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Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Parking, Colonial Parking 703-683-3140    
Patent Academy
    See  Training Facility, Madison West
     
Patent and Trademark Office Documents
  (Certified or Uncertified)
571-272-3150
800-972-6382
571-273-3250  
Patent and Trademark Depository Library
Program (PTDLP)
571-272-5750 571-273-0088  
Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) Technical Support 571-272-4100
866-217-9197
   
Patent Applications
   See  Applications, Patent
     
Patent Assignments
   See  Assignments
     
Patent Assistance Center (PAC)
   See  Inventor's Assistance Center
     
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)      
  Director of Operations 571-272-4300 571-273-3201  
  PCT Help Desk (also Forms) 571-272-4300 571-273-0419  
  Office of PCT Legal Administration 571-272-4300 571-273-0459  
Patent Copies (Certified or Uncertified)
   See  Copies
     
Patent Examining Groups
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center
     
Patent Electronic Business Center
(P-EBC) Customer Service Center

Send e-mail to: ebc@uspto.gov
571-272-4100
866-217-9197
571-273-0177  
Patent Electronic Filing System
Send e-mail to: efs@uspto.gov
     
Patent Filing Receipt
   See  Filing Receipt, Patent
     


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Patent Grant, Non-Receipt 703-308-9250, ext.129 571-273-8300  
Patent Products on Magnetic Tape 571-272-5600 571-273-0110  
Patent Programs Control, Office of 703-305-9182 703-308-5548  
  Abandonment, Withdrawal for Failure to Pay Issue Fee 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  Abandonment, Withdrawal for Failure
 to Perfect Drawings
571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  Advance Orders of Patent Soft Copies, Non-Receipt 703-308-9250, ext.129 571-273-8300  
  Corrections, Patents (Certificates of Correction, Patents) 703-305-8309 703-308-6672  
  Customer Service (Image Assistance Center) 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  Drawing Corrections, Patents 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  Estimated Publication Date 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
   
  General Information 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  License or Sale Notices (of Patents) in Official Gazette 703-308-9250, ext.143 571-273-8300  
  Official Gazette Notices, Patents 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  Patent Grant, Non-Receipt 703-308-9250, ext.129 571-273-8300  
  Pre-Grant Publication/18-month Publication under AIPA 703-605-4283 703-305-8568  
Patent Quality Assurance, Office of 703-305-9100 703-305-9265  
Patent Search Room
   See  Search Facility, Public
     
Patent Statistics 571-272-5600 571-273-0110  
Patent Subscription Information (copies of every patent issued every Tuesday for a particular subclass) 571-272-4200
888-786-0101
571-273-8300  
  Patent Technology Centers      
  Patent Technology Monitoring Division
Send e-mail to: ipd@uspto.gov
571-272-5600 571-273-0110  
Patent Term Adjustment (or Extension) 571-272-7702    
Patent Training
    See  Training Facility, Madison West
     
Patented Files 703-308-2733    
  PatentIn Software Program Support (SIRA) 571-272-2510 571-273-0221  
  Technical Assistance 571-272-2510 571-273-0221  
PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)
   See Patent Cooperation Treaty
     


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Patent 571-272-3282 571-273-0025  
Abandonment, Withdrawal of Examiner's Holding of 571-272-3282    
Abandonment, Withdrawal for Failure to Pay Issue Fee 571-272-4200 703-308-5065  
Abandonment, Withdrawal for Failure to Perfect Drawings 571-272-4200 703-308-5065  
Access to Application Files 571-272-7701    
Amendment After Payment of Issue Fee
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Amendment, Refusal to Enter
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Appeals Reinstated, Appeal Dismissed by Technology Center
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Attorney, Withdrawal of During Prosecution 571-272-3282    


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Patent (continued)      
Certificates of Correction, Refusal to Issue
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Concurrent Ex Parte and/or Inter Partes Proceedings 571-272-9797    
Disclaimers to Overcome Rejection
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Examiner's Requirements or Holdings, Review of
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Expunge Papers
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Extensions of Time      
   During Pendency at Board of Patent Appeals and
  Interferences
571-272-9797    
       During Pendency in Technology Center
       See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
  To Appeal to the CAFC or Commence a Civil Action 571-272-9035    
  In Court Matters 571-272-9035    
Filing Date 571-272-3282    
Final Rejection, Premature
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Patent (continued)      
Interferences      
  Access to Applications, Unopened Preliminary
 Statements
571-272-9797    
  From Action by a Primary Examiner or an Interlocutory 571-272-9797    
  Institute an Interference
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
  Late Settlement Papers 571-272-9797    
  Priority Papers in Patent Application 571-272-9797    
  Reconsideration of Decision on Motion 571-272-9797    
Issuance, Defer 571-272-3282    
Late Payment      
   Issue Fee 571-272-3282    
   Maintenance Fee 571-272-3282    
License to File in Foreign Countries
   See Director,  Patent Technology Center 3600
     
Limited Recognition to Prosecute Specified Application(s)
   See  Enrollment and Discipline
     


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Patent (continued)      
Make Special      
  Within Jurisdiction of Board of Patent Appeals and
 Interferences
571-272-9797    
    Based Upon Age or Health of Applicant 571-272-3282    
    All others
    See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Multiple Reissue Applications 571-272-4200    


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Patent (continued)      
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Applications 571-272-3299 571-273-3299  
Priority Papers, After Payment of Issue Fee      
Priority Papers, Return of
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Public Use Proceedings      
Rehearing, Reconsideration, or Modification of Board Decision 571-272-9797    
Rejection, Premature Final
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Reopen Prosecution After Decision by Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Restriction Requirement
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Revive an Abandoned Application 571-272-4200    


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Patent (continued)      
Statutory Invention Registrations (SIRs)
   See  Patent Technology Center 3600
     
Supervisory Authority of Commissioner, Invoke in Matters Concerning the Patent Examining Operation 571-272-3282    
Suspension of Action, Second or Subsequent
   See Appropriate  Patent Technology Center Director
     
Suspension of Rules Relating to the Examining of Patent 571-272-3282    
Withdraw from Issue 571-272-3282    


Subject Telephone Fax TTY
Petitions, Trademark      
  General 571-272-8950 571-273-8950  
  Status      
Post-Registration Information, Trademarks 571-272-9500 571-273-9500  
Pre-Examination, Office of (Trademark) 571-272-9401 571-273-9401  
Pre-Grant Publication Division
See Application Assistance Center  
571-272-4200    
Presentation Patent 571-272-3150
800-972-6382
   
Press-Related Questions
   See  Office of Public Affairs
     
Program Control, Office of (Trademark) 571-272-7200 571-273-7200  
Provisional Applications for Patent, General Information 800-786-9199
  571-272-9950
Public Affairs 571-272-8400 571-273-0340  
Public Records 571-272-3150    
Public Search Facility
   See  See Search Facility, Public
     
Public Service Window, Patents
   See  Customer Service Window (Patents)
     
Public Service Window, Trademarks
   See  Trademark Assistance Center   
     
Publications (USPTO), General Information 800-786-9199
571-272-1000
571-273-3245 571-272-9950
US Department of Commerce
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