[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 107 (Monday, June 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13654]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Change of Address for Trademark Applications and Trademark 
Related Papers

agency: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

action: Notice.

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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, Virginia 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, DC 20231. After July 5, 1994, 
mail should be addressed to: Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, 
2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513.

supplemental information: As part of its emphasis on better service for 
trademark applicants and registrants, the responsibility 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, Virginia 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, DC 20231, and at the new address, Assistant Commissioner 
for Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22205-3513. 
The Office is currently preparing a notice of proposed rule-making 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, Virginia.
    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 Secs. 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, DC 20231, or to the Assistant Commissioner for 
Trademarks, 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202-3513. 
Patent-related mail should continue to be sent to: Commissioner of 
Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC 20231.

    Authority: 35 U.S.C. 6, 15 U.S.C. 1123.

    Dated: May 26, 1994.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 94-13654 Filed 6-3-94; 8:45 am]
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