June 25, 2004

Trademark Daily XML Files - Weekly Status Report

The following is a status update for all inquiries.

Inquiries can be made to: Ed Johnson at Ed.Johnson@uspto.gov - (703) 306-2621 or Jazmin Rexrode at Jazmin.Rexrode@uspto.gov - (703) 306-2626 or sent to OEIP@uspto.gov.

*The format of the Weekly Status Report will appear as follows:
1. Each inquiry is given a USPTO Control # for tracking purposes.
2. The summary portion of “Status of Inquiries” will be “grouped” by the current status.
3. The detail portion of the report will be in sequence Control # (for easier reference).

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Any inquiries that require additional research and/or response are considered outstanding inquiries and will appear in red, bold and italicized.

Inquiries that have been resolved will have the resolution in black, bold, italicized and underlined.

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"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is processing paper Madrid filings within a week of receipt and electronic applications within hours. Information is generally viewable on the USPTO website within 24 hours of the completion of Trademark processing. In addition to the work done on Madrid filings at the USPTO, there is also processing at the International Bureau of WIPO. Thus, in certain circumstances pendency is influenced by any backlogs that might develop at WIPO."

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06/25/2004:

All Trademark Daily Files were available for FTP dissemination in a timely manner the week ending 06/25/2004.

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Status of Inquiries:

06/25/2004:

Inquiries (Control #16, Control #21, Control #41 and Control # 55) are being consolidated as Control # 61 and will identify the requirements for the Daily Application File to support the appropriate information that is present on the TESS and TARR data bases.

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Closed - 06/25/2004: Control #62

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Inquiry - 06/25/2004: (Control #61)

Requirements for the Daily Application File to support the appropriate
information that is present on the TESS and TARR data bases:

*Include the Madrid Protocol Information that is present for U.S.
Applications/Registrations that are requesting protection through the
International Bureau (IB) – (Allowing for multiple occurrences and Madrid
History).

*Use of the 2-position country code as defined by the World Intellectual
Property Organizational (WIPO) Standard ST. 3.

*Provide all status code changes on a daily basis that are now only
received in the Monthly Status File.

This requirement is currently being analyzed. A schedule for
deployment/parallel and production will be announced.
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Inquiry - 06/25/2004: (Control #62)

Application 76549909 appeared on the 2003 Trademark Retrospective
Live File without any Prosecution History information but there are 2
Prosecution History events for this application present on the USPTO
TARR data base.

The 2003 Trademark Retrospective Live File contained the status of
trademark applications through March 12, 2004.

The 2 Prosecution History events were dated March 30, 2004 and
March 31, 2004 respectively and were present on the March 2004
Monthly Status File that was disseminated April 6, 2004.

It is imperative that once the Trademark Retrospective Live File is
used that it is continually updated with subsequent Application Daily
Files and each subsequent Monthly Status File.

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If you have any questions or need additional information please contact one of the following individuals:

Ed Johnson	Jazmin Rexrode
Office of Electronic Information Products	Office of Electronic Information Products
(703) 306-2621	(703) 306-2626
(703) 306-2737 Fax	(703) 306-2737 Fax
Ed.Johnson@uspto.gov	Jazmin.Rexrode@uspto.gov

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