Information Contacts
                                 Subject Index


General
Patents
Trademarks
List of Federal Government Holidays

   This alphabetical subject index is intended to provide ready access to
the contact point for obtaining the information or services which you
require from the Patent and Trademark Office. A GENERAL section of
categories relevant to both patents and trademarks is followed by separate
sections for PATENTS and TRADEMARKS.

                         This document was prepared by
            THE CENTER FOR PATENT AND TRADEMARK INFORMATION (CPTI)

                   Use Area Code 703 Unless Otherwise Noted

For general information call:

Automated Information                                                  557-INFO
HELP Line                                                              308-HELP

(Please note that the above lines provide general information only. All
other questions should be addressed to the appropriate program areas.)

If you experience problems in obtaining information or service, you are
encouraged to call the following numbers.

                                    PATENTS

             QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO TECHNICAL MATTERS:

                       Contact the appropriate Examining
                   Group or either of the following offices.

                          Office of Special Programs
                               305-9282 (voice)
                                308-6916 (FAX)

                              Office of Petitions
                               305-9282 (voice)
                                308-6916 (FAX)

             QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO CUSTOMER SERVICES:

                           Lawrence J. Goffney, Jr.
                      Assistant Commissioner for Patents
                               305-8800 (voice)
                                305-8825 (FAX)

                                  TRADEMARKS

             QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO TECHNICAL MATTERS:

                          TRADEMARK ASSISTANCE CENTER
                               308-9000 (voice)
                                308-7016 (FAX)

              QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE:
                             Philip G. Hampton II
                     Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
                               308-8900 (voice)
                                308-7220 (FAX)

                                    GENERAL

Assignment Recordation                                                 308-9723

Assignment Search Information

   Patent                                                              308-2768
   Trademark                                                           308-9800

Attorney's Roster                                                      308-5278

Automated Search Systems, Training
for Public                                                             308-3924

Building Services                                                      308-1837

Bulletin Board System (BBS)
   Information                                                         308-0322
   Modem                                                               308-8950

Cashier's Windows

   Patent Search Room                                                  308-0649
   South Tower                                                         308-9810

CD-ROM Products                                                        308-0322

Certified Copies of Patent and Trademark
Documents                                                              308-9726
                                                                 (FAX) 308-9759
Civil Rights                                                           305-8292
   Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
   (TDD)                                                               305-8059

Congressional Liaison                                                  305-9310

Copier Machine Access System Cards

   Cashier's Office (Patent Search Room)                               308-0649
   Encoder's Office (Patent Search Room)                               308-0077
   Cashier's Office (Trademark Search Library)                         308-9810
   Encoder's Office (Trademark Search Library)                         308-9809

Copies
   See listing under Patents or Trademarks

Coupon Orders (Patent and Trademark Copy
Sales)                                                                 308-0904

Deposit Accounts                                                       308-0902
                                                                 (FAX) 308-3491
   Balance Inquiry (Requires Touch-Tone
   Telephone)                                                     305-8735/8746

Address Only Deposit Account Remittances to:

Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 70541
Chicago, Ill. 60673

   OR

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box 16
Washington, D.C. 20231

Depository Libraries, Patent and Trademark (PTDLs)
   See Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

Disabled, Requests for Reasonable
Accommodation for                                                      305-8292

Electronic Information Center
   See Scientific and Technical Information Center

Employee Locator                                                       308-4455

Employment (Office of Human Resources)                                 305-8231

   Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
   (TDD)                                                               308-6645

