# 2026-19613: Trademark Fights Get Form Tweaks—USPTO Seeks Feedback

2026-19613, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Patent and Trademark Office published 2026-09-25, effective To ensure consideration, you must submit comments regarding this information collection on or before October 26, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-02).

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- As of: 2026-10-02
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19613
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Patent and Trademark Office
- Citation: 91 FR 60938
- Published: 2026-09-25
- Effective: To ensure consideration, you must submit comments regarding this information collection on or before October 26, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-26
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-02

## In one line

Trademark Fights Get Form Tweaks—USPTO Seeks Feedback

## Summary

The USPTO is asking for public feedback on its paperwork rules for the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). This helps make sure the forms are easy to use and don’t waste anyone’s time. If you’re involved in trademarks, now’s your chance to comment before October 26, 2026, with no new fees or big changes planned.

## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter "USPTO" or "Agency") 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 comments on the information collection renewal of 0651-0040, which helps the USPTO assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden to the public. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 10, 2026, during a 60-day comment period (91 FR 35180). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

## Effects PRIA read

- TTAB filings must be submitted electronically: cost, medium. If you file petitions, notices, extensions, or other papers in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) inter partes or ex parte proceedings, the information collection must be submitted electronically through TTAB’s electronic filing system using the forms provided there.
- Large time and monetary burden for TTAB filings: cost, high. Filing TTAB actions affects many private-sector filers: the USPTO estimates 44,550 annual respondents and 76,000 annual responses; each response takes about 0.17 to 21 hours to prepare; total annual respondent burden is 1,016,891 hours and the estimated total annual respondent non-hourly cost burde…
- TTAB filings become public record: benefit, low. Responses submitted in this information collection are a matter of public record and are used by the public for private business purposes related to establishing and enforcing trademark rights.

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## Sources
- [2026-19613 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/25/2026-19613/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for)
- [2026-19613 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-25/pdf/2026-19613.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19613 (as of 2026-10-02).