			   Upcoming Changes to the 
		Mailing of Monthly Deposit Account Statements 


   The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) currently mails	monthly 
paper deposit account statements to all holders of active deposit accounts. 
The purpose of this notice is to announce that in the future the USPTO will 
not mail paper deposit account statements in certain situations. However, 
the USPTO will continue to make current	and past deposit account statements 
available to all holders of active deposit accounts over the Internet at 
www.uspto.gov. In the upcoming months, flyers will be inserted with monthly 
paper statements notifying deposit account holders that in the following 
situations deposit account statements will be available exclusively over 
the Internet, and not mailed. 

   1. Account holder elects to discontinue paper statements. Account 
holders will have the option to discontinue receiving paper statements by 
mail. By obtaining the statements exclusively over the USPTO Internet at 
www.uspto.gov, account holders will be able to reduce paper clutter. 

   2. No deposit account activity to report. When there is no transaction 
processed to an active deposit account in a given month (i.e., no charges 
and no deposits), the USPTO will not mail a paper statement to the account 
holder for that particular month. 

   3. Paper statements returned by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Account 
holders are responsible for maintaining their deposit accounts, including 
notifying the Deposit Account Branch of	changes to the mailing address. In 
the event any mailed paper statement is returned by the USPS as 
undeliverable, the Deposit Account Branch will make a good faith effort to 
obtain the correct mailing address. If unsuccessful, mailing of paper 
deposit account statements will be discontinued. 

   Questions regarding deposit accounts should be directed to the Deposit 
Account Branch at (571) 272-6500. Questions regarding this notice should be 
forwarded to Matthew Lee, Director of the Receipts Accounting Division, 
Office of Finance, by e-mail at	matthew.lee@uspto.gov or by fax at (571) 
273-6500 marked to the attention of Matthew Lee. 

April 19, 2007				                    MICHELLE PICARD 
					        Director, Office of Finance
