(186)             Notice of a Change in Procedure Regarding
                    Requests for Certification Services

   The purpose of this notice is to inform the trademark community of a 
change of address for all requests for certification services and to 
amend in part a previous notice entitled "Expedited Services for Certified
Copies of Trademark Registration" published at 1070 TMOG 4 
(Sept. 16, 1986).
   All requests for certified and uncertified copies of trademark
documents pertaining to applications and registrations (i.e., application
files, file wrappers, trademark title and status reports, registrations,
etc.) must now go to the Certification Division, Office of Public Records,
at the following mailing address:
   
                 Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
                      Box 10, Certification Division
                           Washington, D.C. 20231

   Requests can also be hand-carried to any of the following three
locations:
   
                             Attorney's Window
                       Crystal Plaza 4, First Floor
                         Arlington, Virginia 22202
                              Attorney's Window
                         South Tower, Second Floor
                             2900 Crystal Drive
                         Arlington, Virginia 22202
                          Office of Public Records
                          North Tower, Tenth Floor
                             2800 Crystal Drive
                          Arlington, Virginia 22202

   In addition, requests with deposit account orders can be transmitted by
facsimile transmission to (703) 308-7048.
   There will no longer be a limit on the number of requests for certified
trademark documents.
   Turnaround times for all requests, except requests for regular service
for certified copies of trademark registrations, will remain unchanged and
will be based upon the date of receipt by the Certification Division.
Requests for certified copies of trademark registrations will be processed
and mailed back to the requester within ten calendar days from the date of
receipt by the Certification Division from the Patent and Trademark Office
mail room. Requests for expedited services for certified copies of
trademark registrations will continue to be processed and mailed back to
the requester within three working days after they are received by the
Certification Division from the Patent and Trademark Office mail room.
   Requests for negative certificates will continue to be handled by the
Post Registration Section of the Office of Trademark Services.
   Requests mailed to the prior address will be forwarded to the
Certification Division. General inquires should be made to the above
mailing address or to the Special Handling Section, Certification
Division, at (703) 308-9726.

July 1, 1994                                         PHILIP G. HAMPTON, II
                                                    Assistant Commissioner
                                                            for Trademarks

                                [1165 TMOG 13]