[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 135 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 34559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16878]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO-T-2009-0024]


Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``Office'') is 
reformatting the certificates of registration issued for registered 
marks.

DATES: The reformatted registration certificates will begin issuing in 
September 2009.

ADDRESSES: The Office prefers that any comments on this notice be 
submitted via electronic mail message to [email protected]. Written 
comments may also be submitted by mail to Commissioner for Trademarks, 
P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, attention Cynthia C. Lynch; 
or by hand delivery to the Trademark Assistance Center, Concourse 
Level, James Madison Building-East Wing, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, 
Virginia, attention Cynthia C. Lynch.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia C. Lynch, Office of the Deputy 
Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, by telephone at (571) 
272-8742.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To streamline the issuance of registration 
certificates, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1057(a), 1093 and 37 CFR 2.151, and 
for purposes of cost containment, modernization and efficiency, the 
Office will be reformatting the certificates of registration for marks 
registered both on the principal register and the supplemental 
register. Specifically, (1) the certificates will be printed on 
standard-size 8\1/2\ by 11-inch paper, rather than the custom-size 
paper on which they are currently printed; (2) the folder that is part 
of the current certificate will be eliminated; (3) the signature of the 
Director and the seal of the Office, which currently appear on the 
folder, will appear on the first page of the reformatted certificate; 
and (4) registration maintenance information, which currently appears 
on the folder, will appear on the final page of the reformatted 
certificate. The Office intends to begin issuing the reformatted 
certificates in September 2009. In advance of the change, the Office 
will post on its Web site an example of the reformatted certificate in 
August 2009.

    Dated: July 10, 2009.
John J. Doll,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting 
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. E9-16878 Filed 7-15-09; 8:45 am]
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