1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 All communications to be addressed to Commissioner of Patents All letters should be addressed to "The Commissioner of Patents, Washington 25, D. C."

1.2 Business to be transacted in writing

All business with the Patent Office should be transacted in writing. Personal appearance is unnecessary. The action of the Office will be based exclusively on the written record. No recognition will be given to any alleged oral promise, stipulation, or understanding in relation to which there is disagreement or doubt.

1.3 Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy

Applicants and their representatives will be required to conduct their business with the Patent Office with decorum and courtesy. Papers presented in violation of this requirement will be submitted to the Commissioner and will be returned by his direct order. Complaints against Examiners and other employees must be made in comunications separate from other papers.

1.4 Separate letters

A separate letter should, in every instance, be written in relation to each distinct subject of inquiry.

1.5 Identification of pending application or registered mark

A letter relating to a pending application should identify it by the name of the applicant and the serial number and filing date of the application. A letter relating to a registered trade-mark should identify it by the name of the registrant and by the number and date of the certificate.

1.6 Times for taking action expiring on Sunday or holiday

Where the last day for taking any action falls on Sunday or on a holiday within the District of Columbia, the action may be taken on the next succeeding secular or business day.

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1.7 Inquiries

The Patent Office cannot undertake to respond to inquiries whether certain trade-marks have been registered, or, if so, to whom, or for what goods; nor can it give legal advice or advice as to the registrability of a specified mark or the nature and extent of the protection afforded by the law, except as questions may arise in connection with pending applications. Information of a general nature may be furnished either by answering the inquiry or by providing or calling attention to an appropriate publication.

2. FEES AND PAYMENT OF MONEY

2.1 Fees and charges

$25.00

The following is the schedule of fees and charges to be paid to the Patent Office: (a) On filing each original application for registration of a mark in each class on either the Principal or the Supplemental Register. (b) On filing each application for renewal in each class... (c) On filing each application for renewal in each class after expiration of the registration, additional. . . . . .

(d) On filing notice of claim of benefits of the act of 1946 for a mark to
be published under section 12 (c) thereof.

(e) On filing notice of opposition or petition for cancellation..
(f) On appeal from the Examiner of Trade-Marks to the Commissioner.
(g) On appeal from the Examiner of Interferences to the Commissioner.
(h) For issuance of a new certificate of registration following change of
ownership of a mark or correction of a registrant's mistake.

(i) For certificate of correction of registrant's mistake
(j) For filing disclaimer, amendment, surrender, or cancellation after
registration

25.00

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25.00 25.00

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(k) For manuscript copies, for every one hundred words or fraction thereof.

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(1) For comparing other copies, for every one hundred words or fraction thereof.

(m) For certification of copies in any case, additional

(n) For each additional registration or application which may be included under a single certification, additional. .