§ 2.190 - Addresses for trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

§ 2.190 Addresses for trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 37096, July 31, 2019.

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This amendment was delayed until Dec. 21, 2019, at 84 FR 52363, Oct. 2, 2019.

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This amendment was further delayed until Feb. 15, 2020 at 84 FR 69330, December 18, 2019.

(a) Trademark correspondence - in general. All trademark-related documents filed on paper, except documents sent to the Assignment Recordation Branch for recordation; requests for copies of trademark documents; and certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol as specified in paragraph (e) of this section, should (a) Paper trademark documents. In general, trademark documents to be delivered by the USPS must be addressed to: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451. All trademarkTrademark-related documents may to be delivered by hand, private courier, or other delivery service may be delivered during the hours the Office is open to receive correspondence , to the Trademark Assistance Center, James Madison Building - East Wing, Concourse Level, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

(b) Electronic trademark documents. An applicant may transmit a trademark document through TEAS, at http://www.uspto.gov. Trademark documents filed electronically must be submitted through TEAS. Documents that relate to proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board shall must be filed directly electronically with the Board electronically through ESTTA, at http://estta. uspto.gov.

(c) Trademark assignmentsassignment documents. Requests to record documents in the Assignment Recordation Branch may be filed through the Office's Web site, at http://www.uspto.gov. electronically through ETAS. Paper documents and cover sheets to be recorded in the Assignment Recordation Branch should be addressed to: Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Branch, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450. See as designated in § 3.27 of this chapter.

(d) Requests for certified copies of trademark documents. Copies of trademark documents can be ordered through the Office's web site at www.uspto.gov. Paper requests for certified or uncertified copies of trademark documents should must be addressed to: Mail Stop Document Services, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.

(e) Certain Documents Relating to International Applications and Registrationsdocuments relating to international applications and registrations. International applications under § 7.11, subsequent designations under § 7.21, responses to notices of irregularity under § 7.14, requests to record changes in the International Register under § 7.23 and § 7.24, requests to note replacements under § 7.28, requests for transformation under § 7.31 of this chapter, and petitions to the Director to review an action of the Office's Madrid Processing Unit , when filed by mail, must be mailed addressed to: Madrid Processing Unit, 600 Dulany Street, MDE-7B87, Alexandria, VA 22314-57935796.

[68 84 FR 48289, Aug. 13, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 57184, Sept. 24, 2004; 69 FR 63321, Nov. 1, 2004; 72 FR 18908, Apr. 16, 2007; 81 FR 69987, Oct. 7, 201637096, July 31, 2019]