		      SPECIAL MAIL STOPS FOR PATENT MAIL

   Effective May 1, 2003, the United States Patent and Trademark Office
has a new address for some mail. See Correspondence with the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, 68 Fed. Reg. 14332 (March 25, 2003). The mail 
stop should generally appear as the first line in the address, but the term 
"Mail Stop" may be abbreviated "MS". Special mail stop designations
should be used to allow forwarding of particular types of mail to the
appropriate area as quickly as possible. Such mail may be forwarded to
the appropriate area without being opened. Only the specified type of
document should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these
special mail stops. If any documents other than the specified type
identified for each special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop,
they will be significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for
which they are intended. If no mail stop is included on the list below, 
then no mail stop is required for the correspondence (e.g., there is no 
mail stop for amendments with fees).

   Requests for a corrected filing receipt should be faxed to 
(703) 746-9195. Some correspondence may only be submitted via the Office's 
electronic filing system (EFS). Instructions on how to file and what can be 
filed via EFS are posted on the Office's Internet Web site 
http://www.uspto.gov under the Electronic Business Center section.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal
Service (USPS) as follows:


	Mail Stop ____ 
	Commissioner for Patents
	P.O. Box 1450 
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   Please address mail to be delivered by other delivery services (Federal 
Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows:

	U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
	2011 South Clark Place
	Customer Window, Mail Stop ___
	Crystal Plaza Two, Lobby, Room 1B03
	Arlington, Virginia 22202


Mail Stop Designations	Explanation

Mail Stop 12		Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)	Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw 
			a patent application from issue after
			payment of the issue fee and any papers 
			associated with the petition, including 
			papers necessary for a continuing 
			application or a request for continued examination 
			(RCE).

Mail Stop AF		Amendments and other responses after final 
			rejection, other than an appeal brief.
Mail Stop Appeal	For appeal briefs under 37 CFR 1.192 or reply 
 Brief-Patents		briefs under 37 CFR 1.193(a).

Mail Stop		For fee and petitions under 37 CFR 1.182 to obtain 
 Application		date received and/or application number for patent 
 Number			applications prior to the Office's standard 
			notification (return post card. or the official 
			"Filing Receipt", "Notice to File Missing Parts", 
			or "Notice of Incomplete Application"). 

Mail Stop		Public comments regarding patent related 
 Comments-Patents	regulations and procedures.

Mail Stop Conversion	Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a
			nonprovisional application to a provisional 
			application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3) 
			to convert a provisional application to a 
			nonprovisional application. 

Mail Stop CPA		Requests for Continued Prosecution Applications
			under 37 CFR 1.53(d) for design patent
 			applications. Note that CPAs cannot be filed in
			utility or plant applications.

Mail Stop DD		Disclosure Documents or materials related to the 
			Disclosure Document Program. (A disclosure 
			document is NOT an information disclosure 
			statement.) Instead of filing a disclosure 
			document, inventors are encouraged to file a 
			provisional patent application.

Mail Stop Design 	The filing of all design patent applications that 
			do not request expedited examination under 37 CFR 
			1.55. 

Mail Stop EBC		Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
 			Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer 
			Numbers, and Requests for Customer Number Data
			Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 
			125A, respectively) and Customer Number Upload 
			Spreadsheets and Cover Letters.

Mail Stop Expedited	Only to be used for the initial filing of design
 Design			applications accompanied by a request for
			expedited examination under 37 CFR 1.155.
			(Design applicants seeking expedited examination
			may alternatively file a design application and 
			corresponding request under 37 CFR 1.155 by 
			hand-delivering the application papers and request 
			directly to the Design Group Director's office.)

Mail Stop ILS		Correspondence relating to international patent 
			classification, exchanges and standards.

Mail Stop Issue Fee	All communications following the receipt of a 
			PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s) Due", and 
			prior to the issuance of a patent should be 
			addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee, unless advised to 
			the contrary. Issue fee payments can also be faxed 
			to (703)746-4000. Assignments are the exception.
			Assignments (with cover sheets) should be faxed to
			(703)306-5995 or submitted in a separate envelope 
			and be sent to Mail Stop Assignment Recordation 
			Services, Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark 
			Office as shown below. 