Facsimile Access to PTO

Organization                                                         Fax Number

A/C for Patents                                                        305-8825
A/C for Trademarks                                                     308-7220
Application Processing Division                                        305-9863
Assignment Services (Refund/Status
Requests Only)                                                         308-7124
Biotechnology/Chemical Library                                         308-4496
Foreign Patent Copies                                                  308-1000
Foreign Documents Division                                             308-0989
Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences                                603-3541
Center for Quality Services                                            305-8002
Certification Services                                                 308-9759
Classification Operations                                              305-7769
Deposit Accounts                                                       308-3491
Law Office 3                                                           308-7182
Law Office 4                                                           308-7186
Law Office 5                                                           308-7185
Law Office 6                                                           308-7184
Law Office 7                                                           308-7187
Law Office 8                                                           308-7188
Law Office 9                                                           308-7189
Law Office 10                                                          308-7190
Law Office 11                                                          308-7191
Law Office 12                                                          308-7192
Law Office 13                                                          308-7193
Law Office 14                                                          308-7194
Law Office 15                                                          308-7195
Office of Enrollment & Discipline                                      308-5276
Office of Information Products Development                             308-0493
Office of Patent Programs Control                                      305-8825
Office of Petitions                                                    308-6916
Office of Planning and Evaluation                                      305-8525
Office of Special Program Examination                                  308-6916
Office of the Chief Information Officer                                305-9216
Patent Cooperation Treaty                                              305-3230
Patent and Trademark Copy Sales                                        305-8759
Patent Examining Group 1100                                            305-3599
Patent Examining Group 1200                                            308-4556
Patent Examining Group 1300                                            305-3601
Patent Examining Group 1500                                       305-3596/3612
Patent Examining Group 1800                                            305-4227
Patent Examining Group 2100                                            305-3432
Patent Examining Group 2200                                            305-3603
Patent Examining Group 2300                                            305-9564
Patent Examining Group 2400                                            305-3588
Patent Examining Group 2500                                            305-3594
Patent Examining Group 2600                                            305-9508
Patent Examining Group 2900                                            305-3599
Patent Examining Group 3100                                            305-7687
Patent Examining Group 3200                                            305-3762
Patent Examining Group 3300                                            305-3590
Patent Examining Group 3400                                            305-3463
Patent Examining Group 3500                                            305-3597
Patent Maintenance Fee Information                                     308-5077
Public Service Branch                                                  305-7786
Refunds                                                                305-8007
Scientific & Technical Information Center                              308-1000
Search & Information Resources Administration                         557-0668/
                                                                       308-6879
Special Processing and Correspondence Branch                           305-9863
Systems Quality & Enhancement Division                                 305-9216
Trademark Assistance Center (TAC)                                      308-7016
Trademark Post Registration                                            308-7196

Fees

   Rates                                                               308-HELP
   Receipts                                                            308-0904
                                                                 (FAX) 308-3491
   Refunds                                                             305-4229
                                                                 (FAX) 305-8007
                                                                 (TDD) 308-6695

File Histories

   Self-service Copies                                                 308-2733
   PTO-provided Copies                                                 308-9726

File Information Unit                                                  308-2733

Forms, Patent and Trademark                                            308-HELP
                                                                 (FAX) 305-7786

GATT/TRIPs Information                                           1-800-PTO-2224

Internet:                                   PTO Home Page http://www.uspto.gov/

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS)

Address Questions and Correspondence to:

JPTOS
Box 2600
Arlington, Va. 22202

Library
   See Scientific and Technical Information Center

Official Gazette, Subscription
(Government Printing Office)                                     (202) 512-1800

Official Gazette, Notices                                              305-8594

   Patents Available for Licensing or Sale                             305-8594

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP)                308-3924

For telephone numbers see Official Gazette (Notices) or call the PTDLP.

Procurement                                                            305-8014

   Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
   (TDD)                                                               305-8018

Project XL                                                             305-8341

   Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
   (TDD)                                                               305-8240

Public Affairs                                                         305-8341

Address Mail to:

Office of Public Affairs
Crystal Park 1, Suite 208B
Patent and Trademark Office
Washington, D.C. 20231

Public Search Facilities

Patents (Crystal Plaza 3, Rm. 1A03)                                    308-0595
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., EST/EDT)
Patent Image Retrieval (Crystal
Mall 1, Rm. 1A02)                                                      308-6001
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., EST/EDT)
Patent Assignments (Crystal Plaza 3, Rm. 2C03)                         308-2768
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST/EDT)
Trademarks (South Tower, Rm. 2B30)                                     308-9800
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST/EDT)
Trademark Assignments (South Tower, Rm. 2B10)                          308-9800
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST/EDT)

Public Service Windows

   Patent Search Room                                                  308-1057
   Trademark Search Library                                            308-9811

Publications, General Information                                      557-INFO

Scientific and Technical Information Center

   General                                                             308-0810
   Electrical/Mechanical Reference Assistance                          308-0810
   Chemical/Biotech Reference Assistance                               308-4506
   Electronic Information Center                                       308-5174
   Foreign Assistance                                                  308-1076
   Patents Law Library                                                 308-5300

