Correspondence
- Technical Corrections Act of 2002 Rules Change (30Dec2002)
Design Codes
- Design Search Code Elements Report to Congress (04Jun2007)
- Modifications to Design Search Codes (1Jan2007)
Examination Procedure
- Clarification of TEAS Response to Office Action Response Signature Options (8Mar2007)
- Change in Co-Pending Application Policy (17Mar2006)
Madrid Protocol
- Madrid Notices of Irregularity
- Notice Regarding Certain Requests for Extension of Protection Under Trademark Act § 66(a)
Paper Documents
- Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Trademark- Related Papers That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration System [TEXT] [PDF] (25Jan2012)
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA [PDF] (28Jun2007)
- USPTO Will Cease Creating Paper Copies of Various Trademark Related Documents (12Apr2004)
- Notice re: Contents of Paper Files and Public Access to Paper Files (12Mar2004)
Postal Interruptions & USPTO Closings
Post Publication Amendment
Registration & Post Registration
- USPTO to Issue Courtesy Email Reminders of Registration Maintenance Filing Deadlines (24Oct2014)
- Post Registration Proof of Use Pilot Status Report [Word] (July 2014)
- Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [TEXT] [PDF] (22May2012)
- Coding of Design Marks in Registrations [TEXT] [PDF] (02Mar2011)
- Examples of Reformatted Registration Certificate [PDF] (28August2009)
- Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate [PDF](16July2009)
- Post Registration: Changes to Requirements for Maintaining Trademark Registrations (28Oct1999)
TMEP
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