Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposes to discontinue its secondary design coding, the practice of coding newly registered trademarks in its searchable electronic database with design mark codes based on the old paper search designations.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/12/28/2010-32564/coding-of-design-marks-in-registrations (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
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2010-12-28
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Coding of Design Marks in Registrations
- Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in Trademark Applications
- Clarification of Power of Attorney Practice, and Revisions to Assignment Rules
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks That Include Design Elements from Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA
- Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Changes To Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020
- Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing
- New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
- Changes in Requirements for Collective Trademarks and Service Marks, Collective Membership Marks, and Certification Marks
- Notice of the Removal of the Paper Search Collection of Registered Word-Only Marks From Trademark Search Library in Arlington, VA
- Dissemination of Patent and Trademark Information on the PTO's Web Site
- Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks That Include Design Elements
- Temporary Postponement of Electronic Filing and Payment Rules for Certain Madrid Protocol-Related Rules
- Changes to the Representation of Others in Design Patent Matters Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Submission for OMB Review
- Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases