2024-16328. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trademark Post Registration

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	Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8	67,809	1	67,809	0.58 (35 minutes)	39,329	$447	$17,580,063
2	Combined Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce and Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark Under Sections 8 and 9	94,584	1	94,584	0.58 (35 minutes)	54,859	447	24,521,973
3	Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark Under Section 15	1,341	1	1,341	0.20 (12 minutes)	268	447	119,796
4	Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Sections 8 and 15	75,796	1	75,796	0.58 (35 minutes)	43,962	447	19,651,014
5	Surrender of Registration for Cancellation	600	1	600	0.20 (12 minutes)	120	447	53,640
6	Section 7 Request	6,500	1	6,500	0.67 (40 minutes)	4,355	447	1,946,685
7	Response to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters	22,000	1	22,000	0.83 (50 minutes)	18,260	447	8,162,220
8	Request to Divide Registration	3,161	1	3,161	0.58 (35 minutes)	1,833	447	819,351
9	Section 12(c) Affidavit	2	1	2	0.30 (18 minutes)	1	447	447
Totals		271,793		271,793		162,987		72,855,189
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: $103,718,072.

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 filing fees and postage, is $103,718,072.

Filing Fees

Filing fees are charged per class of goods or services and can vary depending on the number of classes. The filing fees shown here are based on the minimum fee of one class per document associated with this information collection.

Table 2—Filing Fees

Item No.	Fee code	Item	Estimated annual responses	Filing fee ($)	Non-hourly cost burden
			(a)	(b)	(a) × (b) = (c)
1	7205	Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8—Filed During the Statutory Period (electronic)	61,644	$225	$13,869,900
1	6205	Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8—Filed During the Statutory Period (paper)	1	325	325
1	7205, 7206	Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8—Filed During the Grace Period (electronic)	6,163	325	2,002,975
1	6205, 6206	Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce Under Section 8—Filed During the Grace Period (paper)	1	525	525
2	7201, 7205	Combined Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce and Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark Under Sections 8 and 9—Filed During the Statutory Period (electronic)	85,984	525	45,141,600
2	6201, 6205	Combined Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce and Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark Under Sections 8 and 9—Filed During the Statutory Period (paper)	1	825	825
2	7201, 7203, 7205, 7206	Combined Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce and Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark Under Sections 8 and 9—Filed During the Grace Period (electronic)	8,598	725	6,233,550
2	6201, 6203, 6205, 6206	Combined Declaration of Use of Mark in Commerce and Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark Under Sections 8 and 9—Filed During the Grace Period (paper)	1	1,225	1,225
2	7211	Issuing New Certificate of Registration (electronic)	97	100	9,700
2	6211	Issuing New Certificate of Registration (paper)	1	200	200
2	7212	Certificate of Correction, Registrant's Error (electronic)	6,421	100	642,100
2	6212	Certificate of Correction, Registrant's Error (paper)	1	200	200
3	7208	Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark Under Section 15 (electronic)	1,340	200	268,000
3	6208	Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark Under Section 15 (paper)	1	300	300
4	7205, 7208	Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Sections 8 and 15—Filed During the Statutory Period (electronic)	68,905	425	29,284,625
4	6205, 6208	Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Sections 8 and 15—Filed During the Statutory Period (paper)	1	625	625
4	7205, 7206, 7208	Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Sections 8 and 15—Filed During the Grace Period (electronic)	6,890	525	3,617,250
4	6205, 6206, 6208	Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability Under Sections 8 and 15—Filed During the Grace Period (paper)	1	825	825
6	7012	Section 7 Request (electronic)	6,499	250	1,624,750
6	6012	Section 7 Request (paper)	1	350	350
7	7012	Deletion of Goods or Services after submission and prior to acceptance of a section 8 affidavit (electronic)	2,805	250	701,250
7	6012	Deletion of Goods or Services after submission and prior to acceptance of a section 8 affidavit (paper)	1	350	350
8	7006	Request to Divide Registration (electronic)	3,160	100	316,000
8	6006	Request to Divide Registration (paper)	1	200	200
9	7210	Section 12(c) Affidavit (electronic)	1	100	100
9	6210	Section 12(c) Affidavit (paper)	1	200	200
Totals			258,520		103,717,950