Mail Stop Missing 	Replies to OIPE notices such as the Notice 
 Parts		 	of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected
			Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete  
			Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide 
			Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing
			Parts of Application, and associated papers and 
			fees. Note that such correspondence may also be 
			faxed to: (703) 746-4060, unless the 
			correspondence is required to establish the filing
			date of the application or includes drawings.

Mail Stop MPEP		Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent 
			Examining Procedure.

Mail Stop Non-Fee 	Non-fee amendments to patent applications. (Use
 Amendment		Mail Stop AF for replies after final rejection.)
			No mail stop is required for amendments with fees.

Mail Stop Patent	New patent applications and associated papers and 
 Application		fees.

Mail Stop Patent Ext. 	Applications for patent term extension and any 
			communications relating thereto.

Mail Stop Petition	Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions 
			including petitions to revive and petitions to 
			accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance 
			fees.

Mail Stop PGPUB		Correspondence regarding publication of patent 
			applications not otherwise provided, including 
			requests for early publication made after filing, 
			rescission of non-publication request, corrected 
			patent application publication, refund of 
			publication fee.

Mail Stop PGPUB-ABD 	Petitions under 37 CFR 1.138 to expressly abandon 
 			an application to avoid publication of the 
			application.

Mail Stop PGPUB		Drawings to be included in a patent application 
 Drawings		publication (replacement drawings for drawings 
			included with a patent application on filing).

Mail Stop PCT		Mail related to applications filed under the Patent 
			Cooperation Treaty.

Mail Stop Provisional 	The filing of all provisional patent applications 
 Patent Application	and any communications relating thereto.

Mail Stop RCE		Requests for continued examination under 37 CFR
			1.114.

Mail Stop 		Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction of 
 Reconstruction		lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte 	Requests for Reexamination for original request 
 Reexam			papers only.

Mail Stop Inter 	Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination for  
 Partes Reexam		original request papers and for all subsequent  
			correspondence other than correspondence to the  
			Office of the Solicitor (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 
                        1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue	All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence	Submission of diskette for applications with
			sequence listings.



			  ADDRESS FOR TRADEMARK MAIL

   The box designations previously listed in Trademark Manual of Examining
Procedure, Section 305.01 are no longer in use. See Change of Address for 
Mailing Trademark Correspondence, which is posted on the USPTO Internet web
site at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmmmailingaddressnotice.htm.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service 
(USPS) as follows:

        Commissioner for Trademarks
        2900 Crystal Drive
        Arlington, Virginia 22202-3514



		       SPECIAL MAIL STOPS APPLICABLE TO 
			BOTH PATENT AND TRADEMARK MAIL

   The following special mail stop designations are applicable to
both patent and trademark related mail, and the recommendations for
"Special Mail Stops for Patent Mail" (above) should be followed for
the types of mail listed below.

   Please address mail to be directed to a mail stop identified below to 
be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows 
(unless otherwise instructed):

	Mail Stop___
	Director of the U.S. Patent and	Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 1450 
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450


Mail Stop Designations	Explanation

Mail Stop 3		Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.


Mail Stop 6		Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8		All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except 
			communications relating to pending litigation and 
			disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to 
			pending litigation in court cases shall be mailed 
			only to Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, 
			Arlington, VA 22215 and	papers related to pending 
			disciplinary proceedings before the Administrative 
			Law Judge or the Director shall be mailed only to 
			the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, 
			Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11		Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13		Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16		Mail related to refund requests.

Mail Stop 17		Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24		Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program, 
			including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171		Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop 		All assignment documents, security interests, and  
 Assignment		other documents to be recorded in the Assignment 
 Recordation		records. Note that documents with cover sheets 
 Services		faxed to (703)306-5995 are processed much more 
			quickly than those submitted by mail.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of Congressional Relations.
 Congressional
 Relations

Mail Stop  		All requests for certified or uncertified copies 
 Document		of patent or trademark documents.
 Services

Mail Stop EEO		Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of Enforcement.
 Enforcement

Mail Stop		Communications relating to interferences and 
 Interference		applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop		Mail for the Office of International Relations.
 International
 Relations

Mail Stop M		Correspondence related to maintenance fees other 
 Correspondence		than payments of maintenance fees in patents. 
			See below for the address for maintenance fee 
			payments.

Mail Stop OED		Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.



			   Maintenance Fee Payments

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically 
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov should be mailed to:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 371611
	Pittsburgh, PA 15250-1611



			Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments to: 

	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 70541
	Chicago, IL 60673
