[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63320-63321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24311]


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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.

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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 [email protected].

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.

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37 CFR Part 7

    Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

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The Office is correcting parts 2 and 7 of title 37 as follows:

PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

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1. The authority citation continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.


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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

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3. The authority citation continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.


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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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    Dated: October 26, 2004.
Jon W. Dudas,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 04-24311 Filed 10-29-04; 8:45 am]
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