0651-AD15 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice to Mandate Electronic Filing

The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes to amend the Trademark Rules of Practice to further strategic objectives of the Office to increase the end-to-end electronic processing of trademark applications by mandating electronic filing of trademark applications and documents. Certain amendments are being proposed to benefit the public by providing for more efficiency and clarity in the trademark registration process by conforming the rules to current practice and updating cross references.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 37 CFR 2.6 37 CFR 2.17 37 CFR 2.52 37 CFR 2.54 37 CFR 2.190 37 CFR 2.193 37 CFR 3.25 37 CFR 3.73 37 CFR 7.6 15 U.S.C. 1123 35 U.S.C. 2 No NPRM 05/00/2018 NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2018 Final Rule 10/00/2018 Final Rule Effective 11/00/2018 No No None No No No Yes Catherine Cain Senior Trademark Policy Attorney & Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure Editor 0651 Patent and Trademark Office PTO 571 272-8946 571 273-8946 catherine.cain@uspto.gov P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria VA 22314