Security                                                               305-8183

Solicitor                                                              305-9035

Address All Mail for the Office
of the Solicitor, EXCEPT
Communications Relating to
PENDING LITIGATION, to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box 8 Washington, D.C. 20231

Address All Mail Relating to
PENDING LITIGATION to:

Office of the Solicitor
P.O. Box 15667
Arlington, Va. 22215

Status, Patent or Trademark

   Patent Applications                                              Appropriate
     Examining Group or                                                308-1844
   Patents                                                             308-1844
   Trademark Applications                                              305-8747
   Trademark Registrations                                             305-8747

Technology Assessment and Forecast                                     308-0322

Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD)

   Office of Civil Rights                                              305-8059
   Office of Finance                                                   308-6695
   Office of Human Resources                                           308-6645
   Office of Procurement                                               305-8018
   Office of Public Records                                            308-7172
   Project XL                                                          305-8341
   Public Service Branch                                               305-7785

Training

   Employee/Career Development                                         305-8431
   Public Users of Automated Systems                                   308-3924

                                    PATENTS

Advance Orders of Patent Soft Copies,
Non-Receipt                                                            305-8237

AIDS-related Patents                                                   305-0322

Amendments                                          Appropriate Examining Group

Address Amendments After Final Rejection to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box AF
Washington, D.C. 20231

Address Rule 312 Amendments to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box Issue Fee
Washington, D.C. 20231

Address Non-Fee Amendments (except after final
rejection) to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box Non-Fee Amendment
Washington, D.C. 20231

Amino Acid Sequence Information Submissions (37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825)

   Sequence Rules                                                      308-1123
   CRF Submissions (STIC)                                              308-4212
   PatentIn Program Support (S&IRA)                                    308-6856

Applications

Address New Patent Applications to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box Patent Application
Washington, D.C. 20231

Applications for Admission to PTO
   Registration Examination                                308-5285 or 308-5316

Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box OED
Washington, D.C. 20231

   Examination                                      Appropriate Examining Group
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)-
   General Information                                                 305-3257
   Post-Examination                                                    305-8283
   Pre-Examination                                                     308-1202
   Re-Examination - General Information                                308-1203
   Status Inquiry of Pending
      Applications                                        Appropriate Examining
      Group or 308-1844
   Statutory Invention
   Registrations (SIRs)                                     Group 2200 308-0766

Assignments

   Changes Affecting Title of Pending Applications and
      Patented Files                                                   308-9723
   Recording Assignments                                               308-9723
   Refund and Status Requests (Only)                             (FAX) 308-7031
   Search Information                                                  308-2768

Attorney Roster File, on Diskette or Tape                              308-0555
   on CD-ROM                                                           308-0322

Attorney's Window
   See Public Service Window - Patent Search Room
   See Customer Window - Mail Room

Attorneys/Agents Registered to Practice
Before PTO                                                             308-5278

Attorneys, Conduct of                                      308-5285 or 308-5316

Cashier's Window (Patent Search Room)                                  308-0649

CASSIS/CD-ROM (Classification and Search Support
   Information
   System/Compact Disc - Read Only Memory)                             308-0322

CD-ROM Products                                                        308-0322

Certificates of Correction                                             305-8309

Certified Copies of Patent Documents                                   308-9726

Change of Address

   Pending Patent Applications                                      Appropriate
      Examining Group
   Issued Patents for Maintenance Fee
      Notification                                                     308-5069

Classification Definitions, Changes
   and Reclassification Orders (Sale of)                               305-6101

Classification of Published Patents                                    305-5951

Copies

   Abandoned File Histories
      Local Access for Public Copying                                  308-2733
      PTO-provided Copies                                              308-9726
   Abstracts of Title                                                  308-9726
                                                                 (FAX) 308-9759
   Advance Orders, Non-Receipt (Patent Copies)                         305-8237
   Applications As Filed                                               308-9726
   File Wrapper and Contents                                           308-9726
   Certified Copies of Patent Documents                                308-9726
                                                                 (FAX) 308-9759
   Certified Copies of Patent Assignment
   Documents                                                           308-9726
                                                                 (FAX) 308-9759
   Electronic Ordering Service (EOS)                                   305-8716
   Foreign Patents                                                     308-1076
   Patented File Histories
     Local Access for Public Copying                                   308-2733
     PTO-provided Copies                                               308-9726
   U.S. Patents                                                        305-8716

