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United States Patent & Trademark Office
GENERAL PATENTING INFORMATION

US PTO phone numbers:

Fees/Forms or General Information (800) PTO-9199 or (703) 308-HELP
Provisional Applications (703) 308-1202

Assignments and Issuance of Patents to Assignees (703) 305-9282
Assignment Services (Refund/Status Requests Only) (703) 308-7031

Self-service Copies of:

Patents                        (703) 308-2733
Trademarks                  (703) 308-9811
PTO-provided Copies    (703) 308-9726

Late Payment:

Issue Fee (703)305-9282
Maintenance Fee (703)305-9282

Mailing Addresses:

Please address your mail as follows:

Your patent application to:

Box PATENT APPLICATION

Assistant Commissioner for Patent

Washington, DC 20231

Your Provisional Patent Application to:

Box Provisional Patent Applications

Assistant Commissioner for Patents
Washington, DC 20231

Your Document Disclosure Program material to:
Box DD
Assistant Commissioner for Patents
Washington, DC 20231

Your Trademark Application to:
Box NEW APP FEE
Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
2900 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3513

For more telephone or addresses go to PTO Information Contacts

General Information Concerning Patents

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general

Basic Facts about Registering a Trademark

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/

more patenting info and patent search:

US PTO	Official US PTO Patent Database
Euro-Patent	European Patent Office - European patenting information.
IBM Patent Server	Free, U.S. Patent search provided by IBM.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office	Canada's Patent Office web site
KuesterLaw	Very good patent law reference site