(172)                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                       Patent and Trademark Office

             Change of Address For Trademark Applications and
                         Trademark Related Papers

Agency: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
Action: Notice.
Summary: Commencing July 5, 1994, trademark applications and other
trademark-related mail, except for trademark-related documents sent to the
Assignment Branch for recordation and requests for certified copies of
trademark documents, should be addressed to: Assistant Commissioner for
Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Va. 22202-3513.
Dates: This new address will be effective July 5, 1994.
For Further Information Contact: Lynne G. Beresford at (703) 305-9464 or
by mail marked to her attention and addressed to: Assistant Commissioner
for Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231. After July 5, 1994, mail should be
addressed to: Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive,
Arlington, Va. 22202-3513.
Supplemental Information: As part of its emphasis on better service for
trademark applicants and registrants, the responsibilty for receiving,
opening and routing of trademark mail is being transferred to the
Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks. In order to more efficiently
process the mail, the Assistant Commissioner has determined that
trademark-related mail, except for trademark-related documents sent to the
Assignment Branch for recordation and requests for certified copies of
trademark application and registration documents, should be sent directly
to the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive,
Arlington, Va. 22202-3513, which is the location of the Trademark
Operation. Having mail sent directly to that address should speed up
processing and reduce the amount of lost or misrouted mail. The mail room
at the South Tower Building will begin to receive and process mail on July
5, 1994. For a period after July 5, 1994, the Patent and Trademark Office
(Office) will receive trademark-related mail at both the old address,
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, D.C. 20231, and at the
new address, Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive,
Arlington, Va., 22205-3513. The Office is currently preparing a notice of
proposed rulemaking to formally change the address for trademark-related
papers. The Office will continue to maintain the following special boxes,
Box Trademark Application, Box ITU, Box AAU, and Box 5, for expedited
processing and distribution of specific types of documents. The Office
encourages the continued use of these boxes with the new address.
   People may continue to file both patent and trademark-related papers
directly at the Attorneys' Window located in Room 1B03 of Crystal Plaza
Building 2, Arlington, Va.
   Sections 1.8 and 1.10 of Title 2 of Section 37 of the Code of Federal
Regulations are waived, to the extent that, on or after July 5, 1994, a
certificate of mailing under      1.8 or 1.10, for trademark applications
and other trademark-related mail, except for trademark-related documents
sent to the Assignment Branch for recordation and requests for certified
copies of trademark application and registration documents, may be
addressed either to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks,
Washington, D.C. 20231, or to the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks,
2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Va., 22202-3513. Patent-related mail should
continue to be sent to: Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks,
Washington, D.C. 20231.
   
   Authority: 35 U.S.C. 6, 15 U.S.C. 1123

May 26, 1994                                               BRUCE A. LEHMAN
                                       Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                    Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

                              [1163 TMOG 80]