Address Orders for Certified Copies to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box 10
Washington, D.C. 20231

Customer Window (Mail Room - Crystal Plaza 2, Rm. 1B03)

   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to
   12:00 a.m., EST/EDT)                                                308-6472

Data Base Administration                                               308-0555

Depository Libraries, Patent and Trademark (PTDLs)
See Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

Disclaimers                                                            305-8408

Disclosure Document Program                                            308-0995

Drawing Corrections                                                    305-8404

Duty of Disclosure Matters                                             305-9282

Examining Groups

   Chemical Examining Groups

      Group 1100                                                       308-0661
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3599
      Group 1200                                                       308-1235
                                                                 (FAX) 308-4556
      Group 1300                                                       308-0651
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3601
      Group 1500                                                       308-2351
                                                     (FAX) 305-3596 or 305-3612
      Group 1800                                                       308-0196
                                                                 (FAX) 308-4227

   Electrical Examining Groups

       Group 2100                                                      308-1782
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3432
       Group 2200                                                      308-0511
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3603
       Group 2300                                                      305-9600
                                                                 (FAX) 305-9564
       Group 2400                                                      308-0771
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3588
       Group 2500                                                      308-0956
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3594
       Group 2600                                                      305-4700
                                                                 (FAX) 305-9508
       Group 2900                                                      305-3291
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3599
   Mechanical Examining Groups

       Group 3100                                                      308-1113
                                                                 (FAX) 305-7687
       Group 3200                                                      308-1148
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3762
       Group 3300                                                      308-0858
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3590
       Group 3400                                                      308-0861
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3463
       Group 3500                                                      308-2168
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3597
Fees

   Rates                                                               308-HELP
   Receipts                                                            308-0904
                                                                 (FAX) 308-3491
Refunds                                                                305-4229
                                                                 (FAX) 305-8007
                                                                 (TDD) 308-6695

File Wrapper Continuation Applications                                 308-1202

Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box FWC
Washington, D.C. 20231

Files (File Information)

   Abandoned File Histories                                            308-2733
   Patented File Histories                                             308-2733
   Pending Patent Applications                                         308-2733

Filing Receipt Corrections                                             308-3610

Foreign Patents

   Copies                                                              308-1076
   Reference assistance
     (Hours: Weekdays, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
     EST/EDT)                                                          308-1076
   Translations                                                        308-0881

Forms                                                                  308-HELP
                                                                 (FAX) 305-7786
   PCT (Help Desk)                                                     308-4129

Information Products Development                                       308-0322

Inspection of Patent Files                                             308-2733

Interferences                                                          603-3361

Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box Interference
Washington, D.C. 20231

Inventors

   Correction of Error in Joining Inventors
      Applications                             Appropriate Examiner or 305-9282
      Patents                             Appropriate Group Art Unit Supervisor
   Deceased, Filing Applications for                                   305-9282

Issue Fee                                                              305-8495

Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box Issue Fee
Washington, D.C. 20231

License (Request to file patent application
   abroad)                                                             308-1722

Maintenance Fees                                           308-5068 or 308-5069
                                                                 (FAX) 308-5077
Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box M Fee
Washington, D.C. 20231

Manual of Classification
   General Information and Index to                                    305-6101

   Manual, Sale of

Address Inquiries to:

Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402
(202) 512-1800

   Subclass Listing, Sale of                                           308-0322
   Subclass Subscriptions, Sale of                                     305-8594

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)                            305-8813

   Sale of or Subscription to

Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402
(202) 512-1800

   Sale of or Subscription to MPEP
      on Diskette or CD-ROM                                            308-0322

Notice of Allowance                                 Appropriate Examining Group

Notice of Appeal

   Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences                           603-3361
   Court of Appeals for the Federal
      Circuit (CAFC)                                                   305-9035

Nucleic Acid Information Submissions (37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825)

   Sequence Rules                                                      308-1123
   CRF Submissions (STIC)                                              308-4212
   PatentIn Program Support (S&IRA)                                    308-6856

Official Gazette, Subscriptions
       Government Printing Office                                (202) 512-1800

Official Searches (for lost patent or
   trademark files)                                                    308-1844

Patent and Trademark Depository
   Library Program (PTDLP)                                             308-3924

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)                                        305-3257
                                                                 (FAX) 305-3230

Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box PCT
Washington, D.C. 20231


Patent Documentation Society (PDS)                                     305-5085

Patent Grant, Non-Receipt                                              305-8203

Patent Index                                                           305-5951

Patent Products on Magnetic Tape                                       308-0555

Patent Term Extension                                                  305-9282

Patented Files                                                         308-2733

PatentIn Software Program                                              308-6856

Petitions

   Abandonment, Withdrawal of
      Examiner's Holding of                         Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Access to Application Files                        Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Amendment
      After Payment of Issue
      Fee                                           Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

      Refusal to Enter an
      Amendment                                     Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director
   Appeals

      Reinstate, Appeal Dismissed
      by Group                                            Appropriate Examining
                                                                 Group Director

   Application
      Acceptance of When
         Filed by Other Than
         Inventor                                     Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Assignments and Issuance of
      Patents to Assignees                                  Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Attorney, Withdrawal of
      During Prosecution                            Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Attorney, Withdrawal of in
      Patented Cases                                           Office of Public
                                                               Records 308-7112

   Certificates of Correction,
      Refusal to Issue                                      Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282
   Concurrent Ex Parte and/or
      Inter Partes Proceedings                      Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3300

   Disclaimers                                              Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Divisional Reissue                                 Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Examiner's Requirements or Holdings,
      Review of                                     Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Questions in Cases Before
      the CAFC                                               Solicitor 305-9035

   Express Abandonment After
      Issue Fee Payment                                     Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Expunge Papers                                     Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Extensions of Time

      In Court Matters                                       Solicitor 305-9035

      During Pendency in
      Group                                         Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   During Pendency at Board of
      Patent Appeals and
      Interferences                                 Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3361

   To Appeal to the CAFC or
      Commence a Civil Action                                Solicitor 305-9035

   Filing Date                                        Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Final Rejection, Premature                       Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Interferences

      Institute an Interference                     Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Access to Applications, Unopened
      Preliminary Statements                        Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3300

   From Action by a Primary
      Examiner or an Interlocutory
      Action                                        Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3300

      Late Settlement Papers                        Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3300

   Priority Papers in Patent
      Application                                   Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3300

      Reconsideration of Decision
         on Motion                                  Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3300

   Issuance, Defer                                          Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Late Payment
      Issue Fee                                             Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

      Maintenance Fee                                       Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   License to File in Foreign
      Countries                                            Director, Group 2200
                                                                       308-1721

   Limited Recognition to Prosecute
      Specified Application(s)                          Committee on Enrollment
                                                                       308-9618

   Make Special
      Prospective Manufacture,
      Infringement                                    Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

      Within Jurisdiction of Board of Patent
         Appeals and Interferences                      Board of Patent Appeals
                                                     and Interferences 603-3361

   Applicant's Age or Health,
      Environmental Quality Program,
      Special Examining Procedure
      (accelerated examination),
      Energy Program, Recombinant DNA,
      Superconductivity                             Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
      Applications                                           PCT Legal Division
                                                                       308-6515

   Petitions, Office of                                                305-9282
                                                                 (FAX) 308-6916

   Priority Papers, Return of                       Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Priority Papers, After Payment
      of Issue Fee                                          Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Public Use Proceedings                             Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Rehearing, Reconsideration, or
      Modification of Board
      Decision                                      Board of Patent Appeals and
                                                         Interferences 603-3361

   Rejection, Premature Final                       Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Reopen Prosecution After Decision
      by Board of Patent Appeals and
      Interferences                                 Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Restriction Requirement                          Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Revive an Abandoned Application                          Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Statutory Invention Registrations (SIRs)                          Group 2200
                                                                       308-0766

   Supervisory Authority of
      Commissioner, Invoke in Matters
      Concerning the Patent
      Examining Operation                                   Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Suspension of Action,
      Second or Subsequent                          Appropriate Examining Group
                                                                       Director

   Suspension of Rules Relating to the
      Examining of Patent Applications                      Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

   Withdraw from Issue                                      Office of Petitions
                                                                       305-9282

Protest Against Pending Patent Applications                            305-9282

Public Service Window (Patent Search Room)                             308-1057

Reclassification Orders, Sale of                                       305-6101

Reconstruction of Files                                                308-9726

Record Room (Patented and Abandoned Files)
   See Files.

