2024-15123. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trademark Petitions

Table 1—Total Burden Hours and Hourly Costs to Private Sector Respondents

Item No.	Item	Estimated annual respondents	Responses per respondent	Estimated annual responses	Estimated time for response (hours)	Estimated burden (hour/year)	Rate 1 ($/hour)	Estimated annual respondent cost burden
		(a)	(b)	(a) × (b) = (c)	(d)	(c) × (d) = (e)	(f)	(e) × (f) = (g)
1	Letter of Protest (PTO-2303)	3,243	1	3,243	1.5	4,865	$447	$2,174,655
2	Request to Make Special (PTO-2304)	800	1	800	0.83 (50 minutes)	664	447	296,808
3	Response to Petition to Director Inquiry Letter (PTO-2305)	800	1	800	1	800	447	357,600
4	Petition to Make Special (PTO-2306)	300	1	300	0.83 (50 minutes)	249	447	111,303
5	Request to Restore Filing Date (PTO-2307)	40	1	40	0.83 (50 minutes)	33	447	14,751
6	Request for Reinstatement (PTO-2308)	400	1	400	1	400	447	178,800
7	Petition for Ex Parte Expungement (PTO-2312)	90	1	90	4.5	405	447	181,035
8	Petition for Ex Parte Reexamination (PTO-2312)	100	1	100	4.5	450	447	201,150
9	Response to Petition for Expungement or Reexamination Inquiry Letter (PTO-2312)	40	1	40	0.67 (40 minutes)	27	447	12,069
	Totals	5,813		5,813		7,893		3,528,171
1  2023 Report of the Economic Survey, published by the Committee on Economics of Legal Practice of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); pg. F-41. The USPTO uses the average billing rate for intellectual property work in all firms which is $447 per hour ( https://www.aipla.org/​home/​news-publications/​economic-survey).

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-hourly Cost Burden: $313,260. There are no capital start-up, maintenance costs, or recordkeeping costs associated with this information collection. However, the USPTO estimates that the total annual non-hour cost burden for this information collection, in the form of filings fees and postage, is $313,260.

Filing Fees

There are fees associated with submitting the petitions and requests in this information collection for a total of $313,250 per year.

Table 2—Filing Fees

Item No.	Fee code	Item	Estimated annual responses	Filing fee ($)	Non-hourly cost burden
			(a)	(b)	(a) × (b) = (c)
1	7011	Letter of Protest	3,243	$50	$162,150
4	7005	Petition to Make Special (Electronic)	299	250	74,750
4	6005	Petition to Make Special (Paper)	1	350	350
7	7014	Petition for Ex Parte Expungement	90	400	36,000
8	7014	Petition for Ex Parte Reexamination	100	400	40,000
		Totals	3,733		313,250