Request for Comments on Establishment of a One-Year Retention Period for Trademark-Related Papers That Have Been Scanned Into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration System
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") is considering establishing a retention period of one year for trademark- related documents submitted on paper that are subsequently scanned into the Trademark Initial Capture Registration System ("TICRS"). TICRS is available to the public through the Trademark Document Retrieval ("TDR") database on the USPTO Web site. After the expiration of the one-year retention period, the USPTO would dispose of the paper documents unless, within sufficient time prior to disposal, the relevant trademark applicant or owner files a request to correct the electronic record in TICRS, and the request remains outstanding at the time disposal would otherwise have occurred. Specifically, the proposed one-year retention period begins on: September 26, 2011, for papers scanned into TICRS prior to September 26, 2011; or a paper's submission date, for papers scanned into TICRS on or after September 26, 2011. The proposal would reduce the costs currently associated with indefinitely warehousing paper documents, while permitting sufficient time for the review and rarely needed correction of the scanning of such paper documents.
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- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/09/23/2011-24466/request-for-comments-on-establishment-of-a-one-year-retention-period-for-trademark-related-papers (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2011-09-23
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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