Reexaminations

Address Mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box Reexam
Washington, D.C. 20231

   General Questions                                                   308-1202
   Reexamination
      Examiners                                     Appropriate Examining Group
   Reexamination Petitions                            Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Reexamination Pre-processing                                        308-1202

Refunds
   See Fees.

Reissues

   Divisional                                         Office of Special Program
                                                           Examination 305-9282

   Specific Applications                            Appropriate Examining Group

Address Reissue Applications for Patents Involved in
Litigation and Subsequently Filed Related Papers to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box 7
Washington, D.C. 20231

Search Facility, Patent Image Retrieval
(Crystal Mall 1, Rm. 1A02)

   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to
      8:00 p.m., EST/EDT)                                              308-6001

Search Room, Patent
(Crystal Plaza
3, Rm. 1A03)                                                           308-0595
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., EST/EDT)

Search Room, Patent Assignment
   (Crystal Plaza 3, Rm. 2C03)                                         308-2768

   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to
      5:00 p.m., EST/EDT)                                              308-2768

Secrecy Orders                                                         308-1720

Sequence Information Submissions (37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825)

   Sequence Rules                                                      308-1123
   CRF Submissions (STIC)                                              308-4212
   PatentIn Program Support (S&IRA)                                    308-6856

Simultaneous Issuances                                                 305-8594

Status of Patent Files in Official Search Status                       308-1844

Statutory Invention Registrations (SIRs)                               308-0766

Subclass Listings                                                      308-0322

Subscription Information

   CD-ROM Products                                                     308-0322
   MPEP on CD-ROM or Diskette                                          308-0322
   MPEP (Paper Version)                              Government Printing Office
                                                                 (202) 512-1800
   Official Gazette                                  Government Printing Office
                                                                 (202) 512-1800
   Patent and Trademark Office
      Notices                                        Government Printing Office
                                                                 (202) 512-1800
   Patent Copy Sales                                                   305-8716
   Subclass                                                            305-8594

Technology Assessment and Forecast Program
   Patent Statistics                                                   308-0322

Terminal Disclaimers

   General                                                             305-8408
   To Overcome Obvious-Type Double Patenting
      Rejection                                     Appropriate Examining Group

Training for Public Users, Automated
   Search Systems                                                      308-3924

Translations
   See Foreign Patents.

                                  TRADEMARKS

Affidavits

   Of Use (Section 8)                                    Post-Registration Team
                                                                       308-9500
   Of Incontestability (Section 15)                      Post-Registration Team
                                                                       308-9500
   Correction to Registration                            Post-Registration Team
   (Section 7)                                                         308-9500

Amendments

   After Publication or Allowance                          Quality Review Clerk
                                                                       308-9400
                                                                (Exts. 37 & 38)
   After Registration                                    Post-Registration Team
                                                                       308-9500
   General Information                              Trademark Assistance Center
                                                                       308-9000
   Specific Pending Application                          Appropriate Law Office

Appeals

   Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
      Final Refusal by Examining Attorney                              308-9300

Applications

Address New Trademark Applications to:

Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
Box NEW APP/FEE
2900 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Va. 22202-3513

   Examination                                           Appropriate Law Office
      Informal Applications                                  308-9400 (Ext. 10)
   General Information                              Trademark Assistance Center
                                                                       308-9000
   Post-Examination                                                    308-9400
   Power of Attorney
      Re Pending Applications                            Appropriate Law Office
   Pre-Examination                                           308-9400 (Ext. 10)
   Status of Pending Applications                          305-8747 or 308-9000
   Status of Registered Files                              305-8747 or 308-9000

Assignments

   Changes Affecting Title of Pending
      Application Files and of Registered Files          308-9723
   Recording Assignments          308-9723
   Refund and Status Requests (Only)          (FAX)308-7124
   Search Information          308-9800

Assistance Center, Trademarks (TAC)                                    308-9000

Cancellations

   Registration                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal
                                                                 Board 308-9300
   Voluntary Surrender of
      Registration                                       Post-Registration Team
                                                                       308-9500

Cashier's Window (Trademark Search Library)                            308-9810

CD-ROM Products                                                        308-0322

Certificates of Correction                                             308-9500
                                                                      (Ext. 47)

Certified Copies of Trademark Documents                                308-9726
                                                                 (FAX) 308-9759

Classification of Goods and Services

   Specific Application                                  Appropriate Law Office
   General Information                                                 308-9000

