United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 23 November 2004
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
37 CFR Parts 2 and 7
[Docket No. 2004-T-037]
RIN 0651-AB78
New Mailing Addresses for
Paper Submissions of
Trademark-Related Correspondence and
Madrid Protocol Rules Change
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTIONS: Final rule; correction.
SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
("Office") published a final rule in the Federal Register of
September 24, 2004, setting forth new mailing addresses for
trademark-related correspondence submitted on paper and amending some
of the rules governing submissions of documents pursuant to the
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International
Registrations of Marks ("Madrid Protocol") in the United States.
This document corrects the omission of a new address for general
trademark-related correspondence delivered by hand or courier. This
document also clarifies the new address for hand-delivered
trademark-related correspondence pursuant to the Madrid Protocol to
make it easier for trademark customers to find the location on the
Office's new campus.
DATES: Effective November 1, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl L. Black, Office of the
Commissioner for Trademarks, by telephone at (703) 308-8910, ext. 153,
or by e-mail to cheryl.black@uspto.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Patent
and Trademark Office ("Office") published in the Federal Register
of September 24, 2004, (69 FR 57181) a final rule setting forth new
mailing addresses for trademark-related correspondence submitted on
paper in part 2 of 37 CFR and amending some of the rules governing
submissions of documents pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registrations of Marks
("Madrid Protocol") in the United States in part 7 of 37 CFR. The
changes to the rules set forth the new address for hand deliveries of
trademark-related filings pursuant to the Madrid Protocol in Sec. 7.4.
The Office, however, inadvertently omitted that same new address, which
should be used for all other trademark-related correspondence delivered
by hand or courier, from Sec. 2.190. This document corrects a
typographical error in the zip code for that address in the final rule.
This document also adds the new address for hand and courier deliveries
to Sec. 2.190 and clarifies the address in Sec. 7.4 to make it easier for
customers delivering trademark-related correspondence pursuant to the
Madrid Protocol by hand or courier to find the location on the Office's
new campus.
List of Subjects
37 CFR Part 2
Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.
37 CFR Part 7
Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.
. The Office is correcting parts 2 and 7 of title 37 as follows:
PART 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES
. 1. The authority citation continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.
. 2. Amend Sec. 2.190 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 2.190 Addresses for trademark correspondence with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(a) Trademark correspondence. In general. All
trademark-related documents filed on paper, except documents sent to
the Assignment Services Division 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 be
addressed to: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1451. All trademark-related documents may be delivered by
hand, 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.
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PART 7 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO
THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS
. 3. The authority citation continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.
. 4. Revise Sec. 7.4, by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 7.4 Receipt of correspondence.
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(c) Hand-Delivered Correspondence. International applications under
Sec. 7.11, subsequent designations under Sec. 7.21, responses to notices
of irregularity under Sec. 7.14, requests to record changes in the
International Register under Sec. 7.23 and Sec. 7.24, requests for
transformation under Sec. 7.31, and petitions to the Director to review
an action of the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, may be delivered by hand
during the hours the Office is open to receive correspondence. Madrid-
related hand-delivered correspondence must be delivered to the Trademark
Assistance Center, James Madison Building - East Wing, Concourse Level,
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, Attention: MPU.
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October 26, 2004 JON W. DUDAS
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office