SPECIAL BOXES FOR PATENT MAIL
Special box designations should be used to allow forwarding of
particular types of mail to the appropriate areas as quickly as possible.
Such mail is 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 boxes. If any documents other than the specified
type identified for each special box are addressed to that box, they will
be significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they
are intended.
Please address mail as follows:
Box
Assistant Commissioner for Patents
Washington, D.C. 20231
Box Designations Explanation
Box 7 Reissue applications for patents involved in litigation
and subsequently filed related papers.
Box 12 Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.
Box 313b Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(b) to withdraw a patent
application from issue after payment of the issue fee and
any papers associated with the petition, including papers
necessary for filing a continuing application.
Box AF Expedited procedure for processing amendments and other
responses after final rejection.
Box DAC Petitions decided by the Office of Petitions
including petitions to revive and petitions to accept
late payment of issue fees or maintenance fees.
Box DD Disclosure Documents or material related to the Disclosure
Document Program.
Box FWC Requests for File Wrapper Continuation Applications
(under 37 CFR 1.62).
Box Interference Communications relating to interferences
and applications and patents involved in interference.
Box Issue Fee All communications following the receipt of a PTOL-85,
"Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due," and prior to
the issuance of a patent should be addressed to Box
Issue Fee, unless advised to the contrary. Assignments
are the exception. Assignments should be submitted in a
separate envelope and not be sent to Box Issue Fee.
Box M Fee Correspondence related to a patent that is subject to
the payment of a maintenance fee.
Box MPEP Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent Examining
Procedures.
Box Non-Fee-
Amendment Non-fee amendments to patent applications.
(Use Box AF for responses after final rejection).
Box PATENT
APPLICATION New patent application and associated papers and
fees.
Box Pat. Ext. Applications for patent term extension.
Box PCT Mail related to applications filed under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Box Provisional The filings of all provisional patent applications and
Patent any communications relating thereto.
Application
Box Reconstruction Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction of lost
patent files.
Box Reexam Requests for Reexamination for original request papers
only.
Box Sequence Submission of diskette for biotechnical application.
Box SN For fee and petitions under 37 CFR 1.182 to
obtain date received and/or serial number for patent
applications prior to the Office's standard notification
(return postcard or the official "Filing Receipt,"
"Notice to File Missing Parts," or "Notice of Incomplete
Application").
SPECIAL BOXES FOR TRADEMARK MAIL
Special box designations should be used to allow forwarding of
particular types of trademark mail to the appropriate areas as quickly as
possible. In addition to these box designations, filers are encouraged to
indicate whether the contents of the envelope contain a fee. Envelopes
containing a fee should be marked "FEE;" envelopes not containing a fee
should be marked "NO FEE." Box designations and "FEE/NO FEE" indicators
should appear on the envelope as well as on the cover sheet or first page
of any document.
Please address mail as follows:
Box
FEE (or "NO FEE")
Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
2900 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513
Box Designations Explanation
Box NEW APP FEE New trademark applications and fees.
Box ITU FEE Statements of Use (SOU's), and extension requests.
Box TTAB FEE Oppositions, Cancellation petitions, and ex parte
appeals.
Box TTAB NO FEE Interferences, motions and extension requests.
Box STATUS NO FEE Written status inquiries.
Box POST REG FEE Affidavits, renewals, corrections, and amendments.
Box RESPONSES NO FEE Responses to Examining Attorneys' Office actions and
Post Registration actions.
SPECIAL BOXES APPLICABLE TO
BOTH PATENT AND TRADEMARK MAIL
The following special box designations are applicable to both patent and
trademark related mail, and the recommendations for "Special Boxes for
Patent Mail" (above) should be followed for the types of mail listed below.
Please address mail as follows:
Box
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Washington, D.C. 20231
Box Designations Explanation
Box 3 Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.
Box 4 Mail for the Assistant Commissioner for External
Affairs and the Office of Legislative and International
Affairs.
Box 6 Mail for the Office of Procurement.
Box 8 All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
communications relating to pending litigation; papers
relating to pending litigation shall be mailed only
to the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington,
Virginia 22215 and papers related to pending disciplinary
proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge or the
Commissioner shall be mailed only to the Office of the
Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, Arlington, Virginia 22215.
Box 9 Coupon orders for U.S. patent and trademark copies.
Box 10 Orders for certified copies of PTO documents.
Box 11 Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).
Box 13 Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.
Box 14 Mail directed to the APS Contracts Office.
Box 16 Deposit Account Replenishment Checks.
Box 17 Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.
Box 171 Vacancy Announcement Applications.
Box Assignment All assignment documents except those filed with new
applications.
Box EEO Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.
Box OED Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.