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Subject |
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TTY |
Patent
Grant, Non-Receipt |
703-308-9250,
ext.129 |
571-273-8300 |
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Patent
Products on Magnetic Tape |
571-272-5600 |
571-273-0110 |
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Patent
Programs Control, Office of |
703-305-9182 |
703-308-5548 |
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Patent
Publication, Office of |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Abandonment,
Withdrawal for Failure to Pay Issue Fee |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Abandonment,
Withdrawal for Failure to Perfect Drawings |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Advance
Orders of Patent Soft Copies, Non-Receipt |
703-308-9250,
ext.129 |
571-273-8300 |
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Corrections,
Patents (Certificates of Correction, Patents) |
703-305-8309 |
703-308-6672 |
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Customer
Service (Image Assistance Center) |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Drawing
Corrections, Patents |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Estimated
Publication Date |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
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General
Information |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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License or Sale Notices (of Patents) in Official Gazette |
703-308-9250,
ext.143 |
571-273-8300 |
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Official
Gazette Notices, Patents |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Patent
Grant, Non-Receipt |
703-308-9250,
ext.129 |
571-273-8300 |
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Pre-Grant
Publication/18-month Publication under AIPA |
703-605-4283 |
703-305-8568 |
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Patent
Publication, Office of, Customer Service
Representatives |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Patent
Publication, Office of, Publishing Division |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Patent
Quality Assurance, Office of |
703-305-9100 |
703-305-9265 |
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Patent
Search Room
See Search
Facility, Public |
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Patent
Statistics |
571-272-5600 |
571-273-0110 |
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Patent
Subscription Information (copies
of every patent issued every Tuesday for
a particular subclass) |
571-272-4200
888-786-0101 |
571-273-8300 |
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Patent
Technology Centers |
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Patent
Technology Monitoring Division
Send e-mail to: ipd@uspto.gov |
571-272-5600 |
571-273-0110 |
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Patent
Term Adjustment (or Extension) |
571-272-7702 |
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Patent
Training
See Training
Facility, Madison West |
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Patented
Files |
703-308-2733 |
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PatentIn Software Program Support (SIRA) |
571-272-2510 |
571-273-0221 |
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Technical
Assistance |
571-272-2510 |
571-273-0221 |
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PCT (Patent
Cooperation Treaty)
See Patent
Cooperation Treaty |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Patent |
571-272-3282
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571-273-0025
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Abandonment,
Withdrawal of Examiner's Holding of |
571-272-3282 |
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Abandonment,
Withdrawal for Failure to Pay Issue Fee |
571-272-4200 |
703-308-5065 |
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Abandonment,
Withdrawal for Failure to Perfect Drawings |
571-272-4200 |
703-308-5065 |
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Access
to Application Files |
571-272-7701 |
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Amendment
After Payment of Issue Fee
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Amendment,
Refusal to Enter
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Appeals
Reinstated, Appeal Dismissed by Technology
Center
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Attorney,
Withdrawal of During Prosecution |
571-272-3282 |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Patent (continued) |
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Certificates
of Correction, Refusal to Issue
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Concurrent
Ex Parte and/or Inter Partes Proceedings |
571-272-9797 |
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Disclaimers
to Overcome Rejection
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Examiner's
Requirements or Holdings, Review of
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Expunge
Papers
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Extensions
of Time |
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During Pendency at Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences |
571-272-9797 |
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During
Pendency in Technology Center
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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To
Appeal to the CAFC or Commence a Civil Action |
571-272-9035 |
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In
Court Matters |
571-272-9035 |
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Filing Date |
571-272-3282 |
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Final
Rejection, Premature
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Patent (continued) |
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Interferences |
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Access
to Applications, Unopened Preliminary Statements |
571-272-9797 |
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From
Action by a Primary Examiner or an Interlocutory |
571-272-9797 |
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Institute
an Interference
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Late
Settlement Papers |
571-272-9797 |
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Priority
Papers in Patent Application |
571-272-9797 |
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Reconsideration
of Decision on Motion |
571-272-9797 |
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Issuance, Defer |
571-272-3282 |
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Late Payment |
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Issue Fee |
571-272-3282 |
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Maintenance Fee |
571-272-3282 |
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License
to File in Foreign Countries
See Director, Patent
Technology Center 3600 |
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Limited Recognition
to Prosecute Specified Application(s)
See Enrollment
and Discipline |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Patent (continued) |
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Make Special |
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Within
Jurisdiction of Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences |
571-272-9797 |
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Based Upon Age or Health of Applicant |
571-272-3282 |
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All others
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Multiple Reissue
Applications |
571-272-4200 |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Patent (continued) |
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Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Applications |
571-272-3299 |
571-273-3299 |
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Priority
Papers, After Payment of Issue Fee |
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Priority
Papers, Return of
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Public
Use Proceedings |
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Rehearing,
Reconsideration, or Modification of Board
Decision |
571-272-9797 |
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Rejection,
Premature Final
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Reopen
Prosecution After Decision by Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Restriction
Requirement
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Revive
an Abandoned Application |
571-272-4200 |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Patent (continued) |
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Statutory
Invention Registrations (SIRs)
See Patent
Technology Center 3600 |
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Supervisory
Authority of Commissioner, Invoke in Matters
Concerning the Patent Examining Operation |
571-272-3282 |
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Suspension
of Action, Second or Subsequent
See Appropriate Patent
Technology Center Director |
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Suspension
of Rules Relating to the Examining of Patent |
571-272-3282 |
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Withdraw
from Issue |
571-272-3282 |
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Subject |
Telephone |
Fax |
TTY |
Petitions,
Trademark |
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General |
571-272-8950 |
571-273-8950 |
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Status |
703-308-8900 |
703-746-3000 |
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Post-Registration
Information, Trademarks |
571-272-9500 |
571-273-9500 |
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Pre-Examination, Office
of (Trademark) |
571-272-9401 |
571-273-9401 |
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Pre-Grant Publication
Division |
703-605-4283 |
703-305-8568 |
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Presentation Patent |
571-272-3150
800-972-6382 |
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Press-Related Questions
See Office
of Public Affairs |
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Program
Control, Office of (Trademark) |
571-272-7200 |
571-273-7200 |
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Provisional Applications
for Patent, General Information |
800-786-9199
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571-272-9950 |
Public Affairs |
571-272-8400 |
571-273-0340 |
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Public
Records |
571-272-3150 |
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Public Search Facility
See See Search Facility, Public |
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Public Service Window,
Patents
See Customer
Service Window (Patents) |
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Public Service Window,
Trademarks
See Trademark
Assistance Center |
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Publications
(USPTO), General Information |
800-786-9199
571-272-1000 |
571-273-3245 |
571-272-9950 |
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