moving four petitions (PTO-1557 (Petition to Revive With Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis or to Delete ITU Goods/Services/Collective Membership Organizations After NOA), PTO-2194 (Petition to Revive Abandoned Application – Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action), PTO-2195 (Petition to Revive Abandoned Application – Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request), and PTO-2301 (Petition to Director)) from information collection 0651-0054 (Substantive Submissions Made During Prosecution of the Trademark Application) to information collection 0651-0061 (Trademark Petitions). As a result, four IC lines and their associated fees will be removed from information collection 0651-0054.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,589,081

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

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