Trademarks > Trademark Operation and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Move to New Offices in Alexandria, Virginia

The Trademark Operation and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board are moving to the new USPTO campus in Alexandria, Virginia. It is expected that this move will commence on or about October 4, 2004 and be completed on or about December 7, 2004.

The Office encourages trademark applicants and registrants to file documents with the Trademark Operation via the Trademark Electronic Application System (“TEAS”), available at http://www.uspto.gov, and to file documents with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board via the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (“ESTTA”), available at http://estta.uspto.gov. This is especially important during the transition to the new offices.

NEW ADDRESS FOR PAPER CORRESPONDENCE

Effective October 4, 2004, the new mailing addresses for all paper-filed trademark related correspondence, except for requests to record documents in the Assignment Services Division, requests for copies of trademark documents, and certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol is:

Commissioner for Trademarks
P.O. Box 1451
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

ADDRESS FOR MADRID FILINGS (unchanged)

International applications, subsequent designations, responses to irregularity notices, requests to record changes in the International Register, requests for transformation, and petitions to the Director to review the actions of the Office’s Madrid Processing Unit, when filed by mail, must be mailed to:

Commissioner for Trademarks
P.O. Box 16471
Arlington, VA. 22215-1471
Attention : MPU

NEW ADDRESS FOR HAND AND COURIER DELIVERED CORRESPONDENCE

Beginning Monday, October 4, 2004, all hand and courier delivered correspondence, including Madrid related filings, may be delivered to:

Trademark Assistance Center
James Madison Building - East Wing
Concourse Level
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, Virginia

Such hand deliveries will only be accepted between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, except on holidays.

NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS

The new telephone numbers for employees and the separate processing units of the Trademark Operation will be made available once the move has occurred and the phone numbers are operational. Look for these at http://www.uspto.gov/main/contacts.htm.