Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office") is amending its rules to separate the provisions for patent matters and trademark matters with respect to filing correspondence, requesting copies of documents, payment of fees, and general information. Specifically, the Office is amending its Rules of Practice in Patent Cases to delete all references to trademark matters, and amending its Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases to add new rules setting forth provisions for corresponding with and paying fees to the Office in trademark cases, and for requesting copies of trademark documents.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/08/13/03-20489/reorganization-of-correspondence-and-other-general-provisions (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- Fee mentioned in title or summary (Confirmed in the document text)
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2003-08-13
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
- Reorganization of Correspondence and Other General Provisions
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Provisions for Persons Granted Limited Recognition To Prosecute Patent Applications and Other Miscellaneous Matters
- Changes To Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees
- Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures
- Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application With a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters
- Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
- Pilot Program for Extended Time Period To Reply to a Notice To File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application
- Date of Receipt of Electronic Submissions of Patent Correspondence
- New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
- Changes to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Patent Fees
- Revisions To Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act
- Date of Receipt of Electronic Submissions of Patent Correspondence
- Changes to Implement Priority Document Exchange Between Intellectual Property Offices
- Small Entity Government Use License Exception
- Changes To Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020