Concurrent Use Proceeding                            Trademark Trial and Appeal
                                                                 Board 308-9300

Copies

   Certified Copies of Assignment Documents                            308-9726
   Certificates of Non-Registration for Kuwait                         308-9500
   Certified Copies of Registrations (Status Copies)                   308-9726
   Certified Copies of Trademark Registrations                         308-9726
   Certified Copies of Trademark Related
      Documents                                                        308-9726
                                                                 (FAX) 308-9759
   Electronic Ordering Service (Trademark
      Copy Sales)                                                      305-8716

Address Requests for Electronic Ordering Service to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box 11
Washington, D.C. 20231

   Pending Application Files                                           308-9726
   Printed Copies of Registrations
     (Trademark Copy Sales)                                            305-8716
   Status Copies of Registrations                                      308-9726
   Title Records (for applications and registrations)                  308-9726

Address Orders for Certified Copies to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box 10
Washington, DC 20231

Corrections

   Pending Applications                                  Appropriate Law Office
   Registrations                                                       308-9500

Depository Libraries, Patent and Trademark (PTDLs)
   See Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

Fees

   Rates                                                               308-HELP
   Receipts                                                            308-0904
                                                                 (FAX) 308-3491
   Refunds                                                             305-4229
                                                                 (FAX) 305-8007
                                                                 (TDD) 308-6695

Files

   Pending Trademark Applications                        Appropriate Law Office

Filing Receipts

   Corrections                                                         308-9400
                                                       (Exts. 44, 45, 47, & 48)
   Specific Information Regarding
      Filing Receipt                                                   308-9400
                                                   (Exts. 45, 46, 47, 48, & 49)

Forms, Trademark                                                       308-9000
                                                                             or
                                                                       308-HELP
                                                                 (FAX) 305-7786

Input Records and Control                                              308-9730

Law Offices

   (No Law Offices 1 nor 2)

   Law Office 3                                                        308-9103
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7182
   Law Office 4                                                        308-9104
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7186
   Law Office 5                                                        308-9105
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7185
   Law Office 6                                                        308-9106
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7184
   Law Office 7                                                        308-9107
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7187
   Law Office 8                                                        308-9108
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7188
   Law Office 9                                                        308-9109
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7189
   Law Office 10                                                       308-9110
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7190
   Law Office 11                                                       308-9111
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7191
   Law Office 12                                                       308-9112
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7192
   Law Office 13                                                       308-9113
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7193
   Law Office 14                                                       308-9114
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7194
   Law Office 15                                                       308-9115
                                                                 (FAX) 308-7195

Mail

   Address "Intent-to-Use" Documents, Except Initial
   Applications and Amendments to Allege Use, to:

   Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
   Box ITU/FEE
   2900 Crystal Drive
   Arlington, Va. 22202-3513

New Certificates                                                       308-9400

Official Gazette, Subscriptions
Government Printing Office                                       (202) 512-1800

Oppositions                                                            308-9300

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP)                308-3924

Petitions

   Abandoned Application, To Revive                        Paralegal Specialist
                                                                       308-8900
   Application, To Make Special                    Petitions and Classification
                                                            Attorney   308-8900
   All Other Trademark                            Trademark Legal Administrator
                                                                       308-8900
Post-Registration Information                                          308-9500

Protests, Letters of                               Petitions and Classification
                                                            Attorney   308-8900

Public Service Window (Trademark
   Search Library)                                                     308-9811

Reconstruction of Files                                                308-9400
                                                                (Exts. 37 & 38)
Refunds
   See Fees

Renewal, Registrations                                                 308-9500

Search Library (South Tower, Rm. 2B30)

   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to
      5:30 p.m., EST/EDT)                                              308-9800

Search Room, Trademark Assignment (South Tower, Rm. 2B10)

   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to
     5:30 p.m., EST/EDT)                                               308-9800

Status of Registrations and Applications via
   Automated Voice System
     (Requires Touch-Tone Telephone. Hours: Weekdays,
     6:30 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, EST/EDT)                             305-8747

Subscription Information

   Official Gazette                                  Government Printing Office
                                                                 (202) 512-1800

Trademark Manual of Examining
   Procedure (TMEP)                                                    308-9000

Trademark Products on Magnetic Tape                                    308-0555

Training for Public Users, Automated
   Search Systems                                                      308-3924

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