Licensing and Review Address, Filing Confidential Information and World I/P Day

Establishment of New Mail Stop L&R; FAX Number for Requests for Expedited Foreign Filing License

excerpted from http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/newmslnr.pdf

 

Effective immediately, applications subject to a secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C.§ 181, or are national security classified, and correspondence to be filed in such an application, are filed in such an application, are required to use the following address when the documents are submitted by mail:

Mail Stop L&R

Commissioner for Patents

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Correspondence to be filed in a patent application subject to a secrecy order under 37 CFR §§ 5.1 through 5.5 and directly related to the secrecy order content of the application may not be transmitted via facsimile. See 37 CFR § 1.6(d)(6).  Applications subject to a secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 181, or are national security classified, and correspondence related thereto, may also be hand-carried to Licensing and Review. See 37 CFR §§ 5.1(c) and 5.2(c). The current location of Licensing and Review is:

Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director

2451 Crystal Drive, Room 3D07

Arlington, VA 22202

Petitions for a foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b), including a petition for a foreign filing license where there is no corresponding U.S. application (37 CFR 5.13), may be faxed to: (703) 305-7658 instead of the Central FAX number (703) 872-9306. Alternatively, petitions for a foreign filing license may also be hand carried to Licensing and Review, or mailed to Mail Stop L&R at the address specified above.

 

Reminder of the Proper Procedure for Filing Confidential Information Pursuant to MPEP 724.02

excerpted from http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/mpep724_02conf.pdf

 

Once private information is included in a patent application file by scanning a document and adding an image of the document to the patent application's IFW, the document will only be removed from the IFW for national security concerns.

 

When filing trade secret information, proprietary information, or protective order materials is necessary to comply with the duty of disclosure pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.56, applicants seeking to ensure that the information is not made public should follow the procedure set forth in MPEP 724.02. For example, a Confidential Information Disclosure Statement (Confidential IDS) should be prepared, listing the confidential document on an information disclosure statement (e.g., PTO/SB/08). The document to be maintained in confidence must be placed in an envelope or container clearly labeled, for example:

TRADE SECRET MATERIAL NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC. TO BE OPENED ONLY BY EXAMINER OR OTHER AUTHORIZED U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE EMPLOYEE.

DO NOT SCAN

In re Application of

Application No.

Filed:

For: (Title of Invention)

TC Art Unit:

Examiner:

Materials submitted in compliance with MPEP 724.02 should be mailed to the Office or hand carried to the Customer Window as set forth in "Centralized Delivery and Facsimile Transmission Requirements for Patent Application Related Correspondence," 1275 Off. Gaz. Patent Office Notices 200 (Oct. 28, 2003), in order to ensure appropriate processing of the documents.

 

A Belated Happy World Intellectual Property Day, 

 

--Bill

 

William F. Heinze*
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