PTO ADDRESSES CHANGE THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003

Patent & All Assignment Div Mail Shifts to Alexandria

 TM Mail, All Courier Deliveries Remain at Arlington

New Addressing Rule:     68 Fed Reg 14332 (03-25-2003)

Mail Stops:                        Addressing Rules & Mail Stop List

Summary:  In preparation for moving to new offices under construction in Alexandria, Virginia, the PTO now has three separate general correspondence postal service addresses and a detailed room address for receiving commercial courier deliveries.  In most cases there is a particular Mail Stop Designation to be added as a top line:

(1) Mail to organizations reporting to the Commissioner for Patents:

            Commissioner for Patents
            PO Box 1450
            AlexandriaVirginia 22313-1450

(2) Mail to organizations reporting to the Commissioner for Trademarks or the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board:

            Commissioner for Trademarks
            2900 Crystal Drive
            Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513

(3) Other Mail (including patent and trademark documents sent to the Assignment Division for recordation and requests for certified or uncertified copies of patent or trademark documents):

            Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
            PO Box 1450
            Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.

(4) Correspondence  via delivery services such as Federal Express, UPS, etc:

            U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
            2011 South Clark Place
            Customer Window, Mail Stop ___
            Crystal Plaza Two, Lobby, Room 1B03
            Arlington, VA 22202