[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 37803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16021]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. 2003-T-022]


Notice of Change in Publication Format for the Official Gazette 
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office--Trademarks

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) 
announces its intention to disseminate all future editions of the 
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office--
Trademarks (OG-T) solely in electronic format.

DATES: Beginning on July 15, 2003, the Office will publish all future 
editions of the OG-T only in electronic format via the Internet at the 
Office Web site (http://www.uspto.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Office has published the Official Gazette of the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office--Trademarks in paper format for many years. 
In March 2002, the Office also commenced publication of the OG-T on its 
Web site. Currently, the Office provides the text of the OG-T to the 
Government Printing Office (GPO) for paper publication. Publication of 
the OG-T is provided for by 15 U.S.C. 1051, 1062, 1063 and 1092. The 
OG-T is published each week, and provides notice of various matters 
related to trademark registrations and to applications for trademark 
registration, including listings of (1) Marks that the Office has 
approved for registration, (2) registrations that have been cancelled, 
(3) registrations that have expired, (4) cancelled or expired 
registrations that have been reinstated, (5) registrations that have 
been amended or corrected, (6) entities that have received 
registrations and (7) new certificates that were issued with respect to 
existing registrations. The OG-T also includes notices that explain 
existing Office practice, as well as notices that announce proposed or 
actual changes to Office practice.
    Additionally, the OG-T is used to effect service by publication in 
connection with proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 
where notices of proceedings are mailed to a registrant's last known 
address but are returned by the postal service as undeliverable. The 
OG-T also includes summaries of final decisions issued by the Trademark 
Trial and Appeal Board.

New Procedure

    In view of the widespread access to computers and the Internet, the 
Office will only publish the OG-T in electronic format effective July 
15, 2003. It is noted that the Office will continue to supply the GPO 
with an electronic copy of each issue of the OG-T, and that the GPO 
plans to continue to produce paper copies of the OG-T. GPO also plans 
to produce CD ROMs that feature searchable versions of the OG-T, if 
there is sufficient demand.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Hannon, Office of the 
Commissioner for Trademarks, by telephone at (703) 306-8910, ext. 137.

    Dated: June 19, 2003.
James E. Rogan,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 03-16021 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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