24284 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 79 / Monday, April 25, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Madrid Protocol 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

the following information collection 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

USPTO invites comment on this 

information collection renewal, which 

helps the USPTO assess the impact of 

its information collection requirements 

and minimize the public’s reporting 

burden. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on February 9, 2022 during a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

Title: Madrid Protocol. 

OMB Control Number: 0651–0051. 

Needs and Uses: 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. 

Forms: 

• PTO/1663 (Declaration of Continued 

Use/Excusable Nonuse of Mark in 

Commerce Under Section 71) 

• PTO/1683 (Combined Declaration of 

Continued Use/Excusable Nonuse and 

Incontestability Under Sections 71 

and 15) 

• PTO/2131 (Application for 

International Registration) 

• PTO/2132 (Application for 

Subsequent Designation) 

• PTO/2133 (Response to Notice of 

Irregularity) 

• PTO/2314 (Replacement Request) 

• PTO/2315 (Transformation Request) 

• PTO/2316 (Petition to Director to 

Review Denial of Certification of 

International Application) 

• PTO/2317 (Petition to Director for an 

International Application/ 

Registration) 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector; 

individuals or households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 54,082 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 54,082 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public between 40 minutes (0.66 hours) 

and 75 minutes (1.25 hours) to 

complete. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, create 

the document, and submit the 

completed request to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 48,671 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $21,516,380. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 0651–0051. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0051 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08725 Filed 4–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

[CEQ–2022–0002] 

Climate and Economic Justice 

Screening Tool Beta Version 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of extension for request 

for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: On February 23, 2022, the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

published a request for information 

(RFI) to solicit feedback on the beta 

version of the Climate and Economic 

Justice Screening Tool. This notice 

extends the deadline date for receiving 

comments until May 25, 2022. 

DATES: Responses to this RFI should be 

received by May 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CEQ– 

2022–0002, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–456–6546. 

• Mail: Council on Environmental 

Quality, 730 Jackson Place NW, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name, ‘‘Council on 

Environmental Quality,’’ and the docket 

number, CEQ–2022–0002, for this RFI. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Do not 


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