FQA application forms are accepted by U.S. mail or email. The instructions on page two of the application contain all of the submission details. Forms should only be submitted via one method. Duplicate copies of forms are not to be submitted. If you wish to confirm receipt, please do not send a second copy with your request.

No. Multiple copies of FQA applications could lead to duplicative charges of FQA fees and duplicative recordals. Please choose one method to submit your FQA application - email or delivery by postal service or private courier. If you have any concerns as to whether or not your submission has been received by the USPTO, you may email TMFQA@uspto.gov. Do not send another copy with your follow up email.

Please send requests for copies of recordals to TMFQA@uspto.gov and include an address where a copy may be mailed.

After recordal of a new application, the owner or the owner's attorney of record, if provided, will receive a Certificate of Recordal depicting the mark, the owner's information, and the date of recordal from which renewals are to be calculated.

After processing a renewal application, the USPTO does not issue a new certificate. Renewals are noted in Office records and appear on the Insignia Registry when it is updated. The Registry is updated quarterly, typically in January, April, July, and October.

After an alpha-numeric designation is reactivated to the original owner, the USPTO will issue a new Certificate of Recordal with the new recordal date from which to calculate renewals. When a new owner files an application for re-activation, the new owner is not issued a new recordal date and only shall remain in active status until the expiration of the five year period that began upon the issuance of the alphanumeric designation to its original owner or to any time remaining in a renewal period granted thereafter. Thus, if a new owner requests reactivation with only a few months remaining until a renewal is due, the new owner must also file a renewal application in the time allowed or in the grace period, with the required late fee.

The USPTO processes applications for recordal and renewal in the order in which they are received. In the event a submission does not contain all of the required elements, the USPTO will return the entire application, along with a letter explaining the missing elements. No fees are processed for incomplete applications. A new application containing all of the required elements must be submitted. Generally, processing time varies from 7 to 10 working days, with delays possible due to federal holidays.

FQA application forms accompanied by checks or money orders for the required fees may be submitted by private courier or delivery service, though use of such methods is not encouraged. If used, however, submissions must be sent to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC) at the USPTO's headquarters at the following address:

Trademark Assistance Center
Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Private couriers and delivery services cannot deliver to the US Postal Service mailing address provided on the application instructions.

FQA fees are Trademark Fees, but they require a "Description of Request" as being an "FQA application fee" or "FQA renewal fee" or "FQA late fee and renewal fee" as appropriate. If the Recordal is based on a U.S. Trademark Application or Registration, the application Serial Number or Registration Number must be included in the appropriate space. In the case of an application for a new recordal of an alpha-numeric designation, the "Description of Request" should indicate "New FQA alpha-numeric designation" or "renewal of recordal [please identify assigned alpha-numeric designation, e.g. 01PZ]". The credit card payment form may be found on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov/forms/2038-fill.pdf.